Learning Resources
Through the use of digital technologies JISC strives to cultivate an educational environment where learning resources are freely available, easy to access and routinely shared.
We negotiate licenses to access a wealth of online publications and unlock unique archive material by creating permanent digital resources.
We also encourage and enable educational practitioners to share their own learning resources, by providing guidance and support in areas such as intellectual property rights, accessibility and technological interoperability. These resources might include course materials, assessments, software, case studies, pedagogical approaches and any other tools, materials or techniques used to support learning and teaching.
Key learning resources activities
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Programmes
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e-Learning programme
The JISC e-learning programme enables the development and effective use of digital technologies to support learning and teaching in universities and colleges, so that staff benefit from e-learning...
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Digitisation and e-Content
JISC is changing the world of authoritative e-resources through its investment in digitising content from some of the UK’s greatest collections.
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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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Open educational resources programme - phase 1
A HEFCE-funded programme led jointly by JISC and the Higher Education Academy. The pilot stage seeks to examine the effectiveness of differing models of open educational resource release in...
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Transforming curriculum delivery through technology
It is important for institutions to develop more flexible and creative models of delivery to support the development of autonomous, lifelong learners who are skilled in reflecting on their learning...
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Projects
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British Library 19th-century newspapers
This project will revolutionise scholarly research bringing richer results with precision and speed at the click of a mouse.
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British newspapers 1620-1900
1.1 million pages are being digitised from 18th and 19th century news, building on previous projects to enable access to a virtual library containing some 4 million digitised pages of important...
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Historic boundaries of Britain
This project will create a comprehensive digital library of historic administrative boundaries for Britain through a combination of scanning historical maps and creating vector boundaries for...
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19th century pamphlets online
This project will provide online access to the most significant collections of 19th century pamphlets held in UK research libraries. Digitising around 30,000 paper copy pamphlets, which focus on the...
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The John Johnson collection: An archive of printed ephemera
The John Johnson Collection is widely recognised as one of the most important collections of printed ephemera in the world and generally regarded as the most significant single collection of ephemera...
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Services
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Jorum
Jorum is a free online repository service for teaching and support staff in UK Further and Higher Education Institutions, helping to build a community for the sharing, reuse and repurposing of...
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JISC Digital Media
JISC Digital Media provides advice and guidance on the creation and use of digital media collections in learning, teaching and research. JISC Digital Media aims to promote and develop good practice...
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JISC infoNet
JISC infoNet aims to be the UK's leading advisory service for managers in the post-compulsory education sector promoting the effective strategic planning, implementation and management of information...
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JISC Collections
JISC Collections negotiates with publishers of online resources and with owners of digital content, on behalf of further and higher education, including journals, e-books, geospatial material,...
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JISC Legal
JISC Legal is a free information service offering high quality legal information to further and higher education relating to the use of information and communications technologies. It runs training...