aclJohn's Publications Finds

I missed these when they were published in September - the release of the Harnessing Technology Surveys for Adult and Community Learning (ACL) and Offender Learning (OL) provides data and findings from research conducted on behalf of Becta by NIACE in November and December 2009.

Read the full article and access the downloads at http://research.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rp_be_03&rid=18006.

• cutting carbon emissions;
• improving network reliability and service levels;
• managing their workload; and/or
• reducing costs;

But...

• What's the difference is between server virtualisation and desktop virtualisation? and
  
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– demand, perceptions and training needs

This publication is the end product from HEFCE who commissioned the National Union of Students to undertake research into the demand, perceptions and training needs of students in both further and higher education.

"Section 184. Lecturers and staff have widely varying levels of ICT competence.

- One common area of concern for both those who took part in the survey and the discussions was the varying levels of ICT competence on the...

How many of you are old enough to remember reel-to reel cassette tapes and the floppy disk, which was then such great device to transfer files from one computer to another?

When the USB flash drive came out, storing so much more than 1.44MB of files, I, and many of my colleagues, were blown away.

Today Flash drives are not just about storing files: they can be used to run programs and even entire operating systems.

In MakeUseOf’s latest free PDF guide “The Office Workers Guide T...

Onlignment, has put a marker in the sand by developing their own set of rules for better online meetings, based on the best practice that they have been able to glean from around the world and from their own experiences as a virtual team. The result...

Visit http://onlignment.com/online-meetings-a-facilitators-guide/, click on the link to download it – it's free.

Onlignment would like to know how you get along with their e-book, whether th...

"A massive thank‐you must be extended to the education community on twitter, with out whom this book couldn’t have happened."

The PGCE Survival Guide, edited by Tim Handley, a recent PGCE graduate from the university of East Anglia and illustrated by Helen Morgan, is full of useful and practical, hints, tips and advice from recent PGCE graduates and more experienced teachers; the publication covers every  element  of teacher training, from the first day with the learning pr...

"Driving UK Research - Is copyright a help or a hindrance - A perspective from the research community" has been published by the British Library.

The document includes a call for...

"an extension to fair dealing provisions under UK copyright law to bring them into line with fair use doctrine in the US."

The document, which will be of interest to all those working in FE and HE, can be accessed in pdf format on the British Library website at - http://www.bl.uk/ip/pdf/dri...

JISC Legal release copyright advice on lecture recording

The paper from JISC Legal regarding rights issues and lecture recordings is now available to download from their website.

The document outlines and discusses all of the rights that are generated in a lecture recording, such as...

• performance rights;
  
• recordists' rights; and
  
• the rights of the intellectual property of the content.
  

The section on copyright exceptions and interpretation of the law in this area is interesting. I ha...

IT Professionals: Getting started with Microsoft Office 2010

This publication provides an overview of the Microsoft Office 2010 suites and information about how to get started.

Aimed at IT pros and help desk technicians who need to provide training and support to those moving to the new version of Office; equally useful for anyone who uses Office.

• what's new, changed, and removed in Office.
  
• how to...
  • migrate data, 
  • use the new features, and
    
  • ensure compatibility between versions. ...

I seemed to have missed the "First Look Microsoft Office 2010 by Katherine Murray" which was released back in January.

Contents:

• Introduction
  •  The Road to Office 2010
    • Who Uses Office 2010?
    • What's in Microsoft 2010?
    • Office 2010 System Requirements
    • What you'll Find in First Look: Microsoft Office 2010
• Part I: Envision the Possibilities
• Part II: Hit the Ground Running
• Part III: Nest steps with Office 2010
• Resources