Dear Members
The latest version of ALT-N is now available at
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/
A summary version will be printed and mailed to all members shortly.
Deadline for the next issue of ALT-N: Friday 16 September.
Happy reading!
Rhonda Riachi
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Issue 5, July 2006
IN THIS ISSUE
1. FINDING COMMON GROUND
2. VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS
3. EDTECH 2006
4. ALT SPRING CONFERENCE AND RESEARCH SEMINAR 2006
5. PEBBLEPAD
6. SOUND OPPORTUNITIES WITH HORIZON WIMBA VOICE TOOLS
7. CAMEL TRAIN HEADS FOR OASIS
8. ENGAGING WITH USERS AND LEARNERS
9. PUBLICATIONS FROM THE SURF E-LEARNING WEBSITE
10. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S REPORT
11. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
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Finding common ground
Reflections on a recent British Council sponsored visit to East
Jerusalem and the West Bank
by John Cook and Seb Schmoller
So much has been reported about the Palestinian Territories
recently. Even so, when the British Council invited us to visit
Palestinian universities we did not know what to expect.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000609902.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Virtual Instruments Visualising and Logging Science and Engineering
experiments
by Dermot Brabazon, Eilish McLoughlin and Philip Smyth
A virtual instrument (VI) is a multimedia tool that can be used to
present information on an experiment prior to students performing it in
the laboratory. What makes a VI unique is its capability to automatically
log experimental data as the experiment progresses.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000613246.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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EdTech 2006 The seventh annual conference for educational technology
users in Ireland
by Claire McAvinia
The landscape that inspired W.B. Yeats provided the backdrop to the
seventh annual conference for educational technology users in Ireland.
Organised by the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA), EdTech
2006 was held at the Institute of Technology, Sligo, on 25 and 26 May.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000611043.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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ALT Spring conference and research seminar 2006
by Jen Harvey
Leiden University in the Netherlands was the beautiful setting for the
ALT Spring Conference and Research Seminar 'New connections, new
challenges' organised in association with the Irish Learning Technology
Association (ILTA) and SURF and held from 6-7 April 2006.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000611048.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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PebblePad by Neal Sumner
PebblePad is an eportfolio system developed by Pebble Learning in
collaboration with the University of Wolverhampton. This review sets out
the main functions of the Pebblepad eportfolio system and describes our
experience of setting up and running a year-long pilot project using this
tool at City University. The scheme has been running for eight months and
the review aims to report on our experiences in advance of the more
formal evaluation that we will complete at the end of the year's trial.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000611550.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Sound opportunities with Horizon Wimba Voice Tools The Horizon Wimba
Voice Tools (as PowerLinks within a VLE)
by Marina Orsini-Jones
The Horizon Wimba Voice Tools consist of a suite of tools that can be
easily integrated as PowerLinks within a Virtual Learning Environment
(VLE) like WebCT or Blackboard and/or used as stand-alone web tools. This
review looks at the four voice tools available (Voice Board, Voice Email,
Voice Direct and Voice Recorder) and focuses on how they can be
integrated into WebCT.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000613337.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19 ----
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CAMEL train heads for oasis
by Jacquie Kelly and Rhonda Riachi
The final exchange meeting of the CAMEL partners in took place in June,
concluding on a happy note with more collaboration in store.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000615315.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Engaging with users and learners
by Lawrie Phipps and Lisa Gray
£81 million of funding is available to the academic community in the
United Kingdom over the next three years to support higher and further
education research into Information Communication Technologies (ICT)
through the JISC Capital Programme. Two of the six recently launched
programmes are described here.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000609875.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Publications from the SURF e-learning website
by Marja Verstelle, Peter B Sloep, Gayle Calverley
From time to time ALT-N will provide summaries of articles which have
been published in English on the SURFE-learning Theme Site.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000609844.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Executive Secretary's report
News from Seb Schmoller
New organisational membership fees, revising the ALT strategy, CMALT,
Becta's conference and JISC partnership news.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000615137.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Director's report
News from Rhonda Riachi
News of ALT-C 2006, the 2006 AGM, ALT-C 2007, and members' prizes and
promotions.
FULL STORY:
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/e_article000615113.cfm?x=b7GGCrw,b3scdv19
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Rhonda Riachi, Director
Association for Learning Technology
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