E learning forum oct 2013 - Introduction & News Update

1. RSC Eastern update
Catherine Bone, Malcolm Bodley & Ryan Bradshaw Jisc Regional Support Centre

2. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
Joint e-Learning Forum
Cambridge Regional College 18th October 2013
9:45 Arrival, registration & refreshments
10:15 Welcome, Introduction - Taking the Forum Forward, Charlie Williams,
(Chair) Malcolm Bodley, Catherine Bone & Ryan Bradshaw news update
10:45 ‘Around the region’
11:30 Refreshment break
11:45 Tasters for future workshops
12:30 Lunch
13:15 Andrew Nightingale, Cambridge Regional College - Post inspection
feedback ‘Lessons Learned’
14:00 Maria Neary, Essex ACL & Bob Read Acer
14:35 Screencasts from Tom Cheek, Easton and Otley College,
14:45 Suggestions for future forums
15:00 Close
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3. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
Taking the Forum Forward
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4. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
Jisc
Jisc is now a registered charity and champion the use of
digital technologies in UK education and research
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5. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
What’s happening in the Region?
»Funding
»Forums
»Events
»News & Resources
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6. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
Funding
Further Education and Skills: Development and Resources
Programme 2012 –2013
33 Resource and Development
Projects across the UK – 130
partners
Project Details http://bit.ly/17bK8QR
Resources from the
programme are available on
Jorum using the search tag
‘FEskills’
www.jorum.ac.uk
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7. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
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Future Funding
FE & Skills Innovations Projects funding.
A call inviting bids totalling £1 million funding is due in the near
future.
Bids will be related to:
• Enhancing the learner experience
• Improving organisational effectiveness
• Repurposing and updating existing learning resources
• Regional bid writing event organised by RSC Eastern 7/11/13

8. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
‘Preparing for SID2014 and Beyond event’
28th November 2013
Jisc RSC will be holding an online event to support
providers to prepare for SID2014 and learn more about eSafety. Add this date to your diary!
We will have information on our website after the summer.
Look at the Safer Internet Day website to get logos
Link to the site
http://bit.ly/GYTgxt
Scan the QR code
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9. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
Regional F2F Events & Forums
http://bit.ly/rsce-events
» Assessing Impact for your Services
(Part 1) 05/11/13
» Fun Functional Skills 06/11/13
Hertfordshire
» Bid Writing Workshop 07/11/13
» Heritage Training on Reporting
12/11/13
» VLE Forum 15/11/13 Norwich
» Learning Resources Managers
Forum 22/11/13
» Technology for Inspection 04/12/13
» Assessing Impact for your Services
(Part 2) 10/12/13
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10. RSC Eastern Update September 2013
National Events F2F & Online
Visit our National UK Site for
National Events:
http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/
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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
Latest News
Thomas’s Tech Review
In these short videos,
RSC Eastern Technical
Advisor, Thomas
Rochford, examines the
latest user interfaces,
demonstrating the new
Leapmotion and
Sandstrom touchpad
devices.
bit.ly/thomastechreview1

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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
Latest News
RSCs welcome e-learning case studies
Jisc RSCs now host the e-learning
case studies which used to be held
on the Excellence Gateway.
With nearly 300 e-learning case
studies available, providers can
find inspiration for a new
e-learning project, or discover how
to use technology to improve
efficiency.
The latest case study, from West
Suffolk College, looks at how iPads,
tablets and Apple TV have
revolutionised learning at the
college.
bit.ly/wsccasestudy

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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
Latest News
RSCs customer satisfaction survey
Jisc conducts a regular Customer
Satisfaction Survey (CSS) across
all 12 Regional Support Centres.
98% of those who responded
had made use of RSC support
and communications over the
previous 12 months, and 91 per
cent said they were satisfied or
very satisfied with the support
they received.
bit.ly/jiscimpact

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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
New Resources
New online maths courses for adult learners
Three online maths
courses, using videos,
games and quizzes, have
been developed to help
adults improve their
everyday maths skills,
manage their money and
support their children.
bit.ly/mathscourses

15. RSC Eastern Update October 2013
New Resources
Free resources for hairdressing, childcare, and more
An online resource to
support e-learning for
vocational, education
and training. Freely
available resources for
the use of all learners,
apprentices, employers
and teachers.
Travel and tourism, retail,
sports therapy,
hospitality, beauty,
customer service.
www.education-net.org/
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16. RSC Eastern Update October 2013
New Resources
Case study – moving to mobile devices in the workplace
LAGAT Training & Recruitment have shared their FE &
Skills Programme Final Project Report.
To achieve their aims they moved away from paperbased resources to:
• Develop a Virtual Learning Library (VLL) of
resources specific to the occupational areas in which
we deliver
• Implement and use Tablets to improve efficiency in
staff delivery
• Develop an electronic web based induction program
www.eeles643.co.uk/RSC/
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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
New Resources
Updated Jorum website
Looking for free teaching
and learning resources?
Refine or filter your search
like you would on a
shopping site. You can filter
for:
•Everything for a particular
community (e.g. HE or FE);
•Discipline
•By author, publisher;
•By what you are allowed to
do with the resource (i.e. by
licence).
www.jorum.ac.uk

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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
New Resources
130,000 free images, videos and audio resources
Jisc is now offering further
education (FE) providers’
free subscription to Jisc
MediaHub. It enables direct
access to over 130,000
images, films and audio
files, licensed for
educational use.
bit.ly/mediahubfree

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RSC Eastern Update October 2013
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