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ELESIG Symposium

ELESIG Effective Learning in the Digital Age Symposium

When: Wednesday, 6th October 2010 (Register by 29th September)
Where: Bonhill House, London

The 11th ELESIG Symposium, supported by JISC, will report the work of the JISC SLiDA Project that has been investigating how institutions are creating and enabling opportunities that promote the development of effective learning in a digital age.  The main deliverable's of the project were 10 institutional case studies and a final report with recommendations for further and higher education on how to develop effective institution-wide strategies and practices with better support effective learners in a digital age.  This is an opportunity to engage with members of the project team and to begin to consider your institution's policies and strategies and your own practices in relation to supporting learners in the digital age.  As always there will also be opportunities to network with members of the ELESIG community and to share and exchange latest project news and research findings including outcomes of some of this year's Small Awards Grants funded by the Higher Education Academy.

To register please use the ELESIG Booking Form and return immediately to Malcolm Ryan by email to: seel@gre.ac.uk 

Innovating e-Learning 2010 Online Conference

Bringing Innovation to Life: from adversity comes opportunity

When: 23rd - 26th November 2010 (Online)

The theme of the 2010 Innovating e-Learning Conference reflects the challenges presented by the current climate of economic constraint and will explore how technology-enhanced learning can help universities and colleges to develop forward-looking educational futures and continue to complete globally.

The Programme:
There will be a variety of sessions under the themes of Releasing the Potential and Realising the Value.
Visit the conference website for the full list of presenters, including:

• Keri Facer: Professor of Education at Manchester Metropolitan University and Director of the CREATE centre: Learning to live in interesting times - what are educational institutions for?
• David Boud: Professor of Adult Education, University of Technology, Sydney: Effective assessment and feedback for a digital age.
• Aaron Porter: President of the National Union of Students and Usman Ali, Vice President of National Union of Students (HE): What do students really want?
• Anne Miller: inventor, author and co-founder of The Technology Partnership: How to get your innovations adopted (and change the world)
• Graham Brown-Martin: founder and managing director of Learning without Frontiers: Is the future mobile?
• Elliott Masie: internationally recognised futurist, analyst and researcher on workforce learning, business collaboration and emerging technologies and Head of MASIE Centre: Shaping our Learning Futures. 

The Experience
Each them will run over 2 days and you will be able to see presenters via webcams and try out new technologies in the 'Have-a-go' area - which showcases JISC projects and services.  The informative and entertaining conference blog will once again be provided by James Clay, from Gloucestershire College.  Representatives of the JISC Regional Support Centres will offer guided tours of virtual worlds and the virtual coffee shop will be open all hours, providing a sense of support and community.  

Further information can be found on the JISC Innovating e-Learning Website

Delegate Fee: £50 

Booking is now open 

Each e-Learning project will receive one free delegate place free.  To register you free place please email Judith Mole: judithm@directlearn.co.uk  stating you project name and URL of you project page on the JISC Website. 

Experts Group Meeting

Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group Meeting

When: 20th October

Where: Maple House, Birmingham

Theme: Looking to the Future

The meeting will begin with an update from  Gill Ferrell and Marianne Sheppard on some of the emerging findings from the Curriculum Design and Delivery Programmes.  This is followed by two participatory sessions from the projects themselves. After lunch three innovative projects funded under the Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants will outline their projects which involve the use of Nintendo DSi hand-held games consoles, virtual worlds technology and twitter for learning. There is also the 'Expert Group' and 'Members Showcase' which highlights some of the members projects work. 

You can find further details of the meeting along with a draft agenda. 

JISC will cover the travel and subsistence expenses of members attending meetings, up to the value of £150 on receipt of a completed  Download Exclaim and original receipts 

Elluminate Wednesdays

The return of the Wednesday Elluminate Live! sessions begin in October - details as follows:

October 6th (2-3pm): Transforming the Curriculum to enhance learner, progress and employability

This session will showcase the changes each project in the Curriculum Delivery Cluster B (Lewisham College, Kingston College, West Anglia College and Kingston University/De Montfort University) have made to their delivery methods, highlighting how these changes have delivered improvements to learner progress and employability. 

November 3rd (2-3pm): T-SPARC Project

Further details to follow, in the meantime you can find out more about the project here >>

November 17th (2-3pm): Dynamic Learning Maps Project

This project will demonstrate how it has developed web-based maps to represent the medical curriculum at Newcastle University, provide a new way for students and staff to engage with the curriculum. 

Further details to follow, in the meantime you can find out more about the project here >>

JISC Programme Meeting

October 2010 Programme Meetings

When: 12-13th October
Where: Nottingham

Theme: Delivering the benefits: from project to institutional enhancement

Guest Speakers: 
Peter Findlay - Assistant Director of the QAA 
Professor Betty Collis - Learning Technology Consultant

Registration is now open for the joint programme meeting held in Nottingham.  Two project representatives need to attend and there may be additional spaces available which will be circulated soon. 

Further details including meeting objectives,  pre-meeting activities (for the 'Great Exhibition')  and draft agenda please visit the JISC Joint Programme Meeting Website

Collaborating Across Boundaries

One Day Event

When: Friday 24th September (9.30 - 16.00)
Where: Royal York Hotel, York

The focus of this one day event is on the use of online tools to support, enhance and enable collaboration between Further Education and thier commercial, public sector, cultural and social and civic partners.  Presentations will include 3 keynotes plus various sessions.

For more information about this event see: Collaborating Across Boundaries Website

Evidence-based Practice Syntheses Events

As part of the HEA Evidence-based Practice Synthesis initiative, three evidence-based practice enhancing learning through technology (ELT) synthesis projects will share their findings by hosting a lively seminar to which all interested colleagues from across the higher education sector are invited to attend and contribute - free of charge!

For more information about these projects, visit the web pages listed below:

29 September 2010 (10.30 – 15.30) @ The Open University
Evidence-based Practice Synthesis: Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology for ... Professional Learning and Teaching Practice 

10 November 2010 (10.30 – 15.30) @ University of Southampton
Evidence-based Practice Synthesis: Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology for ... Assessment and Feedback

9 December 2010 (10.30 – 15.30) at Leeds Metropolitan University
Evidence-based Practice Synthesis: Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology for ... Employability and Employee Learning

Elluminate Session: Project Showcase

Generation 4 Showcase:
Transforming Curriculum Delivery in Medical Education through Interactive Online Virtual Patient (VP) Cases

The Generation 4 (G4) project started in November 2008 funded under JISC's Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology programme.  The project has replaced paper problem-based (PBL) cases with Interactive Online Virtual Patient (VP) cases with options and consequences.  Students work through the cases in groups making decisions as they progress, the outcomes are dependant on the choice they have made. The project has delivered 18 cases to the Transition year (T year) of the MBBS (medicine) course at St Georges', University of London, supported with online formative VP assessment cases for self-directed learning.  

This showcase demonstrates how technology can be used to support PBL (problem-based learning) and shows how cases are constructed and delivered using examples of virtual patients.  Professor Terry Poulton and Trupti Bakrania from the G4 project team lead this session.

To view the recording of this session please visit: https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.D5140A53438B4AB8FA66B579DCC24D&sid=2009077

Please visit the G4 Project Blog for background resources.  

 

JISC Online Conference Innovating e-Learning 2010

Bringing Innovation to Life: from adversity comes opportunity

The fifth JISC International Online Conference

When: 23rd - 26th November 2010

Innovating e-Learning 2010 will explore why it is more important than ever that universities and colleges continue to innovate in their use of technology in the current climate of economic constraints to compete globally. The conference will explore how colleges and universities are sustaining and encouraging innovation and creativity in technology-enhanced learning and will cover topics including assessment and feedback, open educational resources, mobile learning, curriculum design and delivery and institutional change.

If you are a researcher, institutional manager or practitioner involved in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, Innovating e-Learning 2010 will be of interest to you. Delegates from further and higher education and from overseas are welcome.

Proceedings take place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. The 2010 conference includes real-time sessions in Elluminate® for each keynote, a tool that facilitates participation and interactive online collaboration.  You will be able to see presenters on video, meet other delegates in the Virtual Coffee Shop and try your hand at new tools and techniques. You can also follow delegates at the conference on Twitter using the tag #jiscel10 and enjoy the informative and entertaining conference blog. 

To find out more, visit the conference website: www.jisc.ac.uk/elpconference10

The fee is £50 per delegate

Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Meeting

Theme: Supporting Learners in a Digital Age

Download SummaryJISCExpertMeetingJuly10 where you can read a summary of this meeting

When: Tuesday 13th July (10:30 - 16:00)
Where: Future Inn, Bristol

The session includes:
SLIDA Project - An update from Rhona Sharpe, Greg Benfield and Judy Hardy on the emerging findings from the Supporting Learners in a Digital Age project. The SLIDA Project is currently investigating how UK further and higher education insitutions are supporting the development of effective learners in a digital age through th implementation of relevant institutions-wide stragegies and policies. 

Helen Beetham will facilitate a session which examines some of the materials designed to support curriculum and institutional interventions around digital literacies which are currently being piloted by colleges and unviersites around the UK. 

The Transforming Curriculum Delivery through Technology programme discuss their findings on the exploration of the role of technology in engaging students and supporting creative dialogue.

Members Showcase highlight the innovative work which members are are undertaking. Members have the opportunity to showcase their work and receive feedback in three 20 minute roundtable discussions.   

The day will conclude with a short update form the e-Learning Programme on funding opportunities, new projects and key events.  

The Draft Agenda for the meeting can be seen here and the twitter tag of #jiscexperts10 will be used for those who like to contribute to the dicussions by Twitter.

JISC will cover the travel and subsistence expense of members attending meetings, up to the value of £150 on receipt of a completed  Download JISC Expense Claim form and original receipts. 

Please note: the final 2010 Programme Meeting will be held on 20th October in Birmingham.