Resources

Open Educational Resources infokit

Added: Fri 04 Nov 2011   updated: Mon 07 Nov 2011

openeducationalresources.pbworks.com/w/page/24836480/Home

Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching and learning materials that are freely available online for everyone to use. The OER infokit aims to both inform and explain OERs and the issues surrounding them.

Freedom of Information Act

Added: Mon 03 Oct 2011   updated: Thu 03 Nov 2011

www.jisclegal.ac.uk/LegalAreas/FreedomofInformation.aspx

The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) gives a right of access to information held by 'public authorities'. Most UK colleges and universities are public authorities. The FOIA covers all records and information held by a public authority, whether digital or print, current or archived.

Online Promotion of Research Expertise

Added: Mon 03 Oct 2011   updated: Thu 03 Nov 2011

www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/tools/research-expertise

These materials are the outputs from a year-long study carried out for JISC by Rightscom Ltd, analysing how Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are using digital channels such as websites to communicate information about their expertise to different stakeholders, including businesses, government agencies, policymakers, community organisations and charities.

Institutional Innovation and lifelong Learning Legal resources

Added: Mon 03 Oct 2011   updated: Thu 03 Nov 2011

www.jisclegal.ac.uk/Portals/12/Documents/PDFs/instinnovationlifelonglearn.pdf

Technical innovation and research in the context of lifelong learning and workforce development inevitably involves processes which collect personal information about individuals.

It is likely that whatever type of work your project is involved in you will need to be confident that the personal data of individuals which is to be processed is being treated legally.