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Distance & Open Learning

ACADEMICSTUDYSKILLS
This would facilitate communication, spread ideas and share examples of good practice among academic skills/study skills lecturers and tutors.

ACB-CLINICAL-PRACTICE
This discussion list is for the Clinical Practice working group of the Association for Clinical Biochemistry - the learned society of the profession which supports the educational, scientific and research interests of clinical biochemists and chemical pathologists in the UK.

ACCESS-MODERATORS
Access to HE External Moderators currently working for OCNHIS

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.

ADMIN-DISTANCE-LEARNING
To facilitate discussion on the administration of and problems encountered with distance learning programmes.

ALT-CINFO
This list is used by ALT (the Association for Learning Technology) to send news about its annual conference.

ASKASK
This list is for people wanting to learn more about the ASK Project. It can be used by anyone wanting to learn more about the ASK project.

ASTRONOMY-BY-DISTANCE-LEARNING
To promote an appreciation and understanding of astronomy. This list is aimed at students and educators engaged in Astronomy by distance learning.

BASIC-SKILLS
The Basic Skills list is intended to provide a forum for discussions relating to the provision and delivery of Basic Skills services,including and particularly relating to the introduction and use of online and other ICT resources.

BEEN
Built Environment E-Learning Network. For academics, researchers and technologists in the area of the e-learning in the built environment, including areas such as mobile learning, ubiquitous learning, ambient learning, future learning spaces, virtual learning environments, open learning environments, pedagogy, e-Assessment, e-skills, e-CPD, learning standards, etc.

BLACKBOARD-SE
A mailing list for a regional support group for users of Blackboard VLE. For the Support Blackboard users, by Blackboard users in the south east

BRAILLE-UK
Designed to promote braille literacy within the UK as well as providing the opportunity to discuss issues related to teaching braille to the visually impaired.

BRITARCH-EDUCATION
A discussion list to support the circulation of relevant information concerning archaeology and education (at all levels) in the UK.

BUSINESS-HEACADEMY-NEWS
The subject centre is one of the 24 subject centres of the Higher Education Academy.

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.

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-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

CLICKANDGOVIDEO
This list will primarily discuss and disseminate the educational value and implementation issues behind using streaming video lectures as a teaching method.

COMMONWEALTHLEGALED
The CLEA fosters and promotes high standards of legal education in the Commonwealth. Founded in 1971, it is a Commonwealth-wide body with regional Chapters and Committees in South Asia, Southern Africa, West Africa, the Caribbean and the UK.

COURSEDATA-TECH
The JISC coursedata programme is funding 63 institutions to review and refine their course data processes and produce an xcri-cap feed of their Online, CPD and postgrad courses. The programme has created a validator and aggregator, and this list supports the development of services and applications that will demonstrate the use of these feeds. #It will be used as the main communication channel with projects involved in the coursedata-tech call.

CREATIVE-MANAGEMENT
Creative management concerns creative approaches to management, attempts to transform organisations round care and commitment, work on perception, style, values, personal development, tacit knowledge,intuition,informal networking, participative management, minimal management and self-organisation.

DIGITAL-AUDIO
Discussion and support regarding the use of digital audio as a single medium including podcasting to support learning, teaching and assessment.

DISTANCELEARN-RESEARCH
This list is a forum for the wider discussion of research in distance learning, from a wide range of theoretical perspectives, as well as practical, technical and administrative issues. The list is eclectic in scope and actively welcomes contributions.

E-BOOKS-FOR-FE
Mailing list, providing information on the e-books for FE Project. The e-books for FE project will deliver: · A robust e-books platform for the delivery of e-books · Significant Core Collections of e-books relevant to the FE curriculum across the UK as taught in FE · JISC Collections’ e-select Framework Agreement to enable FE colleges to build upon the centrally funded Core Collections to allow collection building at a local level, to ensure that every FE college in the UK can provide its students with a highly relevant, usable and accessible digital library.

E-BOOKS-FOR-FE-PROJECT-BOARD
Mailing list, for members of the e-books for FE Project Board

E-LEARNINGINHEALTHANDSOCIALCARE
This forum aims to provide the medium for educationalists and practitioners involved in health and social care to share developments in e-learning.

EASTAFRICARECRUIT
This list is used by UK HE staff involved in; recruitment, exchanges and administering research projects in East Africa.

EDUSHARE
For the study of distributed, open, and distance education in Asian countries

ELEARNINGTEES
This group is for e-learning support officers to communicate.

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.

EVALUATION-OF-ONLINE-LEARNING
This list is designed to support action research in the development of tools to evalauate learning in online virtual environments.

FOLIO
This list is used by staff at ScHARR to deliver courses to healthcare librarians under the Folio Project, which is funded by SHALL.

HORNSBY-DYSLEXIA
This list is used by students, tutors and graduates of the Hornsby International Dyslexia Centre Diploma and Certificate to exchange ideas and information relevant to teachers of dyslexic people.

I-NTERNET
Open debate on creative and powerful ways of dealing with the Web for people involved in social and political development of knowledge. Talking about information technology to improve ways of sharing the knowledge, promoting networks, and having an impact into public debates via the WEB.

IAGLANCS
The network aims to improve the educational information, advice and guidance offered to young people in Lancs through shared best practice.

JISC-BEYONDEDUCATION
This list will be used to continue the discussion on how JISC can contribute to work in the skills, post-16 and lifelong learning areas. It continues discussion started at the 'beyond education' session at the CETIS conference.

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-OER
A JISCmail list to allow discussion, assistance and support in relation to the legal issues which arise when creating, disseminating and using open educational resources The legal issues are likely to include, first and foremost, copyright and other intellectual property rights issues, but might also include questions in relation to liability, data protection and disability discrimination duties.

JISC-RSC-E-ACL
Mailing list for staff from ACL providers in the Eastern Region. This is a Sub-list of JISC-RSC-E-CONTACTS

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-HE-CONTACTS
List members will be able to post to the list to ask questions of their counterparts in other RSC-supported HEIs.

LBCNC-EQUINE
This list is for equine lecturers in LBCNC member colleges.

LBCNC-FUNCTIONALSKILLS
List for functional skills lecturers in LBCNC member colleges

LCEUC
Workshop on Learning Communities in the era of Ubiquitous Computing, Milano, 13 June 2005, in conjunction with Communities and Technologies

LEARNWISE-USERS
This list is used to promote discussion and sharing of best practice for Learnwise users across the UK.

LIFEWIDEEDUCATION
A list for people in all sectors of education who see the whole of learners' lives as an opportunity for learning and personal development. Aims to; 1) the support an interdisciplinary network of educational professionals with an interest in this field 2) to encourage the sharing of practice and ideas 3) to promote discussion about the challenges and opportunities afforded by lifewide education 4) to facilitate the development of new knowledge for better practice

LINGUA-1-ODLL
This mailing list is a support tool for the Lingua 1 project 'Opening the doors to language learning', which aims to widen participation in language learning and cultural awareness by identifying and embedding good practice in the provision of open learning opportunities.

LITE
This list is used to deliver e-learning CPD courses to library and information paraprofessionals.

M-BLACKBOARD
VLE users group for the Midlands

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.

MARSHALLACM-USERS
For users of MarshallACM online D & E training and Equality Impact Assessment tool to exchange feedback and improve products for HEIs

MATHS-STUDY-SKILLS
The purpose of this list is to support the private social networking of a group of UK academics developing mathematics study skills resources. This work is being funded by the sigma Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Statistics Support and will deliver resources free of charge to the UK HE community.

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

MOODLE-FE
Mailing list to support the development of Moodle in the UK Further Education sector.

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
For Educational institutions using, or interested in using, Moodle

MYWORLD
This list is used by the myWORLD project team for sharing information related to the management and implementation of the project.

NERTG
This list is to be used by members of the North East Regional Teaching Group in order to network, organise meetings, update and question/answer queries relating to TDA activities and current information/changes in the current Teacher Training system.

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.

NEWMANSTUDENT
Allows Newman and Non Newman Students on Newman Validated programs to share information and research

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.

NRICH-SUPPORT
A low-volume support list for teachers, parents and researchers interested in online mathematics education resources.

NRICH-TALK
A list for users, teachers, parents and researchers interested in participating in online mathematics education.

ONLINELEARNING
This list is to create a communication and dialogue vehicle for the expansion and sharing of knowledge about teaching online in HE

ORIOLE
This list focuses on sharing understanding of the influence of Open Resource use in higher education (HE). The emphasis is particularly on identifying and sharing examples of OER practice, including resource reuse. Initial membership is derived from the ORIOLE project but new members are also welcome.

PANOPTO
This list is for the users and potential users of the Panopto lecture capture system. The aim is to share ideas and experiences that relate to Panopto.

PETAL
The list is used for project communications and management of a JISC-funded e-learning tools development project.

PHIL-LLE
Discussion list for the ancient philosophy as Lifelong Learning concept

PLUS-ANNOUNCE
The plus-announce mailing list is used to inform readers of new issues of the on-line magazine Plus and to alert them to related events. Plus a published bimonthly at http://plus.maths.org/.

PODCASTING
This list is designed to foster a network for researchers and practitioners working with podcasting in any subject area within higher learning institutions. Links with the industry are also desirable since commercial applications of podcasting are currently more prevalent than academic ones.

PRACTITIONER-RESEARCHER
This practitioner-researcher e-forum is to establish and evolve interconnecting and branching networks of web-based communications to support practitioner-research.

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.

PSIT-EDUCATION-TRAINING
To coordinate the higher education community training and public service interpreters and translators and encourage stakeholders to participate and share issues and information.

RAW-CAMPAIGN
List to support adult and community learning literacy and numeracy programmes, particularly in relation to the 3-year RaW campaign.

RSC-NORTHERN-MOODLE-GROUP
Network for those with an interest in Moodle VLE in the North East region

RSC-SE-MOODLE
This list has been established by request from providers who attended the moodle 2 technical workshop at taunton's college in April 2012. It will serve as an extension to face to face meetings.

RSC-YH-HE
This list is used by managers and staff working in Higher Education in Further Education and small Higher Education Institutes in the Yorkshire and Humber region as a focal point to discuss issues relating to technology in these sectors.

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.

RSCWM-HE
HE in FE courses and HEI sector as supported by RSC in the West Midlands

SCHOOL-OF-EPC
To discuss the concept of alternative tertiary education, with the suggested manifestation being an independent school of environmental poetics and creativity (though quasi connected to other tertiary educational institutions). Internationalist, but with a strong uk presence. The list will enable discussion between academics and practitioners re the possible creation of such a school - the issues surrounding independent teaching, relationships with universities, artists etc.

SCI-3L
A discussion list for academic staff in higher education institutions with a remit for managing, teaching or researching programmes in lifelong learning with a science or technology theme. The list is also for part-time tutors who deliver such programmes. The list will be concerned with the following issues; science curriculum; issues of teaching and learning; delivery methods, quality assurance, accreditation, modularisation, assessment, institutional policy towards science and lifelong learning, sharing good practice; funding opportunities; how HE institutions can respond to the public understanding and dialogue in science debate; links with other areas of science communication

SCIENCE-FICTION-SCIENCE
The mailing list is to be used for the discussion and distribution of information regarding our current understanding of Science and its use in Science Fiction.

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.

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.

SLICE_OF_LIFE
A list to support the communities associated with the annual Slice of Life workshops and Computers in Healthcare Symposium.

SNEDLIST
For people using social networking to enrich the student experience

SSMA
The SSMA mailing list is used to enable discussion among all branches of archaeology in Scotland to improve the uses of archaeological collections in Scottish museums for research, teaching and display.

SUMMERSCHOOLS
This jiscmail is maintained by Action on Access, the national co-ordination team for widening participation in education. It will disseminate information to those involved in organising and running Summer Schools.

SW-ESCALATEONLINECOMMUNITY
A group for teacher trainers and associated support staff in the SW region to discuss pertinent issues relating to technology enhanced learning.

TEACHING-ON-LINE
A forum for academics interested in using the Internet to support independent, open, distance or flexible learning.

TRANSFORMATIVEEDUCATION-ALSTUDY
Educators/postgraduate students in Higher Education are reflecting critically on their learning, teaching, assessment, curriculum and educational professional practice to improve the quality of their practice, earning the award of a higher degree.

TRUE-HETECON
This is an email notification and discussion list for contributors to the TRUE (Teaching Resources in Undergraduate Economics) Teaching Heterodox Economics wiki.

UALL-CONVENERS
This list is for lifelong learning network conveners in the Universities' Association for Lifelong Learning to communicate with each other.

UALL-SSDN
This list is to allow members of the UALL (Universities Association for Lifelong Learning) Student and Staff Development Network to communicate about issues relating to the teaching and support of part time and mature students in Higher Education

UCEL
The UCEL mailing list aims to facilitate discussion between members and other interested parties in Universities' Collaboration in ELearning (UCEL).

UK-PARTTIME-AND-MATURE-STUDENTS
This list is for Student Unions and Student Union Officers with responsibilities for Part-time students and Mature Students to contact each other for advice, information, discuss part-time student and mature student issues and to encourage problem solving at local level.

UKOER3-EMBEDDING
This list is used by the Higher Education Academy to make announcements to projects currently undertaking work as part of the OER Phase 3 Commissioned Embedding Projects #Strand.

VCSP-WALES
The VCSP-Wales list is for Welsh organisations participating in the UK Videoconferencing Services Project for Schools.

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.

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 was originally owned by Ferl, an information service for all staff working within the Post Compulsory Education sector.

WALES-N-IRELAND-PDP-EPORTFOLIO
Maintained jointly by the Higher Education Academy and the CRA, and actively supported and managed by the CRA. The forum will enable you to keep up to date with developments, events and discussions, as well as notifying you of a Welsh update supplement to the PDP and e-portfolios newsletter and the commissioning of contributions for this.

WBL
This mail list has a focus on work based and work related learning in Aimhigher. This mail group hopes address the needs of learners on work related and work based learning programmes in response to the Aimhigher Planning Guidance.

WORKINTEGRATEDLEARNINGUK
This list will be used by the Alliance to facilitate communication between members of the network and encourage discussion on themes related to work integrated learning.

WPLONDON
A jiscmail list to allow colleagues based in or around London, working to widen participation in higher education, to share and request information.

WVN-USERS
The wvn-users mailing list is used for discussion related to the use of Video Conferencing studios and other video conferencing facilities in all Further Education and Higher Education Institutions throughout Wales. See http://www.wvn.ac.uk

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