JISC is continually investigating how digital technologies can be applied in the management of courses to bring about benefits such as improved student satisfaction, reduced staff time and significant cost-efficiencies.

Course Management

Information technologies have an important role to play in both supporting curriculum delivery and easing the administrative burden. Appropriate technologies can be deployed to simplify timetabling, organise student records, enable students to more effectively manage their own learning, and provide the access to and the exchange of course-related information within educational institutions and beyond. JISC is continually investigating how digital technologies can be applied in the management of courses to bring about benefits such as improved student satisfaction, reduced staff time and significant cost-efficiencies.

Key course management activities

14 Programmes
  • e-Learning programme The JISC e-learning programme enables the development and effective use of digital technologies to support learning and teaching in universities and colleges, so that staff benefit from e-learning...

  • Users & Innovation: Personalising Technologies Based on the needs of real end-users, the programme will identify areas where innovative user technologies and practices can increase efficiency.

  • e-Learning Frameworks and Tools programme The e-Learning Framework is a service-oriented factoring of the core services required to support e-Learning applications, portals and other user agents.

  • Learning and teaching innovation grants JISC is supporting, via the LTIG programme, one year projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to...

  • Institutional approaches to curriculum design Curriculum design is generally understood as a high-level process defining the learning to take place within a specific programme of study, leading to specific unit(s) of credit or qualification. The...

51 Projects
  • SWEET.Net The project is designed to address some common scenarios which appear time and time again during institutional MLE development.

  • Curriculum mapping knowledgebase This project sets out to create a knowledgebase application to manage and maintain the complex interrelationships between curriculum content, cases for enquiry based learning and their intended...

  • Electronic records management training package Electronic records management requires staff from all levels/areas of an institution to appreciate their role/responsibilities as creators and users of electronic records.

  • Demonstrating learning design IMS Learning Design is a way to represent courses and activities that has the potential to encourage sharing and reuse of educational approaches alongside the courses themselves. In this project we...

  • Co-educate The project will develop new processes and supporting technical systems to support curriculum development and design that start with the needs of the learner (and their organisation) negotiated and...

3 Audio Visual
  • Podcast: Work Related Learning MP3 (Duration 25:06) Work-related learning is increasing its importance in the curriculum landscape. There is evidence that it helps students relate their learning to their current and future working...

  • Video: Digital Anthropology Resources for Teaching Windows Media Video A joint venture between JISC and the National Science Foundation in the United States, Digital Libraries in the Classroom is an innovative programme, driven by learning needs as opposed to the...

  • Discover how Design Studio can support curriculum design Flash (Duration 1:50) JISC is currently producing a web-based resource called The Design Studio and is also working on a sister programme at the curriculum delivery level. There is a wealth of resources in...

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