Keeping up to date - alerting services

ISS will be running a training session on 'Keeping up to date - alerting services' on 3 May.

What: Keeping up to date - alerting services
When: Tues. 3rd May 12 – 1
Where: PC Room 3 in the Library

This session will look at the various e-mail and alerting services which you can use to keep up to date with new books, journal articles, conferences, etc. It will include a demonstration of Zetoc and ticTocs, two services for keeping up to date with new journal papers.

To book a place, please email b.r.mathias@swansea.ac.uk

Lunchtime bytes delivered to your desk - new online events from JISC RSC Wales!

JISC RSC Wales is currently looking for new ways to reach more people, whilst saving travel costs, by using online conferencing technology. The aim of their online service called 'lunchtime bytes' is to deliver bite sized chunks of information in real time to you at your desk, in an interactive way.

To start off their pre-Christmas 'lunchtime bytes' they will be offering two online sessions, one focusing on My Study Bar and another on Google Docs. They will run one session in November and one in December but to give you more choice they are offering two dates and times for each session. For details of all sessions please see below or visit the events pages of tier website: http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/events/

My Study Bar ... Tuesday November 9 from 12.30 to 1.15pm

My Study Bar ... Wednesday November 24 from 1.15 to 2.00pm

Google Docs ... Tuesday December7 from 12.30 to 1.15pm

Google Docs ... Wednesday December 15 from 1.15 - 2.00pm

Call for teachers to share resources

At the start of a new academic year, JISC is encouraging lecturers and trainers to share their teaching materials - as a competition highlights useful resources from across the UK.

David Kernohan, programme manager at JISC, said: “We are fortunate in this country to be developing a community of people willing to share their teaching resources, but what we lack is a coherent way of highlighting the best examples of such collaboration.

“Competitions like this one show what we all know instinctively – that sharing can benefit not just your colleagues but also your own teaching reputation and that of your university or college.”

The competition was run by JorumOpen, the UK’s national repository for educational materials created under a creative commons licence.

Louise Egan, Jorum communications officer, said: "This competition aims to champion learning and teaching resources from all backgrounds and subject areas. We were delighted to have received a great number of entries, and see the high standard of resources being shared amongst our community of users."

The resulting winners of the competition are all excellent examples of how to make learning more interactive and are available alongside the other entries at Jorum for anyone to re-use.

First place went to a resource that explains photosynthesis using 3D models of the key molecules involved. Its author Katy Jordan has used the kit to teach undergraduates at the University of Cambridge.
http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7023

An interactive module from the Open Dementia E-learning programme, funded by the Department of Health, came in at second place.
http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/7022

The University of Wales Institute in Cardiff claimed third prize for a resource called ‘Making the creative process visible’, a series of films documenting how ceramics students develop their ideas.
http://open.jorum.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/2027

Contributing to open repositories helps resources to be discovered more widely. Currently over 80 UK universities are involved in the pilot open educational resources programme run by JISC and the Higher Education Academy with all outputs made available via JorumOpen.

Explore what we’ve learned and how sharing resources can benefit your organisation through our dedicated briefing paper at

To contribute to Jorum or find resources, visit http://www.jorum.ac.uk

JISC Online Conference

Innovating e-Learning 2010
Bringing Innovation to Life: from adversity comes opportunity
23rd - 26th November 2010

The theme of the 2010 Innovating e-Learning conference reflects the challenges presented by the current climate of economic constraint and will explore how technology-enhanced learning can help universities and colleges to develop forward-looking educational futures and continue to complete globally.

The experience
Each theme will run over 2 days and you will be able to see presenters on webcam and try out new technologies and different ideas in the Have-a-go area which showcases JISC projects and services. The informative and entertaining conference blog will once again be provided by James Clay, from Gloucestershire College. Representatives of the JISC Regional Support Centres will offer guided tours of virtual worlds and the Virtual Coffee Shop will be open all hours, providing a sense of support and community. You can follow delegates at the conference on Twitter using the tag #jiscel10.

The conference takes place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. The 2010 conference includes real-time sessions in Elluminate® a tool that facilitates participation and interactive online collaboration. Participating in this online conference is excellent value for money providing additional features not offered by face-to-face conferences, saving time and travel and helping you to reduce your carbon footprint. Further information from www.jisc.ac.uk/elpconference10
Booking now open
www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference10/booking

New tool to search for e-learning resources

The Jorum Team is pleased to announce the release of a new unified search tool - created to allow you to search the JorumOpen and JorumUK collections simultaneously. This means that searching for resources is now even easier, providing instant results gleaned from both collections at once.

This is the first release of the tool, which is still in development. They would value any feedback on your experience of using the search tool - you can post comments within a dedicated discussion forum on the Jorum Community Bay, or fill in the feedback form on the website. Providing feedback allows us to incorporate your views and ideas into future releases.

Further details about the search tool can be found on the Jorum website.

The Best things in life are FREE! Learning in a Digital Wales - Dysgu mewn Cymru Digidol'

The RSC Wales conference Learning in a Digital Wales - Dysgu mewn Cymru Digidol is now free!

You can find more details here http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=550

Conference: 'Learning in a Digital Wales - Dysgu mewn Cymru Digidol'

'Learning in a Digital Wales - Dysgu mewn Cymru Digidol' on 30th June 2010 is a collaborative, cross sector event brought to you by JISC RSC Wales, with the support of LearnTech Wales, Moodle-Wales and Community eLearning Wales (CeLW) covering all educational sectors in Wales including Work Based Learning and Higher Education.

The aims of the event are:

• to share good practice and experiences in new and existing technologies from across the sectors
• to focus on key questions about the transformation agenda and the role of technology enhanced learning
• to look at the reasons for change in 21st Century education

The event will be a mix of presentations, hands on sessions, sharing of good practice, networking and discussion opportunities. The topics covered during the day include: personalised learning, accessibility and inclusion, effective use of digital media, portable free applications, assessment, Moodle, use of Web 2.0 and mobile technologies, eSafety/Safeguarding, the transformation agenda ... and more. For the full programme please visit http://docs.google.com/View?id=df7ss89s_49xc27mgc8

Further details and the booking form can be found here: http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=550

The event will be hosted at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff and the cost is £50 per person.

BOOK NOW http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/events/event_details.asp?eid=550

Using Flickr - Online Surgery

JISC Digital Media are providing fortnightly one-hour online help and support sessions to answer any queries you have regarding digital media. The sessions are free.

NEXT SESSION: Using Flickr - online photo sharing
Wednesday 18 November 2009
1.30pm to 2.30pm

More information here -

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery/

Screencasting online seminar

JISC Digital Media - Online Surgery

Using screencasting - Wed 21st October 2009

We will be using the online tool Elluminate. Please go to the Elluminate test page to check that your browser has all it needs.

When joining please use your full name and let us know which institution you are from.

More information from here http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery

Need help with still images, moving images and audio and how they can be used for teaching and learning?

Tomorrow (Wed 7th Oct) at 13:30 JISC Digital Media will be available online for their second online surgery. http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery/

JISC Digital Media are providing fortnightly one-hour online help and support sessions to answer any queries you have regarding digital media.

Queries regarding any aspect of still images, moving images (including video), audio and how they can be used for teaching and learning are welcome. Technical, workflow related or general queries will be answered and there are no limit to the number of queries that can be asked. No query is too simple to be explored.

You will find the surgery here http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/surgery/

Digital photography, audio, video?

A new series of training sessions from JISC Digital Media has been announced covering using digital images, finding free images, recording lectures and digital photography amongst others.

You can find the details here -

http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/training/

What is JISC Digital Media?

JISC Digital Media (formerly known as TASI) is a JISC Advisory Service, which provides advice, guidance and training to the UK's Further and Higher Education community on:

• Creating digital media resources specifically still images, moving images and sound resources
• Delivering digital media resources to users
• Using digital media resources to support teaching, learning and research
• Managing both small and large scale digitisation projects

JISC Digital Media is hosted at the Institute for Learning and Research Technology (ILRT) at the University of Bristol.

Effective Practice in a Digital Age

The JISC publication 'Effective Practice in a Digital Age' is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting learning: academic staff, lecturers, tutors and learning support staff, facilitators, learning technologists and staff developers. Thew report argues that "What unites this diverse group is their interest in enhancing the quality of learning and teaching, and a curiosity about how technology can assist them."

Download a copy from here

Videos of the various case studies can be found on the JISC Resource Exchange

Learning in a digital age – are we prepared?

JISC Innovating e-Learning 2008

Learning in a digital age – are we prepared?

4-7^th November 2008

Register now for the third international JISC online conference. This important conference for practitioners and managers embedding e-learning into their practice focuses on the tension between the tried and tested and the wholly innovative. e-Learning may now have established a foothold in learning and teaching, but are the demands of delivering the curriculum restricting its innovative potential? How can we plan to ensure the best possible e-enhancement of learning in the future?

Keynote speakers are Professor Gilly Salmon, University of Leicester, on transforming curriculum design through technology and Professor Rose Luckin, London Knowledge Lab, on the relationship between learners, their tutors and institutions. The closing keynote is being delivered by John Davitt, writer, broadcaster and education technology specialist.

The conference has two themes each running over two days and will also include guided tours in Second Life facilitated by the JISC Emerge team. During the reading weeks, the two weeks prior to the conference, there will be orientation sessions for delegates new to Second Life. We are pleased to have James Clay, mobile-learning enthusiast, as the conference blogger. Some sessions will make use of the Elluminate real-time web conferencing system.

Finally, the e-Learning Showcase will provide a shop window on innovative work from JISC e-Learning projects and services and social events include a virtual fashion show.

Details of the programme are available at www.jisc.ac.uk/elpconference08.

Delegates from further and higher education and from overseas are welcome to take part. The conference takes place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you. Book now at www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning_pedagogy/elpconference08/booking.aspx. The fee is £50 per delegate