JISC RSC YH Exchange News

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and JISC TechDis will be holding a national one day conference in Nottingham on 9 February 2010 for any staff whose work and role affects learners and learning:
Rewiring Inclusion: Strategies, Tools and Techniques to promote barrier-free learning
If you or your organisation has good practice to share in the inclusive [...]

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Across the Board: Autism support for families, a Leeds library project which helps local families whose children have autism has won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2009.
Children with autism have difficulty with social communication and interaction. This can result in unpredictable behaviour and means that parents of autistic children may not see libraries as [...]

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AccessApps is an initiative supported by the JISC Regional Support Centres and JISC TechDis. It consists of over 50 open source and freeware Windows applications, running from a USB stick.  AccessApps provides a range of solutions to support writing, reading and planning as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.
The developers now wish to receive feedback [...]

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Excellence in Inclusivity: How technology can support learners with dyslexia and other disabilities
3 Mar 2009 

Mega Centre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire
This event will highlight and explore some simple ways that technology can be used by all teaching staff to reduce barriers for learners with dyslexia and other learning difficulties, and in a way that enhances the learning [...]

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AccessApps has won the 2008 Scottish Open Source Award (SOSA) for Education Excellence!
AccessApps is an initiative developed by the Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres in cooperation with JISC TechDis. It consists of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer, without [...]

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JISC TechDis – free Online Accessibility Self Evaluation service
What it is
Growing out of a series of pilots and online discussions with JISC Regional Support Centres, JISC TechDis now has six role related online self evaluations suitable for a wide range of teaching institutions and learning providers. For each role, the self evaluations allow managers to [...]

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Merry Christmas from the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber!
Our 2008 advent blog posts continue with interesting facts you may not know about the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber…
Week 3: Excellence in Inclusivity
Visit our Excellence in Inclusivity website to see how JISC RSC YH-supported organisations are using assistive technology with their [...]

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Digital Inclusion
Thursday 27 November 2008
East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham
How do we ensure that all citizens, especially the disadvantaged, benefit from new technologies?
The keynote address ‘A strategy for digital inclusion’ will be delivered by Wayne David MP, Deputy Minister for Digital Inclusion.
In January 2008 the government recognised the importance of ICT and social [...]

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Excellence in Inclusivity SMT Briefing
21 Nov 2008 (Half day event)
10:30 – 13:00 (registration at 10:00)
 The Royal York Hotel & Events Centre, York
The JISC RSC YH is delivering a package of support for Excellence in Inclusivity over the coming year.
This FREE briefing will take place on Friday 21st November and will be a briefing for senior [...]

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The JISC RSC YH-managed Learning for Living & Work project has seen a regional success!
Chris Tansey, Foundation Course Leader at Wyke College, beat two other finalists to win in the Special Needs Practitioner category at the recent Handheld Learning Awards!
Chris adopted an unusual method when applying for the funding for assistive equipment.  Instead of focusing [...]

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