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RSC NewsFeed – September 7th
2004
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Another two weeks have come and gone and another issue
of Newsfeed is ready for distribution. As usual we’ve a mix of news from the
highly technical to the slightly whimsical but always with a tight focus on
technology and how it can help you in the process of teaching and learning. So
here you’ll find everything from how to monitor lightning strikes to the future
of spam, via the unveiling of SFEU’s new subject mentors. Something for
everyone in this issue but if it turns out there’s nothing for you then please
let us have your feedback through our website at www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/rscne/contact.html.
Now read on…..
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·
Cisco Security Advisory
·
Discounted Digital
Certificates
·
I Spy With . . .Free
Security Webinar
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Graeme Obree
to open e-Olympics in the
World
record cycling champion,
Graeme Obree famously built his first record-setting bike in his garage from, among other things, a piece of a washing machine and a seatpost from an old BMX. Participants in the e-Olympics may not be using quite such rare items for preparing their online learning materials, but ingenuity is certainly required. A fine bank of resources has been coordinated by the Regional Support Centre for the e-Olympics and a comprehensive programme devised to help you use or develop your own learning materials in the most effective way. If you haven’t yet reserved your place, please book online without delay at www.e-olympics.org.uk.
This
event is supported by SFEFC’s eMerge staff development programme. Some
financial support to attend may be available, though numbers may be limited.
More information online, or through calling the RSC at 0131 315 7674.
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Subject Mentors ‘E-merge’ from SFEU
August
23rd saw the coming together and first meeting of the eMerge Subject Mentors at
SFEU Headquarters in
Mentors,
subject areas and college ‘clusters’ are:
Andy
Mackenzie
Creative
Arts (inc. Art and Design; Performing Arts; Photography; Multimedia)
Colleges – Dundee,
Pat
Tonner
Care
(inc Health Care; Social Care; Personal Care; Hairdressing;)
Colleges–
James Watt, N Glasgow, John Wheatley, Kilmarnock,
Euan
Black
Business
and Management (including Administration;)
Colleges
– Inverness, Lews Castle, Moray, Banff and Buchan, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, Orkney,
Shetland, North Highland.
David
Miller
Technology,
Engineering and Construction (including Craft areas; Motor Vehicle; etc.).
Colleges
– JEVC, Stevenson, Borders,
Margaret
Curran
Hospitality
and Leisure Services (including Sport and Leisure; Travel and Tourism;)
Colleges
– Ayr, Dumfries and Galloway,
Tony
Sweeney
Social
and Life Sciences (including Environment; Agriculture;)
Colleges
– GCNS, Cardonald,
Rob
McDermott
Core
Skills (including Media Studies; IT; Numeracy; Problem Solving; Guidance and
Learner Support; etc.).
Colleges
–West Lothian,
Colleen
Hurren
Core
Skill Communication, Problem Solving and WWO (including English and
Communication, Modern Languages; ESOL; SEN;)
Colleges
– Cumbernauld, Motherwell, Falkirk,
Coming
Soon: a programme of workshops and direct project support, where mentors will
assist colleges and staff in making full use of readily available technology
and materials, identifying relevant content and making it readily available for
use with students. They’ll also provide advice on applying of ICT to support
learning. After a period of intensive induction, all the mentors look forward
to getting out ‘into the field’ and, as a next step, will shortly be following
up the communication already sent out to key staff in the colleges.
For
information on the full E-Merge programme, go to:
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JISC online repository for teaching
materials
The
JISC Online Repository for [Learning and Teaching] Materials (JORUM) will be a
repository service for all Further and Higher Education Institutions in the
United Kingdom (UK), providing access to materials and encouraging the sharing,
re-use and re-purposing of them between teaching staff. JISC has announced that
the software for this system will be developed by the Scottish company,
Intrallect (http://www.intrallect.com). The JORUM team is looking forward to
working with Intrallect to launch the JORUM service for the whole of
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Professional body considered for
college staff
Staff
in
The deadline for the consultation is Friday
November 26.
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Technical Corner
1. Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco Telnet Denial of Service
Vulnerability
A
specifically crafted Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection to a telnet
or reverse telnet port of a Cisco device running Internetwork Operating System
(IOS) may block further telnet, reverse telnet, Remote Shell (RSH), Secure
Shell (SSH), and in some cases Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) access to
the Cisco device. Telnet, reverse telnet, RSH and SSH sessions established
prior to exploitation are not affected. This Advisory is available at:
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/cisco-sa-20040827-telnet.shtml
2. Discounted Digital Certificates
At
the request of the JISC, UKERNA has arranged for Globalsign, a commercial
Certificate Authority, to sell web server certificates to sites in the .ac.uk
domain at a discounted rate. Visit the following page for more information http://www.ja.net/CERT/certificates/
3. I Spy with . . . Free Security Webinar from eEye
Digital Security
Join
this free webinar and learn how to:
Quickly
identify known vulnerabilities and weaknesses in your network
Secure
your networks from harmful, costly intrusions
Automate
the patch and configuration management process
Conduct
ongoing assessments to maintain security compliance
Event
will demonstrate eEYe Retina 5.0 Tuesday, September 14 @ 15:30
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Money …that’s what I want..
All
JISC funding opportunities are gathered at:http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding
One
specific opportunity may be worth mentioning: An invitation to tender for a
landscape study on the use of mobile and wireless technologies for learning and
teaching in the post-16 sector. This is part of the Innovation Strand of the
JISC eLearning Programme.
For
full details see: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_mob
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Spam ...Spam…Spam…Spam
..will
soon be a thing of the past according Bill Gates and who are we to argue? JISC
has commissioned a thought-provoking and informative paper entitled 'Spam on
the Internet' from TechWatch (the future-looking JISC Service which analyses
technologies that may impact on education in 5 to 10 years' time). The full
TechWatch full report is freely available here:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techwatch_ic_reports2004_published
(Those readers nostalgic for the famed luncheon meat that sustained them through the days of rationing can also check out the official ‘SPAM’ site at http://www.spam.com/.)
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Understanding metadata
If
metadata is one of those jargon words that still seems a bit baffling then try
the 16 action-packed pages of Understanding Metadata [160
kB PDF] which managed
to contain a comprehensive glossary, a large number URLs of relevant web sites,
a brief overview of what metadata is and what it does, as well as clear
outlines of relevant metadata schemes including Dublin Core and the IEEE's
Learning Object Metadata standard.
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After
the glories of the recent Scottish summer it might be useful to know where the
next collection of thunderstorms is lurking at the moment. You can obtain a
regularly updated map showing where the thunderstorms in the
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Training & Events
A full listing of all the workshops currently being run by both RSCs in Scotland RSC
www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/rscsupport/training.html RSC Scotland www.rsc-sw-scotland.ac.uk/events.htmThese courses and others are listed on the Scotfeict website at:www.scotfeict.ac.uk/events which also lists other staff development opportunities for FE staff within Scotland Nationwide training opportunities are available on the NLN events database atwww.nln.ac.uk/events -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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