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ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
*ALT Conference 2008 - booking deadline extended to Friday, 22 August 2008 at 12 noon BST*
To book a place to attend the conference:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/registering.html
This conference will explore and extend the debate over the digital divide, providing an opportunity to develop both thinking and practice. The premise to [...]

The Royal National College for the Blind (RNC) is a specialist residential College of further education and training, working with people from the age of 16, who are blind or partially sighted, to promote their independence and potential. RNC provides a range of full time programmes and short courses designed to prepare people for progression [...]

Tony Hirst (OU) has created a google custom search to look for open courseware and open educational resources. You can access the search page from
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=009190243792682903990%3Ae40rcqv1bbo
The list of sources, almost 250 in total, is here
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html.
It is mainly for HE but suitable for FE and schools aswell.

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There are still some spaces available on the following workshops that Netskills are running at Newcastle University in July:
1. Writing for the Web, 8th July
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The ability to write and re-purpose content for the web is an important skill. Visitors can abandon your site at the click of a button if they are not enticed by [...]

Visit this new EU website for teachers and technology. As well as giving guides and information about subjects such as blogs and wikis, there are interesting features in the ‘current issues’ section on:

cyberbullying
searching the internet
privacy and personal safety

There is also a jargon buster and various other resources, including facts and figures answering questions [...]

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 [...]

University College London is to be the first European university to distribute free lecture material through iTunes.
The service goes live today and will begin with material on neuroscience, the university’s "lunch time lectures" and an audio news round-up.
For full details, visit: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7431918.stm

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The newly-revamped Excellence Gateway now features case studies on good practice in e-learning in post 16 teaching and learning.
Areas focused on are:
1. Improving teaching and learning
2. Improving responsiveness
3. Improving institutional effectiveness
New case studies are featured in the News section of the website: http://excellence.qia.org.uk/
The first case study from our region is now online. [...]