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Academy / JISC Collaboration Workshop
The workshop is now at full capacity. To register your interest in attendance please complete the waiting list form. You will receive a confirmation email when a space becomes available.
The theme of the event is Working together to enhance learning, teaching and assessment
Purpose of the event
To share knowledge and expertise, showcase outcomes from the collaboration initiative and identify effective means of disseminating online collaborative developments to encourage their take for the benefit of the HE sector.
Who should attend?
Colleagues from the Collaboration Network i.e. the Higher Education Academy and its network of Subject Centres, JISC and its network of, JISC Services and Regional Support Centres (RSCs).
Please note that places are limited to 2 colleagues per Subject Centre, JISC Service and RSC
Intended Outcomes
- a shared understanding of the support required by the HE sector to enhance the evolving student learning experience
- dissemination of collaboration outcomes to date
- collective advocacy of collaborative online developments
- identification of effective means of disseminating developments
- identification of appropriate indicators of success for developments
- enhancement of inter-working, cultivation and consolidation of collaborative relationships across the Collaboration Network
Draft outline programme
Wednesday 26 November
| Time |
Programme Activity |
| 12.00 - 12.50 |
Lunch and registration |
| 13.00 - 13.15 |
Welcome and event overview
Lawrence Hamburg, Assistant Director, Head of e-Learning, Higher Education Academy |
|
Session 1: the Student Learning Experience |
| 13.15 - 13.45 |
The Future of the Higher Education Sector - Teaching and the Student Experience: an overview of the recent government review
Elaine Payne, Acting Assistant Director (Policy), Higher Education Academy
Student experiences of ICT, JISC Campaign 2008-09
Philip Pothen, JISC Press and PR Manager |
| 13.45 - 14.15 |
Group Discussions:
Enhancing the student learning experience: supporting the sector |
| 14.15 - 14.30 |
Comfort break |
|
Session 2: the story so far... |
| 14.30 - 14.45 |
Overview of collaboration initiative outcomes
Sharon Waller, Academy/JISC Collaboration Team Leader |
| 14.45 - 15.15 |
Group Discussions:
Campaign findings: implications for the collaboration network |
| 15.15 - 15.45 |
Refreshment break |
|
Session 3: presentation of online collaborative developments
Participants to attend 1 presentation from each group |
| 15.45 - 16.15 |
Tutorial: Using the internet for image searching (TASI)
Tutorial: Supporting the use of the Learning Object Creator (LLAS)
Tutorial: Copyright, accessibility and the law (JISC Legal)
Workshop: Using technology to support: assessment; academic staff (Netskills) |
| 16.15 - 16:20 |
Shuffle time |
| 16:20 - 16:50 |
Tutorial: Supporting inclusivity in learning & teaching (JISC Techdis)
Tutorial: Supporting the use of the SIMPLE application (UKCLE)
Guide: Tackling online academic misconduct & internet plagiarism (JISC iPAS)
Unified events calendar: Sharing events information across the Network and beyond Engineering |
| 16:50 - 17:00 |
Comfort break |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Session 3 cont'd
Hands-on exploration of online developments
Participants to explore up to 3 developments |
| 18.00 - 19.00 |
Free time |
| 19.00 - 21.00 |
Dinner with quiz
Quizmaster: Ian Lindsay, HE in FE Academic Advisor, Engineering Subject Centre assisted by Simon Ball, Senior Adviser and Cary MacMahon, Coordinator, JISC TechDis |
Thursday 27 November
| Time |
Programme Activity |
| 09.00 - 09.15 |
Welcome and introduction to Day 2
Norman Wiseman, Head of Services and Outreach, JISC |
|
Session 4: Development of Web Search facilities and TELT taxonomy |
| 09.15 - 10:00 |
Presentations: Academy/JISC web teams and Glenaffric Ltd |
| 10:00 - 11:00 |
Hands-on exporation of web-search facilities |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
Refreshments |
|
Session 5: Dissemination and impact evaluation |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Group Discussions:
Working together to promote and encourage uptake of online developments/search facilities and evaluate their success. |
| 10.30 - 10.45 |
Feedback |
| 12.45 - 13.00 |
Next steps:
Evaluating the collaboration initiative and sustaining the momentum |
| 13.00 onwards |
Lunch |
Registration Information
It is free of charge to attend this workshop, however the Academy and JISC reserve the right to charge a £50 fee to no show delegates. Overnight accommodation will be provided for delegates by the Academy and JISC at Scarman House on the 26 November.
The workshop is now at full capacity. To register your interest in attendance please complete the waiting list form. You will receive a confirmation email when a space becomes available. Further joining instructions will be sent to you approximately 2 weeks before the event.
If you are unable to attend the whole workshop and only wish to join for one day and will not require accommodation on the 26 November, please register in the normal way but notify the organisers by email immediately after registering: events@jisc.ac.uk
For Session 2, delegates will be asked to select one presentation from Session 2, before and after the break.
Register for waiting list
Enquiries
All enquiries regarding the event can be directed to Georgia Hall or Grace Porter at events@jisc.ac.uk