Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 87, 3 June 2005
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In this issue:
1. Association news
2. Association events
3. Invitations to tender
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events
6. News
7. Vacancies
8. Courses: WebCT Certified Trainer Programme
1. Association news
1.1 AGM 2005 and call for nominations
Information concerning ALT's AGM and the call for nominations for the
position of Vice-Chair and two Trustee vacancies can be found at:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/agm_notice_2005.pdf
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 (few spaces left) 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 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 Cost: £95 ALT members, £150 non-members
Booking deadline: 9 June 2005
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=187
3. Invitation to tender
3.1 European Commission 5th IST Call for proposals (FP6-2005-IST-5)
Closes 21st September 2005, 17:00 Brussels local time. The total
indicative budget is 638 million Euro.
http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/call_details.cfm?CALL_ID=208#
3.2 JISC Invitation to Tender: Formative Evaluation of the JISC
Digitisation Programme
The deadline for proposals is 1pm on Thursday 23 June 2005.
Funding of £50,000 (including VAT, travel and expenses) is available
for this evaluation.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_digitisation_formative_ev
aluation
3.3 European Commission
Deadline: 4th July.
http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/elearning/call_2305_en.
html
4. Calls for papers
4.1 ASCILITE 2005 Conference - Call for Papers
The Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, 4-7 December 2005
Deadline, for submission of full papers, concise papers, poster
proposals and workshops is 24 June 2005. For other deadlines and full
details on publication, presentation and Workshop formats,
registration, please see the Conference website:
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/brisbane05/
5. Other events
5.1 Creating Online Communities for Higher Education
For more information: http://www.icohere.com/HigherEdWshp
5.2 Becta's Annual Research Conference: Towards an ICT Research
Agenda
Friday 10 June 2005, National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull, W Midlands
http://www.becta.org.uk/research/research.cfm?section=1&id=4580
5.3 The University of Bristol Learning Technology Support Service 5th
Annual National Conference, 20 June 2005 Theme: eAssessment: latest
tools, techniques and practice Full details and online registration
through the Conference website:
http://www.ltss.bris.ac.uk/vleconf05/
5.4 Learning and Skills Development Agency
Summer conference, 21-22 June 2005, London
http://www.neilstewartassociates.com/lsda2005/
5.5 eLearning workshops in Sheffield
IMS Global Learning Consortium, Inc and Digital South Yorkshire are
hosting several workshops, 23-24 June 2005.
For more information:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/eLearningWorkshops.pdf
5.6 Effective Use of Digital Images in Education Resources
29th June 2005, University of Bristol.
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/seminar1.html
5.7 PACE to PebblePAD: an ePortfolio in Practice
30 June 2005, University of Wolverhampton Science Park.
Free to the educational community
http://www.wlv.ac.uk/celt/pebblepad
5.8 Instructional Design for e-learning'
Thursday 7th July 2005, Novotel London West, Hammersmith
Discount available to ALT members
http://www.elearningage.co.uk/go2.htm
5.9 EADTU working conference
10-11 November, Rome hosted by Il Network pr l'Universitą Ovunque
(Nettuno) Italy http://www.eadtu.nl/conference-2005/
6. News
6.1 Learn3K research centre in Ireland to be led by Stephen Heppell
http://www.learn3k.org/
6.2 Brussels e-learning conference site (speakers files to come)
http://www.elearningconference.org/ - and a blog of the e-learning
conference:
http://towardsalearningsociety.blogspot.com/
6.3 Skillset, the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual
Industries 2005 survey into "how the industry is shaping up in terms
of issues such as training, qualifications, and skill gaps" closes
Friday 3 June. http://www.snapsurveys.com/skillset/.
6.4 From Stephen Downes' OLWeekly, May 20, 2005
http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/subscribe.cgi
6.5 Japan OCW Alliance
Six Japanese universities have formed an OpenCourseWare alliance and
are offering their learning content for free on the internet.
http://www.jocw.jp/sub2.htm
6.6 Choosing Open Source Solutions by Christina Smart, JISC
...on the deployment of open source software in the university
environment. http://www.elearning.ac.uk/features/oss
6.7 Group And Multi-User Blog Platforms Compared
... By Luigi Canali De Rossi, Robin Good, May 16, 2005
http://www.masternewmedia.org/news/2005/05/16/group_and_multiuser_blog
_platforms.htm
6.8 From the SURF edusite May edition:
University College Dublin: Making its mark, anytime, anywhere
http://www.edusite.nl/edusite/specials/14504
6.9 JISC news:
Professor Tony Hey steps down as E-Science Director
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=hey_steps_down_news230505
6.10 JISC signs Berlin declaration on Open Access [20.05.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=jisc_signs_berlin_news200505
6.11 JISC infoNet / ALT event report
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=infonet_event_rep_feature_190505
6.12 Skills for Access launched
- a new comprehensive web guide to multimedia, e-learning and
accessibility: http://www.skillsforaccess.org.uk
The development team is keen to receive user feedback.
7. Vacancies
7.1 Nottingham Trent University, Educational Development Unit
One of the UK's leading universities for graduate employment,
committed to designing and delivering learning that is relevant to
society's needs. To build on achievements already in place, a new
Educational Development Unit is being created to drive their
eLearning strategy across the whole university:
Head of Educational Development Unit Grade SM6: £43,569 p.a. (Post
No: A6140)
Senior Educational DeveloperGrade PO 38-41: £31,545 - £34,227p.a.
(Post No:A6152)
Educational Developer Grade SO1: £22,509 -£24,099 p.a. (Post No:
A6138)
Learning Technologist Grade SO1: £22,509- £24,099 p.a. (Post No:
A6131)
Further application details for all posts are available at:
http://www.ntu.ac.uk/careers
or by telephoning (0115) 8486522 (24 hour answering service).
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/
If you have questions or need more information, contact
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