Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 86, 19 May 2005

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In this issue:
1. Association news
2. Association events: lots more news on ALT-C 2005
3. Calls for partners: last call for CAMELL
4. Calls for papers: Online Distance Education
5. Other events
6. News: E-Tutor awards, reports on open source and e-portfolios...
7. Vacancies: a great range of jobs this week
8. Courses: WebCT Certified Trainer Programme

1. Association news

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2. Association events

2.1 ALT-C 2005
Exploring the frontiers of e-learning: borders, outposts and
migration
6-8 September 2005, Manchester, UK
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005

Registration is now open at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/registering.html
* All authors must register by 10 June
* The early bird rate expires on 30 June

Booking details of five excellent pre-conference workshops are at:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/pre_and_post.html
- see also the WebCT Certified Trainer Programme under Courses below.

The draft programme is available at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/timetable.html

Reserve an exhibition space now (places going fast) at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/exhibitor_information.html

Sign up to receive regular information on the conference (low-volume
email list) from the home page: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/

2.2 The DialogPlus Toolkit for Learning Activity Designers
14 July 2005, 1000-1600, Southampton University
Presenters: Dr Christopher Bailey and Karen Fill, University of
Southampton
Cost: £95 ALT members, £150 non-members
Booking deadline: 30 June 2005
A hands-on introduction to the online toolkit developed, as part of
the JISC/NSF funded DialogPlus project, to guide and support teachers
as they create, modify and share learning activities and resources.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=177

2.3 Learning Theory and Design for Learning
23 June 2005, 0930-1600, Oxford Brookes University
Presenters: Helen Beetham, JISC, and George Roberts, Oxford Brookes
University
Booking deadline: 9 June 2005
Participants will be introduced to various ways in which theory can
be applied to the processes of design, development and delivery of
learning, and will also be invited to consider how their own practice
is already informed by theory – explicitly or implicitly.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=187

3. Call for partners

3.1 Collaborative Approaches to the Management of Lifelong Learning
(CAMELL)
Respond by Friday 20 May 2005.
An invitation to English HEIs and FE Colleges in direct receipt of
HEFCE funds to participate in a HEFCE Leadership, Governance and
Management Programme (LGM) Project led by JISC infoNet in partnership
with JISC Development, the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
and the Higher Education Academy. The project will identify and
promote good practice in the management of ICT to support lifelong
learning. The project aims to develop a community of practice based
around a series of study visits and a discussion forum and we are
looking for expressions of interest from institutions that would like
to take part in the project. To find out more about the project
and/or download the full call for expressions of interest please
visit: http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/lgm

4. Calls for papers

4.1 May 2006 Special Issue of Distance Education
- the journal of the Open and Distance Learning Association of
Australia (ODLAA).
Online Distance Education: New ways of learning? New models of
teaching?
Deadline: 30 June 2005. Send one-page proposals to Guest Editor, Dr
Rod Sims
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5. Other events

5.1 Beyond eLearning – a one-day seminar
Thursday 16 June 2005, Hampden Park, Glasgow
http://www.learnforever.co.uk/new.htm

5.2 EDEN 2005 Annual Conference
20-23 June 2005, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.
http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php

5.3 Open Source for Education Conference
24 June 2005, Holiday Inn, Sheffield
http://www.digitalsy.org.uk/EventInfo?eventid=109

5.4 Dysg E-learning Conference
29 and 30 June 2005, DVLA Development Centre, Swansea Vale, Wales
http://www.dysg.org.uk/news/elearn2005.asp

5.5 PACE to PebblePAD: an ePortfolio in Practice
30 June 2005, University of Wolverhampton Science Park.
Free to the educational community
http://ww.wlv.ac.uk/celt/pebblepad

5.6 NLN events in England in June and July (lots of them!)
http://www.nln.ac.uk/events

5.7 DIVERSE Conference 2005
5th - 7th July 2005, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA.
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/DIVERSE2005/

5.8 World Summit on the Information Society
16-18 November 2005, Tunis
http://www.smsitunis2005.org

5.9 11th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning
Networks (ALN)
"The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community."
17-19 November 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA.
http://www.aln.ucf.edu

6. News

6.1 E-Tutor of the Year 2005
- entries are encouraged from all who have or are using ICT tools in
an innovative way in higher education in this academic year. Closing
date: 1 July.
First prize of £1,000 awarded by the Times Higher Education
Supplement; runners up are awarded £250 in book tokens by the Higher
Education Academy. Free entry to ALT-C 2005 to the winners and
runners-up for the presentation of the awards.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor.htm

6.2 e-Learning Project funding
The Centre for Bioscience offers grants of up to £4,000 in the area
of e-Learning.
http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/eLearning/etdf.htm

6.3 Evaluating the use of open source software (OSS) in schools
Becta report now out:
http://www.becta.org.uk/corporate/press_out.cfm?id=4681

6.4 Stephen Downes' newsletter (daily or weekly) - subscribe at
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/subscribe.cgi
- Stephen highlights a recently published report on e-portfolios
commissioned by JISC: 'The authors offer a literature survey and
mapping of twelve products ("a relatively small sample of the total
number of UK e-portfolio products") with a focus on academic, not
corporate, offerings'. By Helen C Richardson and Rob Ward, JISC,
March, 2005
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/epfr.doc

6.5 SURF elearning theme site: May newsletter in English
http://elearning.surf.nl/docs/e-
learning/international_newsletter_may_2005.pdf

6.6 Over 900 academics selected to assess research in 2008 in UK
http://www.rae.ac.uk/news/2005/panel.htm

6.7 Taylor and Francis Online Services
Scholarly Articles Research Alerting (SARA)
- a free email contents alerting service, designed to deliver tables
of contents for over 740 journals of your choice in advance of the
printed edition.
http://www.tandf.co.uk/online

7. Vacancies

7.1  University of Gloucestershire, UK
Learning Technologist, Centre for Active Learning
Grade APT&C 5/6: £17,969 - £21,640.  Ref: S206.
Closing date: 24 May 2005. Interview date: 1 June 2005
For an informal discussion post contact Martin Jenkins
([log in to unmask], 01242 532117).
http://www.glos.ac.uk/jobs

7.2 University of Plymouth, UK
Senior Learning Technologist
Grade Eiii (£25,432- 29,128)
Closing date: 25th May 2005
Informal contact can be made with Sue Burkill (Head of EDaLT) on
01752 232345.
http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=11348

7.3 Vacancies at Epic Group plc, Brighton, UK
Interactive Designer
Senior Learning Designer
E-learning Designers
E-learning Developers (permanent/contract)
Work placements (production)
Work placements (marketing)
http://www.epic.co.uk/content/jobs/vacancies_index.htm

7.4 INASP, Oxford, UK
Instructional Design Officer
Salary: £22,000-31,297
Closing date: 27 May 2005
http://www.inasp.info/training/training-post.html

7.5 The Open University, UK
Job Vacancy: Programme Director (VLE)
Salary: up to £70k pa depending on experience.
Closing date: 3 June 2005.
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=1657

8. Courses

8.1 WebCT Certified Trainer Programme
Are you an experienced WebCT user looking to branch out and assist
others in their professional development? Are you interested in
receiving an advanced professional credential that reflects your
accomplishments? Then you should apply for the WebCT Certified
Trainer Program: http://www.webct.com/certification
Connected Learning Ltd - http://www.connectedlearning.co.uk/webct.htm
- WebCT's Authorized UK Training Partner, will be conducting the
WebCT Certified Trainer Program this year in the UK at The IoD Hub,
Peter House, Oxford Street , Manchester, England.  The first day of
the face-to-face portion will be held on September 5th. Evaluation
days will be scheduled on September 6 or 7. The face-to-face and
evaluation days will be scheduled around ALT-C 2005.
*  Online session: June 27 - July 15
*  Face-to-face session: September 5 in Manchester, England, with
September 6 & 7 as evaluation days.
*  Fee £1,770 GBP.
*  Price includes cost of evaluation
Application form: http://gromit.webct.com/certification/
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Rhonda

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  Rhonda Riachi, Director
  Association for Learning Technology
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