Sharing Technology Projects to Enhance Learner Experience
Last summer a technology funding call was sent out from central Jisc. The funding was for projects that would produce outputs to share amongst, and benefit the FE and Skills community. Part of the...
View ArticleThe importance of sharing
“Listen, Watch, Share” is the current strapline used by BBC Radio One and reflects that it is no longer just a broadcaster that plays music over the radio. It is now a multi-media company with outputs...
View ArticleThe magic of screencasts
In this blog post I’ll be introducing the term ‘screencasting’ and how it can be used to help promote access to e-resources. We’ll also have a look at how it can help with teaching and learning. I’ll...
View ArticleShould you flip your staff development conference?
At Jisc RSC East Midlands we have recently started the planning process for next year’s summer conference and so we’ve been reflecting once again on what we learnt from our efforts in June of this...
View ArticleWhat have MOOCs got to do with FE and Skills?
In serving local communities, is there no need for a ‘massive’ course? Should FE and Skills just forget the MOOC? FutureLearn, the UK’s first massive open online course (MOOC) platform, launched in...
View ArticleMoney, money, money – bid-writing best practice
A bid-writing workshop was held at Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford on the 7th November 2013, organised by Jisc RSC Eastern and delivered by Dr Angus Carpenter (Tevims Ltd.) in response to Jisc’s...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day at Bournville College
Bournville College delivers a diverse range of learning opportunities and caters for a broad range of learners each requiring differing levels of support to understand the risks associated with online...
View ArticleBYOD and e-Safety – Capabilities and Incentives
Back in November 2013, Jisc RSCs and Jisc services held the online event, Safer Internet Day and Beyond in preparation for Safer Internet Day 2014. Part of that event was a presentation by Andrew...
View ArticleAddressing e-Safety at Loughborough College
Geraldine Murphy is on the e-Learning team at Loughborough College. Geraldine and her team are developing an interactive resource on e-safety. The internet has vast potential for teaching and learning,...
View ArticleTop 20 hints and tips on how to get involved during Safer Internet Day 2014
The strapline for this year’s Safer Internet Day campaign is “Let’s create a better internet together” and in this following blogpost I have compiled a list of more than 20 hints and tips outlining how...
View ArticleSafer Internet Day 2014 across Wales
Jisc RSC Wales was challenged by Welsh Government to join up approaches to Safer Internet Day across schools and the FE and Skills sectors. The Government are now using their eight digital leaders to...
View ArticleFive top tips for encouraging e-Safety in your college
Chloë Davies, Customer Service Assistant at Petroc highlights how they have significantly improved e-safety at the college and gives her top tips for encouraging good e-safety practice. Several years...
View ArticleSupport for e-Safety training
On Christmas morning, in many houses in the UK, excited young people opened their shiny new internet-enabled devices. By late afternoon, many social media sites, such as Twitter, Facebook, and...
View ArticleDigital skills and values keep you safe online
Learning providers need to be clear about the responsibilities and risks involved in using technology. Much has been published for schools but in the FE and Skills sector, learning provider...
View ArticleThere’s more to choosing the right VLE than accessing online content
Over the years, I have been involved with many discussions regarding different virtual learning environments (VLEs). In the past this was limited to just a few offerings and most of the conversations...
View ArticleDodging the pitfalls of multimodal assessment
Multimodal assessment is the submission of work in different formats. Work for academic assessment is traditionally submitted in essay or report format, but technology makes it possible for learners to...
View ArticleStaff engagement with Moodle
In many ways staff engagement is of the utmost importance if your VLE investment is to be successful. Actually this is true of any initiative where staff are to use it. So it might be worth taking a...
View ArticleAR: Augmented Reality to Amazing Relevance
Early in June RSCs Northwest, West Midlands and Eastern held a joint webinar to showcase how learning providers were making use of Augmented Reality in practice. All those showcasing were about two...
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