I don't think you can http://t.co/wICGOcBs (could be wrong!) This is why I use echofon for RT w/ comment @redunca #mscidel #mscel
On the relationship of tech & pedagogy - a nice take on how CSS is fashion #mscidel http://t.co/Lz9dxQg3
@StephenKilbride Cheers, obvious. D'oh! Tweetdeck ahoy. Yep, stretching for a case, but not needed? Mobility good stuff ;) #mscidel
@redunca Can't seem to. I can in TweetDeck. Also, see here, official help is to cut and paste... really? #mscidel
@redunca Totally with you on the presentation of the dominant discourse. Deliberate simplification to make nexus more impressive? #mscidel
Anyone know how you can retweet, adding your own comments, in the default web interface? #mscidel #mscel
@redunca Ah Balamory! Now I have the tune stuck in my head :) I'm finding Leander interesting but I'm not in the mood this week #mscidel
@StephenKilbride Literacy thin? Just watched Balamory for the first time with my girl. New literacy. Multi-coloured elephant! #mscidel
@redunca Heh :) Well after 12 pages, I might not say no to a gun. Or perhaps a tactical nuke... #mscidel
This week's reading (Leander, et al)... how does one eat an elephant? One bite at a time, thank goodness. #mscidel
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RT @mafrado: RT @mafrado: “@LSEImpactBlog: Today's Post: Tweeting out loud: ethics, knowledge and social media in academe http://t.co/ld8VEfSX” #mscidel
“@LSEImpactBlog: Today's Post: Tweeting out loud: ethics, knowledge and social media in academe http://t.co/ld8VEfSX” #mscidel
These are awesome, thanks! RT: @stephjcarr: Lovely sketchnotes on flow theory http://t.co/efBPlJIL and http://t.co/bScSPHmX #mscidel
Every type of technology is an extension of our nervous system (McLuhan) and we construct self around it - it's flow!! :) #mscidel
@GinaFierlafijn there will indeed! #whatuni4 is being held again at the end of the month with an online event in November :) #mscidel #mscel
Lovely sketchnotes on flow theory http://t.co/D9mMA9T3 and http://t.co/NxXup0S7 #mscidel
32 projects are to receive funding to develop new learning resources, practical approaches and open up opportunities for post-16 learning across the UK.
The successful projects are funded by JISC and managed by JISC Advance. These will run throughout 2012-13 and will focus on four key areas:
The 32 bids represent all countries of the UK and aspects of the UK further education (FE) and skills sector including work-based learning, adult and community learning, colleges and specialist providers. They also involve 90 partners drawn from across the sector and numerous local links and partnerships.
John Edmonstone, E-Learning Development Officer at Cardonald College, Glasgow said: "We’re delighted that the Moodle2Go project has been chosen to receive part of this funding to provide a range of mobile revision and reinforcement materials for learners. As a consortium of future partner colleges this is the ideal way for us to kickstart the partnership process."
Ian Southwell, Online Technologies and Accessibility Development Manager at the West of England College for Young People with Little or No Sight, said: “We are elated to receive the JISC funding which will help us to make online resources more readily available for our learners. This will help to improve their experience of working with technology. Our aim is to simplify access to technology as much as possible to assist this group of learners. We are also delighted that our work will be shared with other educational organisations to assist people across the UK.”
Susan Easton, Lead for Digital Learning at The National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE), said: “This funding is fantastic news for NIACE. We have long advocated the ongoing development of digital capabilities for adult learners. With our partners, including the Workers Education Association, (WEA), Coleg Gwent and Bolton Metropolitan College, we see this funding as a real boost to our work, bringing real benefits to the FE and skills sector as a whole.”
The FE and Skills Development and Resources programme was launched earlier this year in response to the Government initiatives to improve learning across the UK – notably the Department for Business Innovation and Skills’ ‘New Challenges, New Chances’ report. There is a total of £1.4m to fund the projects.
Guy Lambert, Managing Director of JISC Advance commented: “We received an unprecedented number of bids which demonstrates how important technology is for the future of post-16 teaching and learning. JISC Advance is delighted to be leading this essential piece of work, making a significant impact to the FE and Skills sector.”
The FE and Skills Development and Resources programme is managed by JISC Advance. This programme is funded by JISC from its UK-wide FE funders as part of their core financial contributions - the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), Scottish Funding Council, Department for Education and Skills Wales and Department for Employment and Learning Northern Ireland.
Schmoller, Seb and Sutton, Caroline and Jennings, David and Ferguson, Nicky (2012) Gold Open Access Questionnaire - web version available till 23 October from http://goo.gl/isJkj. Gold Open Access Project.
Knowledge Base+ is a new shared service from JISC Collections that aims to help UK libraries manage their e-resources more efficiently.
KB+ is being established to start addressing the challenges facing libraries due to the inadequate data and metadata about publications, packages, subscriptions, entitlements and licences that is available throughout the e-resource supply chain.
The result is that libraries are spending too much time correcting and maintaining basic e-resource information and not enough time is left to undertake the sort of decision making that they would like to be conducting to improve services for users.
Sara Marsh, Director of Learner Support Services at the University of Bradford and Chair of SCONUL says: “The release of Phase 1 of KB+ is the realisation of many years' partnership working between SCONUL and JISC. It's a genuine example of a community-owned shared service which has been informed and developed from the start by practitioners who recognised a problem and set out to find a shared solution. I'm delighted to see the service now being launched, and SCONUL looks forward to building on this initial phase as the service is developed further over the course of 2012 and 2013.”
JISC Collections has been leading this work on behalf of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) and JISC, drawing on its own knowledge and experience and the work of SCONUL and JISC to identify the shared e-resource management needs of UK academic institutions.
Richard Parsons, Director of the LLC and University Librarian at University of Dundee, says: “KB+ is planned to be used to manage the data across the consortium to permit substantial efficiency gains within the institutions. It will dramatically improve the accuracy, utility, maintenance and confidence of our subscription data. Correctly implemented we would expect to see some operations completed once for all 19 institutions in SHEDL.”
In addition to saving time and cost, KB+ will also provide benefits including:
Nicholas Lewis, Library Director at UEA, comments: “We anticipate that KB+ will have a marked impact on the way in which we manage our electronic collections, not just within the university, but also in our day-to-day liaison with publishers, vendors and agents. To this end, we are reviewing our workflows to take full advantage of KB+ from day one and look forward to seeing how it develops to more fully to meet the community’s needs in the months ahead.”
@hamacleod @StephenKilbride My body is in a kids playpark whilst my mind is trying to process that Emerson quote. Help! #mscidel
@StephenKilbride I think that we should embrace the "re-mix culture". http://t.co/9ZJNtksY This is *never* getting old! #mscidel
@hamacleod Sure but I was thinking that you can post in public but prefer it wasn't used elsewhere perhaps. I like to check :) #mscidel
RT @StephenKilbride: @NicolStuart Terse (in other contexts) tends to imply confident. It is an illusion! #mscidel
@hamacleod @NicolStuart Cool. When you chime in, Hamish. You always do so with gravitas :) I'm stealing that quote for later use! #mscidel
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