Slides from Elesig 2013 webinar on Evolving Digital literacies: inductions to employment skills

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ELESIG webinar: Evolving Digital Literacies – inductions to employment skills

We will be talking about the Students4webES Project on Thursday 20th June 2013 from 1-2 pm in an ELESIG webinar.

The webinar will be presented by Ellen Lessner and Emma Procter-Legg and will focus on our experiences of running 2 student centred projects in FE which aimed to have students shape the content and structure of the project. 

To find out more about ELESIG (Evaluation of Learners' Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group) click here.

JISC Online Innovation Forum

Tomorrow (Friday 10th May) is the JISC Online Innovation Forum. We will be presenting during one of the sessions, talking about the role of web conferencing to boost employability.  Myself and three students involved in the project will be presenting. To find out more about the event and details on how to log into the forum click on the link below.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/2013/05/rscinnovationforum.aspx

We will be in the Green Room presenting from 1:00pm, hope to see you there!

Post by:
Emma Procter-Legg
Project Manager

Students' Top Tips for Running a Webinar

Below is the student produced guide to webinars that was produced as part of the Students4webES project.

A pdf copy of the poster is available on our project website to download. Click here to visit the website, scroll down the resources page until you see the poster section, see image below, then click download on the final version called StudentguideFinal.pdf.

Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of the poster!

Prezi presentation

Dissemination events

Now that our webinar project is drawing to a close, we are moving into the dissemination phase. We will be reporting on and sharing our experiences at a number of JISC events during the next few weeks.

The first event is the JISC RSC South East event 'Employability Skills and Technology: Improving Outcomes for Learners' on Monday 22nd April at the Witney Campus of Abingdon & Witney College. We will be presenting during the morning session and running a workshop in the afternoon session.

This is a free event, if you wish to join us, please click here to find out more details and to book your place. Please note booking for this event closes on Wednesday 17th April 2013.

The second event is the following day, Tuesday 23rd April, when we will be heading to Birmingham to be involved in the Learning and Teaching Practice Experts Group Meeting. We will be running a 30 minute session as part of the Members Showcase.

The third event is the JISC RSC South East Online Innovation Forum on Friday 10th May for further details about the session please click here.

A post to say Thank You

As we begin the final evaluation of the Students4webES project, we would like to take a moment to thank the employers and institutions who supported the project by participating in a webinar. 

A big THANK YOU to...

• Abingdon and Witney College – Kelly Boast (Head of Staff Services)
• Active Nation, White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre – Dave Rolls (Manager)
• Morgan Cole Solicitors, Oxford – Andrew Leadbitter (Consultant Solicitor)
• National Union of Students – Jesse Scharf (Student Switch Off Project Officer)
• Puma Hotels – Lygon Arms Spa – Alice Walker (Head Therapist)
• Science and Technology Facilities Council, Harwell – Rosie Sherry (Head of People Development)
• Waitrose Abingdon – Linda Phillips (Section Manager Personnel)
• Wenn Townsend Chartered Accountants, Oxford – Lee Baker (Audit Manager, Training and Recruitment)

Without the support of the above employers and institutions we wouldn't have a project to evaluate!