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Apologies for Cross Posting > > ****** 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]