If you haven’t been able to participate yet in this year’s JISC online conference, here are a few of the highlights from Theme 1: • David Puttnam, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, in his opening keynote at Innovating e-Learning 2011, argued for greater investment in ICT to enable UK universities, colleges and schools to deliver a […]
Author: Sarah Knight
Over the last six years, Innovating e-Learning, aka the JISC e-Learning Online Conference, taking place 22-25 November, has become a must-attend event for those interested in enhancing their practice with technology. And each year, a hard core of seasoned online conferencers is joined by delegates new to the event, who are surprised, even shocked, by […]
Registration is now open for Innovating e-Learning 2011, the sixth JISC Online Conference on 22-25th November. Keynote speakers are as follows: Opening address: Lord Puttnam of Queensgate Theme 1 keynote: Bill Rammell Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Plymouth University Theme 2 keynote: Mike Sharples, Professor of Educational Technology at the Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University Closing […]
Outcomes from the JISC Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology Programme provide a valuable insight into the ways in which institutions and individual curriculum areas in further and higher education can make use of technology to respond more robustly to the demands of a fast-changing world. Now that the programme of 15 projects has completed, a […]
In the third of a new series of online ‘radio’ programmes from the JISC e-Learning Programme – JISC on Air – we explore how digital technologies are helping universities and colleges to better meet students’ requirements and improve retention. In this show, Kim Catcheside speaks with Richard Francis, Head of e-learning at Oxford Brookes University […]
Effective Assessment in a Digital Age Workshops From challenge to change… Using principles of good practice, work with colleagues towards an effective model for the use of technology in assessment and feedback. A series of free workshops based around the JISC Effective Assessment in a Digital Age publication www.jisc.ac.uk/digiassess and associated online resources www.jisc.ac.uk/assessresource will […]
Winter may have come early this year, but the closing days of the JISC Online Conference sparkled in the gloom. The content Anne Miller, an inventor and authority on innovation and creativity, opened up Theme 2 of the conference with advice on ‘How to get your innovations adopted – and change the world’. Delegates continued […]
Proving once again the value of online conferencing, the fifth JISC Online Conference has attracted its highest ever numbers – 475 delegates from 11 countries. The conference, which runs between 23rd and the 26th November, focuses on the opportunities to be found in technology-based innovation to overcome the challenges posed by adverse times. Offering a […]
Innovating e-Learning 2010: Bringing Innovation to Life: from adversity comes opportunity23rd – 26th November 2010 • How are colleges and universities going to change in light of recent policy announcements? • How do we sustain the investment in technology-enhanced learning in the current climate? • Do we know what students really want in relation to […]
A new guide in the well-received JISC Effective Practice series, Effective Assessment in a Digital Age, is available from 7th September following its launch at ALT-C 2010 at the University of Nottingham. The guide adopts a principles-based approach to explore how technology can improve the experience of assessment and feedback for practitioners and learners, demonstrating […]