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Current Issue – February 2010

This month we were fortunate enough to podcast with two luminaries of the learning technology world – James Clay, ALT Learning Technologist of the Year 2009, and Niall Sclater, Director of Learning Innovation at the UK’s Open University. Both offer useful insights into the present and future of educational technology.

Here at Talis, we have been putting together a raft of mechanisms to help customers and other interested parties to keep informed of developments around Talis Aspire, our next generation resource list management system. We provide further details below.

Sarah Bartlett,
Editor
sarah.bartlett@talis.com

Innovators in Higher Education: Niall Sclater

In this podcast with Niall Sclater, Director of Learning Innovation at the UK’s Open University, we discuss recent online learning developments at the Open University. It’s particularly interesting to hear about the Open University’s experiences with its Moodle VLE, given that the institution is Moodle’s largest educational site. We also look at the future of VLEs and of learning technologies more broadly.

Meet the practitioner: James Clay

In this podcast, Sarah Bartlett talks with James Clay from Gloucestershire College, ALT’s Learning Technologist of the Year, 2009. We discuss technological innovation and cultural change at the college. James’s characterisation of further education students and their relationship to technology may prove useful from a higher education perspective.

Keeping up-to-date with Talis Aspire

Last month we introduced a monthly Talis Aspire newsletter for anyone interested in keeping abreast of Talis Aspire news and developments. Click here to subscribe.

We have put together a range of resources to keep you informed of the current status of Talis Aspire as well as future development plans:

Challenges, application and benefits of social media in HE institutions

We’ve heard a lot about the student experience of social networking tools, but Sarah Bartlett blogs about a new report surveying UK institutional perspectives on social media.

Learning on demand: Online education in the United States

Sarah Bartlett blogs about the recently published Learning on Demand report, focusing on the issue of student retention in online education.

Meet us at these upcoming events

Talis Aspire Open Days

These free events give you the opportunity to discover how Talis Aspire encourages instructors to engage with students and resources, and integrates with other systems such as the VLE and authentication systems, to provide an engaging, modern and joined-up learning experience. Attendees can see Aspire in action and learn how institutions are rolling out and making the most of Talis Aspire.We are pleased to announce these forthcoming Talis Aspire Open Days:

e-learning conference: Learning without limits, Plymouth

Come and visit our exhibition stand at the Plymouth e-learning conference: Learning without limits, at the University of Plymouth on 8-9 April 2010. This conference will challenge notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces and roles, evaluating new practices, technologies, environments and pedagogies.

JISC Conference 2010, London

JISC’s 8th annual conference will underline the imperative of integrating technology into all aspects of universities’ strategic planning to ensure survival in the coming years. Visit our exhibition stand at the conference which takes place on 12-13 April 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.

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