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...

Repositories and Preservation Programme The programme is a £14m investment in Higher Education repository and digital content infrastructure. It will fund initiatives to develop the Information Environment supporting digital repositories...

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...

MLEs for Lifelong Learning: Building MLEs across HE and FE The programme will explore the issues related to developing learning environments to support the seamless movement of the learner between and across sectors and institutions.

Blind interactive simulation cricket user training Virtual practice and training sports environment project for the blind or visually impaired using 3D virtual sound and Wii technology.

Design of learning spaces in 3D virtual environments This project will evaluate a range of 3-D learning spaces, immersive and non-immersive, realistic and non-realistic, with students, in order to propose models for a variety of pedagogical...

Study of MLE activity Study of MLE activities across UK FE an FE. This study reported in August 2003.

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

Copyright Licensing Applications using SWORD for Moodle This project will develop a SWORD plugin for the Moodle VLE, using recently developed PHP libraries, so that objects in the VLE can be easily deposited in common OA IRs. It will further extend the...

JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres) The 13 JISC RSCs provide a comprehensive, regionally-based support service for the use of networked learning technologies and resources for FE Colleges, small HE Colleges and other local educational...

JISC CETIS (JISC Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) JISC CETIS advises Universities and Colleges on the strategic, technical and pedagogic implications of educational technology standards.

JISC Advance Advancing education, research and management through expertise, advice and inspiration in the use of technology.

Podcast: Creating 21st century learning spaces MP3 (Duration: 8.54) Richard Everett is responsible for the IT infrastructure for a £100m new build project at Oaklands College. In this podcast interview with Philip Pothen he talks about some of the...

Podcast 56 - Library spaces for the 'Google Generation' MP3 (Duration 9:27) As investment continues to be made into new build and refurbishment projects across the country, librarians are playing a key role in the design of buildings more suited to current...

A technology-rich space for inquiry-based learning: CILASS – University of Sheffield QuickTime Duration: 5:10 minutes Visual description Audio transcript Shot of Philippa Levy, Academic Director of CILASS. Includes background musical soundtrack. Philippa Levy: This...

A technology-rich space for inquiry-based learning: CILASS – University of Sheffield Windows Media Video Duration: 5:10 minutes Visual description Audio transcript Shot of Philippa Levy, Academic Director of CILASS. Includes background musical soundtrack. Philippa Levy: This...

A social and collaborative learning space: The Saltire Centre – Glasgow Caledonian University QuickTime Duration: 4:42 minutes Visual description Audio transcript Shots of the ground floor in the Saltire Centre. An interview shot of a student. Includes background musical...

TELSTAR Project Plan Word document The role and nature of university libraries has changed in the context of institutional adoption of VLEs, from an essentially standalone and separate physical service to one which is increasingly...

SIMPLE Final Report PDF document The SIMPLE project in general terms aimed to prove that simulations can effectively enhance learning across a range of disciplines, professions and institutions. It also set out to investigate the...

Enlightening Science Project Plan PDF document Our immediate goal is to make freely available online all versions of the most important scientific texts composed by Isaac Newton that were published in his lifetime. These writings, which...

Project Plan: A Web-Based Interactive Visualisation Modelling Platform to Effect Participative and Collaborative Planning and Design of Future Learning Spaces PDF document The University of Sheffield (UoS) has undergone an intense period of campus regeneration over the past 10 years. To achieve its academic and developmental goals, the Estates and Academic divisions of...

i-Borrow Project Plan PDF document Canterbury Christ Church University supports 14,000 students and 1,100 staff. Its growth in the last 10 years combined with the change in the use of technology to operate and support the business has...