Web resources on the cheap: using free and low-cost Internet resources for learning and teaching: a seminar for HE and FE librarians and information managers

13th November 2003, York

The talks are made available as Powerpoint presentations or in PDF - please note that some of these presentations are more than 1-2 Mb. If you have any problems accessing any of these please contact the JIBS webmaster.

One of the JIBS User Group Committee has provided a report on the day.

Programme

10am Arrival and coffee

       10.30 Welcome from Elizabeth Heaps, University of York Librarian

       10.35 Introduction, Stuart Lee, Chair, JIBS User Group

10.45 ALBEDA: a case study in Web-based learning for A Level Biology. Glyn Jones, Advanced Tutor and Biology Course Leader, York College

       11.15 A review of the Building Biz/ed for FE project - where do we go from here? Andy Hargrave, Biz/ed Research Officer, Institute for Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol

       11.45 RDN for FE. Mark Williams, RDNC FE Manager, King's College London

12.15 Buffet lunch

       1pm JIBSUG AGM

1.45pm Free e-books for teaching and learning. Martin Wynne Head of the Oxford Text Archive, Oxford University Computing Services

       2.15pm Locating quality free resources, using EEVL. Linda Kerr, EEVL Coordinator, Heriot Watt University Library

       2.45pm Teaching linguistics using free Web resources. Zoe Toft, Learning Advisor, School of Oriental and African studies, London University.

3.15pm Discussion and summary (Stuart Lee)

3.30pm Tea and departures (Optional tour of Raymond Burton Library at 4pm)