1. Joint Pedagogy Forum & EC SIG meeting 26 April, Liverpool Hope University

2. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University Overview of the day  10.30 - 10.45 Welcome and overview  10.45 - 11.30 James Dalziel, LAMSv.2 (virtual presentation)  11.30 - 12.30 Liverpool Hope Demos, Mark Barrett Baxendale  12.30 - 1.30 Lunch  1.30 - 2.15 Institute of Education Planner, Professor Diana Laurillard, Institute of Education  2.15 - 3.00 Phoebe Planner, Marion Manton & David Balch, University of Oxford  3.00 - 3.15 Break  3.15 - 3.45 TenCompetence Project, Dai Griffiths, University of Bolton

3. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University JISC CETIS Service Service since August 2006 - launched November 2006 Partnership between Universities of Bolton & Strathclyde, Heriot-Watt and CRA Aims: eLearning, interoperability and standards Partnerships Support programmes and projects e.g. JISC Design for Learning Programme Community building and sharing

4. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University Overview: JISC CETIS Service Provides strategic advice to the JISC Represents the JISC on international standardisation initiatives (IMS, BSI etc) Works with the wider educational community to facilitate the use of standards-based eLearning, especially through Special Interest Groups Supports the current JISC eLearning Programme, especially the eFramework and Design for Learning strands.

5. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University Special Interest Groups  Accessibility SIG  Assessment SIG  Educational Content (EC) SIG  E-Portfolio SIG  Enterprise SIG  Metadata and Digital Repositories (MDR) SIG  Lifelong Learning Group  Pedagogy Forum

6. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University JISC CETIS SIGs/Forums Educational Content SIG (ECSIG), run by Sheila MacNeill (Strathclyde): for people working with educational content related interoperability standards Pedagogy Forum, run by Lisa Corley (Bolton): for people interested in ensuring that the 'learning' is put into learning technology specifications Accessibility SIG, run by Sharon Perry (Bolton): for people interested in supporting a learner's individual needs and preferences Metadata & Digital Repositories SIG, run by Phil Barker /Neil Fegen (Heriot Watt): for people interested in the process of describing and sharing educational resources Assessment SIG, run by Rowin Young (Strathclyde): for people interested in electronic assessment of student knowledge and learning

7. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University JISC CETIS SIGs/Forums Portfolio SIG, run by Helen Richardson & Simon Grant (JISC CETIS / Centre for Recording Achievement): for people interested in e-portfolios and e-PDP (Personal Development Planning) Enterprise SIG, run by Vashti Zarach (Bolton): for people interested in learner data, course information and educational systems integration

8. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University SIG Communication & Activity: Meetings The core communication of the communities of practice is done at the regular meetings which SIG coordinators organize a few times a year, which are a mixture of presentations and discussions Some speakers ask to present their work at a SIG, e.g. to raise awareness about a new project they are beginning; to get help/collaboration/opinions from the community on a project area or issue; to keep the SIG updated on a project’s development; or to present a completed project or toolkit or domain map, etc to the community The SIG coordinators also ask people engaged in work of interest to the community to speak at SIG meetings Meetings are advertised on the JISC CETIS website and discussion lists

9. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University SIG Communication & Activity: Blogs, Discussion Lists and Wikis Blogs: SIG Coordinators now have workblogs, where they can post in depth about meetings they have run or attended, items of general interest, thoughts on a particular issue, and so forth Discussion lists: Each SIG has a JISCMail discussion list which are used for posting news, events and items of interest, and also for discussions between SIG members about technical issues or general items of interest; anyone interested is welcome to join the relevant SIG discussion list/s Wikis: SIG Coordinators have recently moved from using websites to having a section for their SIG on the JISC CETIS wiki, where various info, links and meeting agendas can be found

10. 26 April 2007, Liverpool Hope University

11. Further information Website http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/http://jisc.cetis.ac.uk/ Community wiki: http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/CETIS_Wiki http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/CETIS_Wiki EC SIG: http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Educational_Content http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Educational_Content Pedagogy Forum: http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Pedagogyhttp://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Pedagogy Design for Learning support wiki: http://dfl.cetis.ac.uk/wiki/index.php/Main_Page