Podcasts
Implementing ORCID: advantages and challenges
Listen to a podcast from Laure Haak, executive director of ORCID, on the benefits and challenges that universities face in taking up and exploiting ORCID.
Now open - ICT Initiative of the Year
Jisc is involved with the Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards this year. Charlie Covington, press officer at Jisc speaks with Prof Martin Hall, vice chancellor of University of Salford and Jisc board UUK nominee to find out more.
Gaming in the classroom – could this be a new way of teaching for the future?
Further education colleges have the opportunity to see if gaming in the classroom could offer a new way of teaching and learning thanks to a pilot being run by Jisc Collections.
Free online resource boosts digital skills for college learners
As part of National Colleges Week, we’re looking at tools which can assist learners to improve their digital literacy.
Open working improves teaching and student retention
In this podcast Charlie Covington, Press Officer at Jisc, talks to Kate Borthwick, Academic Co-ordinator for e-Learning at the Centre of Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies at Southampton University.
e-safety for online learning
Jisc TechDis have developed a website which provides teaching materials to educate adults with learning disabilities about online safety.
Cookie law next steps - legal expert and university web manager
Cookie law is now in force in the UK – and we’ve all got a different way of dealing with it.
New business model for National Centre for Text Mining
Jisc funded the National Centre for Text Mining for 7 years between 2004 and 2011. The Centre, based at the University of Manchester, is now independent of Jisc funding, but what does that mean for the researchers who rely on its services? And what can others learn from their new business model?
How important are open ebook standards to universities?
For universities and colleges looking to bring their teaching resources online, many are using the new ePub3 standard, which is what underpins Apple’s new iBooks and is become the defacto standard for ebooks.
New guidance for using medical recordings in teaching
New advice and guidance on making and using clinical healthcare recordings funded by the Strategic Content Alliance for learning and teaching launches today.