ALT news digest 62, 5 April 2004

A heavy ALT-C workload has delayed your digest again, I'm afraid.
Please note that we will have no access to email on TUESDAY 6 APRIL
owing to a mailserver upgrade.
Our email should be working again on Wednesday 7 April.

1. Welcome to new members
2. ALT news
3. ALT events
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events
6. Invitations to tender
7. Vacancies

1. Welcome to new members

A warm welcome to the many individual members who have joined in the
last fortnight.

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Deadline for next issue: Tuesday 13 April 2004.

2. ALT news

2.1 ALT Conference Publications Editor

The ALT Conference Publications Portfolio currently includes the ALT-
C Abstracts Book and Research Proceedings, and is being expanded to
produce, where possible, an annual practitioner-oriented publication
related to the ALT Spring Conference. ALT has recently moved to in-
house management of ALT-C, offering opportunities for redesign of the
conference portfolio, including related material and documents that
are presented to delegates as part of the conference pack and
orientation.

An ALT Conference Publications Editor is sought to work with the
Conference and Research Publications Teams, and the Occasional
Publications Editor, on the management of this portfolio. This will
include specific liaison regarding the conference handbook, and
working with the ALT-C Editors for Abstracts and the Editor for
Research proceedings to 'sub-edit' in the ALT house style.

For more information about this voluntary, but exciting new position
please contact Dr Jane Seale, Chair of ALT Publications committee, on
[log in to unmask] or Tel: 02380 594784.

2.2 ALT-J: call for papers on assessment

Papers are invited for inclusion in the next issue of ALT-J, which
will be focusing on assessment. Papers are invited under the
following themes:
*    Evaluation
*    Reporting
*    Innovation in CAA
*    Assessing skills and enhancing student learning
*    Strategic developments

Please send your submissions directly to the deputy editor, Dr Jane
Seale: [log in to unmask]
The deadline for submissions is Friday 30th April 2004.

2.3 ALT and your events
Running an event at your institution on learning technology?
Email [log in to unmask] and we will send conference and workshop
flyers, newsletters and other useful information.

3. ALT events

3.1 Living and learning: ePortfolios and digital repositories
ALT-SURF Spring Conference and Research Seminar
Thursday 22 April and Friday 23 April 2004
Moray House, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

Featuring the 2003 LTSN e-Tutor of the Year and launch of the 2004
Award, sponsored by the THES.

Conference, Thursday 22 April
** JUST A FEW PLACES LEFT. The Friday Research seminar is already
full. **
Chair: Dr Allison Littlejohn, University of Strathclyde
Keynote speakers: Lorna M Campbell, CETIS; Jan van Tartwijk,
Universities of Utrecht and Maastricht.
Interactive workshops will showcase current research in the use of
digital repositories and ePortfolios. These will feature the JISC
Exchange for Learning and Digital Libraries in the Classroom
Initiatives, as well as ePortfolio projects from the UK and the
Netherlands.

Go to http://www.alt.ac.uk/conferences.php

3.2 ALT-C 2004: Blue skies & pragmatism
Exeter, Devon, UK
Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 September 2004

Thanks to all who submitted abstracts and papers. Authors will hear
by mid-May if their submissions were successful.

Join our low volume opt-in email list - from
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/ - through which ALT will notify you of
major changes to the site, and impending deadlines for submitting
papers and registering for the conference.

3.3 ALT Labs Special Interest Group
HP Labs, Bristol
Tuesday 6 July 2004
More details to follow shortly.

3.4 ALT Policy Board 2004: Learning technology research
HP Labs, Bristol
Wednesday 7 July 2004
The Policy Board is an annual meeting for representatives of ALT's
corporate and institutional members.
Contact [log in to unmask] if your organisation has not joined yet.

4. Calls for papers

4.1 6th International Conference on New Educational Environments
(ICNEE)
September 27-30, 2004 in Neuchatel, Switzerland
Deadline for submission: April 18, 2004
http://www.icnee.ch

4.2 eLearning@greenwich/conference – Learning From One Another.
Abstracts must be submitted to Malcolm Ryan ([log in to unmask]) by e-
mail in the form of an attachment in Microsoft Word or Rich Text
Format (RTF) by the closing date of Monday, 19th April 2004.
http://www.gre.ac.uk/e-conference

4.3  10th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning
Networks (ALN):
“The Power of Online Learning: From Innovation to the Mainstream.”
Deadline: 30 April 2004.
http://www.aln.ucf.edu

4.4 EURODL
- supported by the European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN),
publishes accounts of research, development and teaching for Europe
in its most inclusive definition... the journal intends to cover all
sectors within education and training, by both level and field.
More info at http://www.eurodl.org
Contributions should be sent electronically to: Alan Tait, Editor-in-
Chief, EURODL: [log in to unmask]

5. Other events

5.1 Accessibility & Disability in the ICS Disciplines
7th April, University of Leeds
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/accessability_disability/index.htm

5.2 Gathering Resources for Courses - Online CoursePacks as Vessels
of Change
The Teaching Learning and Technology (TLT) Group will be holding a
free Webcast at 3:00 EST on Thursday, April 8, on how to create
custom course materials - digital or print.
http://www.tltgroup.org/Registration/Registration/XanEduRedef.htm

5.3 Using Copyrighted Materials in Teaching and Learning
The Teaching Learning and Technology (TLT) Group free Webcast at 1:00
EST on Wednesday, April 14 on "Using Copyrighted Materials in
Teaching and Learning," presented by Laura N. "Lolly" Gasaway, well-
known for her expertise in Copyright Law, Copyright & Technology, and
Cyberspace legal issues.
http://www.tltgroup.org

5.4 The Learning Lab in collaboration with the Centre for Learning &
Teaching at the University of Wolverhampton
Spring 2004 Best Practice Seminar series:
Seminar 1: Mobile Learning, Wednesday 21st April
Seminar 2: Developing the e-Citizen: policy and practice, Wednesday
5th May
Seminar 3: What makes e-Learning e-ffective, Wednesday 19th May
Seminar 4: Sharing Content: Learning objects and how to manage them,
Wednesday 9th June
http://www.learninglab.org.uk/asp/events.asp?ses=&typechk=2

5.5 Critical Success Factors for Introducing E-Learning within HE
23rd April at University of Sheffield
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/events/elearning04/index.html

5.6 Learning @ its best?
Free one-day conference
Wednesday 28 April 2004
University of Abertay Dundee at The West Park Conference Centre,
Dundee
http://www.abertay.ac.uk/learningat

5.7 LTSN GC Supporting Sustainable e-Learning (SSeLF) Forum
19 May: Supporting active learning: designing online student
activities, UCLAN, Preston.
4 June: Supporting student reflection through e-portfolios,
University of Newcastle.
18 June: Supporting student autonomy: students’ creation and reuse of
learning objects, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
8 July: Supporting institutional change: the changing roles of
students and staff, Institute of Education, London.
http://www.ltsn.ac.uk/genericcentre

5.8 ITiCSE04, Leeds, UK, 28-30 June 2004
Registration for the 9th Annual Conference on Innovation and
Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE04, is open.
Early (cheaper) registration is open until 14th May.
http://www.iticse04.leeds.ac.uk/

6. Invitations to tender

6.1 Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE)
As part of a new sector-wide e-learning programme for social care,
the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) is seeking bids for a
short study on its e-learning repository requirements. The study will
identify SCIE's needs for the effective storage and delivery of e-
learning objects, identify what options are available, and make
recommendations for the optimum solution/s.

It is anticipated that approximately 7-10 days' work will be
required, and a finished report is required by 25 June 2004.
Full terms of reference for the study (in pdf format) can be found at
'Digital repository study: commissioning brief' at:
http://www.scie.org.uk/elearning.htm
The closing date for proposals/bids is 30 April 2004.

6.2 JISC
...Invitation to Tender to commission the creation of a staff
development "cookbook", which draws together all the requirements for
staff development being identified as part of the JISC-funded
Exchange for Learning Programme (X4L) into a single, coherent source
of information. The "cookbook" will offer practical advice and
guidance on e-learning staff development provision in the post-16
community.

Funding of up to £30,000 (including VAT and expenses) is available
for this work in the first instance. The deadline for proposals is 12
noon on Wednesday 5th May 2004. Go to
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_x4lcookbook

7.  Vacancies

7.1 SCIE, London SE1
E-Learning Development Manager
£35,000 + benefits
http://www.scie.org.uk

We expect you to bring us an impressive track record in E-learning,
gained over at least three years in the public, private and/or
voluntary sectors. Your background could be in ILT, further or higher
education, vocational training, distance learning, HR or any other
relevant field. What’s most important is your vision, your commitment
and your desire to act as an advocate for social care e-learning.
Contact: [log in to unmask] (application forms only - no CVs)

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Regards
Rhonda

  Rhonda Riachi, Director
  Association for Learning Technology
  Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
  Tel: +44 (0)1865 484125   Fax: +44 (0)1865 484165
  Email: [log in to unmask]   URL: http://www.alt.ac.uk/
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