| Association for the Advancement of Computers in Education |
AACE |
| The Association (founded in 1981) is an international,
educational and professional not-for profit organization dedicated
to the advancement of the knowledge, theory, and quality of
learning and teaching at all levels with information
technology. This purpose of AACE is accomplished through the
encouragement of scholarly inquiry related to information
technology in education and the dissemination of research results
and their applications.
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| Association for Computers and the Humanities |
ACH |
| The Association for Computers and the Humanities is an
international professional organization.Since its establishment, it has been the major professional society
for people working in computer-aided research in literature and language
studies, history, philosophy, and other humanities disciplines, and
especially research involving the manipulation and analysis of textual
materials.
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| Association of College and Research Libraries |
ACRL |
The Association of College and Research Libraries
(ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional
association of academic librarians and other interested
individuals. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability
of academic library and information professionals to serve the information
needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching,
and research. |
| Association of Northern Ireland Colleges |
ANIC |
| ANIC is the strategic arm of its member colleges. It seeks to influence
government policy, business and industry, who collaborate together to
enable the provision of the best training technical workforce in the United Kingdom.
The Association is the policy and lobbying voice of Northern Ireland Colleges.
It also co-ordinates, on behalf of the Department of Higher and
Further Education, Training and Employment, the latest curriculum
developments, support for vocational A Levels and a scheme for
Lecturers Into Industry. The Association also provides, on behalf
of its members, an Employers' Forum for 5,500 staff in the further
education sector, which provides the only collective bargaining
arrangements in the United Kingdom. |
| British Educational Communications and Technology Agency |
BECTa |
| The BECTa Web site provides information, advice and
dialogue relating to ICT in education for the schools and FE
sectors. From case studies and examples good
practice to practical guidance on using ICT within the curriculum and for
administration, the BECTa web site can help keep you up to date. |
| The Big Blue Project |
Big Blue Project |
| The JISC funded Big Blue Project is surveying present
practice in Information Skills Training for students in Higher and Further
Education. The project will establish
a blueprint for the future, ensuring a coherent approach to the development
of an information literate student population in the UK.
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| Computer Assisted Assessmen |
CAA |
| This site has been designed to provide information and
guidance on the use of computer-assisted assessment (CAA) in higher
education. |
| Centre for Higher education Policy Studies |
CHEPS |
| CHEPS is a Dutch based
research institute that seeks to make a significant contribution to the
understanding of policy-making, governance and management in higher
education. We have designed this
website to provide you with an informative overview of CHEPS: our work, our
projects and publications, and our staff. |
| Centre for Recording Achievement |
CRA |
| The CRA supports good practice and the sharing of experience in Recording Achievement and Personal Development Planning on a national basis, not only in initial education but also in lifelong learning in employment and through professional bodies. |
| Center for Technology Innovations in Educations |
CTIE |
| CTIE
is home to a range of projects that promote the impactful application of
technology in education. The staff and researchers that work in the Center
have a range of interests and expertise that they bring to these projects.
Innovation in CTIE involves technological, educational, cognitive, and social
change to improve learning. |
| Improving Provision for Students with Disabilities |
DEMOS Project |
| The DEMOS project is funded by the Higher Education Council for England under strand three of the initiative Improving
Provision for Students with Disabilities. We are developing an online learning package which is aimed
specifically at academic staff and will examine the issues faced by disabled
students in higher education. The project is a collaboration between the 4
universities in the Manchester area - the University of Salford, the
University of Manchester, the Manchester Metropolitan University and UMIST.
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| British Department for Education and Skills |
DfES |
| A gateway for learners of all ages and groups. |
| EDUCAUSE |
EDUCAUSE |
| The mission of EDUCAUSE is to advance higher education
by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. This site includes many useful links to
projects and organisations dealing with C7IT in education in the USA |
| Future Skills Wales |
FSW |
| it's the first time that the skills people have has been compared to those employers need, and then forecast as to the skills that will be needed in the future. |
| Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the
United Kingdom |
HERO |
| HERO is the official gateway site to the UK's universities, colleges and research
organisations. |
| The Information Age Initiative In Northern Ireland |
Leapfrog |
| The Information Age Initiative was established in September 1999
by the Department of Enterprise Trade & Investment (DETI) to pave
the way for the Information Age Commission. This advisory group
has been tasked with producing a Strategic Framework & Action Plan
that will support and encourage the development of a
knowledge-based economy in Northern Ireland. Its vision is 'A
highly attractive, dynamic and supportive knowledge-based economy
in Northern Ireland.' |
| The Institute for Teaching in Higher Education |
ILT |
| The Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher
Education (ILT) is the professional body for all who teach and support
learning in higher education in the UK. It exists to enhance the status of teaching, improve the experience of
learning and support innovation. It
also develops and maintains professional standards of practice. It is becoming the main source of
professional recognition for all staff engaged in teaching and the support of
learning. This organisation publishes
the Journal
of Active Learning in Higher Education. |
| Joint Information Systems Committee |
JISC |
| The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) promotes
the innovative application and use of information systems and information
technology in Higher and Further education across the UK. Use this site for links to other projects
and organisations |
| JISC Resource Guides |
JISC Resource Guides |
| The JISC is establishing posts known as Resource Guides
in a number of subject areas. These posts will take over the maintenance of
lists of resources known as Subject Guides. In addition, in co-operation with associated resource providers, the
Resource Guides will provide information, documentation and training
opportunities. Two such posts, covering
the Arts and Humanities, and the Social Sciences, have been established to
date; plans are underway to establish posts in other subject areas. |
| Learning and Skills Development Agency |
LSDA |
| The Learning and Skills
Development Agency (LSDA) is a strategic national resource for the
development of policy and practice in post-16 education and training. The
Agency was previously known as the Further Education Development Agency
(FEDA). |
| Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative |
LTDI |
| The Learning Technology Dissemination Initiative was a
project funded by the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council from August
1994 until August 1999 to promote the use of learning technology and computer
based learning materials in SHEFC funded Higher Education
Institutions. The emphasis was on educational issues and
pedagogy, and the implementation and integration of learning technology
rather than technical and programming aspects. |
| Learning & Teaching Scotland |
LTS |
| Learning and Teaching Scotland is a national public body
sponsored by the Scottish Executive Education Department. The Scottish Executive has charged LT
Scotland with providing advice, support, resources and staff development that
enhance the quality of educational experiences with a view to improving
attainment and achievement and promoting lifelong learning. |
| Learning and Teaching Support Network |
ltsn |
| The LTSN is a major network of 24 subject centres based
in higher education institutions throughout the UK and a single Generic
Centre. It aims to promote high quality learning and teaching through the
development and transfer of good practices in all subject disciplines, and to
provide a 'one-stop shop' of learning and teaching resources and information
for the HE community. |
| Lifelong Learning |
LLL |
| Aparently, the leading web site for the encouragement, promotion
and development of lifelong learning. This site 'Lifelong Learning' is supported by the Access to Learning for Adults Division of the Department for Education and Skills. |
| Massachusetts Board of Higher Education |
MBHE |
| This page contents a lot of useful links to other
organisations mainly in the US. |
| National Committee of Inquiry into Higher Education |
NCHE |
| The National Committee of
Higher Education - This web site hosts the reports we submitted to the
Secretaries of State for Education and Employment, Wales, Scotland and
Northern Ireland in July 1997. It has
published the Dearing Report. |
| National Education Association |
nea |
| A site informing about issues in America's education
system |
| National information & Learning Technology
Association |
NILTA |
| The membership organisation for those using new
technologies to provide lifelong learning in the UK |
| National Grid for Learning |
NGfL |
| The National Grid for Learning portal brings together a
vast and growing collection of sites that support education and lifelong
learning. Whether you are learning, supporting,
teaching or managing, there are resources on the Grid for you. |
| National Learning Network |
NLN |
| This site is a gateway to BECTa, JISC, the Learning and Skills
Council, LSDA, NILTA and UKERNA. There is also a link to research
projects and reports in the field of Information Technology and
Learning. |
| PlanIT |
PlanIT |
| This is a resource gateway to Careers, learning and working in Scotland with links
to local Authorities, Schools and the FE and HE community. Its
mission is to support skills and economic development by providing
educational and vocational guidance of the highest quality. |
| Resource Discovery Network |
RDN |
| The RDN is a free Internet service dedicated to
providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the
learning, teaching and research community. The RDN provides access to a
series of Internet resource catalogues containing descriptions of high
quality Internet sites, selected and described by specialists from within UK
academia and affiliated organisations. Value-added services such as interactive web tutorials and alerting
services are also provided to enable users to make more of their time on the
Internet. |
| SCHOLAR |
SCHOLAR |
| SCHOLAR is a new programme
developed by Heriot-Watt University and a consortium of secondary schools and
further education colleges in South East Scotland. It provides common
educational resources and a "virtual college" support network for
Advanced Higher, Higher National Certificate and Heriot-Watt first-level
courses. Designed to improve student choice and flexibility, it also helps
progress from school to college and university. |
| Society of College, National and University Libraries |
SCONUL |
| This site offers a variety of publications about
information literacy. SCONUL works to
improve the quality and to extend the influence of the librarians in higher
education, and the National Libraries in the UK and Ireland. |
| SHEFC funded C&IT projects |
ScotCIT |
| ScotCIT is the C&IT Programme of the Scottish Higher
Education Funding Council (SHEFC). ScotCIT aims to establish appropriate use of Communication and
Information Technology (C&IT) as part of normal working practice at
Scottish Higher Education Institutions. This page has links to 19
ScotICT projects and to organisations
dealing with this issue. |
| Scottish Council for Research in Education |
SCRE |
| The Scottish Council for
Research in Education (SCRE) is an independent national body. SCRE provides
research, evaluation and training services under contract and expert gateways
to educational research in Scotland. |
| Scottish Executive |
SE |
| Use site map to go to School Education Links from there
to HMI Inspectors of Education, Publications and other sites. Also to New
Community Schools. |
| Scottish electronic Staff Development Library |
SeSDL |
| The SeSDL is a web-based resource centre designed to
encourage the sharing and reuse of staff development materials. The
main focus of the materials is the use
communications and information technology (C&IT) in teaching and learning
but other topics will also be included. |
| Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education |
SFC |
| Use this site for other HE and FE links, projects and
organisations across the UK. |
| Scottish Network for Access and Participation |
SNAP |
| SNAP aims to bring together policy makers and practitioners from FECs and HEIs to
explore the social inclusion agenda and its implications for their
institutions and partner agencies, to help share good practice, and to
contribute to the development of national and regional policies for widening
participation in higher education. |
| Society for Research into Higher Education |
SRHE |
| An independent society which aims to improve the quality
of higher education through the encouragement of debate on issues of policy,
on the organisation and management of higher education institutions and on
the curriculum, teaching and learning methods |
| Teaching and Learning in Scottish Metropolitan Area Networks |
TALISMAN |
| TALiSMAN was the staff development strand of the Use of
MANs Initiative (UMI). TALiSMAN was established to provide training aimed at
the most effective and efficient use of MANs across all SHEFC-funded
institutions, enabling staff to identify and exploit opportunities available
through networking technology and network-based learning methods.
The TALiSMAN programme was designed to
complement existing funded activities such as LTDI, TLTSN, UMI projects and
Netskills. |
| Technology for Disabilities Information Service |
TechDIS |
| TechDis is a new JISC service set up to provide
information and adviceto the Further and Higher Education Sectors on the use
of new and existing Communication and Information Technologies (CIT), to
enhance access to learning and teaching, research and administration
activities for students and staff with disabilities |
| Teaching Quality Enhancement Fund |
TQEF |
| The NCT works on behalf of the Higher Education Funding
Council for England (HEFCE) and the Department for Employment and Learning
(DEL), of Northern Ireland, to manage and co-ordinate the Fund for the
Development of Teaching and Learning (FDTL) and the Teaching and Learning
Technology Programme (TLTP). Both initiatives are focused on
encouraging innovation and new developments within learning and teaching. |
| Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association |
UCISA |
| UCISA exists to promote excellence in the application of
information systems and services in support of teaching, learning, research
and administration in education. |
| United Kingdom Education & Research Networking Association |
UKERNA |
| JANET is the network operated and developed by UKERN
under a Service Level Agreement from the Joint Information Systems Committee
(JISC) of the UK Higher and Further Education Funding Councils.
JANET is connected to the equivalent
academic networks in other countries and to many commercial networks in the
UK and abroad forming part of the global internet. |
| University for Industry |
Ufi |
| A site informing about a UK Government initiative. Ufi's
learning services are being delivered through learndirect, which
provides access to innovative and high quality courses, over 80
percent of them on-line. learndirect will enable people to fit
learning into their lives, learning wherever they have access to
the internet - at home, at work, or in one of over 1000
learndirect centres.
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| Virtual Learning Space |
VLS |
| The Virtual Learning Space (VLS) is an environment
dedicated to learning about Communication & Information Technology
(C&IT) via collaboration. It
frequently hosts live e-discussions on a number of topics.
For example, development of VLE's,
evaluation and quality of C&IT, assessing students' C&IT skills. |
