New online resources for learning, teaching and assessment

The rapid development of information technology has made available a plethora of new resources for education. These educational tools can significantly enhance learning and teaching but also create new challenges for staff.

These new online tutorials and guides give practical guidance on how to use digital technologies in areas such as assessment and work-related learning. They also show how technology can be used to help tackle issues such as inclusivity, copyright law and plagiarism.

Topics cover:
□ Assessment
□ Copyright, accessibility and the law
□ Creating your own on-line learning materials
□ Internet plagiarism
□ On-line image searching
□ Preparing learners for the workplace
□ Supporting learning in the workplace
□ Supporting inclusivity
□ Technology-enhanced learning and teaching

This is one of the many areas of work with which the Academy and Jisc have been collaborating, drawing on the respective expertise of each organisation: an understanding of the needs of learning and teaching professionals and the potential of digital technologies to support learning, teaching and assessment.

Professor Sol Picciotto of the Lancaster University Law School provided some early feedback on the copyright-cleared images toolkit he said: ‘Congratulations on this tutorial. It's really excellent, very well set out, and the information on copyright is presented clearly and accurately. It really fills a gap and does so extremely well.’

These guides and tutorials will be available to try out at The Academy's Conference, at University Place, Manchester, from 30 June to 2 July 2009 or online.

Read more about the Academy and Jisc's partnership