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Jisc Digital Learner Stories: Adriana
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Adriana is 40 years old and is studying German and French on two separate evenings a week with Derby Adult Learning Services. She works full time
Jisc Digital Learner Stories: Angela
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Angela is 17 and a first year A-level student at Portsmouth College where she is also part of the student Apple Ambassador team
The rise of new university presses and academic-led presses in the UK
No full textThe recent report, Changing publishing ecologies: A landscape study of new university presses and academic-led publishing, shows a discernible increase in new UK publishing initiatives entering the sector over the last few years. The new university press strand of the research consisted of a survey, which collected 43 responses, the academic-led press strand was informed by interviews with 14 scholar-led presses. Taking different approaches for these two types of press, the report captures the take-up, reasoning and characteristics of these initiatives, as well as their future plans. It complements previous research, such as OAPEN-UK, the UK National Monographs strategy, the Jisc/OAPEN Investigating OA monograph services project and the new Knowledge Exchange Landscape Study on Open Access Monographs which will be published in September 2017. These new publishing initiatives have a potentially disruptive effect on the scholarly communication environment, providing new avenues for the dissemination of research outputs and acting as pathfinders for the evolution of academic publishing and the scholarly record. The findings of the research carried out as part of this report provide an evidence base for future support for both new university presses and academic-led publishing initiatives to help create and maintain a diverse publishing ecology. The report concludes with a series of recommendations to help support and foster new developments in this space, share best practice, collaboration and the tools and services to facilitate further innovation. For example, the report recommends to support community building for both NUPs and ALPs, the establishment of guidelines for setting up a press, the provision of legal advice and guidelines for preservation and dissemination, and the development of future projects to support these new initiatives. In particular, the community professed a need for the development of a toolkit that would aid both existing NUPs and academic-led presses, as well as those universities and academics that are thinking about setting up their own publishing initiatives. This paper will precis the report, before exploring the progress made in establishing an infrastructure for UK university and academic-led presses. Finally, the author would like to encourage other European countries to build upon this research by adapting the questions asked in the research. This would allow for a more complete view of European NUPs and ALPs and the demand for shared approach, such as a wider set of best practice guidelines, workshops and a European Library Publishing Coalition for library presses
Cornwall College Case Study: Putting the ‘OO’ into Moodle
No full textThe Cornwall College Group (also known as Cornwall College) has eight main campuses and several smaller sites across the south west of the UK. In a large, dispersed organisation such as this, the virtual learning environment (VLE) can be an important unifying force. Moodle has been established as Cornwall College’s learning platform for a decade but the e-learning team have had to work hard in recent years to demonstrate the true value of the platform to staff and learners. This case study contains their tips for giving a boost to Moodle
Digital lens on the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF)
No full textDigital lens on the UK Professional Standards Framework (UKPSF):Supporting the digital capabilities of teaching staff
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Jisc Digital Learner Stories: Mauro
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Mauro is 21 and a first-year student at the University of Southampton studying Acoustical Engineering. He is an iChamp: one of a university-wide team that works to support other students' digital literacies in their academic departments and courses of study
Learner journey: Jade
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Jade is 22 years old and has recently completed a Level 3 AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians) course at Bradford College. She was sponsored by her employer and studied one day a week at the college while working full time
Learner journey: Jess
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Jess is in his late 30s and is studying part time for a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) with the Activate Learning group while he works as a lecturer on their Reading campus. He has a BA from the Open University