Lifelong Learning
By extending educational opportunities, the UK seeks to ensure a future which is economically competitive and socially cohesive. An increasing number of students are benefiting from education later in life, bringing diverse experiences, skills and needs and adding value to employers and society.
In this context, educational institutions face a variety of challenges: recognising and accrediting prior learning and experience; sharing learner achievement records securely; supporting remote learners; assessing performance and professional development; and managing mutually beneficial partnerships with employers and community groups. JISC helps institutions address these challenges through innovative approaches to technology, processes and systems.
Key lifelong learning activities
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Programmes
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e-Learning Frameworks and Tools programme
The e-Learning Framework is a service-oriented factoring of the core services required to support e-Learning applications, portals and other user agents.
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e-Learning Pedagogy programme
e-Learning and Pedagogy activities are being broadly grouped under two themes: Designing for Learning (with a practitioner planning focus on e-Learning) and Understanding my Learning (with a learner...
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MLEs for Lifelong Learning: Building MLEs across HE and FE
The programme will explore the issues related to developing learning environments to support the seamless movement of the learner between and across sectors and institutions.
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e-Learning Capital programme
The e-Learning Capital programme is an £11.36 million investment to support the sector in harnessing the potential of e-learning to support lifelong learners.
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Distributed e-Learning programme
The Distributed e-Learning Programme was a HEFCE funded programme of activity from 2004-6 which developed technologies and explored cultural and organisational issues around the use of technology to...
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Services
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JISC RSCs (Regional Support Centres)
The 13 JISC RSCs provide a comprehensive, regionally-based support service for the use of networked learning technologies and resources for FE Colleges, small HE Colleges and other local educational...
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JISC Advance
Advancing education, research and management through expertise, advice and inspiration in the use of technology.
