February 2010
23rd February - Getting Started with Content Creation in Second Life
9th February - RSCtv: ETNA 2009 - An overview of the results
23rd February - RSCtv: An Overview of Free Resources to help you Embed Inclusion when using Technology
March 2010
4th March - Edina: Multimedia Services Training
4th March - JANET Roaming Fundamentals
5th, 12th, 19th & 26th March - eSkills for eLearning
9th March - Introduction to JANET
17th March - JISCInfoNet: Change Management
23rd March - RSCtv: Spiceworks
April 2010
13th April - Firewalls: Planning and Implementation
14th April - Virtualisation Fundamentals
20th April - RSCtv: JISC TechDis Toolbar
May 2010
14th May - JISCInfoNet: Project Management
9th February 2010 - RSCtv: ETNA 2009 - An overview of the results
Venue: online
Time: 12.30 - 1 pm
The 2009 ETNA Report was launched at the JISC RSC Winter Fayre in December and provides the very latest analysis on skills and attitudes toward ICT by staff in Scotland's colleges. In this session Hugh Dailly from the RSC Scotland North & East and the report’s author will present an overview of the ETNA findings.
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23rd February 2010 - Getting Started with Content Creation in Second Life
Venue: JISC RSC Scotland South & West
Time: 10 am - 1 pm
If you’ve got your Second Life account but now want to start using it in your teaching and learning then you’ll find this half day workshop will equip you with the basic skills that will save you time and help you get the best out of it.
The workshop shows you how to manage the things that you come to own in Second Life, use the build tools so that you can place objects where you want them, learn the basics of building and look at how you can add simple scripts to objects to make them interactive. There will be plenty of opportunities to try these things out and questions are always welcome!
The workshop is led by Pauline Randall of virtual-e, who is a professional Second Life Developer.
23rd February 2010 - RSCtv: An Overview of Free Resources help you to Embed Inclusion when using Technology
Venue: online
Time: 12.30 - 1 pm
Margaret McKay eAdvisor for Inclusion at the Regional Support Centre Scotland South & West will deliver her pick of the pops and will provide you with an up to date overview of resources to help you to embed inclusion when using technology.
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4th March 2010 - Edina: Multimedia Services Training
Venue: JISC RSC Scotland South & West
Time: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
This course covers three EDINA services: Film & Sound Online, Education Image Gallery and NewsFilm Online. These services contain images, film, audio tracks and news footage, which are copyright cleared for use in education and can be downloaded and used by staff and learners.
The course will be of relevance to staff involved in curriculum support and delivery and, in particular, teaching staff and LRC/library staff who have an interest in using and promoting the use of e-resources.
Both Film & Sound Online and NewsFilm Online are FREE to subscribing UK FE and HE institutions until the end of their respective licence periods.
This workshop is being delivered by Edina - the JISC national academic data centre based at the University of Edinburgh.
4th March 2010 - JANET Roaming Fundamentals
Venue: Glasgow
JANET Roaming provides eduroam in the UK and enables network logon anywhere using own username and password regardless of location without the need for guest account set up. The service is available at participating organisations over wi-fi and (depending on the site) at dedicated wired ethernet and/or designated guest workstations.
This course provides delegates with an understanding of how JANET Roaming operates at both basic technical and support level. This includes an overview of how to configure user equipment and solve some of the issues those users might face. The course also covers the configuration of wireless and wired clients for use on the JANET Roaming Service (eduroam), details of the logfile examination and methods of fault finding and reporting.
5th, 12th, 19th & 26th March 2010 - eSkills for eLearning
Venue: JISC RSC Scotland South & West
Times: 9.30 am - 4.00 pm each day
Cost: £100
The eSkills for eLearning Course was devised by the RSC in 2006 and has been designed to cover the essential skills and knowledge needed by teaching practitioners to enable them to use technology for learning and teaching.
The RSC are offering the full course over four consecutive Fridays this March (5th, 12th, 19th & 26th). The course comprises of 8 x three hour modules and each session comprises of a mixture of presentations, discussions & practical activities. A certificate will be awarded to each practitioner on completion of the course which can contribute towards their CPD portfolio. The course has recently been updated and the re-launched course is being offered at a discounted rate of £100 per participant (normally £240).
9th March 2010 - Introduction to JANET
Venue: Glasgow
JANET plays an important role in supporting teaching, learning, administration and research. By connecting in one form or another all the educational sectors in the UK, JANET enables individuals, disciplines and projects to communicate, share information and access and national and international resources. The aim of this course is to improve delegates understanding of the network and associated services with a view to enabling them, and their respective organisations, to make effective use of their JANET connection. The focus of the course is the development of participants understanding of the network rather than providing technical detail.
17th March 2010 - JISC InfoNet: Change Management
Venue: JISC RSC Scotland South & West
Time: 9.30 am - 3.45 pm
Cost: £60
Change is endemic in the Education Sector, yet all too often change brings with it potential for resistance, compromise and/or failure to embed new ways of working. How should the change process be managed? How can staff be engaged and supported during the transition period? What different strategies can be employed to help smooth the process?
Change Management is a one-day workshop delivered by the Advisory Service, JISC infoNet. Participants will gain an understanding of key theories behind the management of change, consider a structured framework for managing change and be introduced to a range of practical tools that can be adapted to meet different organisational needs.
23rd March 2010 - RSCtv: Spiceworks
Venue: online
Time: 12.30 - 1 pm
A brief overview of Spiceworks; the free Network, IT & Asset management solution.
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13th April 2010 - Firewalls: Planning and Implementation
Venue: Glasgow
Early at the inception of the Internet, attacks started to occur with an increased frequency. This lead to the development of tools to prevent unwanted communications according to a defined security policy. Firewalls now play a key part of any modern day network infrastructure and the concept has extended from a System Administration term into everyday vocabulary. The aim of this course is to provide participants with practical experiences of implementing firewall systems using various platforms, knowledge of the best places to implement firewalls and to reinforce the technical knowledge required to manage firewalls.
14th April 2010 - Virtualisation Fundamentals
Venue: Glasgow
This course introduces the topic of virtualisation, focusing on the successful implementation of the technology on campus networks with its impact on infrastructure and security. Virtualisation technology has its roots in the mainframe technology of the mid 1960s but recently has seen resurgence. Allowing multiple instances of an Operating System to share the same hardware with more granular control of machine configuration and networking has huge benefits.
The ability to run multiple Operating Systems on the same hardware has cost benefits, addresses the problem of underutilised server hardware, can assist with business continuity as well as supporting the increasing green agenda.
20th April 2010 - RSCtv: JISC TechDis Toolbar
Venue: online
Time: 12.30 - 1 pm
Many assistive technologies allow users to surf web pages and collaborate online with personalised support, but what happens when a user is not on their own computer? Most browsers offer ways to change the look and feel of websites whether through colour or text changes and the use of add-ons such as text to speech but these only work within a particular browser and when there is access to change settings or download add-ins. It was felt that it would be useful to have a tool bar that would work with all browsers and with the majority of accessible websites. The tool needed to offer 'just-in time' support wherever and whenever a student needed it. It could be for one page as a bookmark, or as an installation for use on many pages or as code for the web developer who could add the link in his web page - the JISC TechDis toolbar can be used in all these ways.
The JISC TechDis toolbar allows for text resizing, colour changes and text to speech. It can also be used with forms to check spelling and meanings of words. There is a nifty tool for grabbing a web page's information such as the author, date and URL which may be handy when capturing sites for referencing and many other ideas have come up in discussion with those testing the toolbar.
We are still in Beta testing mode and as with all cutting edge technologies we need the help of users to feed into our bug tracking system. So please try the toolbar.
4th May 2010 - RSCtv: JANET Update
Venue: online
Time: 12.30 - 1 pm
This session will be delivered by Frances Neilson from JANET. This presentation will provide an update on current and new JANET services. In particular, we will cover the JANET Server Certificate Service and look at new developments within JVCS, including JVCS Desktop and the newly reprocured web-filtering service.
14th May 2010 - JISC InfoNet: Project Management
Venue: JISC RSC Scotland South & West
Time: 9.30 am - 3.45 pm (registration from 9.15)
Cost: £60
Are you involved in running a project? If you are preparing for a quality review, restructuring, refurbishing, planning a Personal Development Programme or selecting and implementing information systems, the answer is ‘Yes’. These and many other activities we undertake as part of daily work can be handled more easily and effectively using a project framework.
Project Management for the Education Sector is a one-day workshop offered by the Regional Support Centre of the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) and delivered by JISC infoNet, the Centre of Expertise in the Planning and Implementation of Information Systems. JISC infoNet has developed a project methodology specifically tailored to the needs of the education sector which can be adapted for any size of project.
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