9.50 - 10.00 - Introduction & Welcome - Fionnuala Carmichael (Manager - JISC RSC Scotland south & west)
10.00 - 10.20 - JISC Services Management Company - Guy Lambert - JISC Services Managing Director
The new Managing Director of the JISC Services Management Company will speak about the new company and its vision and aim to build a collective identity across the six JISC advisory services that are uniting under this new brand. Guy will outline what this means for Colleges and the Regional Support Centre in the south and west of Scotland.
10.20 - 11.00 - Accessible Learning @ GlasgowMet: The Calm Project - Janis Carson (Vice Principal Academic) & Jen Fuller (e-Learning Techologist),
Like all in the public sector, Glasgow Metropolitan College faces the challenges of a changing student profile and of proactively responding to our statutory obligations under the Equalities Agenda. The CALM (Creating Accessible Learning Materials) Project was launched as a whole college drive towards e-accessibility. Launched in 2007, the aims of the project were to:
GlasgowMet enlisted the support of the JISC and TechDis in this strategic initiative. Two years on 348 members of staff have been trained and the CALM guidelines are fully embedded in College quality systems.
11.20 - 12.00 - North Glasgow College: New Build - Alan Sellar (Assistant Principal)
The landmark new college campus for North Glasgow College is located in the Springburn area of the city and marks a significant stage in the regeneration of north Glasgow and the development of one of Scotland's largest further education colleges.
12.00 - 12.30 - Procurement and Best Value - Martin Murphy - SCMG
In ever more complex and complicated operating environments organisations in the public sector have and will face further acute pressure to deliver Best Value. For many this will remain elusive and many of the possible economies of scope and scale will not be delivered. The current economic downturn presents many opportunities for organisation to consider collaborative procurement as a key driver to reduce cost and improve performance. This session will consider the key issues from an EU Policy perspective as well as at a practical level in terms of what organisations should and can do to improve their performance.
13.30 - 13.40 - Afternoon Introduction & Orientation - Fionnuala Carmichael
13.40 - 14.20 - Cardonald College: Virtualisation Project - Allan Forsyth (Assistant Principal) & Martin Forte (Network Services Manager),
An Easy Choice for Savings and Benefits: Server Virtualisation is the technology attracting the greatest attention from organisation across the world. It promises significant reduction in costs, reduction in energy consumptions and improvements in service. This presentation will look at this issue from a management perspective based on real experience from implementation in a college and will highlight why it may be worth pursuing for all colleges.
14.20 - 15.00 - Dumfries & Galloway College: blend2learn Project - Anne McNeill (Project Manager) & Duncan Gillespie (Senior Lecturer)
This blended learning project aimed to create a shared environment across 3 colleges, Barony, Borders and Dumfries and Galloway. Blend2learn developed a process of curriculum planning and development which provides a sustainable approach to transforming learning and teaching using a competency based approach.
Throwing away the traditional method of delivering a college course Blend2Learn is providing a learner centred approach to qualifications. It also identifies competencies rather than qualifications for employment allowing a candidate to be a productive member of staff in a shorter timespan.
The presentation will be a roadmap of changing the culture and delivery of the Intermediate 2 Care course and follow the process of changing the course from teaching Psychology, Sociology and Values and Principles to creating a fictitious family which the student will follow through over years of the family's life cycle.
The presentation will give practical examples of the process of curriculum design.
15.20 - 15.50 - James Henderson - Microsoft (UK) -A look to the future
Shared services: a Microsoft perspective
15.50 - 16.00 - Closing Remarks - Fionnuala Carmichael
16.00 - 16.30 - Planetarium Show - Starry, Starry Night