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JISC RSC West Midlands News
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MyStudyBar Helps Organisations Save £500,000
MyStudyBar is an initiative supported by the JISC Regional Support Centres (RSC) and JISC TechDis. It is primarily designed to support learners with literacy-related difficulties, such as dyslexia, although it offers potential benefits to all learners.
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JISC Funding Opportunities
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) has recently published planned Grant calls and invitations to tender for the next academic year – August 2010 to July 2011.
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Calling all FE Multimedia Users: EDINA Need Your Help
EDINA is working on a JISC-funded Scoping Study which is exploring what it means to have collections of metadata about images, films/videos and sounds, and considering the benefits and challenges associated with such collections.
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Regional Support Centres become part of JISC Advance
On 1st August 2010 JISC Regional Support Centres (RSCs), which guide and support the deployment of technologies for learning providers, became part of JISC Advance.
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JISC Digital Media Announce Training Programme
JISC Digital Media are now taking bookings for their new training programme which runs until December 2010.
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Screencasting Workshop: 12th October
JISC Digital Media will host a one-day workshop on 12th October in Bristol on how to maximize the value of screencasting in presentation, demonstration and digital storytelling for teaching and learning.
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E-safety: Top Ten Tips
JISC Legal has produced an e-safety ‘Top Ten Tips’ guide for FE organisations.
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IFL case studies focus on technology and CPD
The Institute for Learning (IFL) has published six case studies as part of ‘Supporting the Workforce’ – a research project designed to help boost teachers and trainers skills in using new technologies to support their professional development.
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E-learning Design and Development Workshop: Book Now for a Reduced Rate
Netskills will host a workshop in London on the 27th-28th October on how to confidently create pedagogically sound e-learning.
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JISCLegal Provide Guidance on Recording Lectures
JISCLegal has announced the release of its latest guidance ‘Recording Lectures-Legal Issues’.
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Achieving More for Less: Case Study on the Excellence Gateway
The latest case study from the region is live on the Excellence Gateway and outlines how an open source telephony system has helped achieve cost savings.
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Latest Issue of RSC Newsletter Now Available
The Spring/Summer edition of RSC West Midlands’ Newsletter is now available in both print and electronic formats.
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JISC reviews its Intute service
JISC regularly reviews the services that it funds, to ensure they deliver value for money, quality products and to test their sustainability for the future. A services portfolio review takes place annually and in May 2009 the future funding of JISC servic
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JISC Funding Opportunities for 2009/10
JISC has issued roadmaps of the 2009/10 future Grant Funding opportunities.
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Capital Funding for Attendance on Free E-learning Programmes
There are still places available for two e-learning programmes with the potential to claim a £700 capital grant per person, or a maximum of £2100 per organization (maximum 3 persons) to purchase ILT equipment.
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LSIS Host Ofsted Inspection Framework Events
The Learning and Skills Improvement Service (LSIS) will host a series of events to help learning providers prepare for Ofsted’s new inspection framework.
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