JISC sponsoring ePortfolio 2009
JISC is a confirmed Event Partner of the 7th international ePortfolio 2009 Conference taking place in London as part of the Learning Forum London from 22-24 June 2009.
The conference aims to explore the progress made towards the goal set in 2003 in Poitiers, that by 2010 every citizen should have access to an ePortfolio.
The main conference themes are:
- ePortfolio, innovation and creativity
- ePortfolio, accountability and quality
- ePortfolio, education and personal identity construction
- ePortfolio, employability and professional identity development
- ePortfolio, organisational learning and knowledge management
- ePortfolio, policies and implementation
- ePortfolio, technologies and system architectures
See further information about the conference.
JISC’s eportfolio work inspiration for conference
JISC’s publication Effective Practice with e-Portfolios’ is the inspiration for a two day conference, entitled ‘Telling e-portfolio stories: e-portfolio-based learning’, at the University of Wolverhampton in June 2009.
The conference aims to explore the use of e-portfolios from different perspectives including the learner, practitioner, institutional and lifelong learner.
Julie Hughes, Principal Lecturer in Innovation in Learning and Teaching, from the University of Wolverhampton said: ‘We are delighted JISC is involved in this year’s ‘e-Portfolio-based learning’ conference which gives colleagues the opportunity to learn from each other.’
Lisa Gray, e-learning programme manager at JISC said, ‘With the hosting institution lowering its nursing attrition rates by using e-portfolios, it shows there are real merits to sharing best practice across colleges and universities. If there is a one percent improvement in retention achieved across higher education institutions this would be worth over £132 million.’
JISC runs an e-learning programme which works on behalf of the whole of further and higher education to develop advice and guidance on how using web 2.0 and online learning tools can open up learning, teaching and research for all.
More information on JISC’s publication Effective Practice with e-Portfolios
JISC InfoNet’s e-Portfolios infoKit
Register and find more out about the conference
First academic venue signs 2012 Fair Pricing Charter
Nottingham Conferences has signed up to the 2012 UK Event Industry Fair Pricing and Practice Charter.
The organisation, which represents the University of Nottingham’s entire conference and events portfolio, is the first UK academic venue to sign the charter, which has been created to encourage fair, reasonable pricing during the 2012 Olympic Games period.
Charter members will be promoted to organisers seeking venues and suppliers via Visit Britain’s network of overseas offices.
Leaping Hurdles: Planning IT Provision for Researchers
Edinburgh Event: 9 June, e-Science Institute, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh
London Event: 18 June, Institute of Physics, 76 Portland Place
What do researchers want from ICT?
The JISC-funded Community Engagement projects set out to answer this question. Aimed paticularly at research computing services, IT directors and others planning research computing provision, these events will present some of their findings and stimulate debate on what needs to happen next.
Places are still available so go to the event websites to get further details about the programme and how to register.
Keeping IT Clean
In March 2008, the University of Oxford hosted the ‘Towards Low Carbon ICT’ conference to stimulate discussion on the practical measures that can be taken to build ICT services that both reduce carbon dioxide emissions, and mitigate the effects that higher energy prices will have on our institutions.
Much happened over the months that followed: electricity prices sky-rocketed, plans for carbon pricing under the Carbon Reduction Commitment were finalized, and there is now the recession. The incentive to minimize costs has never been greater.
The JISC funded low-carbon ICT project at the University of Oxford has developed tools and techniques to reduce energy consumption and costs in networked desktop computing environments. At the time of last year’s conference, it was policy throughout most of the University departments to leave desktop computers switched on, all day, every day of the year.
This need no longer be the case: the tools developed through the project allow desktop computers to be switched off when not in use with, importantly, no inconvenience to the user nor their IT support teams.
You are invited to join us to learn more about our work as well as the work of others in this important field on Friday 22nd May 2009 at the Saïd Business School, Oxford University.
For more information about this free event please visit:
http://projects.oucs.ox.ac.uk/lowcarbonict/conferences/conf-2.htm
