Welcome
Welcome to the winter edition of Jisc Inform. We’ve taken the opportunity to have a bit of a refresh and come up with what we think is a brighter, cleaner design – we hope you agree.
Once again this issue has an eclectic mix of articles covering a variety of topics, looking at how we, together with our partners, projects, funders, and owners, are aiming to help you find ways to get the most out of your digi tech.
We also do a bit of future gazing, Jisc programme managers Andy McGregor and Myles Danson look at future trends in digital analytics and Sarah Porter head of Jisc innovation and Torsten Reimer one of our programme managers, give you their top seven predictions for the future of research.
And to save you a little time in hunting them down, our expert blogger and programme manager, David Kernohan gives you his view of the top ten higher education blogs. From blogs we move to mobile apps with our feature on how colleges are embracing their learners’ texting in the lectures by encouraging learners to BYOD – bring your own device to learn.
Don’t agree with our experts? Let us know, because we welcome your feedback and suggestions – not just on the articles in this issue, but for possible future topics for us to cover.
We hope you enjoy the read.
Rebecca Whitehead
(Editorial team)
Inform archive
Inform 30: Spring 2011
Inform 31: Summer 2011
Inform 32: Autumn 2011
Inform 33: Spring 2012
Inform 34: Summer 2012
Credits
Edited by: Rebecca Whitehead and Charlie Covington
Design: iD Factory
Contributors: Charlotte Covington, Christine Gormley, Brian Kelly, Michelle Pauli, Sarah Porter, Caroline Pritchard, Torsten Reimer, Ben Showers, Rebecca Whitehead and Nicola Yeeles. We’d also like to thank all the many people who have contributed their expertise to this edition.
Jisc Inform is produced by Jisc to raise awareness of the use of technology in supporting further and higher education in the UK. Contributing authors include members of the Jisc family of services and initiatives, Jisc’s partners and staff working in the further and higher education and skills sectors. The views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of Jisc.
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