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JISC online conference presentations available by christina, last updated: 2010-01-13 13:39:50: The presentations and resources from the JISC online conference Innovating e-Learning 2009 are now available.

Innovating e-Learning 2009 focuses on change by christina, last updated: 2009-11-27 15:58:18: Author of the Demos report, The Edgeless University, Peter Bradwell opened the second theme of Innovating e-Learning 2009 with a warning note for higher education.

Record numbers of delegates at JISC online conference by christina, last updated: 2009-11-25 11:46:31: The JISC Online Conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009, Thriving, not just surviving!, which opened on Tuesday 24th November has broken all records for delegate numbers. 12 countries are represented with delegates from Australia adding to the discussions overnight UK time.

Unleashing Enterprise Architectures report by christina, last updated: 2009-11-18 13:13:20: In August TechWatch published their report on the recent JISC Enterprise Architectures pilot projects. "Unleashing EA:Institutional Architectures and the value of joined up thinking" offers a comprehensive overview of the successes and challenges faced by the projects and discusses the applicability of the approach to Higher Education.

CETIS09: A Brave New World? by christina, last updated: 2009-11-18 12:13:05: Reflections from the CETIS09 conference held in Birmingham last week. Everyone will have had their own experience, so this is not a comprehensive report but picks out some of our highlights of the event.

e-Framework newsletter November 2009 by christina, last updated: 2009-11-09 15:08:21: The latest news from the e-Framework for education and research initiative.

TENCompetence Open Workshop: Manchester, UK, November 19th and 20th by christina, last updated: 2009-11-03 10:28:40: This workshop "Rethinking Learning and Employment at a time of economic uncertainty" focusses on the work of the TenCompetence project which for the past four years has been developing an infrastructure for lifelong learning in Europe. There will be keynotes from Rob Koper and Oleg Liber as well as research papers, and practical workshops.

Innovating e-Learning 2009 is just around the corner by christina, last updated: 2009-10-26 13:00:06: Book now for the fourth JISC online conference ‘Thriving, not just surviving’ 24-27th November.

Open Educational Content for Informal Learners: Beyond the Horizon? by christina, last updated: 2009-10-14 09:34:56: This article by Paul Richardson of RSC Wales explores the world of Open Educational Resources from the perspective of informal learners. Paul argues that while open content offers many opportunities a number of barriers are preventing many informal adult learners from using these resources. The article explores technical issues, business models for resource production and the context of adult community learning, and suggests ways in which these barriers can be overcome.

OERs Matters at ALT- C by christina, last updated: 2009-09-09 10:37:20: Different perspectives on Open Educational Resources were explored yesterday at the “OERs Matters – vision, reality and uncertainty” symposium at the Association for Learning Technology Conference in Manchester.

The Pspex project: Creating a Curriculum management domain map by christina, last updated: 2009-07-27 12:55:12: The Pspex project which started in April 2007 undertook "a case study based analysis of the business domain impacting and containing all interactions with Programme Specification production and usage". Developing a programme specification is a key part of creating new university courses, and yet the processes involved are often poorly understood within institutions. In this article Dr Samia Oussena, the Pspex project manager, and Professor Balbir Barn discuss the approach the project team took to domain modelling and the development of the problem frames technique. This article will be of interest to those modelling the curriculum design process in their institutions, particularly the current JISC projects in this area.

Redesigning the curriculum by christina, last updated: 2009-07-21 13:04:39: We interviewed JISC programme managers, Sarah Knight and Lisa Gray, about what the JISC Institutional Approaches to Curriculum Design and Transforming Curriculum Delivery Through Technology Programmes aim to achieve and progress to date.

e-Framework Newsletter Special edition by christina, last updated: 2009-07-13 10:37:24: The e-Framework initiative has published its technical model which aims to make the e-Framework's service-oriented approach to software design more comprehensive and more comprehensible. The initiative are now seeking feedback on the model.

JISC Effective Practice in a Digital Age, technology enhanced learning guide is published by christina, last updated: 2009-07-06 12:15:49: Last week the JISC e-Learning Programme published "Effective Practice in a Digital Age – a guide to technology-enhanced learning and teaching" an update to the popular 2004 JISC publication, Effective Practice with e-Learning.

Call for papers: Rethinking Learning and Employment at a time of economic uncertainty by christina, last updated: 2009-07-03 08:57:29: The final workshop of the TenCompetence project is being held in the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Manchester on the 19th and 20th November 2009.

IMS whitepaper Adoption of SOA in Education published by christina, last updated: 2009-06-24 10:27:29: The IMS white paper “Adoption of Service Oriented Architecture for Enterprise Systems in Education: Recommended Practices” is now available on the IMS web site. This comprehensive 50 page report edited by Colin Smythe advocates an incremental approach and covers the SOA maturity model framework, SOA governance, evaluates common SOA tools and includes four implementation scenarios.

DesignBash at the 2009 European LAMS & Learning Design Conference by christina, last updated: 2009-06-10 08:39:21: Information about the forthcoming DesignBash on the 8th July at the Open University.

Taking a creative approach to our future by sarah, last updated: 2009-06-04 14:10:17: Attendees at the recent IMS Learning Impact Conference 2009 held in Barcelona agreed that creativity and innovation in education were of critical importance in enabling us to adapt to the radical changes taking place in our environment.

e-Framework newsletter June 2009 by christina, last updated: 2009-06-02 10:49:05: The June issue of the e-Framework newsletter is now available, items include the launch of the online publication, "Technology Change in Higher and Further Education: A service oriented approach", and details of the new Flexible Service Delivery programme. Also in this issue a review of the e-Framework model and a report from the SURF and JISC workshop on "Doing Enterprise Architecture".

Kuali Student Workshop by christina, last updated: 2009-06-01 12:09:18: The Cambridge Curriculum Design project is organizing a one day workshop in Birmingham on the 23rd July introducing Kuali Student and its Learning Unit Management (LUM) module, given by Leo Fernig of the University of British Columbia.

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Features

Unleashing Enterprise Architectures report
In August TechWatch published their report on the recent JISC Enterprise Architectures pilot projects. "Unleashing EA:Institutional Architectures and the value of joined up thinking" offers a comprehensive overview of the successes and challenges faced by the projects and discusses the applicability of the approach to Higher Education.

18 Nov, 2009

CETIS09: A Brave New World?
Reflections from the CETIS09 conference held in Birmingham last week. Everyone will have had their own experience, so this is not a comprehensive report but picks out some of our highlights of the event.

18 Nov, 2009

Open Educational Content for Informal Learners: Beyond the Horizon?
This article by Paul Richardson of RSC Wales explores the world of Open Educational Resources from the perspective of informal learners. Paul argues that while open content offers many opportunities a number of barriers are preventing many informal adult learners from using these resources. The article explores technical issues, business models for resource production and the context of adult community learning, and suggests ways in which these barriers can be overcome.

14 Oct, 2009

OERs Matters at ALT- C
Different perspectives on Open Educational Resources were explored yesterday at the “OERs Matters – vision, reality and uncertainty” symposium at the Association for Learning Technology Conference in Manchester.

09 Sep, 2009

The Pspex project: Creating a Curriculum management domain map
The Pspex project which started in April 2007 undertook "a case study based analysis of the business domain impacting and containing all interactions with Programme Specification production and usage". Developing a programme specification is a key part of creating new university courses, and yet the processes involved are often poorly understood within institutions. In this article Dr Samia Oussena, the Pspex project manager, and Professor Balbir Barn discuss the approach the project team took to domain modelling and the development of the problem frames technique. This article will be of interest to those modelling the curriculum design process in their institutions, particularly the current JISC projects in this area.

27 Jul, 2009

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News

JISC online conference presentations available
The presentations and resources from the JISC online conference Innovating e-Learning 2009 are now available.

13 Jan, 2010

Innovating e-Learning 2009 focuses on change
Author of the Demos report, The Edgeless University, Peter Bradwell opened the second theme of Innovating e-Learning 2009 with a warning note for higher education.

27 Nov, 2009

Record numbers of delegates at JISC online conference
The JISC Online Conference, Innovating e-Learning 2009, Thriving, not just surviving!, which opened on Tuesday 24th November has broken all records for delegate numbers. 12 countries are represented with delegates from Australia adding to the discussions overnight UK time.

25 Nov, 2009

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