Federated access management: ongoing support arrangements confirmed

August 19th, 2008 | Connectivity, Content Management, FE & Skills, Further Education, Higher Education | No comments

As part of the ongoing commitment to the implementation of federation access management within the further and higher education and research sectors, JISC has confirmed the support arrangements for institutions.
The UK Access Management Federation provides the first port-of-call through the JANET helpdesk, which is fully supported by a team of access management technical experts. [...]

JISC Innovating e-Learning 2008 Showcase

August 13th, 2008 | Adult & Community Learning, Events (All), FE & Skills, Further Education, Higher Education, Offender Learning, Specialist Colleges, Voluntary Sector, Work Based Learning | No comments

The JISC e-Learning Programme will be running its third international Online Conference Innovating e-Learning 2008 between 4th – 7th November. The theme for this year’s event is Learning in a Digital Age - Are we prepared?
Theme 1: Embracing the future now asks us to assess how prepared we really are for models of learning and [...]

New resource to help find accessible documents for disabled learners

August 11th, 2008 | Accessibility, Resources | No comments

Publishers Lookup UK is a website created by JISC TechDis and the Publishers Association.
Its purpose is to help users to identify the key publisher contact when they need to obtain accessible documents for disabled learners. There is also some guidance on what users may expect to get from publishers.
The aims of the site are:

to make [...]

DIUS higher education debate blog launched on JISC platform

July 28th, 2008 | Higher Education, Peer Support | No comments

As part of the government’s consultation to gain opinions and views on its higher education debate, JISC will be hosting a blog on its JISC Involve platform.
The Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS), John Denham launched a debate on Higher Education in February 2008 when he announced the intention to develop a [...]

HEAT Round Three Funding Announced - Deadline July 15th!

June 25th, 2008 | Funding, Higher Education | No comments

HEAT: Higher Education Assistive Technologies Scheme
The JISC TechDis Service is pleased to announce a third round of the HEAT scheme. The aim of this scheme is to provide staff working in HE or HE in FE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland with technology (including hardware and software, mainstream and specialist) with which to develop [...]

JISC Funding - up to £400,000 for course design through the use of technology

June 6th, 2008 | Adult & Community Learning, FE & Skills, Funding, Further Education, Higher Education, Specialist Colleges, Work Based Learning | No comments

Meeting the challenges of flexible curricula
Just a reminder that there is under 2 weeks to go to submit proposals - Close date 12:00 noon 19 June 2008.
Details: JISC invites proposals for projects that review course design and validation processes through the informed use of technology. Projects should transform learning opportunities and address an identified issue [...]

LSC and JISC Collections Consultation for e-books for FE Colleges

May 20th, 2008 | Content Management, FE & Skills, Further Education | No comments

For the last five years the Learning & Skills Council (LSC) has substantially invested in infrastructure, support, staff training and content to encourage the use of technology in learning. This has been highly successful and has enhanced the learning experience for many students and improved retention and success rates in the sector. The Council is [...]