Book now for Innovating e-Learning 2010

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 […]

Effective Assessment in a Digital Age

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 […]

Innovating e-Learning 2010 – Book now

Innovating e-Learning 2010 Bringing Innovation to Life: from adversity comes opportunity 23rd – 26th November 2010 The theme of the 2010 Innovating e-Learning conference reflects the challenges presented by the current climate of economic constraint and will explore how technology-enhanced learning can help universities and colleges to develop forward-looking educational futures and continue to complete […]

JISC-TLRP Workshop on Digital Literacies

You are invited to attend a workshop on Digital Literacies on Monday 6th September at the East Midlands Conference Centre as an ALT-C pre-conference workshop. The workshop is designed for everyone with a research and/or development interest in digital literacies, and those whose roles are changing to accommodate a ‘digital literacies’ agenda. Participants will: *Explore […]

Winner Announced of e-Learning Survey

On behalf of the JISC e-Learning Programme, we would like to thank all those who participated in the recent survey of JISC e-Learning Programme communications activities. JISC has commissioned Stamp Consulting to objectively evaluate the effectiveness and impact of a range of communication activities funded by the JISC e-Learning Programme between 2004 and 2009. Activities […]

Testing the waters, or making waves?

I enjoyed a really useful and interesting day out at our Assessment Symposium on Tuesday – well worth the cross-border trek to substitute for our Austria-stranded childminder. It was organised to support the production of our new effective practice publication on technology-enhanced assessment, but was a great opportunity to explore many of the issues with […]

Supporting learners in a digital age: opportunities for participation

We are looking for people with an institutional role in supporting and developing ‘digital’ learners, which might mean working in learning development, information literacy, e-learning, ICT support, personal development planning, career planning, developing ‘literacies of the digital’, institutional strategic planning, and developing a 21st century curriculum in your subject area. We would like to invite […]

Win an iPod touch by participating in JISC evaluation survey

JISC has commissioned Stamp Consulting to objectively evaluate the effectiveness and impact of a range of communication activities funded by the JISC e-Learning Programme between 2004 and 2009. Activities to be evaluated include printed publications (for example, the JISC Effective Practice guides), multimedia resources, workshops and online conferences. Findings from the evaluation will inform the […]

Presentations and recordings from Innovating e-Learning 2009 now available

Conference presentations and resources, including all the Elluminate recordings, from Innovating e-Learning 2009 (#jiscel09), are now available on the JISC website for general viewing: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference09/programme.aspx or http://tinyurl.com/yeftze5 The JISC Online Conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009 ran from 24th -27th November and attracted 450 delegates numbers from 12 countries. The conference theme was ‘Thriving, not just surviving’ […]

The second theme of the JISC online conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009, focuses on change

Author of the Demos report, The Edgeless University, Peter Bradwell opened the second theme of Innovating e-Learning 2009 with a warning note for higher education. Universities are facing ‘a perfect storm’ of rising demand and strained resources, but Bradwell saw a solution in embracing what technology can offer. An explosion of free online resources and […]