JISC RSC YH Exchange News

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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Meet the JISC RSCs at the AOC Conference between 17-19th November:
The JISC Advance exhibition stand – find out how the newly created JISC Advance can support you. Representatives from the JISC RSCs and JISC services will be available at stand 40/43, as you enter the main exhibition hall, throughout the conference.
Celebrate the launch of a [...]

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JISC’s new guide to Second Life is written by lecturers for lecturers, to help others to use virtual worlds for teaching.
‘Getting Started in Second Life’ answers some common questions like how to set up in Second Life, what the rules of the world are, how to plan lessons and how best to help students [...]

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How would you like to explore opportunities for avatar-based learning in 3-D virtual worlds such as Second Life?
Virtual worlds are opening up fantastic possibilities for students and lifelong learners and are seen by many as the precursors of ‘Web 3D’. Today’s flat web is expected to evolve into a more immersive,
three-dimensional and socially interactive online [...]

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The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has published a report examining the use of virtual worlds in education.
Available to download from the JISC website, the report helps practitioners to identify appropriate virtual worlds to suit their learning context. It also includes an overview of virtual worlds, and how learners create learning experiences for themselves by [...]

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Register now for the third international JISC online conference, taking place on 4-7 November 2008.
This important conference for practitioners and managers embedding e-learning into their practice focuses on the tension between the tried and tested and the wholly innovative. e-Learning may now have established a foothold in learning and teaching, but are the demands of [...]

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The second in the series of three snapshots of UK Higher and Further Education activities in Second Life is now available.
This report summarises an investigation into the use and uptake of Second Life (SL) by UK Higher and Further Education. The research, carried out in the period up until May 2008, had four main goals:

to determine [...]

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The latest JISC RSC YH case study from the Yorkshire and Humber region is now on the Excellence Gateway!
The latest organisation to be featured in Rotherham College of Arts & Technology. The case study focusses on how Multi User Virtual Environments (MUVEs), such as Second Life, can be used to great benefit [...]

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