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JISC Digital Media exists to help the UK's FE and HE communities embrace and maximise the use of digital media - and to achieve solutions that are innovative, practical and cost effective. 

The SLIDA report has recommendations for further and higher education on how to develop effective institution-wide strategies and practices which better support effective learners in a digital age. A number of case studies are included from both FE and HE institutions.

Site for the 157 Group's E-Ambassador initiative (started ca 2012). "e-Ambassadors are students with good technical skills who liaise with fellow students, their tutor and the e-Learning team. The aim of the e-Ambassador programme is to enable students to influence how technology is used in their course. We anticipate that this programme will result in inspired and engaged independent learners. "

Came across this today, a project influenced by the JISC funded PEDL e-guides project at Coleg Llandrillo, predecessor to the college's current PADDLE #jiscdiglit project. I can see that they presented at an RSC London E-factor conference.

Authority. Authenticity. Ownership. Perspective. These four pillars make up the critical facets of the information we consume -- and understanding them makes us and our students wiser users of information. However, on the web, people often make assumptions about the authority and authenticity of information, and it can be challenging to understand ownership and perspective. The Glean Who-Is Tool help you and your students learn to investigate web-based content sources. By using technical information about websites ("whois"), along with historical and factual information, the tool encourages us to dig more deeply, to understand more thoroughly, and to critique more closely.