Projects
Netskills undertakes a wide variety of projects, ranging from research studies to development of resources and specialist workshop programmes.
Projects have been funded by organisations and funding bodies including the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE), the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) and many others.
Current Projects
- JISC Emergent Technologies & Innovative Practice
- We are investigating innovative practice with emergent web technologies by early adopters. A practical printed guide will be developed for any member of staff looking to adopt emerging technologies into their working practices.
- Aug 08 - Mar 09
- JISC Materials Refresh for BCE
- The Netskills Training Materials are being re-purposed specifically for practitioners in Business and Community Engagement (BCE).
- Aug 08 - Mar 09
- Virtual Open Day for Newcastle University
- An online open day is being developed for the School of Geography, Politics & Sociology featuring video interviews with staff and students.
- Jun 08 - Nov 08
- IPA Online
- The teaching of phonetics (the science of speech sounds) at Newcastle University uses a set of video recordings from the 1980s. We have been funded by an internal innovative teaching and learning grant to assist with the recording of new materials and development of an online tutorial.
- Jun 08 - Oct 08
- Supporting Training, CPD and Staff Exchange for BCE Practitioners
- We will be offering a complementary, integrated and coherent training support and enhancement package that meets the needs of BCE practitioners and enhances capability within institutions to better promote and support BCE activities.
- Jul 08 - May 10
- Plagiarism Awareness Programme for Teachers and Support Staff
- We are running a series of three awareness raising workshops to equip secondary school teachers and librarians, them with the required knowledge and skills to provide guidance to pupils on avoiding plagiarism. The materials from the workshops will be put together into a package designed for use in cascade training within schools.
- Sep 08 - Oct 08
- More info
- Teaching Information Skills in Secondary Schools
- We are designing and developing a package of materials for use in cascade training sessions to equip school librarians and teaching staff with the knowledge and skills to develop their pupils' information literacy. The materials will be tested and disseminated via a one day workshops.
- Sep 08 - Nov 08
- More info
- Scenario Planning to support JISC's Users & Innovation programme
- In a joint project with JISC infoNet we are delivering an infoKit on the scenario planning process and several workshops to support projects within the Users & Innovation programme.
- Nov 07 - Mar 09
- Scenario Planning for JISC's JOS Committee
- We are running the full scenario planning process about changing roles and responsibilities in Higher Education. New scenarios are being developed, tested and used to inform future planning within the JISC community.
- Aug 08 - Dec 08
- i-Skills Self-Evaluation Tool
- We are developing an online self-evaluation tool for use in assessing and developing workplace information skills.
- Jan 08 - Mar 09
- More info
- Federated Access Management: Core Skills Training
- We are developing and delivering two workshop programmes across the UK to help the community explore technical skills required to deploy Federated Access Management at their institutions. Following the success of the initial programme for Identity Providers (IdPs), the project is now providing support for organisations and institutions who wish to act as Service Providers (SPs).
- Apr 07 - Jul 09
- More info
- BSc/MSc Teaching: School of Computing Science, Newcastle University
- We have developed and deliver taught modules on both BSC and MSc degree programmes in Computing Science at Newcastle University.
- Oct 08 - Jun 09
- BCE: Awareness and education for the wider JISC community
- We are putting together a programme of core awareness and education events and activities to support the JISC Business and Community Engagement (BCE) programme. This is one of four projects currently being undertaken across the JISC Advisory Services during 2008-2011.
- Oct 08 - Jun 09
- JISC Institutional Responses to Emergent Technologies - Support Project
- A support and synthesis project for the JISC Institutional Responses to Emergent Technologies programme (IRET). We are delivering a landscaping document, synthesise outputs from the six pilot projects funded under the programme and develop practical guidance materials for HEI managers.
- Aug 08 - Mar 09
- Trialling of online collaborative tools for BCE
- Netskills and JISC infoNet are leading a collaborative project with the other JISC Advisory Services to run trials of online collaborative tools for BCE.
- Aug 08 - Jul 09
- NorMAN web site redevelopment
- The North East regional network operator asked us to update the content and design of their web site to meet the requirements of a new contract.
- Aug 08 - Sep 08
A list of previous projects is also available.
