Vocational Qualifications seminars

Thursday
12:45
Digital Repositories in Further and Higher Education: Their Implementation and Value


Dr Neil Jacobs & Amber Thomas, JISC



The session will arm delegates with up-to-date information on how and why UK colleges and universities are implementing repositories. Repositories allow effective management of, and access to, learning and research materials by working together, using common standards and agreements, so that users have access to a distributed national electronic resource.

14:00
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning


Ros Smith & Dr David Rathe, JISC

This session will present findings from JISC research into effective technology-enabled learning space design for HE and FE. The principal of an FE college featured in the publication, 'Designing Spaces for Effective Learning' (JISC 2006) will illustrate an innovative new build designed to support blended wireless-enabled learning on post-16 vocational courses.


Friday
16:15
Lessons Learned from Implementing a Virtual Learning Environment Across Two Local Authorities in England

Ian Usher, NAACE/Bucks CC

Visitors will gain an overview of school and local authority-level issues associated with implementing a Virtual Learning Environment, discover what works and what doesn't in using VLEs schools at both primary and secondary level - all this will be illustrated by work carried out in a variety of schools across two Local Authorities.


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