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Our range of online resources are modular in design, facilitating a scaleable approach to meet your needs. Core infoKits underpin the good practice approach with the faster-changing applied infoKits addressing current concerns…

Latest infoKits

  • e-Portfolios

    e-PortfoliosOur infoKit covers the main drivers, purposes, processes, perspectives and issues around e-portfolios, as well as showcasing the wide range of project activity undertaken by JISC and others over the last few years, and signposting projects and research currently underway.

  • Portfolio, Programme and Project Management

    P3MAs the maturity of the project management function within the sector grows we increasingly talk about Project, Programme and Portfolio Management (we've branded this 'P3M' for short). Our set of linked infoKits look at each element of P3M in turn and suggests some tools and techniques to help you succeed.

  • Information Management

    IMBased around the four-phase information lifecycle as a consistent model underpinning the management of all types of internal information, this set of linked resources includes specific strands on records management and email management, providing more detailed guidance in these areas.

Core infoKitsCore infoKits

Our infoKits are a set of online resources comprising a subject overview, a step-by-step 'how to' guide and a resource layer of templates, toolkits, reports, case studies and other supporting materials.

  • Change Management

    Change is endemic in the education sector. Living with change and managing change is an essential skill for all...

  • Risk Management

    An essential part of good management practice, featuring increasingly on the agendas of senior managers and education funding bodies...

  • Process Review

    This infoKit covers some key approaches and offers a simple, fast-track method of evaluating and improving processes...

  • System Selection

    Our five-stage model provides a generic, scaleable, approach to selecting a new software system or application...

  • Contract Negotiation

    Intended as a guide for the novice, if properly used this infoKit should be able to save you time and legal costs...

  • System Implementation

    Drawing together a wealth of 'lessons learned', this guide highlights advice and good practice for system implementations...

Applied infoKitsApplied infoKits

The Applied infoKits take the core good practice models outlined in the core infoKits and show how these can be applied and are relevant for specific situations and in particular contexts.

  • Planning & Designing Technology-Rich Learning Spaces

    A major new build or refurbishment is something that most of us undertake only once in a career but collectively we have a wealth of experience that can be shared...

  • Effective Use of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs)

    The infoKit aims to enable tutors to make informed decisions, based on sound educational principles, about the use of technology in their teaching...

  • Creating a Managed Learning Environment (MLE)

    The term ‘MLE’ was coined to cover interoperability of systems and processes. Although the term may be falling out of favour, the resources here are as relevant today...

  • Implementing e-Learning - A Toolkit for Institutions

    Developed for the SFC, this brief guide covers a whole spectrum of advice that you might need to consider in relation to e-learning development...

  • Implementing an Electronic Document and Records Management (EDRM) System

    We provide a 'one-stop shop' for impartial, detailed and practical advice in selecting and implementing an EDRM solution...

  • Implementing the Ferl Practitioners' Programme (FPP)

    This applied infoKit provides a framework that institutions can follow when considering the implementation of the FPP...


Other Guides

  • Social SoftwareSocial Software

    This expanding resource gives a practical overview of the area and includes links to a number of examples of the genre...

  • e-Portfoliose-Portfolios

    We cover some of the models in use, selecting and implementing a product, and some of the associated legal considerations...

  • Time ManagementTime Management

    This resource aims to help you manage your time more effectively by suggesting a number of tools and approaches that you may find applicable to your own circumstances...

  • Guide for AdministratorsManaging Information to Make Life Easier: A Practical Guide for Administrators

    This guide aims to address the problems associated with the management of information and records with practical advice to make life easier...

  • Supporting Flexible DeliverySupporting Flexible Delivery

    This resource uses Social Software technology (del.icio.us) to catalogue a range of JISC and Higher Education Academy resources which can help you support Flexible Delivery...

  • Open Source SoftwareOpen Source Software

    This introduction is adapted from a JISC Briefing Paper written by OSS Watch, a JISC-funded advisory service on open source...


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