JISC RSC YH Exchange News

BIS have asked Becta to initiate a discussion about the future funding of Informal Adult Learning via the Learning Revolution social networking site. This is your chance to influence future policy.
They are interested in your thoughts on the future funding of informal adult learning. Rather than give you a prescriptive list of questions, they want [...]

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JISC Legal works to ensure that legal issues do not become a barrier to the adoption and use of new information and communications technologies in further education, higher education and specialist colleges.
It has published a short four page paper that considers the legal issues which may arise in relation to the use of e-assessment in [...]

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What do we mean by e-business, and why is it relevant to the strategic management of universities and colleges?
JISC’s first ever e-book ‘The e-Revolution and Post-Compulsory Education: Using e-Business Models to deliver Quality Education’, published online earlier this year, is now being updated with seven fresh articles on how new and emerging technology is changing [...]

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AbilityNet run one-day courses of interest to professionals in public services, education, personnel, occupational health, equal opportunities and staff welfare, who wish to help people with all types of disabilities or difficulties such as “RSI”, eye strain, etc.
Courses are run in various venues in the UK throughout the year.
Forthcoming courses:
Accessibility in Microsoft Windows Vista and [...]

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A nationally co-ordinated approach to technology in education allows learners and researchers to adopt new technologies faster, according to an international JISC study.
Led by JISC in the UK and SURF in the Netherlands, co-ordinated national initiatives and central funding structure in the two countries have meant that the benefits of Web 2.0 are felt right [...]

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A unique multiplatform production for BBC Two is inviting people to contribute to an open and collaborative documentary on the way the web is changing our lives and the world.
Open source, content creation, being deleted from the web, e-learning, blogging and copyright are all hot topics on the blogs, with guests including Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales and technology commentator [...]

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Summer is a good time for a revamp – and JISC RSC YH Exchange News has been given the makeover treatment!
Updates
We still have the same great information on e-learning training, events, funding opportunities and FREE resources for Yorkshire and the Humber.  New developments include:

New, clear layout, which we think makes information easier to [...]

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The latest case study from our region has gone live on the Excellence Gateway!
Hull City Council ACL: Facebook your learners for engagement and retention
Theresa Rowland at HUll ACL directly supports her learners via the ‘Instant Chat’ facility on Facebook. This case study highlights the successes of her method.
Links to examples of good practice in our [...]

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This feature on Twitter is taken from the latest edition of our RSC Newsletter, which will reach key contacts shortly.
It seems that everyone is on Twitter these days. From Barack Obama to Jonathan Ross, the idea of posting comments up to 140 characters in length for anyone to read on the internet is big [...]

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The Strategic Content Alliance (SCA) and JISC are hosting a FREE introducing simple and inexpensive Web 2.0 techniques and technologies which can be harnessed to promote and encourage access to your online content.
These workshops also offer delegates the opportunity to make the most out of their collections and archives using a range of free tools [...]

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