Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 90, 28 July 2005
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In this issue:
1. Association news: final call for ALT-C 2006 PC
2. Association events
3. Invitations to tender
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events
6. News: RAE 2008, HEFCE consultation, JISC funding...
7. Vacancies
8. Courses
1. Association news
1.1 AGM 2005: nominations received
Our twelfth Annual General Meeting will take place at University of
Manchester on Wednesday 7 September, 1700-1730. All members are
warmly invited to attend. Three nominations have been received for
the two vacancies for trustees on the Central Executive Committee,
which means an election will be held at the AGM. The candidates are
Jonathan Darby, Tom Franklin and Dawn Leeder. One nomination was
received for the Vice-Chair: Linda Creanor. Linda Creanor is
therefore elected unopposed. Along with reports on all ALT activities
and committees, the trustees will be proposing amendments to the
constitution, so please make every effort to attend this important
meeting.
1.2 Final call for ALT-C 2006 expressions of interest
Deadline: FRIDAY 29 JULY
ALT-C 2006 will be held in Edinburgh, 5-7 September. The co-chairs,
Prof Terry Mayes (Glasow Caledonian University, UK)and Prof Ron
Oliver (Edith Cowan University, Australia), are seeking Programme
Committee (PC) members to take an active part in planning the
programme, reviewing papers and (where possible) chairing sessions at
the conference. The co-chairs wish to encourage applications from all
areas of education and from outside the UK.
PC members must be able to commit to:
* reviewing at least 15 abstracts/ short proposals for sessions,
and/or
* refereeing at least 2 research papers
- during March and April 2006.
To express an interest, send an email to Hayley Willis
([log in to unmask])
with the subject "ALT-C 2006 PC application".
Include your full address and brief details of your:
a) reviewing/refereeing experience
b) conference organising experience
c) general experience in learning technology, including current
position (please do not send CVs).
Informal enquiries only to Rhonda Riachi: [log in to unmask]
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
Programme now online at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/timetable.html
Registration deadline approaching!
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/registering.html
* Deadline for registrations: 12 AUGUST 2005
* Hotel accommodation can be booked via First Option - go to
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/accommodation.html
Booking details for pre-conference workshops are at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/pre_and_post.html
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email list) from the home page:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/
2.2 E-learning - making it work; from the preserve of enthusiasts to
organisation-wide implementation
13 October 2005, London, UK
http://www.alt.ac.uk/conferences.php
ALT and the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) will be
holding a Conference in London for FE and Adult and Community
Learning practitioners and leaders. The conference will showcase
successful e-learning implementations, in a way which will help
participants to:
* learn from organisations which are presenting at the event;
* apply the lessons in their own organisation.
The event programme, including online booking details, will be issued
on or around 1 September 2005.
2.3 Edublogs: the educational use of weblogs, weblogging tools and
really simple syndication (RSS)
17 November 2005, King's College, London
Presenters: Josie Fraser, Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College;
Steven Warburton, King's College London.
This timely workshop addresses the current theory and practice
surrounding the use of weblogs and RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
within a variety of educational settings. Weblogs, which most
popularly appear in the form of online journals, have heralded a new
era in personal publishing but what do these new tools offer in terms
of enhancing the learning and teaching process? What are the
advantages to combining them with technologies such as RSS news
feeds?
Booking deadline: 3 November 2005
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=191
3. Invitations to tender
3.1 JISC ITT: Knowledge Management Roadmap
... to develop a knowledge management roadmap for the JISC's Support
of Research and Integrated Information Environment sub-committees.
Deadline for proposals: 1:00 pm on 12 August 2005. Funding of up to
£49,000 (including VAT and expenses) is available for this study.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_knowledgemanagement
3.2 JISC ITT: Publisher Metadata and Interoperability Projects II
... to further develop interoperability between publishers and
aggregators and the JISC Information Environment (IE). The deadline
for proposals is 1300hrs GMT on Tuesday 6th September 2005. Proposals
are invited from publishers (including aggregators) and from
partnerships between publishers and Further and Higher Education
institutions. In particular it is expected that suitable FE and HE
partners will include JISC production services and development
projects. It is anticipated that a number of proposals with budgets
of £10,000 - £15,000 will be funded.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_publisherprojectsii
4. Calls for papers
4.1 Computer Science Education Special Issue
PEDAGOGIC PATTERNS
Submission Deadline: 1 December, 2005. Publication: June 2006
General information about the journal is at
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/08993408.asp
Contact: Sally Fincher - [log in to unmask]
5. Other events
5.1 MoodleMoot
15-16 August, Oxford, UK
http://www.oxilp.ac.uk/moodlemoot/
5.2 Meeting the diversity of needs and preferences
23 August 2005, University of Dundee
- a look at the IMS AccessForAll specifications' role in meeting the
accessibility agenda efficiently (as part of the Accessible Design in
the Digital World conference).
http://www.accessinthedigitalworld.org/2005/programofevents/workshop5.
asp
5.3 EUROCALL 2005
24-27 August, Cracow, Poland
http://www.eurocall-languages.org/confs/
5.4 Assistive Technology Conference
5-6 September, Southampton, UK
http://www.ats.soton.ac.uk/news/conference.html
5.5 Improving Student Learning Through Assessment
5-7 September, London, UK
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/1_ocsld/isl2005/
5.6 HEA Centre for ICS Programming Workshop
6 September 2005, Napier University
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Events/ProgrammingNapier05/book.shtml
5.7 Educause 2005
18-21 October, Orlando, Florida, USA
http://www.educause.edu/conference/annual/2005
5.8 E-learn 2005
24-28 October, Vancouver, Canada
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/
5.9 EADTU Annual Conference
10 -11 November 2005, Rome
http://www.eadtu.nl/conference-2005/default.htm
5.10 2005 Plymouth e-learning conference
Saturday 26 November 2005, Sherwell Conference Centre, University of
Plymouth
http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/e-learning/index.htm
5.11 ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2005
November 30 - December 2, 2005, Berlin
Discount code for ALT members: AC 114 (reduced fee of 550 Euro)
http://62.159.107.115/j.cfm?i=273012&k=92046
6. News
6.1 RAE 2008 draft criteria and working methods
Comments are invited on the draft criteria and working methods of the
Research Assessment Exercise's 15 main panels and 67 sub-panels.
http://www.rae.ac.uk/news/2005/consult.asp
6.2 HEFCE seeks views on developing its strategic plan for 2006-11:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2005/straplan.htm
6.3 Research project produces model for successful space management
... using a web-based model and benchmarking tool, available to the
community.
http://www.smg.ac.uk/press_releases.html
6.4 JISC news highlights
6.4.1 e-Framework for Education and Research
...brings together a number of JISC development programmes -
including the JISC Information Environment activity (IE), e-Learning
Framework (ELF) and the Virtual Research Environment Programme. The e-
Framework programme will support the vision outlined in the DfES e-
strategy towards 'a common digital infrastructure to support
transformation and reform'.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/e_framework_news_120705.html
6.4.2 JISC receives an extra £15 million to support education and
research
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=news_spendingreview
6.4.3 New JISC e-resources catalogue available now
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=e_resources_catalogue_news220705
6.5 The UK Patent Office and Intellectual Property Rights
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/enforce05/index.htm
This consultation paper sets out proposals for implementing the
Directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
2004/48/EC, which was adopted in April 2004 - see annex A (PDF file
83Kb), an off-site link. Member states are required to implement the
Directive by 29 April 2006.
6.6 SURF's E-learning Theme Site July highlights (in English)
http://e-learning.surf.nl
* Title: Educating the Net Generation
Summary: A book by Diana Oblinger, Vice President of EDUCAUSE,
reviewed by Professor Wim Veen of the Delft University of Technology
(translated for the benefit of international readers).
http://e-learning.surf.nl/e-learning/boekenensites/2982
* Title: The ambition to implement institution-wide 'proof of
concept' often fails to be realised. Executive summary on pp 35-37 on
http://elearning.surf.nl/docs/e-learning/onderzoeksrapport_e-lr.pdf
Contribution by: SURF e-Learning Research Programme Researchers:
Cetis (University of Professional Education Utrecht), NL.
Contact: Melle de Vries (Director Cetis), [log in to unmask]
* Title: Design Principles for a CSCL Environment in Teacher Training
Summary: Doctoral research aimed at identifying and describing design
principles for a CCSL environment in which teachers-in- training
learn collaboratively.
http://elearning.surf.nl/docs/e-learning/proefschrift_lockhorst.pdf
Contribution by: Ditte Lockhorst (researcher at the IVLOS Graduate
School of Education, Utrecht University)
Contact: [log in to unmask]
6.7 ASCILITE July newsletter now available
- includes an article on "Educational Technology and Research:
Perspectives for the Future" by Mike Keppell.
http://www.ascilite.org.au/newsletter/5.02/index.html
7. Vacancies
7.1 Southampton Institute
Learning and Teaching Developer
£28,360 - £36,428
Ref: BABC/07.
Closing date: 5 August 2005.
http://www.solent.ac.uk
Apply online, or call 023 8031 9977 for an application pack.
7.2 University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
LECTURESHIP IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW
£23,643 - £35,883
Ref: 79/05.
Closing date: 12 August 2005.
For application form and further particulars visit Vacancies at
http://www.strath.ac.uk or contact the Personnel Office, Tel: 0141
553 4133 (24 hour Voicemail Service).
7.3 Kingston University, London
ICT Services
Director of ICT
Excellent salary and final salary pension
closing date: 12 noon on 15 August 2005
Visit http://www.kingston.ac.uk/jobs
or send a full curriculum vitae, including salary details and daytime
telephone number to [log in to unmask]
7.4 Epic Group plc
Various vacancies including Project Leader, Senior Learning Designer,
E-learning Developers.
http://www.epic.co.uk/content/jobs/vacancies_index.htm
8. Courses
8.1 LeTTOL
The next run of the award winning LeTTOL course will be in September
2005, with a start date of 29 September. If you are a teacher,
lecturer, trainer, materials developer, or an academic or technical
manager then the course will teach you to:
* teach learners on-line;
* support them using email and conferencing;
* manage on-line learning provision;
* use the Internet as a powerful resource;
* understand the pedagogy of online course design.
The entire LeTTOL course takes place online. You study for around 6-7
hours each week, and the course duration is 23 weeks including
'breather' weeks. The course leads to a qualification from the Open
College Network (6 credits at Level 3).
http://www.lettol.ac.uk
Contact: Amanda Barker [log in to unmask]
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Rhonda
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Rhonda Riachi, Director
Association for Learning Technology
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