Sal Cooke
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Behind the headlines of the new Jisc Techdis tools – a personal view
It isn’t often that when I am delivering a plenary session at a conference that the audience is moved to tears, but that is exactly what happened at ND2012 ... >>
Role
Sal came to the Director’s post at the JISC TechDis Service from a very wide background in technology enhanced learning including the embedding of ICT, ILT and e-learning.
Having worked in industry and returning to teach in schools, colleges and universities, Sal was seconded in the early 1980s to work as the Curriculum Development Officer responsible for the integration of IT in post-16 education in Yorkshire and the Humber. From this post Sal was further seconded to various national agencies such as Ferl, Becta, JISC and the then Department for Education and Skills, working on the e-learning programmes and the Harnessing Technology Strategy.
Sal’s vision for the Service which is shared passionately by her team, is to ensure that the focus and direction of JISC TechDis remains being the pragmatic voice of inclusion, accessibility in the innovative use of technologies to support learning and teaching across the education sectors in all countries and regions across the UK.
In order to bring the voice of inclusion to the national agendas, Sal is involved in numerous programmes and initiatives and as such sits on programme boards, advisory committees and steering groups.