Issue Four – March 15
A few words…
In this newsletter, you will find details on assemblies, conferences, events and publications which relate to your projects. Don’t forget to visit the Assemblies site to see what projects are doing, the Comms site for information on dissemination and the SSBR_DB site for the database.
http://assemblies.inin.jisc-ssbr.net/
http://comms.inin.jisc-ssbr.net
http://inin.jisc-ssbr.net/ssbrdb/
If you have any news or information you would like to share, please contact emma@jisc-ssbr.net
Assemblies
Employer Engagement (Hello)
Learning Spaces and Technology (iBorrow)
User Generated Contributions in HE (TWOLER)
Conferences and Events
SEEC seminar
Mobile Enabling Technologies
XCRI at the JISC Annual Conference
Enhancing Feedback Provision in the Digital Age
Briefing on Business Modelling and Sustainability
Podcasting in Learning and Teaching
Beyond Borders: Open Education Conference
Using of Twitter in Higher Education
Eduserv Symposium 2010
Employer-responsive provision
Reports
CRM Self Analysis Framework
BCE Employer Engagement Reports
CETIS briefing paper on distributed learning environments
Could the eportfolio be the new PLE?
XCRI at the University of Huddersfield
Success of XCRI at MMU
XCRI enabling wider access to FE programmes
Guide to using Schematron with XCRI-CAP documents
Publications
QAA’s Employer-responsive provision survey: A reflective report
Delivering results with learning technology in the workplace
Assemblies
Hello – Employer Engagement
24 March 2010, Leicester College, Leicester
The aim of this assembly is to focus on the successful and not so successful techniques of engaging employers in project activity and participation with project outputs. From this, the team hope to have an understanding of how other projects have engaged with employers; share ideas of how to effectively engage with employers and produce a “best practice” list of methods to share with the wider community.
Contact Lucy Stone for more information lstone@lec.ac.uk and visit http://hello.lec.ac.uk
iBorrow – Learning Spaces and Technology
25 March 2010, Canterbury Christ Church University
The conference will look at the lessons learned and insights gained from the iBorrow Project. This partly JISC-funded project provides 200 thin-client netbook devices within the new library and student services centre, available “as easily as picking a book from a shelf”.
For more information: http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/…
TWOLER – User Generated Contributions in Higher Education
26 March 2010, University of Westminster, Regent Street, London
Unfortunately, due to staff illness and lack of interest in the assembly, the TWOLER project is cancelling their event on 26 March at the University of Westminster. If you would like more information about the project, please contact Iqbal Hussain I.Hussain8@westminster.ac.uk and visit the project website (here)
The workshop is focused around the themes of Westminster’s recent JISC-funded project TWOLER – studying student generated Web 2.0 content with Lightweight Enterprise RSS.
For full details of the day and sign-up, just click here.
The XCRI Support Project
March sees the end of the JISC-funded XCRI Support Project as it signs off leaving the development of the XCRI (eXchanging Course Related Information) specification for sharing (and advertising) course information looking very healthy indeed. For more about this and the XCRI Validator which has been designed to help implementers check data structure and content, see (here)
Focus on CETIS
JISC CETIS, the Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards, provides advice to the UK Higher and Post-16 Education sectors on educational technology and standards. This web site brings together educational technology news, comment and analysis, as well as information on our community events. Our aim is to contribute to current debates and future thinking in this rapidly growing and changing field. For more information see http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/
Conferences and Events
SEEC seminar
18 March 2010, London Metropolitan University
HEAR – Would you credit it? The Clore Seminar Room at The Women’s Library
For more information on the subject of the Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR), visit www.seec.org.uk
Mobile Enabling Technologies
25 March 2010, University of Bradford
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=348
XCRI at the JISC Annual Conference
12-13 April 2010
Sharing course information efficiently and effectively – XCRI at the JISC Annual Conference
Enhancing Feedback Provision in the Digital Age
14 April 2010, University of Reading
The day will be a mixture of brief presentations, ’show and tell’ sessions, case studies and a final panel discussion; Phase 2 project ASSET will be participating and the aim is to make the day highly participative with a range of presenters from within the University as well as external colleagues, including Rod Cullen, Stephen Gomez, Paul Orsmond and Steve Maw. see here
Briefing on Business Modelling and Sustainability
14 April 2010
JISC Meeting Rooms, Brettenham House, 5, Lancaster Place, London, WC2E 7EN
To register for this free briefing from the Strategic Content Alliance exploring Business Modelling/ Sustainability challenges, examples and tips for the long-term sustainability of grant-funded digital resources go to http://survey.jisc.ac.uk/scabbbms
Podcasting in Learning and Teaching
14 April 2010, Sheffield Hallam University
The recent explosion in the popularity of podcasting provides exciting new possibilities for the development and delivery of learning resources. As well as placing a renewed focus on the use of audio as a medium for learning and teaching, it offers great flexibility in how learning resources can be created and used by staff and students alike, offering new opportunities for independent study and creativity within the curriculum.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=351
Beyond Borders: Open Education Conference
20 April 2010, Said Business School, University of Oxford
This event will showcase work done at Oxford University this year during the OpenSpires project and provide an opportunity for discussion and debate on the following themes: Use and re-use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in research-led teaching; Business models for OER in a global market; Open access and open content; Sustainability and support at institutional, national and international level; Legal and IPR issues for researchers who teach.
http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg/events/beyond2010/
Using of Twitter in Higher Education
4 May 2010, The National College, Nottingham
This workshop, held at The National College in Nottingham, will provide an introduction to Twitter, a microblogging/social networking service, and its potential uses in HE. The first part of the workshop is organised in two strands: strand A – for those who are new to Twitter and who have yet to create or use an account; strand B – for those who have a Twitter account and who would like to extend their understanding of its possible uses.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=349
Eduserv Symposium 2010
13 May 2010
The Mobile University. Royal College of Physicians, London
Mobile technology will play an increasingly important role in the delivery of UK higher education in the future. What does this mean for UK higher education institutions and their members? Find out more here http://www.eduserv.org.uk/events/esym10
Employer-responsive provision: designing, delivering and supporting flexible learning opportunities’
27 May 2010, Aston Business School
This e-Learning led event will be aimed at JISC projects working across Curriculum Design, Curriculum Delivery, Lifelong Learning and Workforce Development, Business and Community Engagement plus related HEFCE-funded programmes. The event will enable projects who are working in employer engagement/workforce development to come together to share experiences, discuss issues of interest and consult around emerging outputs.
To register, visit http://www.jisc.ac.uk/…/eventmay10.
Reports
CRM Self Analysis Framework
BCE Employer Engagement Reports
(see Workpackage: Employer Engagement Systems and Processes)
CETIS briefing paper on distributed learning environments
Could the eportfolio could be the new PLE?
XCRI at the University of Huddersfield
Success of XCRI at MMU
XCRI enabling wider access to FE programmes within Cheshire and Warrington
Guide to using Schematron with XCRI-CAP documents
Publications
QAA’s Employer-responsive provision survey: A reflective report
Becta’s report Delivering results with learning technology in the workplace
If you have any news or information you would like to share, please contact emma@jisc-ssbr.net