ALT news digest 70, 25 August 2004
Last chance for workshop bookings at ALT-C 2004! Read on...
1. Welcome to new members
2. ALT-C 2004 update
3. ALT events
4. ALT news
5. Calls for papers
6. Other events
7. News
8. Invitations to tender
1. Welcome to new members
A warm welcome to the following colleges which have just joined ALT:
Burton College http://www.burton-college.ac.uk/
Brooklands College http://www.brooklands.ac.uk/
Isle of Wight College http://www.iwightc.ac.uk/
Macclesfield College http://www.macclesfield.ac.uk/
University of Wolverhampton http://www.wlv.ac.uk/
- and to all the individuals who have joined in the last fortnight.
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Deadline for next issue: Tuesday 7 September 2004
2. ALT-C 2004 update
ALT-C 2004: Blue skies & pragmatism
ALT's eleventh international conference
Exeter, Devon, UK
Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 September 2004
Bookings for ALT-C closed on 21 August, but you can still book for
the following pre and post-conference workshops if you hurry:
Monday 13 September
Resources and support for creating a Managed Learning Environment
12.30 to 16.30, presenters: Susi Peacock and Jacqui Kelly,
JISCinfoNet.
Learning Technology research and practice: It's good to talk!
14.00 to 17.00, presenters: Susan Armitage, Grainne Conole, Barbara
Newland.
New delegates' workshop: Introduction to learning technology
A free pre-conference workshop for delegates who are new to learning
technology
16.30 to 18.00, presenters: John Phelps, George Roberts, Bernard
Scott.
Thursday 16 September
IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) in the e-learning content
development lifecycle.
14.00 to 15.30, presenters: John Casey and Kevin Brosnan, Learning to
Learn X4L project.
e-Learning for remote adult learners: What can we learn from the UKeU
experience?
14.00 to 15.30, presenter: Jonathan Darby, University of Southampton
Links to all workshops can be found from:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/pre_and_post.html
View the online programme with thematic listings of sessions:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/timetable/timetable.php
Important information for presenters is at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/presenter_information.html
For all booking enquiries email: [log in to unmask]
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http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2004/ - through which ALT will notify you of
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3. ALT events
3.1 An Introduction to Electronic Group Response Systems (EGRS) and
PRS
21 October 2004, 10:00 – 16:00
Goldsmiths College, London
Members - £85; non-members - £150
Presenters: Michael McCabe, University of Portsmouth
Steve Draper, University of Glasgow
The attention span of students during lectures is often quoted as 15
minutes and during many lectures is probably even less! Interactive
questioning is one way of enlivening lectures by actively engaging
students and breaking up traditional content delivery. Technology can
support this pedagogical approach, but it must be used appropriately.
Electronic group response systems enable students to communicate
their answers to the lecturer via one-way handsets and the lecturer
to display a frequency distribution of responses. The PRS Personal
Response System is a common example. Workshop participants will gain
practical, hands-on experience in the use of PRS and an awareness of
other systems, including those allowing free text responses.
Booking deadline Thursday 7 October 2004
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=165
3.2 Introduction to Learning Theory and Course Design
11 November 2004, 09:30 – 16:15
Cranfield University
Members - £85; non-members - £150
Presenters: Dr Bernard Scott, Cranfield University
George Roberts, Oxford Brookes University
The aim of the workshop is to introduce learning technology
practitioners to theories of learning and teaching and principles and
processes of course design relevant for the production and delivery
of quality learning experiences in e-learning (distance and blended)
courses.
Topics to be covered include:
* theories and models of learning and teaching.
* individual differences.
* principles of course design.
* tutorial strategies and learning design.
* including using activities and formative assessment and choice of
media.
Booking deadline Friday 29 October 2004
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=164
4. ALT news
4.1 AGM news
One nomination was received for the position of Vice-Chair and 3 for
the vacancy for a Trustee, so there will be a ballot at the AGM on
Wednesday 15 September 2004. More information will follow shortly.
5. Calls for papers
5.1 ICE2 (Ideas in Cyberspace Education)
Abstracts due by 17 September 2004.
Early registration is recommended when it opens at the end of October
2004.
ICE2 will focus around the issues of power, identity and culture in
online learning. Held over three days at Higham Hall in the English
Lake District, the symposium aims to give teachers, developers,
researchers and theorists a chance to discuss the culture, theory and
politics of learning and teaching in the digital domain. The
symposium will be for a maximum of 40 people and is being organised
jointly by The University of Edinburgh, Coventry University, and the
Institute of Education, University of London.
http://www.malts.ed.ac.uk/ice2/
5.2 Hawaii International Conference on Education
4 – 7 January 2005, Sheraton Waikiki Hotel, Hawaii, USA
Deadline for submissions extended to Wednesday, September 8, 2004.
Call for papers, abstracts, student papers, work-in-progress reports,
research proposals, workshop proposals, poster sessions, research
tables, or reports on issues related to teaching, practitioner
forums, panel discussions, and tutorials.
http://www.hiceducation.org/cfp_edu.htm
6. Other events
6.1 Can soft skills be delivered effectively using e-learning?
A conference from The eLearning Network
24th September 2004, SCI, 14-15 Belgrave Square, London, SW1
Registration from 09:30, event start 10:30, close 15:35.
Members of the British Learning Association, Association of Learning
Technology, IITT and NILTA pay only £85 plus VAT. Non-members will
pay only £95 plus VAT.
http://www.elearningnetwork.org
6.2 Scaling Up e-Learning Symposium
Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 October 2004
and Workshop Thursday 7 October 2004
The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, Shrivenham
Booking deadline: 3 September 2004
Confirmed speakers include Rear Admiral Simon Goodall (DGTE), Bob
Fryer (NHSU), Diana Laurillard (DfES), Steve Molyneux (Learning Lab),
Gilly Salmon (OU), Betty Collis (Twente), Claudio Dondi (SCIENTER),
Stephen Brown (ALT), Aldwyn Cooper (Glamorgan), Malcolm Read (JISC),
Jonathan Crego (CENTREX), Lord David Puttnam.
http://www.symposiaatshrivenham.com
6.3 NESTA Event - Beyond the Blackboard
3-4 November 2004, Cambridge.
David Milliband MP is now confirmed as a keynote speaker for their
next conference.
Online booking opens at the end of August.
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/events/past/bb.htm
7. News
7.1 News items from the JISC, JISC Services, JISC Programmes and
Projects
Open access to the benefit of Scottish research and education
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=open_access_scottish_news_180804
Digital Information will never survive by accident
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=news_digital
The future position on Athens and Shibboleth
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=jisc_athens_shibboleth_pos_news05
0804
Creativity, savings, motivated students and a fascinating resource
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=creative_club_news
City of the future, connecting old landscapes with new way of life
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=future_city_news_280704
Special features for August 2004
Digital Rights Management: what it is and JISC's involvement
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=digital_rights_man_feature_290704
To subscribe to the JISC Headlines service, contact Paul Davey:
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7.2 UK Ratifies Commitment to Global Internet Standards
On 24 August 2004 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the further and
higher education funding bodies signed a joint agreement with the
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) enabling the UK to become
formally involved in the standard's continued development. MLA and
JISC are the UK's official representatives, presenting the views of
all UK public sector institutions at an international level.
For further information please contact: Fiona Cameron at MLA on +44
(0)20 7273 1459
Email: [log in to unmask]
7.3 CAA survey
Bill Warburton, School of Education, University of Southampton is
surveying higher education institutions (HEIs) with the aim of
identifying factors that are bound up with the uptake of computer-
assisted assessment (CAA) in Higher Education. He has adapted the
CAA survey instrument used by the JISC-funded CAA Centre in its' 1999
national survey, and wishes to distribute this via the web to
academic and support staff within this institution (among others). A
key intended output from this research is a set of tools for
implementing CAA in HEIs.
To participate in this survey, which you can reach by clicking on the
link below which takes you to the survey site. There you will be
presented with a choice of two versions of the survey tool- a full
version of the questionnaire (which usually takes around 30-40
minutes), and a shorter 'core' version that is intended for people
who have little direct involvement with CAA or are very short of
time. The survey tool can be reached at
http://www.toia.ac.uk/caasurvey2004.html
The views of people who do not or will not use CAA are as important
as the views of people who do.
For further information please contact Bill, [log in to unmask], tel 023
8059 2326.
7.4 News from NESTA Futurelab
MediaStage to be released - Developed by Immersive Education with
research support from NESTA Futurelab, MediaStage is released in
September 2004. A virtual television studio with a cast of virtual
actors, MediaStage puts control of scenery, props, actors, cameras
and lights into the hands of learners.
Latest website articles - The latest website articles include:
'Digital literacy and the I-Curriculum project' by Mary Ulicsak,
'Visual learners meet visual technologies' by Dan Sutch, and an
interview with Phil Gosset from Vodafone by Clare Richards.
http://www.nesta.org/
8. Invitations to tender
8.1 Invitation to bid for e-learning transformation projects
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council (SHEFC)
Close date: 26 Aug 2004
http://tinyurl.com/4ngcp
8.2 ITT: Digital Content in the Library and Archive Sector
Deadline for Proposals: 13 Sep 2004, 12:00 PM
The Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) and the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC) have issued an
invitation to tender for a study to assess the current provision of
digitised collections for UK-based researchers in the HE area across
all subject disciplines, and to make recommendations for ways in
which CURL and JISC are well placed to take a lead.
The aim of the study is not to look at born-digital material. The
study should review what has already been digitised, to what
standard(s), what is planned to be digitised, where the gaps are,
what the priorities ought to be for filling those gaps and what
barriers there are to undertake digitisation. Up to £30,000
(including VAT and costs) is available for this study. Tenders should
be submitted no later than noon on Monday 13 September 2004.
The full Invitation to Tender is available on the JISC website at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_dig_con
8.3 UKLIGHT: CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST
Expressions of interest are invited from sites wishing to gain access
to UKLight via the extended JANET development network. UKLight
comprises a hub in London, located at the University of London
Computing Centre, with 10 Gbit/s connections to StarLight in Chicago
and NetherLight in Amsterdam. Access to UKLight from institutions
within the UK will be provided by an extended national development
network implemented within JANET. Phase 1 of this development network
is currently being commissioned and consists of connections to
EastNet in Cambridge and Network North West (NNW) in Manchester.
Phase 2 will extend the network to reach CLRC-RAL, YHMAN at Leeds,
and C&NLMAN at Lancaster by early 2005.
Expressions of interest, which need to reach the JISC Executive by 12
noon on 8 October 2004, will be considered by a sub-group of the
UKLight steering committee augmented by invited experts. Feedback
will be provided in early November to all groups who have made
submissions. A Town Meeting will be held at the National e-Science
Centre in Glasgow on Thursday 9 September to provide further
information about UKLight and advice to those intending to submit an
Expression of Interest. Information about the Town Meeting and how to
register for it are available on the NeSC website at
http://www.nesc.ac.uk/esi/events/457/
The full text of the call and leaflet describing UKLight is at
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uklight_expofinterest.html
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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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ALT-C 2004, 14-16 September, Exeter, UK
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