JISC

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.

e-Learning Pedagogy programme e-Learning and Pedagogy activities are being broadly grouped under two themes: Designing for Learning (with a practitioner planning focus on e-Learning) and Understanding my Learning (with a learner...

Transforming curriculum delivery through technology It is important for institutions to develop more flexible and creative models of delivery to support the development of autonomous, lifelong learners who are skilled in reflecting on their learning...

Supporting lifelong learning: Enhancing the value of interactive 3D chemistry Investigating how Chemtube3D resources are being used by a diverse range of learners including undergraduates and professional industrial chemists.

e-Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning This project will be using e-learning technologies to automate aspects of the process and enhance the service offered to Learning Through Work students.

Joining up Organisations to Support New Engineering Pathways into Higher Education This project will explore the use of e-Portfolio and e-Portfolio-enabled services, specifically in the area of information, advice and guidance, to support learners following Engineering pathways...

HORUS e-Learning Management (HeLM) This project is being conducted by the team that developed Horus, an e-technology to help doctors-in-training learn in workplaces. HeLM is an implementation project, which aims to increase the range...

Supporting Ongoing Learning in Vocational Settings The three fully funded Lifelong Learning Networks in the NorthWest region, involving 9 universities and a larger number of FECs, are working in partnership through this project to provide support to...

JISC TechDis JISC TechDis is the leading educational advisory service providing advice and guidance on technology and disability to promote an accessible and inclusive experience for students and staff. JISC...

Podcast: A self-confessed geek on JISC's 'Developer Happiness' event MP3 (Duration 12:50) In this podcast Kerry O'Neill talks, via Skype, to digital libraries and e-learning Programme Manager David Flanders who speaks about the benefits of Web 2.0 technologies, as well as...

Podcast: JISC Conference Keynote talks IT innovation and inspiration MP3 (Duration 14:36) In this podcast Rebecca O’Brien is joined by Professor Lizbeth Goodman who is Professor of Creative Technology Innovation, Director of SMARTlab Digital Media Institute & MAGIC...

Podcast: Mashing up research and connecting with learners through social media MP3 (Duration 20:15) Ewan McIntosh, Digital Commissioner for 4iP, talks with Rebecca O’Brien from JISC via Skype about mobile gaming, how thinking from the learner’s perspective is key, and how...

Podcast: A study of 'In Their Own Words' MP3 (Duration: 24.00) Listening to what learners themselves have to say about their learning is becoming more and more important to ensuring that they have access to the services and the technologies...

Podcast: 'The Google Generation' – myth or reality? MP3 (Duration: 22.04) A new report, commissioned by JISC and The British Library, counters the common assumption that the 'Google Generation' - young people born or brought up in the internet age - is...

Helen Beetham - presentation Presentation at the Experts Meeting 22nd April 09.

Learning literacies for the digital age PDF document JISC Conference 09: This workshop will communicate outcomes from the JISC e-Learning programme study into Learning Literacies for the Digital Age and encourage participants, through active...

Every Learner Counts: Can technology help improve student motivation and retention? PDF document JISC Conference 09: The need for improving retention is identified in the National Audit Office report on Student Retention (Feb 2008). The funding councils already provide additional funding to...

JISC Question Time: Student experiences of technology PDF document JISC Conference 09: The rapid adoption and widespread use of Web 2.0 technologies such as podcasts, blogs, social networking sites and virtual environments is already transforming education and at a...

Mind the gap...understanding the tensions between the institution and the learner PDF document JISC Conference 09: Early work in the JISC Learners’ Experiences of e-Learning (LEX) programme suggests that there is a wide gap between learners’ expectations of the use of technology in their...