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RSC Eastern update

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RSC Eastern update

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  1. RSC Eastern update Malcolm Bodley & Maryse Fisher Jisc Regional Support Centre

  2. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 Learning Resources Managers Forum • 10:00 Arrival • 10:30 Welcome, Julia Lale, Chair • 10:40 Round the region • 11:55 Break • 12:10 Matthew Wheeler, CILIP • 12:30 Jisc RSC Eastern update • 12:40 Show & Tell – Emma Furness, Alison Baker, Jan Church • 13:00 Lunch • 13:30 Andrew Bevan, Edina & Neil Fraser, Scran • 15:00 Close • ACER, St Ives, Cambs, 22nd November 2013

  3. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 Jisc • Jisc is now a registered charity and champion the use of • digital technologies in UK education and research

  4. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 What’s happening in the Region? • Funding • Forums • Events • News & Resources

  5. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 Funding • 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 • Further Education and Skills: Development and Resources Programme 2012 –2013

  6. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 Future Funding • A call inviting bids totalling £1 million funding – deadline 6th December 2013. • Bids will be related to: • Enhancing the learner experience • Improving organisational effectiveness • Repurposing and updating existing learning resources • FE & Skills Innovations Projects funding.

  7. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 Regional F2F Events & Forums • http://bit.ly/rsce-events • Technology for Inspection 04/12/13 • Assessing Impact for your Services (Part 2) 10/12/13 • Technical Managers Forum 05/02/14

  8. RSC Eastern Update September 2013 National Events F2F & Online Visit our National UK Site for National Events: http://www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/

  9. RSC Eastern Update October 2013 Latest News • In these short videos, RSC Eastern Technical Advisor, Thomas Rochford, examines the latest user interfaces, demonstrating the new Leapmotion and Sandstrom touchpad devices. • Thomas’s Tech Review • bit.ly/thomastechreview1

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. RSC Eastern Update October 2013 New Resources • 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. • New online maths courses for adult learners • bit.ly/mathscourses

  13. RSC Eastern Update October 2013 New Resources • 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. • Free resources for hairdressing, childcare, and more • www.education-net.org/

  14. RSC Eastern Update October 2013 New Resources • LAGAT Training & Recruitment have shared their FE & Skills Programme Final Project Report. • To achieve their aims they moved away from paper-based 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 • Case study – moving to mobile devices in the workplace • www.eeles643.co.uk/RSC/

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. RSC Eastern Update October 2013 Thank you! • bit.ly/ebytessubscribe • Subscribe to the latest news, events and resources with e-Bytes.

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