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Join Graham Attwell, Martin Weller (The Open University) and Rob Howe (University of Northampton), session facilitator, John Traxler, and other delegates in this year’s JISC online conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009 to debate the future of education on the 24th November.
As part of the pre-conference buzz, Martin Weller has produced a short video interviewing his [...]

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With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to learn about the First World War.
The First World War Poetry Digital Archive and the Learning Technologies Group at Oxford University have collaborated on an exciting new venture in the 3D virtual world Second Life to [...]

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A report published by the university think-tank million+ confirms the value of funding projects to advance the innovative application of digital technologies in UK universities.
The application of technology to enhance learning and wider university activities has been a source of interest not only to universities, their staff and the funding councils but also to Ministers [...]

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Figures showing everyday use of a university library are the unlikely stars of a JISC-funded competition showcasing innovative approaches to presenting library data.
The winning entrant, an undergraduate computer scientist, created an imaginative ‘book galaxy’ showing books as stars in the galaxy of library resources accessed by University of Huddersfield students and staff.
Explore the galaxy at [...]

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The Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL) and JISC have signed a three year partnership agreement to bring together the knowledge of UK library professionals with JISC’s expertise in digital technologies.
The two organisations will work towards a vision of everyone having equal access to the widest range of resources supporting world class research, [...]

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Students are being encouraged to go wireless in lectures, using the University of Hull’s Wireless Interactive Lecture Demonstrator (WILD) to interact with their subject.
Dr Darren Mundy and his colleagues at the University’s Scarborough School of Arts and New Media are developing a range of cutting-edge software to encourage students to be more involved during lectures [...]

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Previously unpublished recordings of Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) talks from the 1980s have gone online at the JISC-funded Archival Sound Recordings website of the British Library at http://sounds.bl.uk
Featuring talks and debates with top cultural, artistic and political figures of the day, this latest addition the archive offers a chance to explore in detail [...]

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New research conducted by Ipsos MORI shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s economic conditions, but are in need of help to scenario plan for the long term impact of the recession.
‘The impact of the economic recession on university library and IT services’ report, commissioned by JISC, SCONUL and UCISA, contains [...]

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The New York Times has reported that as of 24/09/09, the Settlement was officially withdrawn from the New York court where it was being decided.
Whilst the settlement may be withdrawn from the time being, issues that it has raised may be reinvigorated in the future, therefore JISC continues to be very keen to gather views [...]

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Four thousand images from the Design Council slide collection are launching
online today with JISC support, providing a unique insight into the history
of British design and its promotion by the UK government from the 1940s to
the early 1990s.
From teacups and tricycles to clocks and cola bottles, the images provide
valuable visual evidence of [...]

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