The JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme is a two-year commitment by 12 colleges and universities funded to explore digital and new literacies in their institutions. After a successful programme startup meeting in early October, the projects have begun their initial activity. Nine of the twelve projects have active project blogs, with the remaining three setting […]
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 […]
I’m not sure whether everyone is aware of the JISC funding roadmap. It’s the best way of getting the maximum possible notice of forthcoming JISC (and joint) funding opportunities. If you’d read this page this morning, you’d have spotted the following. (As with everything on the funding roadmap, this is subject to confirmation, change and […]
The JISC call “Course data: making the most of course information”, has been released. Full details can be found on the JISC site: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2011/07/coursedata.aspx
#coursedata: making the most of course information It’s possible to find information on almost any book with a few clicks of the mouse, and many online stores will even let you read a sample chapter for free. Sadly, the same cannot be said of course information, which is often spread across institutional systems, duplicated or […]
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 […]