Catherine Bone, Malcolm Bodley & Ryan Bradshaw Jisc Regional Support Centre RSC Eastern update

Joint e-Learning Forum 9:45 Arrival, registration & refreshments 10:15 Welcome, Introduction - Taking the Forum Forward, Charlie Williams, (Chair) Malcolm Bodley, Catherine Bone & Ryan Bradshaw news update 10:45 ‘Around the region’ 11:30 Refreshment break 11:45 Tasters for future workshops 12:30 Lunch 13:15 Andrew Nightingale, Cambridge Regional College - Post inspection feedback ‘Lessons Learned’ 14:00 Maria Neary, Essex ACL & Bob Read Acer 14:35 Screencasts from Tom Cheek, Easton and Otley College, 14:45 Suggestions for future forums 15:00 Close Cambridge Regional College 18 th October 2013 RSC Eastern Update September

Taking the Forum Forward RSC Eastern Update September

Jisc Jisc is now a registered charity and champion the use of digital technologies in UK education and research RSC Eastern Update September

What’s happening in the Region? » Funding » Forums » Events » News & Resources RSC Eastern Update September

Funding 33 Resource and Development Projects across the UK – 130 partners Project Details Resources from the programme are available on Jorum using the search tag ‘FEskills’ RSC Eastern Update September Further Education and Skills: Development and Resources Programme 2012 –2013

Future Funding A call inviting bids totalling £1 million funding is due in the near future. Bids will be related to: Enhancing the learner experience Improving organisational effectiveness Repurposing and updating existing learning resources Regional bid writing event organised by RSC Eastern 7/11/13 FE & Skills Innovations Projects funding. RSC Eastern Update September

‘ Preparing for SID2014 and Beyond event’ 28 th November 2013 Jisc RSC will be holding an online event to support providers to prepare for SID2014 and learn more about e- Safety. Add this date to your diary! We will have information on our website after the summer. Look at the Safer Internet Day website to get logos Link to the siteLink to the site Scan the QR code RSC Eastern Update September

Regional F2F Events & Forums » Assessing Impact for your Services (Part 1) 05/11/13 » Fun Functional Skills 06/11/13 Hertfordshire » Bid Writing Workshop 07/11/13 » Heritage Training on Reporting 12/11/13 » VLE Forum 15/11/13 Norwich » Learning Resources Managers Forum 22/11/13 » Technology for Inspection 04/12/13 » Assessing Impact for your Services (Part 2) 10/12/13 RSC Eastern Update September

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Latest News In these short videos, RSC Eastern Technical Advisor, Thomas Rochford, examines the latest user interfaces, demonstrating the new Leapmotion and Sandstrom touchpad devices. RSC Eastern Update October Thomas’s Tech Review bit.ly/thomastechreview1

Latest News RSCs welcome e-learning case studies RSC Eastern Update October Jisc RSCs now host the e-learning case studies which used to be held on the Excellence Gateway. With nearly 300 e-learning case studies available, providers can find inspiration for a new e-learning project, or discover how to use technology to improve efficiency. The latest case study, from West Suffolk College, looks at how iPads, tablets and Apple TV have revolutionised learning at the college. bit.ly/wsccasestudy

Latest News RSCs customer satisfaction survey RSC Eastern Update October Jisc conducts a regular Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) across all 12 Regional Support Centres. 98% of those who responded had made use of RSC support and communications over the previous 12 months, and 91 per cent said they were satisfied or very satisfied with the support they received. bit.ly/jiscimpact

New Resources Three online maths courses, using videos, games and quizzes, have been developed to help adults improve their everyday maths skills, manage their money and support their children. New online maths courses for adult learners RSC Eastern Update October bit.ly/mathscourses

New Resources An online resource to support e-learning for vocational, education and training. Freely available resources for the use of all learners, apprentices, employers and teachers. Travel and tourism, retail, sports therapy, hospitality, beauty, customer service. Free resources for hairdressing, childcare, and more RSC Eastern Update October

New Resources LAGAT Training & Recruitment have shared their FE & Skills Programme Final Project Report. To achieve their aims they moved away from paper- based resources to: Develop a Virtual Learning Library (VLL) of resources specific to the occupational areas in which we deliver Implement and use Tablets to improve efficiency in staff delivery Develop an electronic web based induction program Case study – moving to mobile devices in the workplace RSC Eastern Update October

New Resources RSC Eastern Update October Updated Jorum website Looking for free teaching and learning resources? Refine or filter your search like you would on a shopping site. You can filter for: Everything for a particular community (e.g. HE or FE); Discipline By author, publisher; By what you are allowed to do with the resource (i.e. by licence).

New Resources RSC Eastern Update October ,000 free images, videos and audio resources Jisc is now offering further education (FE) providers’ free subscription to Jisc MediaHub. It enables direct access to over 130,000 images, films and audio files, licensed for educational use. bit.ly/mediahubfree

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