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>
> ****** Bookings now being taken for FREE national workshops ******
>                              on the RDN Virtual Training Suite
>                                       www.vts.rdn.ac.uk
>
>         Launching 11 new Web tutorials for further education (FE)
>
> The RDN Virtual Training Suite is a FREE educational Web resource from
> JISC,  offering a set of free "teach yourself" tutorials on the Web
> designed to help students and lecturers develop skills in using the
> INTERNET to support their learning and teaching.
>
> Each tutorial covers Internet skills for a different subject taught in
> colleges and universities, and has been written by a lecturer or
> librarian with specialist knowledge of the Internet for that subject.
>
> We are offering a series of hands-on "train the trainers"/ "teach
> the teachers" workshops for FE staff keen to be involved in using the
> Internet as a resource for learning and teaching. The workshops will
> demonstrate how The RDN Virtual Training Suite can be integrated into
> college courses and support the delivery of IT Key Skills.
>
> They will also formally launch 11 new tutorials designed specifically
> for FE, due to be made available at the beginning of June.
>
> TARGET AUDIENCE
>
> Lecturers, tutors, learning resource centre/library staff, ILT
> champions, in FE as well as JISC RSC staff interested in learning how to
> use this resource, in particular those interested in running local
> training events to pass on news of this new resource to colleagues
> locally.
>
> OBJECTIVES
>
> By the end of these workshops participants will:
>
> - Have had hands-on experience of using the RDN Virtual Training Suite
>
> - Be able to run their own training events / teaching sessions in
> information literacy / Internet skills / IT Key Skills using the RDN
> Virtual Training Suite
>
> - Have participated in a session providing hints and tips on how to
> integrate this resource in teaching/training
>
> - Have received a complimentary workshop pack (containing handouts,
> Teachers Packs, posters, presentations) that can be freely copied and
> used to run local training events or classes
>
> - Understand the context of this resource in terms of other key JISC
> initiatives
>
> PROGRAMME
>
> -  Registration, welcome and introduction
>
> -  Setting the context: Internet skills, information literacy and IT
> Key Skills - how does the RDN Virtual Training Suite fit in?
>
> - A demonstration of the RDN Virtual Training Suite tutorials for FE
>
> - Hands-on sessions to enable participants to try out the tutorials for
> themselves, with guided worksheets and support from the developers
>
> -  Ideas for integrating RDN Virtual Training Suite in FE courses
> * Introduction to the Teaching Pack
> * Case studies from tutorial authors showing how to use the tutorials
> to:
>         -teach Key Kills in IT
>         -teach Internet skills and Information Literacy
>
> - Demonstration of the Resource Discovery Network: a premier JISC
> service for finding Internet resources that can support learning and
> teaching.
>
> DATES/VENUE/CAPACITY
>
> Bristol
> Monday June 24th
> Venue: University of Bristol, Merchant Venturers Building
> Time: One workshop with parallel sessions: 9.30 - 13.30
> Capacity: 100
>
> Newcastle
> Tuesday 25th June
> Venue: University of Newcastle, Netskills Training Suite
> Times: Two workshops:
> 1)  10.00 - 13.00  Capacity: 40
> 2)  14.00 - 17.00  Capacity: 40
>
> London
> Friday 28th June
> Venue: City and Islington College, The Leadership Centre
> Times: Two workshops:
> 1)  10.00 - 13.00  Capacity: 40
> 2)  14.00 - 17.00  Capacity: 40
>
> Priority willl be given to those planning to cascade the information to
> their local institutions.
>
> To book your FREE place please send the following details to:
>
> Linda Elphick
> VTS workshops administrator
> [log in to unmask]
> Telephone:  0117 928 7183
>
> Please include:
>
> Your name:
> Job title:
> Institution:
> Email address:
> Postal address:
> Tel/Fax number:
> The workshop you wish to attend :(specifying either the morning or
> afternoon sessions at London and Newcastle):
> Your plans for cascading the information:
>
> This information can also be found on the Web at:
> http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/workshop/felaunch.html
>
> Many thanks,
> Emma Place
>
> **********************************************************************
> Emma Place, Manager, RDN Virtual Training Suite
> Institute for Learning and Research Technology
> University of Bristol, 8-10 Berkeley Square Bristol BS8 1TN
> Tel: 0117 928 7183  Email: [log in to unmask]