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co-design research

Be a part of our next product co-design for the sector

Senior data and visualisation developer, Eleanor Jarvis calls for participants to help us with our next product co-design for the higher education sector. My colleague, Rhodri Rowlands, and I, are using co-design at Jisc to collaborate with the higher education (HE) sector on developing new business intelligence (BI) for delivery through Heidi Plus. We are […]

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Building digital capability

The Discovery tool – elevating students’ digital skills to the next level

Digital skills have always been in high demand and with much of life embedded in digital technology, being able to use basic apps and software is no longer a ‘nice to have’, but a necessity.  Spearheaded by the pandemic, most universities and colleges have transformed the way they teach and deliver courses. Virtual classrooms and […]

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Building digital capability Trends

Supporting digital fluency with the new and enhanced discovery tool

There is a continuous debate in both the education and commercial sectors on how we can support users in developing digital capability. As we continue to grow in an ever evolving digital world, being able to identify our own digital capabilities and continually develop them is becoming increasingly important. Having spent over 19 years working […]

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Accounting for the climate in digital capability: initial thinking

Right now in the UK we are focused on climate change.  Why? Because we just broke previous temperature records – we hit 40°C– for colleagues […]

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Collecting data on open access publications

Author: Amy Devenney (Research and Business Intelligence Strategic Lead, Jisc) An article by the Knowledge Exchange (KE) highlighted the difficulty of efficiently collating consistent article-level metadata to enable the monitoring and evaluation on Transitional Agreements  (TAs) and the subsequent burden this placed on our members. Therefore, over the last eighteen months, we have been working […]

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Good practice metaverse

What problems does the metaverse solve?

Chris summarises why thinking about emerging technologies like the metaverse help us focus on the core principle of solving problems, not trying to fit solutions into our own contexts, taking a phrase by Jon Hofgartner as a helpful mantra.
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Digital Pedagogy Events FE Good practice Virtual escape rooms

Exploring virtual escape rooms

Scott provides feedback on Jisc’s Exploring Virtual Escape Rooms in Education event. The benefits and challenges of using virtual escape rooms are discussed, as well as the platforms commonly being used by the sector.
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#ConnectMore2022 Digital Wellbeing Events Wellbeing

The journey towards digital wellbeing (#ConnectMore2022)

Scott reflects on Jisc’s recent Connect More conference and how infographics can be used to start meaningful conversations around wellbeing.
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Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Curncok Cook, Jenny Marie and Sara Berkai confirmed as keynote speakers for CAN 2022 – get your tickets now!

Book your ticket for CAN 2022 As well as a programme packed full of exciting and engaging presentations and workshops, we are pleased to announce Alison Cook-Sather, Mary Curnock Cook, Jenny Marie and Sara Berkai as keynotes for CAN 2022. All keynotes will be streamed online, meaning you can engage in all these inspirational talks […]

Programme available for CAN 2022

We are pleased to say that the draft programme for CAN 2022 is now live. We have some fabulous keynote speakers lined up – Prof Jenny Marie, Prof Alison Cook-Sather, Sara Berkai and Mary Curnock Cook CBE – as well as inspiring interactive sessions, thought-provoking papers, and some networking opportunities on our in-person day. As […]