Monthly Archives: February 2012

#CETIS12: Learning Registry Links and Resoruces

By Lorna | February 20, 2012

Links, resources and a little background reading for the CETIS12 Learning Registry: capturing conversations about learning resources session.
The Learning Registry
The Learning Registry - main web page.
Learning Registry Collaborate Google Group - “If you are interested in integrating, developing applications, working with Paradata… using the Learning Registry to make awesome things happen, [...]

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A Pleasant Surprise at Dev8D

By Lorna | February 16, 2012

Two years ago in 2010 I wrote a blog post in response to a post written by MShaw “Dev8D: where were the women? which commented on the fact that only 7% of the event’s participants were female. I hadn’t gone to Dev8D that year but I felt compelled to comment as this echoed [...]

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Come to Dev8D and tell JISC what you think!

By Lorna | February 9, 2012

Are you going to Dev8D next week? Would you like to give JISC a piece of your mind?
On Wednesday 15th there will be an opportunity to tell JISC what you think the key opportunities and challenges are in supporting the creation, sharing and management of learning materials. Lorna Campbell (JISC CETIS) [...]

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JLeRN Hackday - Issues Identified

By Lorna | February 1, 2012

Last week I went to the hackday organised by the JLeRN team and CETIS to kick off Mimas’ JLeRN Experiment. It you haven’t come across JLeRN before, it’s a JISC funded exploratory project to build an experimental Learning Registry node. The event, which was organised by JLeRN’s Sarah Currier and CETIS’ dear [...]

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