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ACCESS-VOCATIONAL-GUIDANCE A forum for comments and discussion on issues concerning provision of, access to and quality of adult vocational guidance and counselling, with a particular emphasis on combating social exclusion.
ACCESSIBILITY-PASSPORT This list is to provide information, announcements and the opportunity to comment on aspects of the Accessibility Report
ACER-IT-FORUM A list to encourage discussion of current IT curriculum issues between ACER member colleges (Association of Colleges in the Eastern Region)
ACETS The ACETS list is the public mailing list for those interested in the JISC X4L funded ACETS project which is seeking strategies for the sustainable use of reusable learning objects in medical and healthcare education.
ACL-ELEARNING-WALES The list is for the dissemination of information to the ACL Community in Wales surrounding e-learning. It will be used by the JISC RSC for Wales.
ACL-SERSC This list is used by the JISC RSC SE in supporting the development of e-Learning by ACL services in the South East Region
AIM This list promotes the AIM (Alice Interactive Mathematics) system. AIM is a web-based system designed to administer graded tests with mathematical content. This is a new anddeveloping computer aided assessment package. There has already been considerable interest from many UK institutions and this list will be open anyone interested in using and developing this package.
ALT-CINFO This list is used by ALT (the Association for Learning Technology) to send news about its annual conference.
ALT-CONTACT-SYSTEM A contact system for ALT's sponsoring members has been set up to enable ALT to increase sponsoring membership; to support the identification of 'prospects'; to involve active members of ALT in the process of developing and maintaining ALT's relationships with sponsoring members.
APIS A discussion list for developers using the APIS and APIS-MS web service toolkits for online assessment developed through the JISC eLearning Framework.
ARTEL The ARTEL group has been set up to promote increased interdisciplinary research into the design, development, implementation and use of technological learning environments, particularly within Higher Education contexts.
ASCA The list will provide a forum for the sharing of information between teachers of computing and digital design in schools of architecture in the UK.
AT-QUALS-AND-TRAINING To investigate and promote the need for recognition of AT as a vocational area requiring formal qualifications, development, and training
AT-TRAINERS A discussion list for those who deliver assistive technology training for people with disabilities.
BASIC-SKILLS-WALES This list is primarily for practitioners in Welsh Further Education colleges who deliver and support the basic skills curriculum. The focus is particularly on using ILT Information and Learning Technology to enhance learning and teaching. It is owned by RSC Wales www.rsc-wales.ac.uk
BLACKBOARD-DEVELOPERS A discussion forum for UK users of the Blackboard learning environment wishing to develop 'Building Blocks'. It welcomes both pedagogical and technical input.
BLACKBOARD-NE List for sysadmin, academic, library staff users of Blackboard in the NE
BLACKBOARD-USERGROUP A list to promote discussion amongst Blackboard/Courseinfo users in Universities, Colleges and Schools in the UK.
BLACKBOARD-WALES Discussion list for those providing pedagogical and technical support for Blackboard in Wales.
BODINGTON-GENERAL Mailing list for those interested in finding out more about using the Bodington software, its features and the functionality it provides. Enquiries to this list are welcome and generally asked questions will be added to an FAQ on the bodington.org web site.
BOS-SURVEYS Allows BOS users to: - arrange to share surveys - to share survey results or arrange cross-institutional surveys - share experiences and ideas
BROOKES-BENCHMARKING A list set up to facilitate file storage and information exchange between Brookes HEA Benchmarking Pilot Project team.
CAL-FOR-FINANCIAL-ACCOUNTING This list is deliberatly narrow in its ambitions, namely to help those teaching financial accounting to make best use of all forms of Computer Assisted Learning. The list originator admits a bias to objective testing, computer-based assessment and Virtual Learning Environments, but it is hoped that the list will take on a life of its own.
CAMELBELT Members of the CAMEL BELT project Benefits of E-Learning
CAMELBENEFIT This list is for general information for all participants in the CAMEL Tangible Benefits of E-learning project.
CASPAR-ASSESSMENT This list is used to share and disseminate good practice of the online tool CASPAR. Those wishing to be provided with the free package available from Autumn 2007 should sign up here to receive updates, news and share good practice.
CD-ROM-NETWORKING A list for discussion of all aspects of networking CDROMs in all environments.
CE-TRIAL This list is used for communication between participants of the Carrier Ethernet trial sponsored by JANET(UK)
CENSUS-LEARNING-AND-TEACHING The CENSUS-LEARNING-AND-TEACHING list is used to keep the UK HE and FE community informed about the progress of the JISC 5/99 funded CHCC project. The CHCC Project is developing the Collection of Historical and Contemporary Census Data and related materials (CHCC) into a major learning and teaching resource).
CETIS-ACCESSIBILITY The JISC CETIS Accessibility Mailing List is used for the discussion and dissemination of good practice in making learning technology accessible to all, with a focus on learning technology standards (eg IMS) and accessibility.
CETIS-ECSIG The primary aim of this group is to track, evaluate and support the UK FE/HE sectors' uptake and implementation of standards relating to learning content interoperability, in particular the ims content packaging, content management and learning design specifications. the group will also monitor the implementation and development of related specifications produced by agencies such as adl (particularly the scorm), aicc,ieee,cen/isss, ariadne, prometeus. This is a sub-list of IMS
CETIS-METADATA For members of the HE/FE community who wish to discuss metadata-related educational materials
CETIS-PEDAGOGY This list will support the CETIS (The Centre for Educational Technology Interoperability Standards) Pedagogy Forum. This forum was launched March 2003 to enable the UK FE and HE communities to examine and discuss the pedagogic implications of interoperability standards and identify requirements that can be input into the specification process.
CETIS-PORTFOLIO A mailing list to support the CETIS Portfolio SIG, which seeks to develop the community and foster consensus in the area of definitions, specifications and standards for learner services including personal development planning (PDP) and e-portfolio. We clearly recognise that this goal needs involvement both from practitioners in the field, and from developers and technical staff who have responsibility for designing and building systems. We aim to promote dialogue within and between groups of stakeholders, aiming at workable consensus on definitions, specifications and standards, while fully acknowledging the desirability of diversity in PDP and other practice. Any technical terms used on this list should be explained.
CETIS-PORTFOLIO-DEV Discussion list for developers working towards interoperability and portability of e-portfolio and personal development records, in the UK and wider contexts; moving beyond UKLeaP towards practical standards based on real experience. Some technical knowledge may be assumed.
CETIS-QTI-SIG This list is for the JISC CETIS Assessment Special Interest Group to discuss issues about the interoperability of CAA and the current (developing) specifications in this area such as IMS QTI. This is a sublist of IMS
CHEST-VIRTUAL-CAMPUS Virtual Campus is a Virtual Learning Environment where the learning process is supported by comprehensive features and reporting structures that measure achievement against predefined goals.
CHIMERA-ANNOUNCE This list is a primary means of disseminating Chimera's research activities across UK HE and industry and also to international colleagues. It will be used to announce seminars, workshops and other events hosted by Chimera as well as form the basis for collaborative activities across our partner institutions.
CITINETSG This list supports the development of the CITINET Steering Group, and is used to enable discussion, debate and dissemination to and among SG members (listed at http://www.citinet.org.uk/ )
CMALT-HOLDERS A closed list for Learning Technologists who are Certified Members of ALT
CMALT-INFORMATION This list is used by the Association for Learning Technology to keep people informed about the CMALT scheme for learning technologists.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED-ASSESSMENT The computer-assisted assessment list discusses all aspects of the use of computers to assess student learning. This includes computer and web based assessment, the use of optical mark and character readers and the wider use of technology to support the assessment process.
COMPUTER-ASSISTED-LEARNING This list is established to share ideas and practice in CAL. It is open to anyone using computer-based learning resources, and anyone researching or supporting the use of such learning resources. The list does not specialiase in any particular platform or software solution, but seeks to share innovation in the theory and practice of CAL in education.
CONSTRUCTION-WALES This list is primarily for practitioners in Welsh Further Education colleges who deliver and support the construction curriculum. The focus is particularly on using ILT (Information and Learning Technologies) to enhance learning and teaching. It is owned by RSC Wales www.rsc-wales.ac.uk
CORPUSCALL This list is used to discuss issues relating to the use of corpus resources, tools and methodologies in CALL.
CYMRAEG This list is for all those in Higher Education interested in the development of Welsh Medium Higher Education and the potential use of technology enhanced learning to support this.
DELDISSE This mail list is for project members from the JISC DEL projects in Southern England to support the planning for a major dissemination event in London 2006.
DELIBERATIONS-FORUM Deliberations is an interactive, electronic web-based resource on teaching and learning in higher education. The deliberations-forum list acts as a platform for the higher education community to discuss a wide range of issues on teaching and learning and to disseminate, request and share relevant information.
DEVIL The DEVIL mailing list is used for discussion within the JISC Project DEVIL group at the University of Edinburgh, the Open University, and other interested parties.
DIGI-EVAL This is a Public list to support research and discussion into the examination of good practice in evaluation of electronic library initiatives in the UK and abroad. The feedback generated will provide a vital source of information for the eVALUEd project, managed and conducted by the Centre for Information Research (CIRT) at the University of Central England.
DIGITAL-AUDIO Discussion and support regarding the use of digital audio as a single medium including podcasting to support learning, teaching and assessment.
DLNET This list is to share ideas and best practice in elearning projects in museums, libraries, archives, galleries and HE/FE organisations.
DSANET-EDINBURGH A forum created for HEFE staff, based in and around the Edinburgh area, who are involved in the DSA process and the ongoing support of Special Needs students.
E-LEARNING-NORTHWEST This list is owned by the RSC Northwest and is used to advertise eLearning events appropriate to Further and Higher Education, specialist colleges, Work Based Learning Providers and Adult Community Learning across the region
E-LEARNING-WALES This list is used by those interested in e-learning activity across Wales. Its focus is both pedagogic and technical.
ECAI-BI ECAI-BI is designed to promote discussion amongst members of the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative British Isles Regional Team
ECON-EXCEL A list for economics academics using Microsoft Excel in their teaching to announce resources and share tips.
ECPD A list to support and communicate development of the LSN e-Learning Continuing Professional Development Framework.
EDINEB EDINEB seeks to network colleagues involved in educational innovations in economics and business including development of technologies, learning methodologies and tools appropriate to curricula with an orientation to problem solving or professional practice.
EDUBLOG This list supports education workers using weblogs within teaching and learning. In particular it hopes to contribute to the mapping of the emergent community and creative practice, and to the production of knowledge of the use of emerging technologies in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
EDUSHARE For the study of distributed, open, and distance education in Asian countries
ELEARNING-SW The list is for mental health educators and trainers who are based in the South West, for the discussion of issues surrounding e-learning. It supports the work of 'e-Learning in Dispersed Organisations', a project based at the University of Bath
ELEARNING-WALES The Elearning-Wales list is primarily an announcement list for the use of RSC Wales to promote events, training and good practice for practitioners in Wales who are interested in using Information and Learning Technologies (ILT) to enhance teaching and learning.
ELEARNINGRESEARCH The e-learning research list aims to provide a forum for discussion of issues relating to e-learning research.
ELECTRONIC-VOTING-SYSTEMS This list is to provide a forum for sharing experiences of selecting, implementing and using Electronic Voting Systems (EVS or sometimes referred to as Personal Response Systems,PRS).
ELF-DEVFORUM The list is for participants in the CETIS/JISC ELF Developers Forum, aimed at people developing software aligned to the JISC e-Learning Framework.
ELSIN An Inter-disciplinary group of researchers, teachers and trainers in HE who are interested in the theory and application of learning styles, and individual differences in human performance.
ELTHE To act as a discussion forum for all those interested in the evaluation of learning technology in higher education both from an HCI and educational standpoint.
EMERGE-COMMUNITY A superlist of newly created lists: emerge-projects and emerge-members
EMERGE-MEMBERS List of EMERGE members (non funded) in phase II of the project Sub-list of emerge-community
EMERGE-PROJECTS A List of project members as part of the EMERGE Phase II U&I/JISC funded projects
ENGINEERING-FE-WALES This list is primarily for practitioners in Welsh Further Education colleges who deliver and support the Engineering curriculum. The focus is particularly on using ILT (Information and Learning Technologies) to enhance learning and teaching. It is owned by RSC Wales www.rsc-wales.ac.uk.
ENGLISH-E-LEARNING English - E-Learning is a discussion list used to support the use of educational technology in English literature, Language and Creative Writing.
EPED-EXPERTS This list supports the work of the JISC e-Learning Programme and will be used to facilitate discussions and consulation with a group of experts representing FE, ACL and HE communities on learning and teaching related activities.
EPED-LDOX This list is to discuss the evaluation of learning design tools run by the Learning Technologies Group (Oxford) on behalf of The JISC.
EPICS This list is used as the primary communication tool for the members of the EPICS regional eportfolios pilot project.
EPORT-LEGAL This list is for the discussion of the outputs of the JISC Lifelong Learner Record Legal Study by ePortfolio and Learner Record researchers and developers, JISC ePortfolio and Learner Record projects, and other invited participants.
EPORTFOLIO-SCOTLAND This is the mailing list of the Scottish e-Portfolio Forum, used to distribute the latest news on e-Portfolio developments, announce meetings of the group, and allow members to share their ideas and experiences.
EQUIP This closed list is designed to provide ongoing (peer) support to facilitators in colleges of the Centre for Excellence in Leadership (CEL) eQuip programme.
ERES Innovative e-learning with e-resources to enhance the student learning experience. Supporting and encouraging students and academics to use quality e-resources in their learning and teaching.
EUNIC-CASESTUDIES The group will collaborate to research and produce e-learning case studies
EVALUATION-OF-ONLINE-LEARNING This list is designed to support action research in the development of tools to evalauate learning in online virtual environments.
EVEN A list dedicated to bringing to together the community of educators working with Multi-User Virtual Environments such as Second Life.
EXCEL-ECONOMICS This list is for sharing tips and announcements about using Excel in teaching university-level Economics.
FD-LE There are some problems associated with FD LE and it would be very useful to talk to other users, to submit questions/problems and to share good practice
FOUNDATIONEPORTFOLIO This list is to support the implementation and development of the NHS Foundation electronic portfolio across the United Kingdom.
FPPSW Discussion forum for providers with FPP licences( Ferl Practitioners Programme)
FRONTER-UK This list will be used by the Fronter UK Reference Group to collaborate and share valuable information on the VLE, Fronter.
HAIRANDBEAUTY-WALES This list is primarily for practitioners in Welsh Further Education who deliver and support the hair and beauty curriculum and related subjects. The focus is particularly on the use of ILT (information and learning technologies) to enhance learning and teaching. The list is owned by RSC Wales www.rsc-wales.ac.uk.
HAIRDRESSING Communications for the Hairdressing Training Service at MIMAS and related activities (e.g. the hairdressing training longitudinal study)
HE-IN-FE-EASSESSMENT It is a JISC funded project, the aim of is to explore and develop the role that e-assessment can play in enhancing the student experience of HE students in an FE college.
HE-IN-FE-RESOURCES-WALES This list has been set up by the Welsh Collaboration in Action planning group to provide a discussion forum for those in WHELF institutions and their partner colleges who are engaged in Learning Resources and Library support for Higher Education delivered through FE colleges. The list is for Learning Resources and Library staff to discuss issues of common concern, and share information.
HEA-IED The Higher Education Academy wishes to enhance working relationships between the Academy and educational development groups and to improve communication and practice between the educational development communities.
HEACADEMY-ICS-CAA This mailing list is intended as a focus for discussion of computer assisted Assessment in both Information and Computer Science disciplines.
HEACADEMY-ICS-INFORMATIONSYSTEM A discussion list for academics teaching Information Systems
HEACADEMY-ICS-MATHS A list to support those academics teaching Mathematics within the Computing Science discipline.
HELF This list is a discussion area for Heads of e-Learning working in HE or in FE. The list is primarily for discussion of strategic issues relating to the embedding of e-learning.
HEMPS The list links lecturers working in the field of Primary music across Scottish Universities which offer Initial Teacher Education courses.
ICT-SUPPORT A list to provide peer and expert ICT suppport for student teachers.
IDATER-ON-LINE IDATER is the International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Development which meets annually at Loughborough University. This list seeks to extend on-line the discussion and pursuit of a research agenda for the new Millennium which will begin at IDATER99.
IDTV This list is intended to support the research, development and evaluation of projects that use interactive digital TV technology to deliver, support or enhance learning and teaching, including the LSC national pilot and the growing number of local, institutional and community pilots, as well IPTV proects.
ILT-FOR-LTS ILT-for-LTS seeks to provide support for teachers and share good practice to develop ILT within leisure, tourism and sport.
ILT-RESOURCE-SUPPORT A list to enable those working in Resources Centres in FE and HE whose job it is to support ILT developments to share good practice, issues, good ideas and developments
IMS Information about standards and specifications provided by CETIS. This is a Super-list. This is a sublist of IMS
IMS-IMPLEMENTATION This forum will support those implementing IMS learning technology specifications in the HE/FE community, enabling a discussion to achieve a consistent interpretation.
INTEGRATE-INTUTE The list will enable news announcements and the sharing of information among those who have integrated Intute services and resources into their websites and VLEs.
IPTVDISCUSSION To discuss the requirements for IPTV and keep updated on current and future developments at JANET. This list is open to the JANET community only.
JANET-DEVELOPMENT The list is used by JANET Strategic Technologies Division to keep the JANET community informed of activities, progress and new projects relating to the development programme.
JISC-DEL-HEFCE-RC DeL Regional Consultants Mailing List
JISC-DEL-HERA HERA Contacts
JISC-ELEARNING-INFO This list will be used to keep interested parties up to date with progress on the JISC e-Learning Programme, for example through a quarterly newsletter and other ad hoc announcements.
JISC-L20 This list will be used by the partners involved in the JISC Distributed e-learning regional pilot project, L20 Sharing Language Learning Objects.
JISC-LEGAL-NEWS This list is provided by JISC Legal in order to give monthly digests of legal news relevant to the use of ICT in the FE and HE sectors, and to announce updates of JISC Legal resources.
JISC-LTINFRA-PROJECTMANAGERS list consisting of JISC programme project managers for communication and discussion.
JISC-PEDVOCAB-WG This list is used by the Working Group and Team of the JISC-CETIS Pedagogical Vocabularies Project for communications, discussion and sharing of resources.
JISC-RSC-E-WBL Mailing List for Work Based Learning providers in the Eastern Region, which are supported by JISC RSC Eastern
JISC-RSC-E-WBL-EGUIDES E-Guides are individuals who have undertaken the NIACE e-Guides programme with an objective of disseminating e-learning within their organisation. They are a priority client group for RSC Eastern.
JISC-RSC-LONDON-ACCESSIBILITY RSC for London Disabilities Steering Group
JISC-RSC-LONDON-HE-CONTACTS List members will be able to post to the list to ask questions of their counterparts in other RSC-supported HEIs.
JISC-RSC-LONDON-HEINFE This is a discussion and announcement list for members of staff who have a responsibility for delivering HE courses in FE colleges.
JISC-RSC-LONDON-MOODLE For educational institutions using, or interested, in Moodle. The forum meets once a term in London.
JISC-RSC-LONDON-SUPER-BULLETIN A super-list comprised of all other London region contact lists for the purpose of distributing a monthly ebulletin.
JISC-RSC-LONDON-WBL This list is to provide a regional forum for work-based learning providers to receive and share information and news related to e-learning.
JISC-RSC-NW-SPCOLL This list is used by the JISC RSC Northwest to support the seven supported specialist colleges within the Northwest.
JISC-RSC-NW-TECHNICAL The aim of this group is to promote collaboration between Northwest post-16 technical Practitioners involved/interested in online learning. This may include Network Managers, technicians, ILT Managers and National ILT associations.
JISC-RSC-NW-WBL This list is used by the JISC RSC-Northwest to support the Work Based Learning Service Managers and eGuides.
JISC-SHIBBOLETH This list is used for general discussion regarding the introduction of a Shibboleth-based authentication and authorisation system within the UK's higher and further education and research communities.
JISC-SHIBBOLETH-ANNOUNCE This list is used for posting announcements regarding the introduction of a Shibboleth-based authentication and authorisation system within the UK's higher and further education and research communities.
JISC-SSBR-NEWSLETTER A low volume list for news about the JISC Institutional Innovation Programme from the Support, Synthesis and Benefits Realisation Project
JISC-TSW The aim of Technology and Standards Watch is to keep track of developments in information technology and communications that can be expected to have high impact on the core business of Further and Higher Education in the next few years.
JISCFAMNEWSLETTER Plain text version of the JISC Federated Access Management Monthly Newsletter.
JOHLSTE-NEWS This list is used by HLST Network to inform its community about new issues of the journal and updates on its website.
LABGROUP-OPS For personnel involved in Lab group operation
LADIEREFMODEL The Learning Activity Design in Education (LADIE) reference model is part of the JISC Specification of e-Learning Framework Reference Models Programme. The LADIE reference model is supporting Learning Activity Authoring (the design and construction of learning activities and the discovery, specification, sequencing and packaging of content) and Learning Activity Realisation (the construction of the environment in which learning activities are to take place and execution of the learning activities themselves). The LADIE project combines practical teaching and learning experience, pedagogy/didactics through the DialogPlus project in addition to the needs of existing technologies.
LAND-BASED-ILT This is used by ILT Champions in Land Based Colleges across the UK to facilitate discussion, dissemination of information and share best practice of ICT/ILT.
LANGUAGE-BOX This list is used by the development team to announce updates and events to the members of the Language Box teaching and learning repository
LANGUAGES A discussion list for those in the HE community interested in the learning and teaching of languages
LASTFRIDAYMOB Working in the broad area of the impact of ICT on Society, the LastFridayMob is an independent creativity and knowledge exchange forum and an open source research and consultancy assembly. We bring together the likes of researchers, FHE lecturers, practitioners, SMEs, users, public sector officers, and policy makers.
LAW-ICT The purpose of the list is to facilitate the exchange of information on the use of ICT in legal education and training across European Law schools (primarily).
LCEUC Workshop on Learning Communities in the era of Ubiquitous Computing, Milano, 13 June 2005, in conjunction with Communities and Technologies
LEARNEM-ADMIN Private list for discussion between partners in the LearnEm project.
LEARNING-FROM-FILM-TV-NEWMEDIA This list is used by members of the Learning from Film, TV and new media Network for annoucements and notifictaion of relevant events
LEARNING-OBJECTS This list will be used to discuss the educational and technical aspects of reusable learning objects. Learning objects on this list are defined in the broadest terms though it is anticipated that significant attention will be paid to discrete web-based objects such as images, video clips, self assessment questions, etc.
LEARNING4LIFE The list is to promote activity on the Grand Challenges in Computing No. 8, 'Learning for Life'. It aims to promote interdisciplinary understanding and research in the field of Technology Enhanced Learning between Computer Scientists and other disciplines.
LEARNINGJOURNEY A discussion and dissemination list for those involved with the concept and delivery of the JISC RSC Learning Journey
LEARNWISE-USERS This list is used to promote discussion and sharing of best practice for Learnwise users across the UK.
LEIF This list will be used by members of the LEIF (Learning Evolution and Innovation Forum) forum. This forum is for learning technologists in Scottish FE colleges.
LIE-DETECTION Techniques for detecting lies and visual clues of deception. Experimental psychology, artificial intelligence and NLP. Tracking limb and eye movements.
LIS-BLOGGERS This discussion list is for UK academic librarians and information professionals who create, edit and manage blogs for user instruction and education.
LIS-EDUC List for discussion of the provision of information to those involved in educational research, schools and college library provision,teacher training and the study of education. The list is occasionally closed to the public - if so, and you want to join, please mail one of the list owners.
LOM-CATALOGUING Please send any questions and information about current practice in writing guidelines for LOM cataloguing, in the interpretation of these guidelines, and other issues facing metadata creators. Technical queries about the LOM or other educational metadata issues should be sent to the CETIS-metadata@jiscmail.ac.uk list.
LONDON-BLACKBOARD-USERS The Forum is for colleges using Blackboard as their Virtual Learning Environment to 'bring high quality expertise from different disciplines to share good practice, develop ideas and address staff training and implementation strategies'
LSIS-ALT-ECPD-CONFERENCE An opt-in list to enable people to be kept informed about the forthcoming February 2009 national launch conference for the LSIS eCPD Enhancing Learning Programme.
LT-RSC-WM The purpose of this email list is to create and promote a community focusing on emerging technologies and their innovate use, where examples of good practise and experiences can be shared, and discussed.
LTSN-GENERIC-CENTRE A discussion and information network for those staff involved with educational development in HE. This include L&T co-ordinators, staff developers, educational grant holders, LTSN contacts, curriculum developers, learning technologists and individuals who take on such roles without title or recognition.
LWCG For the discussion of web content development issues among Museums, Galleries, Archives and Libraries in London, particularly in the areas of education.
M-BLACKBOARD VLE users group for the Midlands
M25-LT-GROUP This list is to facilitate networking and the development and sharing of best practice within the community of learning technologists and staff and academic developers in HEIs within the London M25 area.
MAHARA-UK Mahara UK is for all those interested in the Mahara e-Portfolio. It will disseminate information on developments and events, specifically the annual conference.
MANUSCRIPTS-ONLINE A forum for the discussion, promotion and development of online manuscript research among the professionals, researchers and students collaborating in the field.
MATHS-CAA A debate covering educational and technical issues. How can mathematical assessmentpackages contribute to deep understanding? Which question types best test which mathematical skills? Can test editors be designed to construct questions suitable for diagnostic, continuous and grading assessment?
MAXOS This list is intended to support users of MAXOS by providing information about new versions, training activities etc., as well as providing a medium for mutual support
MCSHIB The McShib jiscmail list has been established to support the McShib forum, which is a real-time opportunity (usually a meeting) for persons in Scotland interested in Shibboleth. For queries or comments about Shibboleth in general (outwith the Scottish forum) please post to the national (UK) list at JISC-SHIBBOLETH@JISCMAIL.AC.UK
MEDEV-IMPS This list is used by a closed group of technical implementers of learning technology standards and specifications in UK healthcare education and training.
MEDIA-OBJECTS A list dedicated to issues with UK HE concerning the creation, use and inclusion of media objects for use with web design, distance learning packages such as Lotus Notes, technical issues such as format conversion, etc.
METRO METRO is a list to explore the use of a specific thesaurus for use as a controlled vocabulary within medical education in the UK.
MLEARN2008 the mLearn 2008 Conference and also allows for academic discussion to take place about conference submissions and the pedagogic use of mobile technology.
MMIT-COMMITTEE To be used in order that the National Committee of the MultiMedia and Information Technology (a sub-group of Cilip) can communicate and exchange documentation amongst committee members,
MOBILE-SIG A forum for discussion of all aspects of mobile computing, including mobile websites, mobile application development and increasing access to services from mobile devices.
MOODLE-HE A list to discuss the implementation and use of the open source Moodle VLE in Higher Education in the UK, including integration with other insitituional systems
MOODLE-TECHNICAL-UK A national list for Moodle users to ask questions, share ideas and experiences relating to the technical aspects of the installing, the maintaining and the administration of Moodle.
MOODLE-WALES-SG This list is to be used by RSC Wales, and list members, to discuss arrangements related to Wales Moodle Users Steering Group activities.
MULTIMEDIA-COURSEWARE Multimedia-Courseware is aimed at people who are interested in the design and implementation of multimedia courseware, especially within the domain of Computing Science.
MYWORLD This list is used by the myWORLD project team for sharing information related to the management and implementation of the project.
NETCULTURE The list is intended for discussion and dissemination of ideas, resources, information and events for the community of staff developers in Scottish Higher Education supporting the use of C&IT in learning and teaching.
NLAND-LLP-RESEARCH This is a closed list for the use of the Northumberland Lifelong-Learning Partnership Research and Evaluation Working Group. The group is tasked with collection and analysis of data on current and future levels of provision and the effectiveness of that provision.
NLN-STEERING This list is for the NLN Materials service transition group. This group is responsible for the transistion of the NLN Materials service from MIMAS to Xtensis
NLNPROCUREMENT This list is for members of the NLN Service Procurment Panel.
NLNSCOT This list has been set up to support the distribution of learning materials from the NLN which were officially launched in Scotland on 19 March 2002. It will help to highlight innovative use of the materials, to circulate information on any problems which have arisen with them and highlight areas where further materials are required.
NW-DIGITAL-INCLUSION List for interested parties in NW England to comment and discuss issues surrounding Digital Inclusion, including Special Educational Needs and Social Inclusion.
OPENSOURCELANGUAGELAB The list is for teachers and technologists interested in developing language lab functionality through the use of open source and other free software
PAN-WALES-HAIR-AND-BEAUTY-GROUP Fforwm pan Wales hair and beauty group
PBL A mailing list for the discussion of Problem Based Learning within HE/FE establishments.
PCPTOOLS This list complements the general PCP list with a specialist list for the mutual support of those using and developing computer-based tools in empirical PCP research, including repertory grid elicitation and analysis, content analysis, concept mapping, and other constructivist tools. It is intended to allow experience and good practices in tools usage to be shared by the research community, and to help newcomers, particularly graduate students, in making effective use of available tools. It is also hoped that it will provide a forum for developing requirements for a new generation of tools, and encourage their development.
PDA-EDU This list is for anyone interested in using PDAs (Portable Digital Assistants) such as the Palm for any educational purpose. It is aimed at users, developers and researchers.
PEER-ASSESSMENT Discussion and information list for computer based peer assessment
PERCEPTION-PRACTITIONERS The perception-practitioners list is for discussion of any issues relating to rolling out an assessment system based on Question Mark Perception.
PETAL The list is used for project communications and management of a JISC-funded e-learning tools development project.
PHASE2-ELB Benchmarking Phase 2 list
PHYSSCI-ANIMATION This forum is intended to enable members of the Physical Sciences Centre 'Animations and Simulations' SIG to share information, ideas and resources.
PHYSSCI-ELEARNING-SIG This list is for colleagues with an interest in e-learning to share ideas and resources. Hosted by the Physical Sciences Subject Centre it has a physical sciences slant but includes membership from other disciplines due to its wide ranging interests.
PISA This list is used to discuss issues relating to plagiarism in the assessment of Statistics in higher education. All those who teach statistics either as a specialist subject or within other disciplines (e.g. psychology) are welcome to contribute.
PORTABLEWLAN A list for the project management of JANET's Portable WLAN trials, 2009/2010
PORTALS This list is used for discussion and announcements of portals within an educational institutional context. Discussion relating to choice of portal, appropriate channel services, linking to managed learning environments is all encouraged, from both a technical and management perspective. Participants will be drawn from University managers across many fields: information services, administration, computing services, MIS systems, e-Learning and web managers.
POST16EDUWIKI Are you very interested in using Wikis to support teaching and learning? Do they have a role to play as an educational tool, or are they just the latest geeky techno toy! A couple of us have put together a Wiki website to develop a collaborative space for post 16 education. We want to build a small group of interested bods from all walks of the Post 16 sector - ACL, FE and the wider Community Learning sector to come and play with us in Wiki world. We need Wikimen and Wikiwomen to become part of a band of forward thinking, innovative and intrepid travellers, keen to break down physical barriers and enter another educational dimension. There is no money, funding or training - so you'll want to do it for free and join our collaborative steep learning curve - but that's our world anyway
PROGACCREDITATION This list is used by the programme leaders and course teams involved in delivering Higher Education Academy accredited programmes in teaching and supporting learning in UK higher education.
PROGRESS2SUCCEED This list is used by members of the Hants and Isle of Wight Lifelong Learning Network. It is used to share ideas and good practice and update partners on network developments
PSYCHOLOGYNETWORK This list is for the discussion of any aspect of psychology learning and teaching.
PV-NET-DISCUSS This list is for discussions arising from the activities of the ESRC NCRM-funded network for Participatory Video in Research Methods.
PVC-NETWORK-ELEARNING A special interest group of the Network of P-VCs in Teaching & Learning supported by the higher Education Academy. This has a sublist of ACADEMY-PVC-NETWORK.
QTI-IMPLEMENT This list is for implementers of QTI software tools, for discussion of the QTI standards and their interpretation, within the JISC CETIS activity.
REAP-PUBLIC REAP aims to transform thinking about, and practices of, assessment in higher education.
REWIRING-INCLUSION-EVENT An open list for those that are interested in learning more about the ALT/Techdis event in February 2010
RLO-CETL-CMALT CMALT accreditation in order to: · recognise staff commitment and skill, · contribute to staff development, · ensure staff get accreditation for their extra work, · remain in keeping with the RLO CETL reward ethos
RSC-ACL-MOODLERS This list is for networking and supporting those ACL services that are involved in the Learning Platform Project and have chosen Moodle as their LP.
RSC-EMMANAGERSDIGEST email newsletter for managers in FE providing headline news with links re elearning initiatives and resources.
RSC-NORTHERN-MOODLE-GROUP Network for those with an interest in Moodle VLE in the North East region
RSC-NORTHERN-SL To discuss the development of SL as a tool for education, within supported learning providers of RSC Northern.
RSC-SCOT-NE-TECH This RSC list is for sharing best practice and information with ICT Staff throughout the North and East of Scotland
RSC-SE-ALICE User group for Alice/Oliver Library Management system.
RSCWM-GENERAL For discussion and sharing of knowledge between all practitioners of Information &Learning Technology in colleges within the JISC Regional Support Centre for the West Midlands.
SCHML This list is designed to provide a supportive network and forum for all those involved in the management of language provision. It is restricted to those employed in fully paid-up member institutions of SCHML.
SCILT-CHAMPIONS This list is used by the ILT Champions from Specialist Colleges and NLN Partners to share advice, information and best practice to further develop use of information and learning technology in specialist education.
SCOT-BUG This list is open to Blackboard users in further and higher education institutions, especially those from Scotland and Northern Ireland.
SCOT-FE-CAFE This is an online service for all staff working in Scotland's FE colleges who have an interest in issues of copyright and intellectual property rights.
SCOT-FE-FLEX-LEARN-MANAGER This list is for all flexible learning centre managers in Scotland's 47 FE Colleges and the agencies who support them. Sublist of RSC-SCOTLAND-NEWSFEED
SCOT-FE-STAFF-DEV-OFFICERS This mailing list is for Staff Development Officers in Scotland's Colleges and the agencies who support them. Sublist of RSC-SCOTLAND-NEWSFEED
SCOT-FE-TECH-NETWORK-MANAGERS A group for those with responsibility for managing the technical side of the College's JISC connection and the internal ICT College network. Sublist of RSC-SCOTLAND-NEWSFEED
SCOT-ONLINE-LEARNING-RESEARCH Originally setup by SCROLLA (www.scrolla.ac.uk), this list provides a forum for the Scottish online learning community. It will discuss issues such as the future of online learning research in the Scottish context. While the focus is research, the list is open to practitioners, policy makers and researchers in the public and private sectors.
SCOTTISH-EASSESSMENT-GROUP The group provides a focus for a Scottish eAssessment connection, which brings together people from across the community and allows the identification of collaboration opportunities. It provides an informal platform for presenting and sharing current or upcoming work, and receiving and contributing feedback.
SELN-SURREY-SUSSEX South East Learning Network list for Surrey and Sussex, enabling networking in the post-16 sector for organisations in these 2 counties. Sub-list of rsc-se-superlist
SEMTECH This list is used by the JISC Semantic Technologies Working Group for communications. It refers to the use of semantic technologies in Learning, Teaching, Research and Administration.
SGARG SGARG provides a medium of communication between the members of this Applied Research Group at Coventry University. Its purpose is to serve as a contact point to deliver information and stay in communication.
SLC-SE All Staff at the Science Learning Centre South East
SLDD-WALES This list is used by practitioners working in the field of SLDD/SEN, and support for students with disabilities and/or learning difficulties, interested in sharing information concerning information and learning technologies to support the learning process.
SLICE_OF_LIFE A list to support the communities associated with the annual Slice of Life workshops and Computers in Healthcare Symposium.
SMT-HANTS This list is being set up as a pilot for 2007/08 by the Regional Support Centre South East to test whether there is a need for a dedicated sub-regional list for members of the SMT.
SNEDLIST For people using social networking to enrich the student experience
SOCIAL-POLICY-SWAP To assist in the promotion of innovation in learning, teaching and assessment in social policy. To collate and disseminate information on good practice. To increase awareness of developments in learning and teaching. To share information on pedagogical approaches. To exchange ideas on learning technologies. To inform the community regarding relevant events.
SOCIAL-WORK-SWAP To assist in the promotion of innovation in learning, teaching and assessment in social work. To collate and disseminate information on good practice. To increase awareness of developments in learning and teaching. To share information on pedagogical approaches. To exchange ideas on learning technologies. To inform the community regarding relevant events.
STACK This list is for announcements for the System for Teaching and Assessment using a Computer Algebra Kernel (STACK). See http://www.stack.bham.ac.uk/
STAFFSELEARNING List for supporting group set up by LSC to coordinate elearning in Staffordshire.
STRANDBTEAM This list is used by the three X4L Strand B projects, JORUM , Reload and TOIA to keep them all informed of important project news.
SW-LEARNINGTECH-FORUM Learning Technologists within educational institutions in the South West covered by the JISC RSC SW
SW-REGION This list helps to facilitate communication and collaboration between FE and HE institutions in the South West region of the UK. The focus of the group is e-learning.
SW-VLE-FORUM Mailing list to support VLE and Intranet developers and users from educational providers across the SW. Supported by JISC RSC SW.
TE3-RESEARCH The TE3 project supports a community of enterprise educators in HE and FE with an interest in the use of learning technologies. Staff at TE3 partner institutions can use this list to discuss and put out calls for collaborators in research into technology enhanced enterprise education. Although primarily to support partners of the TE3 Project, we welcome colleagues from all institutions, and those who would like to discuss general enterprise education research issues. For further information on the TE3 Project, please visit www.te3.bham.ac.uk.
TEACHING-SECURITY This list is used to discuss issues relating to the teaching of computer and information security in UK higher education institutions.
TETRAELF-ALL General non-technical list for Tetra Collaboration. All interested parties should subscribe. Technical discussions will take place elsewhere: tetraelf-developers@lists.sourceforge.net
TLT-OFFICERS Discussion and information list for teaching and learning technology officers at universities. List is created to promote interaction between officers and to establish a platform for informal discussions end exchange of idea's related to TLT and organisational issues.
TOIA_X4L TOIA (Technologies for Online Interoperable Assessment)is funded by JISC to develop and promote a sophisticated assessment management system. The system is being developed in collaboration with Excelsoft and is freely available for further and higher education institutions in the UK.
TUG The focus of the iTUG list is to provide an independent support framework for problems and issues, exchange of ideas and good practice, provide opportunities for collaboration and exchange of learning materials for use within the TekniCAL Virtual Campus VLE.
TWUG This list is used by users of the TekniCal Virtual Campus VLE in Wales to disseminate information and exchange best practice ideas for its' use within education.
UCEL The UCEL mailing list aims to facilitate discussion between members and other interested parties in Universities' Collaboration in ELearning (UCEL).
UCISA-SSG-LIAISON This list is used for discussions on issues relating to liaison/relationship management between central information services and their host HE institution. Sublist of UCISA-SSG@jiscmail.ac.uk
UKEDUPERSON This list is intended to raise current awareness of the UKeduPerson schema (widely-used person attributes in higher education) and other related international projects.
VIDEO The video mailing list is for the discussion of the delivery, integration and use, of video content in education primarily via the JANET network. It is aimed at all of those interested in using videoconferencing and video streaming in online teaching and learning.
VIDEO-TAG Video Technical Advisory Group - VIDEO-TAG. The video group acts principally as an advisory group and discussion forum on the use and expansion of videoconferencing and other video applications in the UK academic community.
VIRTUAL-PATIENTS This list is for discussion of virtual patients including definitions, examples of good practice, technical implementation and interoperability.
VIRTUALWORLDS There is a lot of interest in the use of virtual worlds for teaching and learning. This list is to encourage discussion of developments in the use of virtual worlds in education.
VLE This list is to promote discussion around the implementation and use of VLEs in the UK. It is owned by Ferl, an information service for all staff working within the Post Compulsory Education sector. Ferl supports individuals and organisations in making effective use of ILT. Sublist of BECTA-ALL
VLE-ACL-WM This list has been set up by the RSC for those working in ACL in the West Midlands who have an interest in the use of VLEs.
VLE-INTEREST An open list discussing the development and use of VLEs in every sector of education in the UK
VLE-LANGUAGES-USER-GROUP The list is aimed at providing a forum in which practice can be shared between language and related studies practitioners in Higher Education who are using Virtual Learning Environments
VLE-WESTMIDS This list is used for discussing issues relating to the implementation and usage of VLEs in West Midlands' Colleges.
VLEDEVELOPERS-WM List for developers of vles in west midlands FE.
VLS-FORUM The Virtual Learning Space (VLS) aims to develop communication and information technology (C&IT) skills at Scottish HE and FE institutions, initially Aberdeen College, Aberdeen University and The Robert Gordon University, using a collection of existing web tools.
WBL-WALES This list is used by the RSC Wales to make announcements to the WBL sector in Wales about related e-learning developments and initiatives, publications, and projects.
WEB-ASSISTED-ASSESSMENT This list, hosted by the CASTLE project, is for those interested in conducting assessment using the WWW. It is a forum for all WAA (web-assisted-assessment) issues e.g. question design/databases, authoring/delivery software etc., and also use of the CASTLE tools for WAA.
WEBCT-NW WebCT North West Group List
WEBCT-UK To discuss issues relating to the use within UK HE of the WebCT web-based learning environment.
WEBPA The 'WebPA Project' is a 2 year JISC funded research and development project for a peer assessment system. The list will be used to make announcements to the Higher Education community about the project and its progression.
WISDOM-PCG A list for discussion and teaching about clinical governance in the NHS. For more information visit http://www.wisdomnet.co.uk/
WM-SHAREDCONTENT This is an announcement and discussion list to support the JISC-funded project Promoting Shared Use of Digital Content across the West Midlands
XCRI This list is to support people interested in or implementing XCRI, a schema for formatting and exchanging prospectus information.
XERTEFORTEACHERS A list initiated by JISC TechDis to facilitate and support a national community of teachers making use of Xerte Online Toolkits. This list aims to complement the existing technical list run by the University of Nottingham.
YH-SHAREPOINT Sharepoint is increasingly being considered as a tool to use in Education. This list is for Yorkshire and Humberside Learning Providers to discuss issues