Links for Higher Education
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Open University: OpenLearn Study Unit Are you interested in creating your own open educational resources? This Open University unit will help you to write a learning unit and provide you with links to various resources for open-learning materials. |
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University of Nottingham: Leap Ahead LLN ePortfolio and eSystems The Leap Ahead LLN ePortfolio and eSystems pilot report, carried out by the Centre for ePortfolio Development, is now complete. The project ran trials of over 1000 eportfolio licences in schools, FECs, HEIs and employers from 2007 to 2009, as well as working on XCRI to join course data in regional institutions. |
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CIHE: Knowledge Bank Publications A directory of all CIHE publications available for download. |
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QAA: Code of Practice Section 2 (Collaborative provision and flexible and distributed learning (including e-learning)) and Section 9 (Work-based and placement learning) – the Code of practice provides guidance for institutions on the assurance of standards and management of quality in particular areas of their provision. |
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JISC: Cross-Institutional Use of e-Learning to Support Lifelong Learners JISC has funded a further set of regional and collaborative projects to implement and evaluate the cross-institutional use of e-learning to support lifelong learning, including the provision of personalised learning experiences and flexible delivery to support progression, widening participation and work-based learning. |
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JISC: Lifelong learning and workforce development Projects developing and implementing the use of appropriate technologies and processes to enable HE-level learning services that meet the needs of learners in the workplace, and of their employers. |
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Liverpool John Moores: Negotiated Work Based Learning A course to enable healthcare professionals to maximise work based learning opportunities in order to facilitate career and professional development. |
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Pebblepad 2010 Conference Follow the link for 'Placement or Work-based Learning' for papers related to Employer Engagement using E-portfolios. |
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An e-Portfolio-based Pedagogy for SMEs This project will provide the HE sector with reusable models and resources for an e-portfolio-based pedagogy for SMEs. Such a pedagogy will take account of the particular conditions of SME employers and learners. |
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Culture Campus Liverpool Portal (CCliP) This project offers an enhanced and expanded information service about CPD provision from local HE and cultural organisations to the creative/cultural industries. |
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Higher Education Lifelong Learning Opportunities (HELLO) This Leicester College project has two elements: 1) Development of a student led network to aid collaboration across friendship and social groups, replacing lost physical social space 2) Development of course level resources, including use of an e-Tutorial, online formative and summative feedback, and forum discussions. |
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Interactive work-based learning environments This project would stimulate use of a VLE and the support provided to placement students, employers and tutors. When successfully piloted via Westminster Business School's Business Experience and International Unit, the tools and resources can be shared with other schools and FE/HE institutions. |
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Middlesex University skills & education planning tool This project aims to support employer engagement and workforce planning requirements by providing a CRM-based, integrated view of employer-based, professional and tertiary sector education. |
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Partnership investigations into accredited prior/previous The aim of Partnership investigations into accredited prior/previous (Pineapple) is to bring clarity and apply structure to current APEL work, policies and practice carried out in the University of Plymouth regional partnership of further education colleges. |
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Personalised systems supporting IPD and CPD within a professional framework The project will result in the creation of an exemplar system and identify key features in the flexible pathways to qualifications within the engineering professional framework. |
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Shared Architecture for employer, student and organisational networking (SAMSON) Shared architecture for employer, student and organisational networking (SAMSON) seeks to integrate processes for employer engagement which are currently supported across both partner HEIs in numerous, separate pockets of activity, mostly with low levels of use of technology. |
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Technology-enabled learning support for training & accreditation recognition Technology-enabled learning support for training & accreditation recognition (TELSTAR) project will provide a technology enabled Learning Framework accessible via a web portal that addresses the needs of work-based learners and their employers. |
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Technology-enhanced learning to support a Welsh centre for workforce development Technology-Enhanced Learning to Support a Welsh Centre for Workforce Development (WCWD) is a JISC-funded Project, lead by the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). The Project ran for two years from April 2009. |
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Workforce engagement in lifelong learning (WELL) WELL will develop, implement and evaluate a model for module/unit delivery and assessment which integrates personal, organisational (of the employer) and institutional technologies that will support personalised learning and also satisfy accreditation and progression requirements. |
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Co-generative Toolkit (Co-genT) In partnership with the University of Winchester and the Western Vocational Lifelong Learning Network, the University of Gloucestershire has been successful in obtaining funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) for an innovative project which seeks to become a leading initiative in the field of demand-led education. |
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