ALT news digest 72, 6 October 2004

After a long break to recover from a successful ALT-C 2004, the
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Deadline for next issue: Tuesday 19 October 2004.

In this issue:
1. Awards
2. ALT events
3. Calls for papers
4. Other events
5. News
6. Invitations to tender

1. Awards

1.1 E-tutor of the Year 2004 winners
Congratulations to Skip Basiel and Raphael Commins for their winning
entry, presented at ALT-C 2004 in Exeter.
For details of the 2005 competition go to
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor/

1.2 EASA 2004 winners
Congratulations to all the winners of the 2004 European Academic
Software Awards. The UK had 10 finalists and won 4 prizes this year,
more than any other country.
For all the finalists go to
 http://www.easa-award.net/llab/easa.nsf/Finalists!OpenPage
For the list of winners go to
 http://www.easa-award.net/llab/easa.nsf/winners!OpenPage

A book has been published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the
Awards, entitled "Evaluation of  e-learning: the European Academic
Software Awards". Reporting on the methodology developed for judging
the software, it is keenly priced at just 10 Euros. The order form
will shortly be available at http://www.easa-award.net/

2. ALT events

2.1 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 and Steve
Draper, University of Glasgow

Booking deadline: Thursday 7 October 2004
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=165

2.2 Introduction to Learning Theory and Course Design
11 November 2004, 09:30 – 16:15
Oxford Brookes University
Members - £85; non-members - £150
Presenters: Dr Bernard Scott, Cranfield University and
George Roberts, Oxford Brookes University

Booking deadline: Friday 29 October 2004
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=164

3. Calls for papers

3.1 5th One-Day Conference on the Teaching of Programming - Call for
Speakers
Oxford Brookes University, 5 May 2005.

Please email 1000 word pdf description of what you wish to share with
the audience, and an indication of how you wish to present it, to
[log in to unmask]  by 25 October 2004.  Notification of
acceptance will be by 12 November 2004.

3.2 "Indigenous People and Information Technology"
- will be published in early 2006 by the Idea Group.
Submit a 1-2 page proposal by email by 15 October 2004. Further
details at http://project.it.uts.edu.au/indigenous-it

4. Other events

4.1 British Library/JISC Online Audio Usability Evaluation Workshop
British Library Conference Centre, 11th October 2004
...to develop an online audio resource for UK further and higher
education community. The project will deliver 3,900 hours of audio to
the community by September 2006.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/workshop_html.html

4.2 Monthly seminars from the Learning Lab
...in collaboration with the Centre for Learning & Teaching at the
University of Wolverhampton

Improving e-Learning: People, the killer app.: Thursday 14 October
2004.
The theory & practice of learning object repositories: Wednesday 24
November 2004.
Audio: adding a powerful dimension to e-Learning: Wednesday 8
December 2004.
e-Portfolios: why the interest?: Wednesday 19 January 2005.
Futures thinking and innovation: Wednesday 9 February 2005.

http://www.learninglab.org.uk

4.3 JCSR Visualisation User Needs Workshop
University of Manchester, 19 October 2004
The JISC Committee for the Support of Research (JCSR) is considering
requirements for a wider programme of work in Visualisation.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=jcsr_visualisation

4.4 Becta Expert Technology Seminars

Thursday 21st October 2004
Human Computer Interaction and Accessibility: British Library, London

Thursday 9th December 2004
e-Assessment: NCSL Conference Centre, Nottingham

Wednesday 26th January 2005
Content Management and Use: British Library, London

Thursday 17th March 2005
Network Infrastructures: British Library, London

Each one-day seminar is free to attend, but places are limited.
http://www.becta.org.uk/etseminars

4.5 The Scottish eLearning Lecture
26 October 2004, Napier University, Edinburgh
http://www.elearningalliance.org/events/event_viewer.cfm?id=593

4.6 NESTA Futurelab's 6th Conference: Beyond the Blackboard
Future Directions for Teaching
3-4 November 2004, Robinson College, Cambridge, UK
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/events/

4.7 ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2004
Berlin, December 1 - 3, 2004
http://www.online-educa.com/en/programme.php

4.8 eLearning Alliance Scottish eLearning Awards
Entries are open now for the first award, to be decided at an Award
Dinner event in Edinburgh on Friday 3 December. Entries are invited
from all those who are able to attend, or be represented at, the
dinner.

To enter, send an email to [log in to unmask], by 12 noon on
Friday 29 October 2004. You will receive, by return, a document
‘Guidance Notes for Applicants’ (in MS Word format) and the
PowerPoint template for your (mandatory) slide presentation. Submit
your entry, in the concise format described in the Guidance Notes, by
12 noon on Friday 19 November 2004.

5. News

5.1 JISC news: Central archiving 'wrong way round' for e-print
provision
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=news

5.2 UK eUniversities Compendium
Over 20 articles about the UKEU hosted by the HE Academy.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/e-university/contents.asp

5.3 The ICS October newsletter is now online at
http://www.ics.ltsn.ac.uk/news/news.html

5.4 Intrallect’s first official newsletter
...features the following items:
- The real world: Networks of Learning Object Repositories
- Digital Rights Management

Screen version (0.7 MB):
http://www.intrallect.com/news/newsletter/intrallect_newsletter_01_scr
een.pdf

Print version (1.5 MB):
http://www.intrallect.com/news/newsletter/intrallect_newsletter_01.pdf

6. Invitations to tender

6.1 Eduserv Research Grants 2004/2005

The call this year is for original and innovative research in
computer science concerned with the effective use of IT in education.
Eduserv is seeking to support technical projects in areas such as the
use and management of online digital resources, access management
systems, and e-learning.

Please complete the short form available at
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/foundation/pubs/resfelint.rtf
and return it, via email, to the Eduserv Foundation by 5pm on
Wednesday 20 October 2004 to [log in to unmask]
Please note that at this stage you do not need to include a firm
commitment to the project by your home institution.

6.2 JISC: e-theses for UK Higher Education

Proposals are invited to undertake a test-bed implementation project
to deliver an infrastructure to support the deposit, access and use
of research theses for the UK Higher Education (HE) sector. The
project will take place over 16-18 months. Funding of up to £200,000
including VAT is available for the project. The deadline for
proposals is 12 noon on Wednesday 3 November 2004.
It is envisaged that bidders will be notified of the outcome of the
evaluation process by the end of November 2004. The project should
commence in January 2005. Further details at
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_etheses

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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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