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Learning and teaching innovation grants JISC is supporting, via the LTIG programme, one year projects and activities that fit with the vision, outcomes and principles of the JISC e-Learning programme and support innovative approaches to...

e-Learning programme The JISC e-learning programme enables the development and effective use of digital technologies to support learning and teaching in universities and colleges, so that staff benefit from e-learning...

Institutional approaches to curriculum design Curriculum design is generally understood as a high-level process defining the learning to take place within a specific programme of study, leading to specific unit(s) of credit or qualification. The...

e-Learning Frameworks and Tools programme The e-Learning Framework is a service-oriented factoring of the core services required to support e-Learning applications, portals and other user agents.

Transforming curriculum delivery through technology It is important for institutions to develop more flexible and creative models of delivery to support the development of autonomous, lifelong learners who are skilled in reflecting on their learning...

Curriculum mapping knowledgebase This project sets out to create a knowledgebase application to manage and maintain the complex interrelationships between curriculum content, cases for enquiry based learning and their intended...

Programme approval lean electronic toolkit Utilising the Lean Thinking methodology for process improvements, the PALET project will develop revised procedures for the approval of new programmes to create a more agile, efficient and flexible...

SWEET.Net The project is designed to address some common scenarios which appear time and time again during institutional MLE development.

Course tools The project will create an IT support process for curriculum design, update and organisation. Investigate Kuali Student as a platform for delivering such support, including integration with existing...

Electronic records management training package Electronic records management requires staff from all levels/areas of an institution to appreciate their role/responsibilities as creators and users of electronic records.

Podcast: Work Related Learning MP3 (Duration 25:06) Work-related learning is increasing its importance in the curriculum landscape. There is evidence that it helps students relate their learning to their current and future working...

Video: Digital Anthropology Resources for Teaching Windows Media Video A joint venture between JISC and the National Science Foundation in the United States, Digital Libraries in the Classroom is an innovative programme, driven by learning needs as opposed to the...

Discover how Design Studio can support curriculum design Flash (Duration 1:50) JISC is currently producing a web-based resource called The Design Studio and is also working on a sister programme at the curriculum delivery level. There is a wealth of resources in...

Open Course Collection and Aggregation Model Final Report PDF document The aim of the project was to extend, enhance and standardise the existing methods through which the Open University supplies its courses data to third party aggregators, in order to provide the...

Boxcrip Project Report - Case Study PDF document The Bolton XCRI project (BoXCRIp) set out to develop an XCRI compliant course advertising feed of all course promoted by the University of Bolton including undergraduate, postgraduate, short and CPD...

Greater Manchester Strategic Alliance (GMSA) eXchanging Course-Related Information (XCRI) mini-project PDF document The background of this mini-project lies in a JISC initiative to establish a specification supporting the exchange of course related information. This mini-projects broad aim was to implement and...

Developing Records Management in Further Education - Responding to the Requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2007 PDF document As part of the JISC national programme, Supporting Institutional Records Management, a team from the Information Management Research Institute at Northumbria University was commissioned from April to...

JISC Circular 09/02 - Supporting Institutional Records Management, Theme 3, Electronic Records Management Training Package PDF document Today, in organizations, the management of records in different formats, but increasingly in electronic form, is growing in importance. This fact applies equally to higher education institutions...