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"Applications are invited for the next Leading Transformation in Learning and Teaching (LTLT) programme which will start in March 2015. LTLT is the leadership programme to transform programmes and courses in higher education to meet new needs and expectations. It has been jointly designed by the HEA and the Leadership Foundation to help participants develop the skills, approaches and insights needed to lead course and programme teams through processes of transformation and innovation in curriculum development"

"The Assessment and Feedback area of the Design Studio gives access to existing and emergent work on assessment and feedback of significant interest. Under a series of themes, you can explore what we currently know about enhancing assessment and feedback practice with technology, find links to resources and keep up to date with outputs from the Assessment and Feedback and other current JISC programmes."

Researchers at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) launched the Innovative Learning Environments project to turn an academic lens on the project of identifying concrete traits that mark innovative learning environments. They sifted through and categorized the research on learning science, documented case studies, and compiled policy recommendations they hope will transform the current system.

A Marked Improvement has been developed by a group of experts, working with the HEA to provide a strong rationale for transforming assessment in higher education. It includes an assessment review tool, offering a practical method to take stock of current practice and look to a targeted approach to strategic change. The publication also includes further resources for staff, which can be used to support changes to assessment policy and practice.

"Rethinking assessment in a participatory digital world - Assessment 2.0 Transforming Assessment is an Australian Learning and Teaching Council Fellowship specifically looking at the use of e-assessment within online learning environments, particularly those using one or more Web 2.0 or virtual world technologies."

KTN final report on the future of digital content sets out a series of provocative and exciting ideas that will help creative businesses and technology developers understand the radical transformation that developments in digital technology will have on c

In spite of all the answers the internet has given us, its full potential to transform our lives remains the great unknown. Here are the nine key steps to understanding the most powerful tool of our age - and where it's taking us

Anthologize is a free, open-source, plugin that transforms WordPress 3.0 into a platform for publishing electronic texts. Grab posts from your WordPress blog, import feeds from external sites, or create new content directly within Anthologize. Then outlin

Here's one for all you lovers of futuristic interfaces. An interactive hardware company called Displax has begun marketing Skin, a paper-thin, flexible film that would transform any non-metal surface into an interactive touchscreen.

How ICTs Are Transforming the Lives of Street Children in Kenya

This seems to me to be one of the most significant presentations seen at this year's JISC Innovating e-Learning (online) Conference. It;s particularly relevant as it aligns closely with our own agenda.

While industries such as music, newspapers, film and publishing have seen radical changes in their business models and practices as a direct result of new technologies, higher education has so far resisted the wholesale changes we have seen elsewhere. How