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Yorkshire & Humber winners of AoC Beacon Awards

rscyhexchange — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:49:50 +0000

The winners of the Association of Colleges Beacon Awards 2009/10 were announced at the AoC Annual Conference in Birmingham this week and our region was successful in many categories! Regional winners were: Award for Excellence in the Use of Technology – Wakefield College Award for College Engagement with Employers – North Lindsey College Award for Equality and Diversity – [...]

Call for papers on the Transformational Impact of Learning Technology

rscyhexchange — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0000

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) has announced the call for papers for a Special Issue of the ALT Journal – “The Transformational Impact of Learning Technology”. The guest editors for this issue will be: * John Bourne (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship at [...]

JISC Inform goes interactive

rscyhexchange — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:32:13 +0000

The latest JISC Inform is now available in an online version, Inform Plus, showcasing extra content, an interactive timeline, podcasts and videos as well as the usual spread of news from across JISC’s work. This autumn edition looks at how digital technologies are helping learning providers reach out locally as well as internationally. There is also [...]

Twitter tops Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009

rscyhexchange — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:51:03 +0000

The Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies has announced the final Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 – created from the contributions of 278 learning professionals worldwide. Topping the list is Twitter, followed by Delicious and YouTube. Jane Hart, who compiled the list, said: “I think this year’s list, once again, is a great demonstration of how learning [...]

Embedding Business and Community Engagement through Business Process Improvement (Free event)

rscyhexchange — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:01:36 +0000

Engagement with business and the community has gone on in FE and HE for some time, often under headings such as ‘outreach’, ‘knowledge transfer’ or ‘enterprise’ for example. However, this activity has usually been carried on separately from core administration and services. Relationships with external contacts are becoming increasingly important strategic priorities, so guidance on [...]

Project Management for the education sector

rscyhexchange — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:53:52 +0000

There’s still time to book your place on the one-day JISC Netskills workshop ‘Project Management for the Education Sector’, a comprehensive introduction to Project Management, specifically designed for the education sector. This workshop uses PRINCE 2 methodology to give you the confidence to understand the basic principles of project management, investigate and use project management tools [...]