http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk A mixed media podcast from the JISC RSC Scotland South & West. Focusing on the implementation, management & development of learning technology and campus data infrastructure in further & higher education learning providers in the south & west region of Scotland. en-us Copyright 2008, JISC Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00 GMT Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00 GMT Education In house http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/episode1.m4a Support centre manager Fionnuala Carmichael and depute manager Joan Walker discuss the function of the RSC and some of the facilities and services we provide, introduced by Mark Clark. This audio podcast contains embedded images that will be displayed during play by your media player or iPod. Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/MrMoodle.m4v Martin Douigiamas the Australian creator of Moodle, the worlds leading virtual learning environment, addresses the assembled audience at Glasgow University. The RSC was instrumental in organising this historic event at our host institution in October 2007 where Mr Moodle himself, while on a visit to the UK, talks of current & future developments in the world of Moodle. This hour long video was encoded as MPEG-4 / H.264, works best with Quicktime plug-in. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/episode2.m4a Joan Walker talks to David McDade of Stow College on his experiences while he implemented Mahara and integrated it into Moodle, the college VLE system. This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:30 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/episode3.m4a Joan Walker talks to Steve Bishop of Cardonald College on his experiences of rolling out the use of Logitech's MX Air Mouse in the classroom. This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Thu, 15 Jan 2009 12:30 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Accessibility.m4v Margaret McKay of the RSC Scotland South & West talks to Errol Luders of Coatbridge College about how they approached the accessibility policy on their website. Craig Mill of the RSC Scotland North & East region demonstrates various accessibility technologies. Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/episode4.m4a Mark Clark talks to Martin Forte of Cardonald College on his experiences of migrating the college's critical systems onto virtual servers. This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Accessapps.m4v The RSCs and JISC TechDis are jointly disseminating AccessApps - a suite of portable applications that are suitable for enhancing the learning experiance of students with accessibility issues. In this episode Margaret McKay of the RSC Scotland South & West talks to several students who have embarked on exploring some of these applications. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:30 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence01.m4v Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Andy Morris & Ed Beddows introduce what it's all about. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence02.m4v Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Ed Beddows explains how shibboleth works. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence03.m4v Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Ed Beddows explains how shibboleth can be used to access internal resources as a Single Sign On. Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence04.m4v Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Ed Beddows talks about the new features of Shibboleth 2.x Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence05.m4v Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Andy Morris talks about the Service Provider (SP) aspects of FAM Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/Sequence06.m4v >Kidderminster College in association with the JISC RSC northwest based at Lancaster University has produced a series of videos explaining various aspects of Shibboleth which is often used by learning providers who join the UK Access Management Federation. In this episode Andy Morris talks about the advantages of creating your own federation Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/Posturite.m4a Discussion between Margaret McKay from RSC SW Scotland with Andy Russell Regional Manager of Posturite Scotland and Katherine Metters Physiotherapist and Ergonomist at Posturite. This interview discusses the importance of creating healthy working environments by reducing the risk of work acquired repetitive strain or acquired ergonomic problems. This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Wed, 13 May 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/Inclusion1.m4a Mary Jane from Reid Kerr College talks to Mihaela Vonica from the Phoenix Post secondary Institute, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Mihaela’s project provides vocational support in for people with disabilities to develop work skills in web design, graphic design as well as encaustic art. They provide a range of training and work experience initiatives with employers as well as encouraging freelance/independent work skills. Mihaela talks about the benefits to participants of the Social Adaptation of People with Disabilities Initiative (SADAP). This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Thu, 14 May 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/Inclusion2.m4a Mary Jane Bird of Reid Kerr College talks to Berrin Gurleyen of the Turish Spastic Children Association Sinop Branch, Turkey. Berrin talks about the 5 centres she has been involved in developing for people with disabilities in the North of Turkey. The services provide curricular support as well as the development of activities of daily living and sports/leisure resources for families in the area and are supported by teachers, psychologist and therapists. The project supports more than 150 disabled people at summer camp every year. The participants are from every part of Turkey. Volunteers join summer camps from Japan, Korea and other Asian countries - Special thanks go to Errol Luders of Coatbridge College who stepped in as translator. - This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Fri, 15 May 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/Inclusion3.m4a Mary Ann Bird of Reid Kerr College talks to Giuseppe Terrasi of the ATLHA Onlus Project in Milan , Italy. Giuseppe describes his role at ATLHA which promotes the use of leisure, sport and travel (free time) as a tool for inclusion in supporting people with disabilities. He also describes the accessibility issues in Italy’s towns and cities and the role of ATLHA in offering consultation to Government. - This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Mon, 18 May 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/idpinstall25.m4v Andy Swiffin of Dundee University shows in detail exactly the steps taken to install the Shibboleth Identity Provider (idp) Windows installer in less than 13 Minutes, Andy has been instrumental in the dissemination of federated access technology and is the leading FAM expert in Scotland. This video is in HD and will not play on iPod or iPhone devices Tue, 2 Jun 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/eskills.m4a Over the last academic year Reid Kerr College have adapted and implemented the eskills for elearning course developed by staff at the RSC Scotland south & west. In this podcast lecturers Anne Usher, David Farquhar and Derek Smilie who have completed the 8 modules describe the benefits of working through the course and the impact on learning & teaching. Joan Archibald who is responsible for supporting the course outlines different strategies she has used and the institutional benefits gained. - This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Mon, 8 Jun 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/virtual.m4a Fionnuala Carmicheal introduces Allan Forsyth and Martin Forte at the Sharing Innovative Practice conference held at the Glasgow Science Centre. Allan & Martin from Cardonald College presented to the conference their server virtualisation project where 30 physical servers including finance HR MIS and MS Exchange were migrated to a virtual environment hosted on just 3 physical servers. Hear thier views on how the project went and the driving force that lead them to take this step. - This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/bob.m4a Glasgow Metropolitan College has recently adopted the BUFVC Box of Broadcasts facility. Tony Donnelly and Nicola Buddo of the college library services talk to Mark Clark and Joan Walker of the JISC RSC Scotland S & W. Tony and Nicola discuss the impact that the BUFVC service has had on their learners and academic staff.- This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/livescribe.mp4 Josh Duffy a fourth year engineering student at the University of Glasgow discusses his experiences on using the Livescribe smartpen to record lectures and taking notes. The Livescribe will take audio recordings of lectures or meetings and tiying that audio with handwritten notes on special paper making it easier to recall what was said at the time you drew a diagram or wrote a particular note. For further information contact the RSC or www.livescribe.com Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/web2teach.m4a John Archibald, Senior Lecturer, Supported Learning at Cardonald College describes how he uses a Web 2.0 tool called Blogger with students to create a Blog as an alternative to more traditional methods of creating a student newsletter. A Blog is a tool which can be used to create written information that can immediately be viewed as a web page. The online editing feature using Blogger allows text to be added, formatted and web pages to be created very easily without the author having any experience of developing web content. Blogger is a free resource created by Google.- This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/iPhone.mp4 Margaret McKay talks to Gary Copland a Digital Media & Computing student at Central College Glasgow about how he uses the iPhone exploiting some of the smart phone accessibility features. Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/Kilmarnock.m4a Kenny Girvin of Kilmarnock College has sought to reduce the environmental impact and costs of delivering course modules by using the college VLE, Joan Walker of the RSC talks to Kenny to find out more, Introduced by Mark Clark.- This audio podcast contains some images that will be displayed by your player. Wed, 7 Apr 2010 09:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/video/DumGal1.mp4 Stephen Shellard Lecturer for Supported Learning Programmes at Dumfries and Galloway College has been using some of the free and portable technologies that feature on the EduApps suite (http://eduapps.org/) of free enabling technology tools. During this episode Stephen will introduce some of the applications, discussing and demonstrating how he uses them in practice with his students. Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/BOTW1.m4a Speaking at the Best of the West conference in Glasgow Professor Derek Law, Board Chair JISC Advance talks to the assembled audience at Glasgow Caledonian University. Derek Law was appointed Chair of the Board of JISC Advance in November 2008, which commenced trading in August 2009. Previously Derek was the Senior Officer for the Information Resources Directorate and University Librarian at Strathclyde University from 1999 until October 2008. Before joining Strathclyde, Derek held appointments at King's College London and at the universities of Edinburgh, St Andrews and Glasgow. He was awarded the Barnard Prize for contributions to Medical Informatics in 1993, Fellowship of King's College London in 1997, Fellowship of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1999, an honorary degree by the Sorbonne in 2000, the IFLA medal in 2003 and Honorary Fellowship of CILIP in 2004. - This audio podcast contains slide images that will be displayed by your player. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:00 GMT http://www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/podcast/audio/BOTWLegal.m4a As the keynote speaker at the Best of the West conference in Glasgow Jason Miles-Campbell talks about how learning providers can safeguard their learners and themselves by meeting e-safety legal responsibilities. Jason joined JISC Legal in 2004 as the Service Manager. JISC Legal's role is to ensure that legal issues do not become a barrier to the development and adoption of new information and communication technologies in the UK further and higher education sectors. Jason's job is to efficiently allocate the Service's resources to the many demands on its expertise, to lead in terms of the Service's front line work, and to contribute to the development of its strategy. Jason studied English Law and French Law at University College London in the dark and distant past. In 1994 he became a lecturer in law, specialising in European law, consumer law, and then IT law, and his ten years' experience in higher education included a stint as head of department. In 2004, he moved on to join JISC Legal, and has been assisting the further and higher education sectors in his current role since. In 2008, he added an LL.M. in IT and Telecoms Law from Strathclyde University to his qualifications. Particular interests include copyright law, access management legal issues, e-commerce law, gadgets, Dundee FC, travel, Girls Aloud, and haggis wontons (his culinary speciality). - This audio podcast contains slide images that will be displayed by your player Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:00 GMT