An experiment - it's easy and it looks good. Scoop.it is self-fed hub for refering to interesting content. http://t.co/Nh7s0biu #mscidel
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A_L_T: Important viewing/listening for all. Dónal Fitzpatrick's "I have a blind student in my Maths/Science class" http://t.co/SKJZduUR
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Virtual graduation for #mscel students in SL on Thursday 24th November 11am GMT - All welcome! http://t.co/8NDEIAIU #mscel #mscidel
A_L_T: Conference amplification @jjn1 #altc2011 talk looks to have had >2000 views in the last 24 hours http://t.co/ymFzgs7m @doctorow
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David Puttnam, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, will consider the potential impact of a major, positive disruption to the way the world approaches learning and teaching at the JISC online e-learning conference on 22-25 November 2011.
Lord Puttnam, who is a renowned speaker and chairman of FutureLab, following a highly acclaimed career in the film industry, will share with participants his view on how pedagogy is going digital, in what is likely to be a controversial and challenging keynote.
Find out more in our special podcast about the conference, JISC on Air
Lord Puttnam is joined at the sixth annual JISC e-learning online conference by other expert speakers including:
Participants at the conference will be able to pose questions to the speakers and join in discussions from the comfort of their own workplace, using the Blackboard Collaborate platform followed by asynchronous discussions.
Sarah Knight, e-learning programme manager at JISC and event organiser said, “Taking part in an online conference is just as important as if you were attending in person. There will be ample opportunity to join in stimulating discussions and to share practice.
“This year the themes of ‘learning landscapes’ and ‘navigating pathways’ in the digital age, will be discussed focusing on the opportunities created by technology-enhanced assessment and feedback, digital literacy, open educational resources, lifelong learning and students as agents of change,” adds Sarah.
In order to help participants make full use of the networking and discussion opportunities, participants will be able to prepare for the event ahead of time in a pre-conference activity week.
Sarah concludes, “This year’s conference is one of the best yet, offering a big conference experience in the most cost-effective way. At £50 per delegate, it represents significant value for money for organisations and education departments feeling the constraints of a tight budget.”
Register now to explore through live presentations and debate some of the latest thinking about enhancing learning and teaching with technology.
Follow the conference on Twitter @jiscel2011 and online #jiscel11
A_L_T: CMALT webinar for assessors: The webinar will be run using Blackboard Collaborate 11. We will notify y... http://t.co/WSRsRyOg
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Safe cloud storage to help avoid the risks of lost or stolen data is now on offer to help three UK final year undergraduate and master's students run their research projects.
The cloud computing facilities are the winning prize in a competition that aims to highlight new projects demonstrate the potential of cloud computing.
The competition is run by Janet Brokerage, the UK’s only independent broker for academic cloud services, and Eduserv, the not-for-profit IT services organisation.
Andy Powell, Head of Research at Eduserv, said: "Research students and staff have an understandable tendency to keep data close to their chest on laptops or university servers. However, lost and stolen laptops or local server failures can put research projects back by months. By storing data in a secure facility tailored to the needs of the education community, with ample capacity and processing power, academics can rest assured that their data is secure and accessible."
The winners will benefit from a package including a VMware vCloud virtual data centre which can support up to around 18 virtual machines.
They will have access to 100GB storage, enough to store the equivalent of about 125 doctoral theses, and one public IP address. They will also have a direct connection to the JANET network, with no additional transit fees.
The winners will have use of Eduserv's Education Cloud from January 2012 to January 2013.
The first forty bids will be able to enter the competition from 18 November 2011. Bidding closes at midday on Friday 2 December, or once forty bids have been received, whichever is the sooner.
Find out more about how cloud computing could benefit your organisation.
For more information about Janet Brokerage call 01225 822337, and to find out more about the services Eduserv offer visit their website or call 01235 474300.
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A_L_T: ALT-C 2011 videos now published: Here is a link to the ALT-C 2011 playlist on the ALT YouTube Channel. http:... http://t.co/xZof4stG
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A_L_T: Keynote at #altc2011 by Miguel Brechner - @mbrechner - is now published on YouTube at http://t.co/bEoBVZse
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A_L_T: In this Edition: Julie Voce provides a round up of the 18th international conference of the Association for Lear... http://t.co/vGRXw8Jt
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Martyn Harrow, Director of Information Services at Cardiff University, has been appointed as Head of JISC for a fixed term of 9-18 months from 1 February 2012.
Martyn will succeed Dr Malcolm Read who retires as Head of JISC in January 2012 after 18 years in post.
Martyn will see the organisation through its transition into a 'new look' JISC, following the recommendations of the Wilson Review (February 2011).
Heather Fry, Director Education and Participation at HEFCE, which funds JISC together with other UK education funding bodies JISC, said: 'At this critical time in JISC's transition I am delighted that we have appointed Martyn Harrow who brings a wealth of technology and leadership experience from higher education and the commercial sector. Martyn will be leading JISC as it re-shapes to remain world class in a changing environment.'
Tim O'Shea, Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Chair of JISC, said: 'JISC is embarking on an exciting period as it rises to the challenges of the Wilson report and renews its focus on supporting education and research across the UK. Martyn is ideally placed to lead JISC through this stage of its development, being able to draw on invaluable experience from across the education, public and private sectors.'
Martyn Harrow said: 'It is an honour to follow Malcolm Read and be invited to lead JISC through this very important and complex transition. We have the opportunity and the challenge now of building on from his amazing legacy to create a "new JISC for new times". Our driver will be to ensure that "new JISC" fosters, facilitates and enables modern approaches and sustainable strategic advantage for higher and further education in the coming years.'
Dr Malcolm Read OBE has led JISC since its inception and taken it to the world-class reputation it enjoys today, enabling it to make a real difference to ICT usage in further and higher education. He is looking forward to his planned retirement and more time to pursue his many interests and ambitions.
Martyn Harrow joined Cardiff University in 2003 with extensive experience in both the public and private sectors. His early career centred in local government where he became Senior Principal Management Services Officer at Avon County Council. Subsequently his career majored on global roles as Chief Information Officer for several international operating companies within Unilever. At various times he was responsible for IT across the USA, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Before joining Cardiff University, Martyn was Vice-President, IT, for a global food and fragrance company within ICI. Martyn is a member of the JISC Board and a Director of JISC Collections and JISC Advance.
A_L_T: Keynote at #altc2011 by John Naughton - @jjn1 - is now published on YouTube at http://t.co/dnY7E1Wv
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A_L_T: Future of Technology in Education Conference 2011: Frank Steiner provides an overview of the 4th annual Future o... http://t.co/n7b5MRaP
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The UK is to participate in a global experiment, based on the social media technology behind Twitter and Facebook, to find out how the social activity around online educational content can be captured and fed back to users, creators and publishers.
Working with the Learning Registry, a project funded by the US Department of Education and the US Department of Defence, JISC and the HE Academy are calling for institutions and developers to work with them on a new 10 month project. This project will lay the foundations of an infrastructure that will improve the way people choose educational information online.
Amber Thomas, JISC programme manager says, “This international collaboration will see us contributing the UK’s expertise to the Learning Registry. We are working with Mimas and JISC CETIS to support the Registry’s vision of gathering together the conversations, ratings, recommendations and usage data around digital content.
“We know that users and providers want access to more information about how educational content is used by others and this is an innovative approach to meeting that need.”
It is commonplace to read reviews of books, music and items before your choose to buy or use them. This experiment will look to assess how we can create the technical capabilities to reveal a rich picture of what people are doing with educational content.
Steve Midgley, Deputy Director, Office of Education Technology at the US Department of Education says, “I am greatly encouraged by the collaboration and opportunity presented by our work with JISC on the Learning Registry.”
This builds on JISC’s work in discovery, activity data, Jorum and open educational resources supporting the discovery, use and analytics of digital resources for teaching, learning and research. The experiment will give, JISC a much clearer view of the potential of this approach, and there will be a rich dataset of content available to future services.
Read more on the Learning Registry.
Find out about the JISC, Mimas and JISC CETIS project the Learning Registry Node Experiment.
#learningreg
A_L_T: "I have a blind student in my maths/science class" #altc2011 talk by Dónal FitzPatrick - http://t.co/C3asXVjj
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“@fernandocassola: Collection of Educational Tools for Second Life | @scoopit http://t.co/84EETsbi #SecondLife #VirtualWorlds” #mscidel
A_L_T: Keynote at #altc2011 by John Naughton - @jjn1 - is now published on YouTube at http://t.co/dnY7E1Wv
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A_L_T: Keynote at #altc2011 by Miguel Brechner - @mbrechner - is now published on YouTube at http://t.co/bEoBVZse
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A_L_T: UNESCO Guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) in Higher Education http://t.co/gFrtWkqe
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During JISC's transition period to move the organisation towards a new legal entity, a Shadow Board has been formed to help manage the process.
Professor Sir Timothy O'Shea, Principal and Vice Chancellor, University of Edinburgh; Chair of JISC and Chair of the Shadow Board says: "We are very pleased to be able to announce the appointment of JISC's Shadow Board and welcome their insight and expertise in taking a reshaped JISC into the future.
Meet the members of JISC’s Shadow Board through their short video introductions and hear why they are looking forward to working with JISC during the next one to two years.
Heather Macdonald, Chief Executive and Principal of Sheffield College, is also a member of the JISC shadow board, video to follow.
Read more about JISC’s transition
A_L_T: Of possible interest to give an insight into an ALT procurement process http://t.co/eAY15FuP
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