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Digital literacy review including a definition I can work with. This is about life today, not yesterday's life reimagined.

A review of UK and international practice.

Dave Kernohan on Moocs and the Universities UK report - a quick and dirty response when it was released.

"Published February 25, 2013 Matthew P. Long & Roger C. Schonfeld In this report, we present the results of Ithaka S+R's study of the scholarly practices of academic chemists. This study, funded by Jisc, presents information meant to empower research support providers in their work with chemists. The report covers themes such as data management, research collaboration, library use, discovery, publication practices, and research funding.   The report describes the findings of our investigation into academic chemists' research habits and research support needs. The digital availability of scholarly literature has transformed chemists' research by creating an environment where they can easily search for journal articles and chemical information. However, they often feel overwhelmed by the amount of new research available, and they need better tools to remain aware of current research. Furthermore, despite their heavy use of technology for research, many academic chemists have been slow to adopt new models of sharing data and research results such as online repositories and open access publishing. Our interviews highlighted the importance of the research group as a unit of academic life, and revealed some of the challenges inherent in working in groups that span institutions and national boundaries."

Lorna Campbell (JISC) on the lack of Open in the new FutureLearn terms and conditions.

"The student digital experience tracker, a pilot scheme to provide first-hand insight into learners' expectations and views on technology in an education setting, showed that 72% of HE and 70% of FE and skills learners believe that when technology is used effectively by teaching staff it enhances their learning experience - giving credence to the argument that practitioners need to develop their own digital skills to deliver learning and teaching."

The project blog for a JISC project on visual plagiarism "This blog is written by the Spot the Difference project team, who are researching the meaning, nature, and issues surrounding the concept of 'visual plagiarism', as well as the potential uses of visual search technology in this complex area."

5 video case students of e-portfolio implementation and an implementation toolkit - JISC created

"Despite pockets of good practice across the disciplines, wide-scale adoption of e-portfolios across further and higher education institutions has been less commonly achieved..." <--Oh really? Does that make us feel better?

Project to develop mark-up / annotation tools that are web based and collaborative.

five experts - Times Higher Education online article - views include those of the head of JISC in the Uk

"The DUCKLING project - funded by JISC - at the University of Leicester develops advanced delivery, presentation and assessment processes to enhance the work-based learning experience for students studying remotely."

"Still images, moving images and sound adviceJISC 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."