Thanks to editor Emma Coonan for sharing Dear Colleagues, I am thrilled to announce that volume 9(2) of the Journal of Information Literacy is now available at http://ojs.lboro.ac.uk/ojs/index.php/JIL/index – please find the table of contents below. As a first-time editor, it has been an absolute privilege to be involved with the publication of this issue… Read more » about Journal of Information Literacy vol 9 (2) now out
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Tools to be included in the TEL Toolkit
The recent workshops on the TEL Toolkit have been very good for gathering a wide range of input on the Toolkit and related issues. For the launch in February, we have identified the initial tranch of TEL tools that we would like to include. After the launch, there will be further tools added and we… Read more » about Tools to be included in the TEL Toolkit
‘Unlocking the digital potential of graduates: technology for employability
Extract from the JISC introduction: At Jisc, we have been looking into the hot topic of employability and the growing ‘employability gap’: the fact that the skills students have as they leave our educational institutions aren’t meeting the expectations of employers, and that employers also want wider, softer skills as well as demonstration of knowledge… Read more » about ‘Unlocking the digital potential of graduates: technology for employability
The new and updated JISC Guide to mobile learning
JISC have revisited their excellent guide to mobile learning – new case studies, videos and lots more… Extract from Guide: “Mobile learning can be many things to different groups of people. Superficially, it appears from the outside to be learning via mobile devices such as smartphones, MP3 players, laptops and tablets. Certainly, these are important… Read more » about The new and updated JISC Guide to mobile learning
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) release of latest OER report (thanks to Cable Green)
Greetings OER Friends: In case you missed this good news… The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) released its latest OER report yesterday: Open Educational Resources: A Catalyst for Innovation, Educational Research and Innovation. (PDF) OECD post re-tweet CC post re-tweet Creative Commons (CC) is also pleased to see OECD using a CC license… Read more » about The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) release of latest OER report (thanks to Cable Green)
New HEA Report on Independent Learning
Colleagues, I am sure you will be interested in this: From the HEA website: This study examines students’ perspectives and experiences of independent learning in higher education in the UK. It was commissioned by the HEA and undertaken by the NUS and Liz Thomas Associates LTA between February and July 2015. It built on a… Read more » about New HEA Report on Independent Learning
TEL Toolkit? Come to S219 Thur 3 Dec 8am-11am to learn more
The next Vision4Learning drop-in session is tomorrow (Thursday 3 Dec) in S219, 8am to 11am. Come along to find out about the TEL Toolkit. We welcome as much feedback as possible to suggest enhancements before the site is built.
SURE Conference in Mar 16 – Abstract by 10 Dec 15
The SURE 2016 site is now accepting abstract submissions for next year’s conference.
CELebrate 2016
The second annual CELebrate event will take place on 13-15 April 2016. This is an excellent opportunity to showcase how you innovate to improve student learning in any way, but particularly this year around key CEL themes of assessment and feedback, technology enhanced learning and employability. If you are interested in proposing a session and… Read more » about CELebrate 2016
CEL Theme Leader, David Biggins recognised through prestigious student award
David Biggins, the CEL theme leader for Technology Enhanced learning and Innovation, was awarded a student-nominated ‘Most Outstandingly Brilliant’ Gold Award at the Vice Chancellors Award ceremony on Thursday 26th November. Below is a ‘Word Cloud’ analysis of the comments the students made about David and his excellent teaching: Find out more about David and… Read more » about CEL Theme Leader, David Biggins recognised through prestigious student award
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