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  1. Janet Brokerage

    April 14, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    I posted a message about JANET Brokerage to the champs list a while back, and it started a brief exchange between my old comrade Steve Davies (http://policy-police.blogspot.co.uk/), as to who Janet Brokerage was.. Steve saw her as a granny with a big gun. “Cross me and you’ll be playing harp for the angels”.

    I saw her more of a burly lady like Pat Butcher, in a leopard skin pattern coat, with two menacing sons who loaf around behind her shelling peanuts and “breaking” things.
    “Oh dear me, wouldn’t it be a shame if this shop accidentally burnt down.”

     

    The truth is much less disturbing. JANET Brokerage is a advisory service that can help Educational Institutions save money when buying cloud services. Check it out: http://www.janetbrokerage.ac.uk
    JANET_brokerage

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  2. A PICTURE IS WORTH HOW MANY WORDS?

    March 30, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    JISC_projects_1_x-games-

     

    …So

    I’m hoping to do this with a degree of regularity…

     

    http://www.jisc.ac.uk/inform/inform33/PlayingtoLearn.html

    Creative Commons Licence
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  3. Taking a ride in the xcri-cap Elevator-

    March 30, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    Some of you may be aware of the #coursedata programme, where JISC are funding institutions to improve their course information, and as a manifestation of this, produce an xcri-cap feed.

     (xcri-cap – eXchanging Course Related Information,Course Advertising Profile)

     Some of you will also be aware of the JISC Elevator, a cracking way of getting the wider community to vote up ideas for funding. 

    Imagine both of those tasty ideas rolled into one, and you get the UCLAN elevator pitch submission.

    If you haven’t voted, you really should.

    http://elevator.jisc.ac.uk/ideas/mobile-app-using-xcri-cap-xml-feeds

     

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  4. Coadec – Coalition for a Digital Economy – call to action

    March 13, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    The weekly Coadec newsletter continues to be a source of useful information that requires engagement and action.

    To sign up email sara[DOT]Kelly[AT]coadec[DOT]com or mooch about on www.coadec.com

     

    “This week Coadec will be responding to the House of Lords Communications Committee inquiry which asks for applicants to argue whether superfast broadband presents a threat to media and creative industries. We encourage as many people as possible to respond to the Call for Evidence (even if it is just on this one question). If you would like to add your name to our response please do not hesitate to get in touch by simply replying to this email.

    There are some interesting conferences coming up this month. This week we have Digital London Summit and Showcase taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday where Coadec’s Chairman Jeff Lynn will be speaking. 

     

    To show your support for Coadec’s work, please join our supporters list here. You can also follow Coadec on Twitter and LinkedIn, like us on Facebook, and add us to your circles on Google+.”

     

     

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  5. letter from the cabinet – open standards

    March 8, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    This came through this afternoon, thought it worth sharing

    As you may know, the Government is currently inviting people to give their views on open standards for software interoperability, data and document formats in government IT, through an online consultation on open standards.

    The consultation builds on the feedback we received during the UK Government Open Standards Survey, which took place in 2011. Thank you for taking the time to provide your views as part of the Survey. There was a great response and we learned a lot from the comments we received.

    The results from the Survey have helped shape the proposed policy and questions that we’re consulting on in Open Standards: Open Opportunities. The results of the survey and the consultation will inform:

    • the definition of open standards in the context of government IT;

    • the meaning of mandation and the effects compulsory standards may have on government departments, delivery partners and supply chains; and

    • international alignment and cross-border interoperability.

    It’s important that we get as much feedback from the IT community as possible – so I urge you to consider the questions raised and to respond to the online consultation at http://consultation.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/openstandards/ by 3 May.

    We look forward to hearing from you.

    ICT Futures

    Cabinet Office

    Email: openstandards@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk

    Twitter: @ICT_Futures

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  6. #openedspace First Open Education Week: treat yourself, learn something

    March 6, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    Warning

    This is the first ever global Open Education Week #openeducationwk.

    I am not overstating things when I say that education is THE most important thing.

    It is what raises us from the filth, what pulls us into the light and lets us reflect on our place in the universe.

    BUT…

    There is a cost.

    A cost for those who would educate others in the time and resource to prepare and support a learning journey.

    A cost for those who would learn in time and commitment, and perhaps more contentiously money.

    So take this opportunity to find what you can learn without committing any money,  see what UK Universities are offering: http://www.openeducationweek.org

    Me I’m aiming to attend a webinar tomorrow afternoon and learn how the Nottingham Xpert Attribution service is progressing:

    http://openeducationweek2012.sched.org/event/8c1d2eddf184de3edbb533e01b592ef1#

    What are you going to learn?

    http://openeducationweek2012.sched.org/mobile/?embed=true&bg=transparent

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  7. #DEV8D -Xcri cap files, the truth is out there part 2

    February 15, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    part 2 of the Xcri-cap files trail for the DEV8D session on Thursday in 3B

    The_xcri-cap_files2

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  8. #DEV8D #coursedata – trailing DEV8D session for Thursday 16th 11-12

    February 13, 2012 by Robin Englebright

    The truth is out there..

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    The_xcri-cap_files-trailer

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  9. #jiscel11 project SCARLET – using junaio -easy peasy

    November 15, 2011 by Robin Englebright

    Following the very simple instructions in the JISC online conference activity week SCARLET session, I’ve downloaded Junaio, printed a pretend manuscript, and Bob’s yer uncle we are in AR land…

    Junaio
    Scanning_for_qr_codes
    Qr_recognised
    Ar_layer_activated

    See the full gallery on Posterous

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  10. #jiscel11 activity week begins

    November 15, 2011 by Robin Englebright

    The JISC online conference starts officially on the 21st November, but as always there is much more going n around the edges. Much in the way that the Edinburgh Fringe has overtaken the the Edinburgh Festival. This year I’ve been snowed under with #coursedata work, and the online conference has sneaked up on me. There’s an awful lot to see, so I thought I’d start with one of the projects I knew something about.
    Project SCARLET is a one year LTIG ( Learning and Teaching Innovation Grant) project, that is investigating the use of augmented reality to support teaching with original artefacts that don’t bear repeated handling, such as the Dante manuscripts.
    The project is about half way through and give a really concise summary of their activity to date.
    The project will produce a toolkit, which will allow others to build similar experiences. I could see applications in so many situations… Back when I used to teach agricultural engineers, it could have added markers to a tractor engine bay with maintenance videos, or just labelling components… and could change them for different scenarios…
    I await to toolkit in the new year eagerly.
    You can check out the project SCARLET here:
    http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference11.aspx
    And here
    http://teamscarlet.wordpress.com/
    Or catch up with them in the online conference activity area.
    http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearningpedagogy/elpconference11.aspx

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