e-fair programme 2012

JISC Regional Support Centre for the East Midlands

e-fair 2012: “On with the (r)evolution�

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Introduction

21st June East Midlands Conference Centre

Timetable for the day 09:30 - 10:00

Arrival and registration

10:00 - 10:45

Welcome, RSC key updates & Keynote

11:00 - 11:45

Slot A (session choices)

12:00 - 12:45

Slot B (session choices or lunch)

13:00 - 13:45

Slot C (session choices or lunch)

It focuses on all the small scale evolutionary changes being implemented in learning providers that together add up to fundamental change in the way learning providers operate and learners learn – a revolution.

14:00 - 14:20

The Big Debate

14:30 - 15:15

Slot D (session choices)

Many thanks to all our contributors to the e-fair.

15:30 - 15:45

Round-up

We hope you can make it to Nottingham on the 21st June.

15:45

Close of e-fair

Nottingham The JISC RSC East Midlands e-fair is the biggest regional e-learning event and returns for its 8th consecutive year.

This year we have an unrivalled wealth of content in relation to e-learning and the use of technology within learning providers in the post16 education and training sector.

The event is free to all supported learning providers.

This year’s theme will be “On with the (r)evolution”.

Regards, The RSC East Midlands team

Keynote Bob Harrison

Presentation The Keynote will take place in the main theatre for all delegates to the e-fair.

Theme To tie in with our “On with the (r) evolution” theme Bob will tackle the following topic in his presentation: “Evolution needs mutations and Revolution needs pioneers but where will they come from in a sector-led system?”

The presentation will question whether, in a “sector-led system” and a funding and accountability regime which militates against innovation, we can avoid what Martin Bean, and Vice Chancellor of the Open University describes as a “crisis of relevance” facing schools, colleges, adult & community learning and work based learning.

Biography Bob is a freelance consultant and education adviser.

Bob has been professionally engaged in secondary, further and higher education for 40 years.

He has had extensive experience in schools and colleges as a teacher, senior manager, Principal and Governor. He has worked with Head teachers and senior leaders in developing leadership skills for the National College and worked on the Building Schools for the Future Leadership programme.

With strong expertise in the post-16 sector Bob is also Vice Chair of Governors at a Beacon College and a governor and chair of the personnel and curriculum in a Trafford school.

In recent years he has worked for Government Departments where he has provided advice and support for the workforce development plan and leadership development for College Principals.

Bob is an Honorary Life member of City and Guilds for services to Vocational Education.

Bob was also one of Becta’s Advisory Board and was supporting the implementation of the Harnessing Technology strategy, He was also a judge for the Next Generation Learning Awards and a member of the “Fit for the Future” task group.

He has been Toshiba’s Education Adviser for the last 12 years and is a writer, presenter and researcher on mobile learning, digital technologies and next generation learning.

Bob founded the “Toshiba Ambassadors” a community of practice of schools and colleges who are implementing mobile and wireless technologies to enhance learning. Recently he has launched the “Digital Leaders” project which supports pupils and students to become digital leaders and help with teacher’s professional development.

He was a member of the Advisory Board for the World’s largest mobile learning project, MoleNet, and has been a judge and presenter at Handheld Learning as well as a member of the programme committee for ALT-C. Bob is a visiting scholar at Stanford University where he has researched and written about mobile, online and virtual learning at the Palo Alto campus.

He is currently the Chair of the Teaching Schools New Technology Advisory Board; a HE/Industry/ Schools/DfE/TDA group which aims to ensure that the next generation of teachers have the necessary skills to prepare children for their lives as workers and digital citizens in the 3rd Millenium.

He is guest blogger for Nominet Trust (www.nominettrust.org.uk/ knowledge-centre) and can be reached via his company website www.setuk.co.uk and followed on twitter at @bobharrisonset.

Exhibition Area

This year’s exhibitors include services from the JISC network, educational organisations and commercial companies, who are showcasing their latest offerings and will be on hand to give advice and information on a wide range of technology topics.

Delegates will have the opportunity to visit the Exhibition Area at various points during the day. Alternatively if you want to spend a larger amount of time browsing then simply choose “Extended exhibition browsing” as one of your session choices.

We have a number of exhibitors who are attending the e-fair for the first time. This year we are delighted to welcome:

Ask your RSC Explore JISC Advance Take part in the QR code treasure hunt

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ForSkills

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Homefield College (New)

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Innovation for Learning

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Impero (New)

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Intuitive Business Intelligence (New)

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JANET(UK)

There will also be the opportunity to explore the JISC Advance family of which the RSC is part. You can find out more about the services on offer from our sister organisations:

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Mituu / SBP Digital (New)

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JISC Digital Media

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Oxford University Press

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JISC infoNet

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PAC Solutions (New)

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JISC Legal

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Passportfolio / Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Futures

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JISC Netskills

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JISC Procureweb

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JISC TechDis

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JISCMail

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Action for Blind People (New)

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Scran

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Axess Systems (New)

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SMART Technologies

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bksb

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TextHelp Systems Ltd

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Browns Books for Students (New)

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Toshiba Information Systems

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EDINA

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Tribal

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Eduserv

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Vital (New)

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EMFEC/ABC Awards

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ESISS / EMMAN (East Midlands Metropolitan Area Network)

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ESCuk

Full details of all the exhibitors are available via the e-fair 2012 website on our Moodle platform (no login required) at bit.ly/rscefair.

Throughout the day in the main hall RSC staff will be on hand to help you with any queries you may have on the best ways of using technology in learning and organisational efficiency.

More details at www.jiscadvance.ac.uk.

We will also be showcasing the use of QR codes at the e-fair. So why not take part in the QR code treasure hunt to find out more about this powerful new technology and at the same time you could also win yourself an iPod Nano.

The Big Debate

Workshop sessions

“Should learners be encouraged to use their own devices in the classroom?”

This optional debate will take place in the main theatre from 14:00 to 14:20 (between Slots C and D).

Come along to hear the opening gambits from two of your colleagues, arguing the cases “For” and “Against”, before the floor is opened to all-comers for their views.

With an increasing number of learners having their own devices, should learning providers take advantage of this?

Particularly when some learners have laptops, tablets, and mobile devices that are more powerful than the ones supplied by learning providers.

But what about issues that this might bring about such as e-safety, security, equality of access; staff development and support.

Last year the Big Debate focussed on the topic of using FaceBook in education and provoked some strong feelings amongst the audience.

It also gave some really useful suggestions on things to do and to avoid, delegates took home guidance and resources on best practice.

We trust that it will be the same again this year.

What you need to choose

Showcase – these sessions will be more presentational in style, although will include interactivity and a question and answer section.

Details of the 32 workshop sessions are set out on the following pages.

Debate – these sessions will encourage delegates to participate in discussions about the topic.

The session may start with a short presentation (max 10 minutes).

For each Slot (A,B,C,D) each delegate will need to make ONE selection. Lunch is served in both Slots B and C. Delegates should therefore make four selections - three workshop choices and a lunch option.

Unless you can’t decide from the sessions and want to skip lunch entirely!

Or you are selecting “Extended exhibition browsing” to spend longer in that part of the e-fair (see opposite page). In which case just select one workshop session less.

Types of session At this year’s e-fair we are splitting the workshop sessions into different types of session in order to give a greater variety to the way sessions are delivered to delegates following feedback from last year’s event.

Interactive Workshop – as the name suggests these sessions are intended to give delegates a chance to get hands-on. We will have a bank of laptops for accessing the web and other resources being demonstrated.

(NB - depending upon the number of delegates in a session, people may be asked to work as a pair).

Try It For Yourself – these informal sessions are envisaged as a hands-on session with delegates getting the opportunity to practice with equipment such as mobile phones, tablet devices, video and audio devices.

Network Cafe – these sessions are designed to help you network and find out what other people are doing in the region. There are no formal presentations; just a chance to sit around the table and share your experiences and hear from others on the topic in question.

Slot A (11:00 - 11:45)

A1 - Making the move to Moodle 2 (Debate) Phil Hardcastle JISC RSC East Midlands

An exchange of approaches to moving to Moodle 2, which will include a number of scenarios, for Adult and Work-based learning as well as Colleges.

We will look at strategies for those doing the upgrade in-house and for those with hosted Moodle services.

The session will incorporate people’s views and experience, it will be a sharing of experience as much as a demonstration of approaches.

This workshop is aimed at Moodle administrators and curriculum leads.

(Debate)

This workshop will feature a demonstration of how teaching staff at one learning provider are using ClickView (a commercial solution for watching digital video and other digital media) to engage students, to create their own content and to store students’ work.

Deborah Cairns

Delegates will then have a chance to share their own experiences.

North Warwickshire & Hinckley College

This workshop is primarily aimed at learning resources and library staff.

A3 - Making data available to external stakeholders

Involving parents and employers in learner progress is an aspiration most learning providers would align with. However getting their appropriate involvement is not always easy. Opening up your institutions data systems to the outside world is also fraught with both technical and legal difficulties.

A2 - ClickView in Teaching and Learning

(Debate) Dan Vaughan Leicester College

After a brief look at some of the practice being explored by Leicester College.

The session will then become an open debate for people to share their own experiences and find out what is happening at other learning providers.

The expected audience is middle and senior managers, MIS managers, curriculum delivery and support staff.

A4 - Motivating students with intellectual disabilities: interactive mimetic digital games

The use of interactive mimetic digital games (IMDG) provides a motivating and enriching learning experience for students with intellectual disabilities (ID), when undertaking everyday tasks.

(Try It For Yourself)

This session will demonstrate how repetitive use of the XBOX Kinect game console and Kinect Sports bowling game assists learners to experience a greater level of motivation in their learning when using IMDGs. A discussion on Keller’s Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction model (ARCS) will further explain how games can accelerate learning.

Rachael Folds Loughborough College

A5 - Developing an institutional mobile application

An increasing number of learning providers have developed or are developing their own app.

(Showcase) Adam Elce

Come along to this session to hear one College’s experience of getting a branded, functional and engaging mobile application developed for potential and current learners.

North Nottinghamshire College

Suitable for FE Colleges and other learning providers.

A6 - Using Cliffhanger in the ESOL classroom

Listen to a presentation of how LALS used the Cliffhanger resource with Entry Level and L1/L2 ESOL learners; find out the preparation involved to make it useable; and see the impact on learners.

(Showcase) Sue Mirams and Kate Cross Leicestershire Adult Learning Service (LALS)

A7 - ALS Learner Progress e-Tracking (Interactive Workshop) Gareth Hardstaff Vision West Notts

A8 - Assessing dependent or independent ICT ability in WBL (Interactive Workshop)

As well as an opportunity for suggestions, Q&As, and sharing good practice.

Cliffhanger is an interactive resource which is available on CD-Rom or online, for help in improving vocabulary, pronunciation, listening, spelling, reading, writing and ICT skills.

How Additional Learning supports daily tracking of learners has evolved from a cumbersome paper-based system to an electronic system which continues to develop.

A bespoke system was created and developed which has revolutionised the way learners progress and the impact of support is monitored. See how the system works and get advice and guidance on its initial set-up.

The intended audience is Additional Learning Support managers and staff.

This tool has emerged from recent LSIS research which has explored the concepts and ability of whether a learner is a dependent or independent learner in ICT, and how can this be assessed.

Teresa Mullin and Jenny Donald

We recognise that ICT is a changing environment and increasingly learners are assumed to be ICT literate. However, evidence suggests learners differ and if not initially assessed for their ICT ability may experience learning barriers.

KM Training Ltd

Principally for interest to work-based learning staff.

A9 - Using technology for largescale curriculum change

The Principal and the Senior Management team have turned to technology to transform learning in an attempt create a coherent, consistent and costeffective kick-start to the change management process after a series of mergers and acquisitions.

(Showcase) Howard Browes & Bob Harrison Leeds City College

Howard and Bob will share with delegates the progress so far and the lessons learned from their experience of the organising and delivering Leeds City College Learning Festival 2012. Find out how to bring about curriculum change using technology as a catalyst.

A10 - e-portfolios

As with all the Network Cafe sessions there is no presentation. It is a chance to swap ideas with colleagues.

(Network Cafe session)

What’s the best e-portfolio to be using? How do you get staff and learners to use them?

Take part in this session to find the answers to these and many more questions.

Slot B (12:00 - 12:45)

B11 - JISC Advance Procurement Project (Showcase) Steve Durham JISC RSC Northern

An introduction to a new national project seeking to help providers in the Work Based Learning (WBL) and Adult & Community Learning (ACL) sectors to save money through more effective purchasing. The project is going to provide: •

Consortia buying arrangements for a large range of goods and services.

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Access to the GeM e marketplace

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Specific contracts for high value spend items such as awarding organisations.

This session is aimed at providers in the WBL and ACL sectors.

B12 - Delivering the future: predictions for being technology enabled (Debate) Dawn Green JISC RSC East Midlands Steering Group B13 - Engage Your Learners Using Articulate (Interactive Workshop) Chang Ge & Barry Smith Lincoln College

Although we cannot predict the future, exploring what it might be like enables us to be better prepared for it. Starting from some insightful predictions of what it will mean to be a technology-enabled provider, this debate will encourage delegates to share their perceptions and set out what they are doing now and in the future to meet the challenges and opportunities.

This will also inform the JISC RSC of the support needed by providers in the East Midlands.

Aimed at those with a strategic perspective or concerned with developing the learner experience and business effectiveness.

Without any programming experience, delegates will be able to have handson experience in using the Articulate free trial version and to create interactive e-learning / blended learning resources.

This will be a starting point for many to add e-learning/blended learning elements in the courses / training sessions they run and to build better and more effective content for learners in the future.

For anyone with an interest in creating e-learning resources, including lecturers, assessors, trainers, and ILT staff.

B14 - E-books for Skills: new resources for work-based and adult community learning providers

An introduction to a new project that aims to make available free of charge a collection of e-books to WBL and ACL providers, including private learning providers, adult education services and the WBL/ACL services of FE colleges.

(Interactive Workshop)

The collection is focussed on vocational skills, and at the moment covers Levels 2 and upwards. Subject coverage includes subjects as diverse as health and social care, business and administration, hairdressing, counselling and psychology.

Anna Vernon JISC Collections

Anna will also be seeking views on which other online content, including e-books JISC Collections might license for the ACL and WBL communities.

B15 - Digital Maps and Data Mash-ups: geo data visualisation for everyone (Showcase) Chris Thomson JISC Netskills

B16 - Using iPads for education (Try It For Yourself) Martin Cooke JISC RSC East Midlands

We are surrounded by increasing amounts of data. Making sense of it is a growing challenge. Combining data with digital mapping is a powerful tool in helping learner to understand the meaning behind the numbers and communicating it clearly to others.

Previously this technique was available through sophisticated and expensive technology but in the last few years there has been an explosion in the number of web-based tools that make creating mash-ups of data and digital maps available to everyone. Chris will demonstrate some of the available tools and help you understand some of the principles behind good data mapping.

Come and have a go with an iPad. Find out about loads of free apps which can be used to support teaching and learning across the curriculum. As most apps are fairly dedicated to one function there is minimal training/staff development needed to use most of them, and learners will find them intuitive. They can engage and motivate learners and promote independent learning.

As part of this session, Chris Wynne from Portland College will demonstrate the Portland College iPad orchestra. After Chris has provided a brief background, the learners themselves will begin to play!

Aimed primarily at teaching and learning staff but with potentially wide appeal.

B17 - Cloud (Network Cafe session)

As with all the Network Cafe sessions there is no presentation. It is a chance to swap ideas with colleagues.

Cloud can mean different things to different people - including software; data; shared services. What are the best cloud solutions to be using? What have been your experiences in using the cloud?

Take part in this session to find the answers to these and many more questions.

LUNCH

Delegates can choose to have their lunch in either Slot B or Slot C.

Slot C (13:00 - 13:45)

C18 - WORDLE Digital Literacy Project (Showcase) Helen Brady & David Thurlby Worcester College of Technology

We will start by presenting our research activities and findings from our digital literacy project so far. Our findings aim to lead to changes in our curriculum with the development of OCN qualifications which are currently being piloted. We will discuss the main drivers behind these qualifications; how we are managing the change; and report on progress so far.

Finally a group discussion will explore what standards and requirements there are from FE learners in terms of their digital literacy skills as they progress to Higher Education.

Aimed at FE and HE tutors, study centre and ILT staff.

C19 - iBooks, iTunes U, and the learning materials revolution (Showcase) Terese Bird Beyond Distance Research Alliance, University of Leicester

C20 - E-Safety a holistic approach (Interactive Workshop) David Boulton & Trudi Dean Vision West Notts

One-iPad-per-child schools are growing in number, in the quest for a digital alternative to the backpack full of textbooks. The new iTunes U app reveals a new emphasis on ‘courses’ of digital texts created by instructors. Combine these with the desire for mobile-ready learning materials, and we may have a perfect storm guaranteed to capsize traditional learning materials.

In addition to providing a chance for audience discussion about these trends, this presentation will cover iTunes U basics; will show how to make an iPad-ready iBook; and offer tips on making mobile-ready learning materials for non-Apple devices as well.

This interactive workshop will look at some of the approaches and strategies Vision West Notts have taken to co-ordinate and promote the key messages within this sensitive topic.

The presenters will be sharing ideas and activities that they use to ensure consistency across the College.

The intended audience is lecturers, personal tutors, support staff, student services and anyone else with an interest in e-safety.

C21 - Personal Learning Networks – make yours work for you

This workshop will look at how technology and social networking can contribute to continuing professional development (CPD) and classroom practice.

(Interactive Workshop)

Deborah will show how general and subject focussed Personal Learning Networks (PLN) can be built, and how they can contribute safely and effectively to personal professional development. The power of the educational community on Twitter will be explored.

Deborah Record Open University Vital Programme

Finally there will be some examples of how Twitter is being used to enhance teaching and learning.

C22 - iPods in the classroom (Try It For Yourself) Thomas Woodgate & Kirsty Shepherd Linkage Community Trust

A hands-on look at how to use iPods to engage learners and introduce new activities into the classroom.

The iPod range (Classic, Touch, Nano, Shuffle) is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple.

Come along to this session to see how Linkage has been using the devices with its learners and then have a try for yourself.

Anyone working in the post-16 education and training sector.

C23 - Working from home/ flexible working (Network Cafe session)

As with all the Network Cafe sessions there is no presentation. It is a chance to swap ideas with colleagues.

Come along to the Network Cafe for a chance to learn what technology is available to support Flexible Working; why you need to consider it because of external and internal factors; what the benefits and pitfalls can be; and how to support the initiative effectively in your organisation.

Share your experiences and hear what others are doing.

LUNCH

Delegates can choose to have their lunch in either Slot B or Slot C.

Slot D (14:30 - 15:15)

D24 - Technology Revolution or Evolution – How Do You Bring It About?

(Debate) John Burke JISC infoNet

D25 - Bringing good ideas together: providing engaging skills training through the use of multiple technologies (Showcase)

An interactive look at how to lead change whatever the approach. Participants will work in groups to discuss the ways leaders and change agents need to act and communicate in different circumstances to make the most of ideas and secure engagement and participation in order to arrive at adoption.

Topics covered will be: where ideas come from; how users are supported; how procedures are updated; how leaders act; how to embed change; ensuring the change matches strategic need?

Suitable for anyone interested in leading or supporting change.

To help learners with Barista coffee machines a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) based course was developed which combines text, video and gamebased animation to provide an engaging and varied learning experience.

In order to enable learning in busy workplaces mobile delivery of the video instruction is included, quickly accessible via the VLE using a QR code.

Charnwood Training Group

This multi-faceted approach enables Charnwood to provide a single source of skills training for use in a variety of contexts and with different learners learning in the classroom, at home or in a work-based setting. It also supports and encourages independent self-study. Come along to find out more.

D26 - How viable is your course provision?

Providing value for money and having a viable learning provision and business is now an essential requirement for all learning providers.

(Debate)

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But how do you gauge which courses to run and which to close?

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How do you make valued judgements?

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What are the risks of getting it wrong?

Liz Hilton

Joe Fojut & Debra Gray Chesterfield College

A brief overview of Chesterfield College’s recent experience will kick start a debate aimed at middle and senior managers, MIS managers, curriculum delivery and support staff.

D27 - How do you capture the 90% of communications that are non-verbal?

User-generated content (UGC) is the most innovative and biggest growing sector of video culture and moving image is the most powerful communication medium devised by mankind and can capture non-verbal communication.

(Showcase)

Filming student journeys, assessment and learner voice on a large scale can be difficult to manage, very time consuming and expensive when done in a traditional style. We’ll demonstrate how filming in a structured way to ensure stories can be captured, managed, viewed and shared in seconds without the need of a film crew or an AV department to store and process the footage.

Mark Magnante miituu (SBP Digital)

This session will be of interest to staff involved in a wide spectrum of roles.

D28 - Blogging for learning: a showcase of two organisations (Showcase) Martin Cope, Chesterfield College Lin Armstrong & Ihar Ivanou, North Warwickshire and Hinckley College

D29 - Mobile Law in your organisation (Debate) Betty Willder JISC Legal

Martin will demonstrate how his College has used blogging as an interactive e-portfolio. By utilising mobile technology the teaching team has successfully blogged (shared) tutor and learner experiences. The blogs are used to capture practical and classroom teaching and learning evidence. Such evidence includes photographs, voice recordings and written text.

Lin and Ihar will show how blogging has been introduced across a whole course at their College. This opens the content of the course to the learner contribution; addresses different learning styles and needs; creates a community of learning; and advances learners’ IT & information skills.

Learning providers are increasingly using mobile technologies to support their teaching, learning and research. At the same time support services are using the devices to update, transfer and store information.

This workshop will focus on the legal compliance issues in e-safety and in data protection and security when using mobile devices and provide an opportunity to discuss what practices and policies learning providers should have in place to ensure confidence in compliance with the law.

Betty will give a ten-minute presentation online, which will be followed by a debate in the room and then a final Q&A round-up with Betty.

D30 - QR Codes in the Curriculum (Interactive Workshop) Andrew Bailey Moulton College

A demonstration of how Moulton College has embedded QR codes into the curriculum to enable learners quick access to relevant electronic resources followed by an interactive workshop on how to get started with QR codes.

If you have a Smartphone (e.g. iPhone, Blackberry, Samsung Galaxy) then you can use it in the session. Alternatively there will be some devices available to borrow for the session.

This session will be suitable for managers, ILT Champions, lecturers, teachers, learning support staff and anyone else wanting to find out more about QR codes.

D31 - TechDis Transformers: tools for changing lives (Showcase) Simon Ball JISC TechDis

D32 - Apps (Network Cafe session)

The TechDis Voices - JISC TechDis has worked with Cereproc to create “TechDis Jack” and “TechDis Jess”, two new, high-quality, synthetic, youthful, modern voices for use with text-to-speech tools. We will be in a position to demonstrate the TechDis Voices and give attendees early access to download the voices.

Toolbox (Tbx) - aimed at end users, Toolbox is a collection of resources and tools to help disabled or disadvantaged learners to understand, gain and improve on the skills that are most valued by employers. It contains many hints and tips that are not found in standard training materials.

As with all the Network Cafe sessions there is no presentation. It is a chance to swap ideas with colleagues.

What are the best Apps out there? Is there such a thing as the Killer App? Which Apps are good to use with learners? Which are good for saving time and money? Is it worth creating your own App? How do you do that?

Come along to find the answers to these and many more questions.

JISC Regional Support Centre for the East Midlands

JISC RSC East Midlands 01509 618110 support@rsc-em.ac.uk www.jiscrsc.ac.uk/eastmidlands http://moodle.rsc-em.ac.uk

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