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Jisc Account Manager, library geek, and tea fiend! Opinions are my own yadda yadda yadda (personal tweeterage @funkylibrarian)

Wales
Joined April 2011
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An opportunity to work with a great team and help make a real difference to post 16 education in Wales @jisc @jisc_wales jobs.jisc.ac.uk/Jisc/JobDesc…
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What skills would you expect an employable learner to have? (Any other ideas post them in the comments)
8%Networking skills
0%Social media skills
28%Confidence with tech
64%All of the above
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It’s essential that we equip students with the digital skills they need for the workforce of the future. But how? ji.sc/3tw2fgd
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Registration for this year's #ConnectMore21 is now open! Join with peers online to explore how you can enhance learning and teaching through the use of technology jisc.ac.uk/connect-more
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This synthesis of experiences from universities across Wales shares some of the sector’s key considerations, experiences and practices required to successfully develop and embed blended learning programmes – developed with @HEFCW and @Unis_Wales ji.sc/3gD8k5H
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Episode two of the learning and teaching reimagined podcast: Christopher Hale of @UniversitiesUK is joined by Nick Barrett of @OpenUniversity and Jisc’s Andy McGregor to discuss what they think HE will look like in 2030 ji.sc/33RLL8j
6th biggest cause of librarian rage is decorators shelving books by color
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Here we come: it's HEWIT Day at #Gregynog20 Day 2! Or: the #Gregynog20 Strikes Back / #Gregynog20 Part Deux / #Gregynog20 and the Chamber of Secrets / 2 Gregynog 2 20 / #Gregynog20: The Two Towers...
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Still having the company meetings online.
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Some useful tips on how to make webinars / online delivery more engaging. From Yawn to Yay by @Jisc 's @estherbarrett inspiringlearning.jiscinvolv…
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Priorities are very different now, but if you’d like to spend an informal half an hour having a chat about what you’re doing delivering online teaching/training right now for #openscience #openaccess #opendata – please get in touch! RTs appreciated @EOSC_synergy 3/3
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Together with our partners, we’ve issued a collective call to all providers of digital content and software to take action to help institutions maintain their teaching and research activity during this time of crisis ji.sc/3bacaiM
Did you know that the benefits of reading outweigh any negatives caused by eating cake
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1/6 people in Wales with diagnosable mental illness. About 1,000 people / 1 therapist. Bibliotherapy (books) 'no less effective than group or individual therapy'. Through the Reading Well strategy, libraries are helping to get books to those who need therapy. #Impact #CILIPW19
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Why don't you join us on a future Digital leaders programme and become one of the alumni? The next one is in Cardiff 22-23 May and 12-13 June and then Edinburgh 9-10 and 23-24 October #jiscdiglead
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Netflix has disrupted the way we consume ‘broadcasting’., Amazon has disrupted the retail sector, social media has changed how we perceive news! Will traditional educational institutions die or thrive by adapting and adopting new technologies? #edu4_0
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Launched today: Horizons report - emerging technologies and the mental health challenge | Jisc. #Digifest19 jisc.ac.uk/reports/horizons-…
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“How many people work in the fields they studied at university?” - 25% of hands go up. 🧐 “How many people learn new skills in their day to day work?” - nearly all hands go up. 👋 @joysyj at #Digifest19
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A call to action from @dcoplin: Your job is to work out: What is the question that we are actually trying to answer? The technology will make quick work of the answer. #digifest19
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