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Welcome slide. From innovation to implementation to sector change: the view from HEFCE. Dr John Selby – Director (Education and Participation). JISC Innovation Forum Keele University, 15 July 2008. Overview. JISC and its funders/partners The role of HEFCE
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From innovation to implementation to sector change: the view from HEFCE Dr John Selby – Director (Education and Participation) JISC Innovation Forum Keele University, 15 July 2008
Overview • JISC and its funders/partners • The role of HEFCE • Innovation as a socio-technical system • JISC innovations emerging • JISC innovations established • JISC innovations evolving • JISC innovations enabling • Your role and the funders’ role
JISC and its funders/partners • JISC is a committee (many committees) • JISC is UK wide • JISC is funded by HE and FE and indirectly others • JISC funding ultimately comes from government • JISC is both top-down and bottom-up • JISC innovates in ICT on behalf of its funders and the sectors it represents • JISC operates in changing (national) political contexts
The role of HEFCE • Principal funder of core budget • HEFCE appoints JISC chair and two board members • HEFCE works with other funders • Steering committee of assessors • Assessors attend JISC Board • Secretariat are HEFCE staff • HEFCE capital programme
Innovation as a socio-technical system • The nature of socio-technical systems • The innovation process • The implementation process • From innovation to implementation to sector change
JISC innovation emerging • eXchanging Course Related Information (XCRI) • Opening up offerings of learning providers • Allows valued added services and new information channels to be offered. • Growing community of adopters including • UCAS, MMU, Staffordshire, Thames Valley, Herefordshire, Oxford, OU, Bolton, Manchester, Salford and London Met. • http://xcri.org
JISC innovation established • ePrints - Open Source Repository Software • Enabled the development of Institutional repositories and enable open access to research, data and other materials. • 264 known achieves world wide using ePrints • http://www.eprints.org/
JISC innovation evolving • From Athens (est 1997) to Federated Access Management (est 2006) • Journey from centralised to federated • JISC Authentication, Authorisation and Accounting (AAA) programme (2002-2004) • Core Middleware Programmes (2004-2006) • Access Management Transition Programme (2006-2008) • Access Management Federation (est 2006) • Better of control access and identity for users • Ability to integrate with existing systems • Access to a wider range of resources and services http://www.ukfederation.org.uk/
JISC innovation enabling • Distributed e-Learning Programme (2004-2007) • ‘Life Long Learning’ • Outcomes have enabled • Regional collaboration • Effective use of e-portfolio http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/programme_edistributed
Your role and the funders’ role • Your role • Think about the users • Speak beyond the community • Remember the changing political context • The funders’ role • Be clear about strategy • Engage with sector-wide bodies • Engage with government • Together we can support change in HE and FE