The Sustainable Desktop - FREE Event

July 23rd, 2008 | Connectivity, Events (All) | No comments

The Sustainable Desktop?
Achieving Energy Efficient PCs in Universities and Colleges

2 September 2008

University of Sheffield

The JISC-funded SusteIT project is running a workshop on ‘The Sustainable Desktop’ at the University of Sheffield on September 2nd. The event focuses on ways of reducing IT-related energy consumption through computer powerdown; grid computing; procurement of low power PCs, and thin client approaches.

It will also feature SusteIT’s new IT footprinting tool – now available in beta version for testing from www.susteit.org.uk – which has revealed that Sheffield’s IT-related power bill will be over £1 million next year.

Places also remain available at the New Ways of Working event in Edinburgh on August 21st. This examines the ways in which IT innovations such as thin client and remote working can increase organisational effectiveness, and greatly reduce space requirements, energy consumption and carbon emissions.

To book either event please visit http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events.aspx.

Programme published for ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the Digital Divide

July 23rd, 2008 | Events (All), Higher Education | No comments

The Association for Learning Technology has just published the full draft programme for ALT-C 2008, which will take place in Leeds between 9 and 11 September 2008. The programme describes a wide spectrum of short papers, workshops, symposia, research papers, posters, and demonstrations.

The keynote speakers are Hans Rosling, Itiel Dror, and David Cavallo. Invited speakers are Denise Kirkpatrick, Richard Noss, George Auckland, Lizbeth Goodman, George Siemens, Jane Hart, Gilly Salmon and Clive Shepherd.

The deadline for booking is 15 August 2008.

Find out more at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/index.html

3rd Cross-CETT Conference, Coventry, September 2008

July 22nd, 2008 | Events (All), Higher Education, Offender Learning | No comments

Emerging Issues
The FE Workforce Reforms: One Year On

Friday 26 September 2008
10:30am - 3:30pm
Scarman House, University of Warwick,
Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL

Keynote Speaker: Professor Denis Gleeson, Institute of Education, University of Warwick
Update from the Institute for Learning: Dr Jean Kelly

Workshops:
WMCETT
Moving on with the Minimum Core
LONCETT
Teaching in a Prison Context
HUDCETT
Costs, benefits and solutions of using a VLE to support Subject Specialist development and Cross-Context Exchanges

Fees
WMCETT partner: £75 per delegate
Non-Partner: £95 per delegate

For more details and to book a place at the conference visit the website:
www.warwick.ac.uk/go/wmcett/about/events/cettconf

250 OCW and OER sites searched from 1 page

July 10th, 2008 | FE & Skills, Further Education, Higher Education, Resources, web 2.0 | No comments

Tony Hirst (OU) has created a google custom search to look for open courseware and open educational resources. You can access the search page from
http://www.google.com/coop/cse?cx=009190243792682903990%3Ae40rcqv1bbo

The list of sources, almost 250 in total, is here
http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html.

It is mainly for HE but suitable for FE and schools aswell.

E-Guide Trainer recruitment announcement

July 9th, 2008 | Adult & Community Learning, Offender Learning, Peer Support, Training, Voluntary Sector, Work Based Learning | No comments

NIACE is now recruiting experienced e-learning practitioners to join their E-Guide trainer pool.

The E-Guides training programme, which supports staff in developing the use of e-learning, has been running since January 2004. The programme is now being funded for a further year, and participants will be from adult and community learning, work-based learning, offender learning and skills and the voluntary and community sector.

The programme aims to increase the use of e-learning through developing the skills and knowledge of E-Guides to support colleagues in their use of technology for learning. The programme does not aim to deliver core ICT skills but is intended to equip staff with the knowledge, skills and understanding to put ICT into everyday work. Trainers will need to have a sound grasp of ICT in a teaching and learning environment. A checklist of ICT skills is provided.

A programme outline, training materials and trainer’s notes have been developed and revised. The training will be delivered between September 2008 and June 2009 in 9 regions. The programme will be delivered as
follows:

- Day One and Two
- Following this participants will be able to access peer and trainer support through an online discussion group
- Day Three Regional workshops 4/6 weeks later

There will be 30 participants and 2 trainers per course.

Trainers may also be asked to deliver post-training workshops which are delivered to small groups and are based around negotiated content.

For further information including application information, job description, person specification and skills checklist please email Sue Charlish, susan.charlish@niace.org.uk

Please note: The closing date for applications is Thursday 17th July 2008 .

An Introduction to the UK federation course

July 2nd, 2008 | Content Management, Events (All), Training | No comments

There are a few places remaining on JANET Training’s An Introduction to the UK federation course on the 10th July in London.

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of what is required of organisations wishing to join the UK Access Management Federation. The course will include suggested ways of deploying federated access management and the likely challenges of doing so.

A course outline is available at
http://www.ja.net/services/training/courses/introfed.html

Cost (per delegate, including VAT):
Primary Connected Organisations: £180
Interconnect Connected Sites: £200
Full details of these categories are available at
http://www.ja.net/services/training/prices.html

To book a place, simply follow the link at
http://www.ja.net/services/training/schedule/by-date.html

Further information on all courses and venues is available at
www.ja.net/training