We are pleased to announce that Aberystwyth University will be one of the sites used for the 4 November JISC workshop on digital literacies.

The workshop is free of charge, but spaces are limited, so please register early on the event website:  http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/4thNovWorkshop.aspx.

The announcement from Sarah Knight of JISC is quoted below.

Developing Digital Literacies: A series of national workshops on developing learners and learning organisations for the 21st Century

A free workshop from the JISC e-Learning Programme on developing digital literacies is taking place on 4^th November in Wales, organised in partnership with JISC RSC Wales.

The workshops will be held in three locations connected by video conferencing:

• Swansea University
• Aberystwyth University
• Deeside College

These workshops will offer the latest in organisational thinking and educational development around digital literacies. Participants will hear the outcomes of recent JISC-funded activity in this area and be given the chance to share their own experiences through structured activities. Proven resources in support of staff and curriculum development and institutional change will be available to download, adapt and use in participants' own contexts of work.

The workshops will be suitable for:

Educational professionals with an interest in and responsibility for digital literacy. They may be located in:
 e-learning teams; library/learning resource teams; educational or learning development; academic departments; careers/employability teams; outreach teams; other support services; quality; senior management.

The workshops will be facilitated by Helen Beetham (consultant) and author of JISC’s recent review of digital literacies and lead consultant on the Learning Literacies for a Digital Age¹ (LliDA) project Dr Greg Benfield (Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford Brookes University) of the recent JISC Supporting Learners in a Digital Age² (SLiDA) study.

Further information together with the registration forms for the workshops, is available from http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/developingdigitalliteracies/4thNovWorkshop.aspx  and resources from the national workshops are now available from http://bit.ly/jiscdiglit 

For news and information about these events, follow the Twitter tag #jiscdiglit

We look forward to seeing you there!

Best regards,

Sarah

Sarah Knight

Programme Manager: JISC e-Learning Programme
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