http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org Supporting the JISC Organisations and User Technologies Team Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:05:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The seeds of many initiatives present in institutions today were sown in 1998 when Dearing published his report into higher education, which was to have wide ranging ramifications across the higher education sector for the following decade. It included reference to ‘systems for teaching and administration’, the ability to ‘teach ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2010/02/23/maybe-42-is-no-longer-the-answer/ This is the write-up of a workshop I ran for the HEA’s Gwella programme in November 2009. The programme is a change programme supporting e-learning units to embed technology enhanced learning (TEL) at their institutions. As with all workshops I run, I got the delegates to do most of the ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2010/01/05/engaging-staff-in-technology-enhanced-learning-workshop-write-up/ One of the key success criteria of any project is the degree to which people use it and its outputs. The new Building Capacity programme is focusing on recent and existing JISC projects and services and helping HEIs to implement the outputs and outcomes of relevant projects in their institution ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2009/09/17/introducing-the-building-capacity-programme/ What is the purpose of dissemination? For most of the projects that I have been involved with dissemination is about telling people about the project. But this idea of dissemination can be traced back to when the web was a unidirectional medium; most conferences in this field ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2009/05/14/rethinking-dissemination-in-educational-technology-projects/ “...Work is not a place where you go but rather something you do” Morgan R.E. (2004) Teleworking: An assessment of the benefits and challenges, European Business Review David Morris introduced the day with a series of concise slides explaining the concept and also that his project was a 3 month pilot.  A ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2009/04/02/location-independent-working-conference-april-2009/ At the Leeds teaching and learning conference today, two of the U&I projects are presenting Reflect and Awesome. But the keynote is by Gráinne Conole, Towards Technology Renaissance.  Renaissance - revival or renewed interest, repurposing or rethinking. How does this apply to e-learning. What are the technology trends?  Grainne talked about ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2009/01/09/leeds-learning-and-teaching-conference-2009-keynote-grainne-conole/ Back in May I wrote, with Dave Cormier and Mark Stiles an article for Educational Developments entitled "Reflecting on the Virtual Learning Systems - extinction or evolution?"; on Friday, we three, present on a panel session about our views and conclusions at the Altered States (online) conference, along with Blackboard ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2008/11/26/what-future-for-the-vle/ Building 21st Century Learning Environments, John Hickey, Apple Where we need to go - evolution of education Student as both consumer and producer. Disconnected in an interconnected world Students say that going into class is like taking a flight, they have to switch things off and cannot access the outside world. Students expect an interconnected ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/03/fote-2008-final-session/ Mile Metcalfe, Ravensbourne Miles started by discussing the college's move to Greenwich. The innovative ideas for ICT include: Flexible Learnings Spaces (you had to hear the visualisation) Serendipitous Commons Subsidise personal technology high end reources integrated with user owned workflows Software as a service (google),  opensource alternatives to 'money grabbing' proprietory systems The curse of the Mobile ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/03/fote2008-3rd-session/ Mobile technology, Harold ? Not quite sure what is being said other than it's been suggested that we revisit Vygotsky and apply it to the use of mobile technology in learning and teaching. He asserts that education 'will' move toward a more consumerist based economy, and that the customer choice will ... http://lawrie.jiscinvolve.org/2008/10/03/fote2008-2nd-session-ian-forresster-bbc-ian-broad-yahoo-phil-butler-ulcc/