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Helen Beetham audio interview for curriculum design
No full textHelen Beetham audio interview for curriculum desig
Guide to using the Jisc digital discovery tool: for individual users
No full textGuidance for users for those institutions involved in the open pilot (December 2017-May 2018) of the digital discovery tool. Updated in April 2018 to reflect both staff and student use of the tool
Effective practice in a digital age
No full textEffective practice in a digital age (2007): A guide to technology-enhanced learning and teachin
NBK Update February 2018
No full textThe National Bibliographic Knowledgebase (NBK) will aggregate bibliographic data at scale and link with a number of other data sources to inform library collection management decisions and to help users more effectively find, access and use print and digital scholarly resource
Library data labs: using an agile approach to develop library analytics in UK higher education
No full textPurpose. This paper gives an overview of the Jisc and HESA Library Data Labs project and its outputs. This collaboration involved bringing together cross-institutional library teams to produce proof of concept data-visualised dashboards using library analytics data that could be made available to others via the Heidi Plus service.
Design/methodology/approach. The teams used an agile approach, which adapted the agile methodology for non-technical and disparate team members. The key agile elements were followed, including the Scrum approach, whereby teams had a product owner, several development team members, a data wrangler and a scrum master. Many of the dashboards took inspiration from some of the earlier Jisc work on library analytics.
Findings. A wide variety of proof of concept dashboards were created addressing a range of library issues. These fell into two main categories for the cross-institutional teams: comparing the SCONUL annual statistics results against the National Student Survey (NSS) data, and collection management and analysis.
Research limitations/implications. Some of the HESA data were potentially sensitive. In effect this created a walled garden as some of the data were not designed for sharing. Furthermore, the data that the Jisc team used was restricted by publisher agreements, meaning that specific institutions usage could not be identified to others.
Originality/value. The paper provides insight into the Library Data Labs project and discusses a number of implications from the outcomes of the project. These are now being investigated by HESA, Jisc and individual institutions
Milton Keynes College Digital capabilities for a digital world (June 2018)
No full textSituated midway between the high-tech hubs of Oxford and Cambridge, Milton Keynes College is focused on providing a high-quality digital learning experience for all its learners. To achieve this goal, and to be at the heart of the region’s economic growth, technology is becoming embedded into every aspect of college life.
The college’s journey towards digital transformation has brought about changes to the physical estate, introducing a parallel, whole-college CPD programme to improve the digital capabilities of its staff and learners
Publishing process
No full textThe Jisc Institution as e-textbook publisher project was a four-year project investigating the viability of higher education institutions publishing their own e-textbooks. The overall objective of the programme, which started in 2014, was to assess whether the textbooks that have been created provide:
A more affordable higher education for students
Better value for money than commercial alternatives
An improved, more sustainable information environment for all
During the project, participating institutions created eight textbooks covering a range of subjects, applying business, licensing and distribution models and reporting back on the impact, value and viability of the models they choose.
The toolkit launch event the four project teams reflected back on the last four years of the project and presented the ‘Institution as e-textbook publisher toolkit’ for authors, librarians, learning technologists and senior university staff who may wish to consider publishing their own e-textbooks