Dear Members
In this issue:
1. ALT-C 2002 meetings
2. Wanted: ALT committee members
3. ALT events on the web site
4. Webcasts this week
5. Other events
6. Vacancies
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1. ALT-C 2002 meetings
ALT-C 2002 features (among many other activities):
- a free pre-conference workshop on the E-University,
- a free post-conference workshop on the RESULTS network, and
- a special lunch for new members of ALT
Meetings at ALT-C 2002 are listed on the ALT meetings page (via the
Events menu) at www.alt.ac.uk
- TLT-officers SIG will be meeting at 17:30 on Tuesday 10 September.
- A meeting to discuss accreditation issues with Caroline Bucklow of
the ILT is on offer on Tuesday at 5:30; please email Helen
([log in to unmask]) if you are interested.
- If you have a meeting at ALT-C you want to advertise, email Helen
Harwood asap (but send room bookings to
[log in to unmask]).
For more information on ALT-C 2002, contact:
Helyn Snaith
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.alt-c2002.org.uk
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2. Wanted: ALT committee members
Please note that the deadline for nominations to the two vacancies on
the ALT Central Executive Committee is Monday 19 August.
Nominees must be individual ALT members of at least 12 months'
standing. Contact me for a nomination form ([log in to unmask]).
A new honorary treasurer is particularly sought...
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3. ALT events on the web site
All current ALT workshops are now on the new look ALT web site:
www.alt.ac.uk
- including a workshop on the popular theme of XML.
More information on this workshop can also be found at
http://www.cetis.ac.uk/groups/20010801132906/20020731124002
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4. Webcasts this week
August TS Author Forums
The following Technology Source Author Forums are scheduled for
August. These free forums are offered in collaboration with
ULiveandLearn, an e-learning company that uses the HorizonLive
platform to allow participants to interact directly with TS authors
via their desktops. You may sign up to participate in any of these
free webcasts by going to
http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=webchats&issue=165
and clicking on the SIGN UP NOW button. Forums will last 45 minutes.
To convert the time in your time zone, go to
http://www.cnn.com/WEATHER/worldtime/
and page down to the "World Time Converter" section.
Thursday, August 15, 2002--11:00 A.M. U.S. Eastern time
A webcast on Britain’s e-Learning Centre, featuring Jane Knight,
founder of e-Learning Centre, and Stephen Downes, Spotlight Site
editor. In his current review in The Technology Source
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=1028), Downes offers
an introduction to e-Learning Centre, a one-stop site for the latest
resources and research in this rapidly changing field.
Thursday, August 15, 2002--1:00 P.M. U.S. Eastern time
A webcast on online music instruction, featuring Mary Cyr, whose
current article (http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=975)
discusses how she used technology to foster student engagement with
the world of classical music.
Thursday, August 15, 2002--2:00 P.M. U.S. Eastern time
A webcast on K-12 faculty development workshops in technology,
featuring Linda Domanski, whose current article
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=918) describes her
work in Westminster College’s Teaching with Technology Made Simple
(TWTMS) program.
Monday, August 19, 2002--3:00 P.M. EST
A webcast on faculty development programs, featuring David G. Brown,
vice president and dean of the International Center for Computer
Enhanced Learning at Wake Forest University, and Technology Source
editor James Morrison. In his current interview with Morrison in The
Technology Source
(http://ts.mivu.org/default.asp?show=article&id=997), Brown discusses
current faculty development initiatives at Wake Forest, and addresses
how such initiatives can be implemented to encourage innovation by
faculty members.
We hope that you can join us. If not, the archives of all webcasts
will be available via the webcast button on the Interact! options
menu within each article a few hours after the webcast.
Jim
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James L. Morrison
Editor-in-Chief
The Technology Source
http://ts.mivu.org
Home Page: http://horizon.unc.edu
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5. Other events
5.1
3rd Annual Conference of the LTSN Centre for
Information and Computer Sciences
Venue: Loughborough University
Date: 27th to 29th August 2002
Details including a final programme with abstracts for all
presentations is available on the Conference web site at:
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/conf2002/
The cost of the conference is £220, please note that this price
includes all meals, conference dinner and a copy of conference
proceedings
Listings of other ICS events are available from
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/UpEvents/eventpage1.php
Aine MacNeill
C&IT Officer
LTSN - Information and Computer Sciences
URL: http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/
email: [log in to unmask]
Tel 028 90 368020
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5.2
Ideas in Cyberspace Education Symposium
Higham Hall, Lake District
30 October to 1 November 2002
Registration for the ICE symposium is now open. You can register
online at: http://mcdept.qmuc.ac.uk/ice
The emergence of the internet has introduced some fundamental
challenges to the ways in which we understand notions of identity,
community, knowledge itself. Cyberspace theory of recent years has
provided fascinating insights into the changes we are experiencing
culturally, socially and politically as a result of our shift online.
These insights tend, however, to be under-represented in our
explorations of the effects on education of using the new
technologies.
The aim of the symposium is to provide an opportunity to engage in a
re-examination of educational experiences in cyberspace. The keynote
speaker will be Mark Poster, author of The Information Subject and
What's the Matter with the Internet?
Further details are available from the symposium web site.
Numbers are limited, so please book early!
ICE Symposium
email: [log in to unmask]
web: http://mcdept.qmuc.ac.uk/ice/
phone: 0131 651 6668
fax: 0131 651 6664
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6. Vacancies
6.1 Professor/Associate Professor (holding the title of
Director of IT in Learning)
Vice-Chancellor's Office, THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
Ref: RF-2002/2003-2
Closing Date: 31 Aug, 2002
The University of Hong Kong is at the international forefront of
higher learning and research, with more than 100 teaching departments
and sub-divisions of studies, and more than 60 research institutes
and centres. Current enrollment includes 10,000 undergraduates and
7,000 postgraduates from 48 countries. English is the medium of
instruction. The university is committed to international standards
for excellence in scholarship and research.
The appointment will initially be made on a fixed-term basis of two
to three years, with the possibility of renewal.
The University is seeking a dedicated individual to co-ordinate the
broad range of activities to maintain and enhance IT provisions and
infrastructure that underpin the University's learning environment.
The successful candidate will report directly to a Pro-Vice-
Chancellor, and will be responsible for understanding and meeting the
IT needs of students, teachers, researchers and administrators. In
this connection, the appointee will work closely with several heads
of academic services: principally the Computer Centre and the
University Libraries, but also the University Museum and Art Gallery,
and the Hong Kong University Press. The position requires outstanding
communication, team working and interpersonal skills, and knowledge
of state-of-the-art applications of IT in the education arena,
especially higher education.
Annual salaries [attracting contract-end gratuity and University
contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of
basic salary] for Professor/Associate Professor are on the following
scales (which are subject to review from time to time in accordance
with the University's established mechanism), with the starting
salary depending on qualifications and experience: Professor (in the
grade of Reader): HKD943,260 - 1,253,160 (9 points) Associate
Professor (in the grade of Senior Lecturer): HKD904,140 - 1,214,580
(9 points)
At current rates, salary tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. The
appointment carries leave, medical/dental benefits, and, where
appropriate, a taxable financial subsidy under the Home Financing
Scheme for reimbursing either the actual rental payment or the
mortgage repayment up to the relevant maximum entitlement.
Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended) can be
obtained at https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/;
or from the Appointments Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section,
Registry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (Fax: (852) 2540
6735 or 2559 2058; e-mail: [log in to unmask]).
Closes 31 August 2002.
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The next digest will go out on Wednesday 4 September.
Best wishes
Rhonda
Rhonda Riachi, Director
Association for Learning Technology
Oxford Brookes University
Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1865 484126 Fax: +44 (0)1865 484165
Email: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.alt.ac.uk/
Registered Charity number 1063519
ALT-C 2002, 9-11 September 2002: www.alt-c2002.org.uk
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