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Delegate rate: £50.  This includes a full days worth of presentations, case studies and networking.

Bookings are well underway for our big annual event, So if you haven’t booked already, follow the booking link below and book today!

What have we got in store this year?

The full programme is available from the Best of the West website but here is a small sample of what we have lined up:

• Scottish Keynote speakers who are informative and entertaining!
• Highlights from 6 of the very best of local case studies showcasing clever use of technology to support learning and teaching.
• A chance to chat with the experts from JISC Advance Services and educational support partners at the 10 information stands.
• Over the buffet lunch,  you can have a look at how some institutions are using Wii fit for Education or speak to students who will be on hand to demonstrate how gadgets and assistive technologies have helped them succeed in tertiary education.
• JISC Digital Media will give an iPad demonstration on the pedagogical uses of the latest must-have teaching tool or you could speak to “BoB”, the Box of Broadcasts gurus.

Why not drop in and see them all?

Stay until the end for a networking opportunity and join us for a chunk of cheese and a glass of chardonnay.  You might win our door prize of an iPod Touch!

Back by popular demand, Green & Blacks chocolate bars will be in your delegate pack to sustain you through the day.

What are you waiting for?  Book your place now and avoid disappointment.  Don’t delay – there are less than 30 spaces left!

Click here to go directly to the online booking form

Click here for the full programme

With 10 new case studies added during March, there are now almost 30 e-learning stories from around south west Scotland to inspire you and is aimed at showing and sharing innovative practice around the region. You can access the case studies page here.

On our site you’ll also find a web page for each of our supported institutions where we can shine a spotlight on local case studies, videos, podcasts and any other resources that reflect our work to support institutions exploit new technologies for learning & teaching. Our initiative will culminate in a “Best of the West” event on 3rd June 2010 at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Managing Data in Difficult Times: policies, strategies, technologies and infrastructure to manage research and teaching data in a fast changing technological and economic environment

Following the success of previous conferences held in venues such as York and Belfast, JISC and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) are proud to announce the 8th International Meeting that will be held at the Barcelo Carlton Hotel, Edinburgh on 1-2 July 2010.

The meeting will bring together experts from the US, Europe and the UK. Parallel sessions will explore and contrast major developments on both sides of the Atlantic. It should be of interest to all senior management in information systems in the education community and those responsible for delivering digital services and resources for learning, teaching and research.

The main conference will open at 09.30hrs on Thursday 1 July and will close at 15.00hrs on Friday 2 July. Conference keynote speakers include:

• Dan Atkins, Professor and Associate Vice President, University of Michigan and former Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure, US National Science Foundation
• Sayeed Choudhury, Associate Director for Library Digital Programs, John Hopkins University
• Heather Joseph, Executive Director, SPARC
• Liz Lyon, Director, UKOLN

Topics for sessions include:

• Cloud Computing
• Innovation in Learning and Teaching
• Open Data Policies
• Shared Services
• Repositories
• Digital Content and Institutional Planning
• Resource Discovery
• Digital Preservation
• e-Science

The residential delegate fee includes attendance at all conference sessions, refreshments and lunch on 1 and 2 July, a place at the conference reception and evening activities on 1 July, overnight accommodation on 1 July and breakfast for one person.

The residential delegate rate is £345 before 28 May and £395 after 28 May. To register for the event, please go to: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/jisc-cni-2010/

Bill St. Arnaud is President of  Green-IT consulting firm St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates Inc. Formerly Chief Research Officer for CANARIE Inc.2, Canada’s Advanced Internet Development Organisation, he’s a keynote speaker for JISC’s 2010 Annual Conference which takes place on the 12th and 13th April in London.

In this podcast(Dur 6:11) via Skype with JISC’s Rebecca O’Brien, Bill shares what he will be talking about in his speech and his thoughts on the importance of greening technology for colleges and universities.

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The 8th annual JISC conference is now less than a month away. The conference (which is free, though places are going fast!) will be held from the 12-13th of April in the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. Conference theme is “Technology at the Heart of Education and Research” an expression of the JISC’s strongly-held view that universities and colleges must integrate technology into all aspects of their strategic planning to ensure their survival in the coming years. Click here for full details of the conference and how to book your place.

Professor Sir Tim O’Shea addresses the delegates at last year’s conference in Edinburgh

The 8th JISC Annual Conference which will take place in London on the 12th and 13th of April this year is now open for registration.

Technology at the Heart of Education and Research is the theme of this year’s conference which will see experts from across education and research answer questions, solve delegates’ problems and showcase the latest examples of how using a simple solution can save time, money and resources as well as in many cases, create inter-department working.

Click here to register and enter the conference blog competition to have the chance to win a Flip Camera.

All done with smoke and mirrors?

Repositories and the Cloud is a free event, organised jointly by Eduserv and JISC, bringing together software developers, repository managers, service providers, funding and advisory bodies to discuss the potential policy and technical issues associated with cloud computing and the delivery of repository services in the UK. The event will be held in London on 23 February 2010, in the interesting and unusual surroundings of the Magic Circle Headquarters .

Click here for further Information.

Registration is now open for the JISC online e-learning conference on 24th – 27th November 2009.

The whole conference programme takes place online and will allow delegates to interact in real-time sessions, watch presenters on video, meet other delegates in the virtual coffee shop, and comment on the conference using Twitter.

The conference is suitable for researchers, practioners, and managers interested in technology enhanced learning. Keynote speakers will include Helen Beetham, Dr Rhona Sharpe, and Peter Bradwell. Conference fee: £50.

Click here to register and find out more at the conference website.

Image of portland oregon and cyberspace by freshelectrons from Flickr used under Creative Commons

Scotland’s first annual e-Assessment conference has been scheduled for the 25th of September at Dundee’s Hilton hotel. Bringing together speakers from schools, further and higher education, the event will showcase Scottish innovation and best practice in the field.

It’s free to attend the one-day event, which will also play host to the Scottish e-Assessment Awards, which recognises achievements in the categories of:

• Formative e-Assessment
• Summative e-Assessment
• e-Portfolio/PDP
• Mobile e-Assessment
• e-Assessment Administration
• Innovation

The conference is being organised by the University of Dundee, e-Assessment Association, Scottish Regional Support Centres, SQA and Higher Education Academy.

More details on how to book a place at the conference and submit an entry to the Scottish e-Assessment Awards can be found on the eAssessment Scotland website (which is due to be launched at the end of this week – 26/06/09).

The Annual Learning & Teaching competition (previously known as the Learning Object Competition) is again to be held in conjunction with the 2009 ALT-C conference in Manchester, 8-10 September . The panel of judges will be looking for exciting, innovative learning and teaching resources that have been created under a Creative Commons Licence to showcase at the conference. Overall winners will be presented with their prizes at the ALT-C 2009 Conference Dinner on Wednesday 9th September.

The competition is hosted by Jorum and sponsored by Intrallect. Closing date for entries: 3rd July, 2009. Click here for full details.