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Fortnightly news digest 133, 25 June 2007
Lots of great vacancies, events and news this week.
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1. Association news: Learning Object Awards, CMALT, ALT-J...
2. Association events: last call for FE conference proposals!
3. ALT-C news: earlybird deadline 29 June; 5 pre-conference workshops!
4. News: ASCILITE, JISC, Guardian survey...
5. Calls for papers: two calls this week.
6. Other events: nine events and workshops.
7. Invitations to tender: two from the JISC.
8. Vacancies: fourteen great vacancies!
1. Association news
1.1 A warm welcome to the following organisations which have recently
joined ALT:
Macmillan Cancer Support http://www.macmillan.org.uk
- and welcome to all the individual members who have joined in the last
fortnight.
1.2 Learning Object Competition at ALT-C 2007 - last call!
See the announcement at http://www.intrallect.com/news/index.htm
and full details at http://www.intrallect.com/ALT-C_LO_Comp_Info.pdf
Deadline for entries: 30 June 2007.
1.3 Applying for CMALT
...if you work for an organisational or sponsoring member of ALT, we will
waive the individual membership fee for staff of organisational or
sponsoring members of ALT who put forward a group of 5 or more people for
CMALT. Organisations wishing to take advantage of this will need to send
ALT a purchase order listing the name(s) and email address(es) of the
individuals whom they are putting forward to undertake CMALT. ALT will
then make these people individual members of the Association and contact
them about the CMALT application process. Such individuals will normally
have six months in which to obtain certified membership. Individuals whose
membership fee is waived in this way will not receive posted services from
ALT (copies of the Journal, and copies of the Newsletters and Mailing),
but they will be added to the ALT-Announce and ALT-Members email lists in
the normal way. Once they become certified members of ALT, and after their
first full year of certified membership, the full, annual, certified
membership fee will fall due.
If your organisation would like ALT to run an internal workshop for CMALT
applicants or potential applicants, please contact Teresa Prochazka,
Projects Manager: [log in to unmask]
1.4 Announcement from Becta to ALT members and member organisations
Becta - http://www.becta.org.uk/ - will be engaging in two waves of
research commissioning over the coming weeks in several phases.
If you are interested in tendering for any of the work, make sure you've
joined the Becta Research Network, as this will be the easiest method by
which to gain notification of the forthcoming projects.
Join the network from:
http://partners.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=rh&catcode=_re_rc_ic_03
1.5 M-learning workshop news
A short piece on this popular workshop which ALT organised in May, with
links to photos and the notes from the group discussions, on the RLO-CETL
website:
http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk/news.htm
1.6 ALT-J issue 15.2 delayed
Issue 15.2 will now appear in September 2007. Please accept our apologies
for this delay. To get an RSS feed when each ALT-J issue appears, click on
the red RSS icon on the journal home page (top right hand corner) and set
your profile up.
http://www.informaworld.com/altj
2. Association events
2.1 FE Practitioners Conference 2007
"e-learning – making it work; from the preserve of enthusiasts to
organisation-wide implementation"
LAST CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Date: 11 October 2007
Venue: The National College for School Leadership, Nottingham.
Keynote speaker: Andrew Thomson, CEO of QIA.
A conference for practitioners and leaders in further, workplace, adult,
and community learning organised by ALT and QIA, with the support of
Becta, LSN and LSC. Deadline for proposals: 22 June 2007 Invitation to
participate: http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/oct11call.pdf
Proposal form: http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/oct11form.doc
A4 Flyer: http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/oct11flyer.pdf
Join the mailing list: http://www.alt.ac.uk/lists.html
2.2 Special Discount for ALT Members - ONLINE EDUCA MOSCOW
1st International Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training
30 September – 3 October 2007, President Hotel, Moscow, Russia
ALT members will receive the special rate of 400 EUR instead of the
standard rate, which is 500 EUR.
Our special association code is AC 308. Register for the conference at
http://www.online-educa.com/oe_moscow/registration.php
Enter the code AC 308 in the Association Code field, under the "Personal
Details" section. Please manually type in "400" in the field Conference
Participation Fee in the "Payment" section. The term AC 308 in the field
Association Code will automatically validate the €400 special rate.
3. ALT-C news
3.1 ALT-C 2007: Beyond control
Learning technology for the social network generation
4-6 September 2007, Nottingham, UK http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007
Earlybird registration deadline: 29 JUNE 2007
Register now at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/registering.html
Fees for attendance: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/delegate_information.html
Book now for FIVE pre-conference workshops:
- NCSL's Tools for eLearning: an interactive workshop
- Rapid Creation and Deployment of Advanced e-Assessments using QuickTrI
- Introduction to ePortfolio with PebblePad
- Generative Learning Objects in the making
- Designing learning spaces: visions, issues and practices
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/pre_and_post.html
Draft programme: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/timetable.html
Keynote and Theme speakers: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/keynotes.html
4. News
4.1 Urban Learning Space
...are part of a European consortium developing a VR based system which
will be used by architecture and automotive designers. The system allows
users to collaborate during the design review phase of a project and ULS
plan to deploy the core technical components within other learning
environments.
http://www.creativematch.co.uk/viewNews/?94242
http://www.urbanlearningspace.com
4.2 Ascilite May Newsletter now available at
http://ascilite.org.au/index.php/Newsletter:_May_2007
4.3 JISC Attitudinal Survey 2007
How well do you know JISC? If you think JISC could do better, or is great
just as it is, then take part in the JISC Attitudinal Survey and make your
views heard:
http://www.mu.jisc.ac.uk/takepart
4.4 JISC reviews its services in support of the Arts and Humanities
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/06/news_ahds.aspx
4.5 Guardian survey - the Blair years in Further Education
Did things get better? Takes about 8 minutes to complete.
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB226KR74PZWF
5. Calls for papers
5.1 International Symposium for Engineering Education, ISEE 2007
17 - 19 September 2007, DCU, Dublin, Ireland.
Deadline for papers: 10 August
http://www.ndlr.ie/mecheng/isee
5.2 Sixth International Conference on Networked Learning
(a research-based conference on e-learning in Higher Education and
Lifelong Learning).
5-6 May 2008, Hosted by the Technological Educational Institute of
Thessaloniki and the University of Piraeus, to be held at the Sani Beach
Hotel, Halkidiki, Greece.
http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/
6. Other events
6.1 Business continuity and communications via JANET
- regional events this summer
Aston Business School, Birmingham, 23 July
Peter Chalk Centre, University of Exeter, 25 July
Glasgow Menzies Hotel, 14 September
http://www.ja.net/services/events/calendar/2007/resilience-and-communications/index.html
6.2 TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images)
has places available on the following July workshops:
6 July, Scanning from Print, Bristol
18 July, Photoshop - Level 1, Bristol
19 July, Photoshop - Level 2, Bristol
26 July, Introduction to Image Metadata, Bristol
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/
6.3 The Know and Network project (funded by ESF)
is launching an online social network for women who work in IT, with two
events:
- Research into Social Networking Workshop: 30 June, 2007, Keele
Management Centre
http://www.knowandnetwork.org/berylb/files/3/3/GWOFlyer_am.pdf
- Women in IT Workshop: 30 June, 2007, Keele Management Centre
http://www.knowandnetwork.org/berylb/files/3/10/GWOFlyer_pm.pdf
Contact: [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
6.4 1st International m-libraries conference
13-14 November 2007, Open University, Milton Keynes
http://library.open.ac.uk/mLibraries/index.html
7. Invitations to tender
7.1 JISC ITT: Library Management Systems
- an evaluation and horizon scan of the current library management systems
and related systems landscape for UK Higher Education. Funding of up to
£60,000 (inclusive of VAT and related travel and subsistence) is
available. Deadline for proposals: 9 July 2007.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2007/06/ims.aspx
7.2 JISC Circular 1/07 capital programme call for projects
JISC invites proposals for projects on the cross-institutional use of
e-learning to support lifelong learners at Appendix D of the above call.
Potential bidders should note that an Addendum to the original call has
now been posted on the JISC website at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2007/04/circular0107
8. Vacancies
8.1 University of Nottingham
Learning Sciences Research Institute
Research Fellow
Salary: £24,402 - £30,913 (up to £34,793 per annum)
Fixed-term contract for two years. Ref: SCI/211.
Informal enquiries to: Professor M Sharples, Director, Learning Sciences
Research Institute, tel: 0115 846 7671, fax: 0115 846 7931 Email:
[log in to unmask]
Closing date: 29 June 2007
http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk
8.2 The College of Law
Senior Information Officer (VLE)
Salary: £26-30,000.
Closing date: 29 June 2007
Contact: [log in to unmask]
8.3 TASI (Technical Advisory Service for Images), Bristol
TASI E-Learning Officer - Images - Part-time
Ref: 13254. 17.5 hours per week
Closing date: 9.00am, 2 July 2007
https://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=65798
8.4 University of Bristol, Teaching Support Unit
Academic Director of e-learning - Part-time
Salary: c£45,000 pro rata Grade 5
Ref: 13236. 0.5fte post for a period of three years initially
Informal enquiries to: Ms G Clarke [log in to unmask]
Tel. 011 928 8624
or Ms A Allden [log in to unmask] Tel. 0117 928 8106.
Closing date: 9.00am, 2 July 2007
Anticipated interview date: 1 August 2007
http://www.bris.ac.uk/boris/jobs/ads?ID=65516
8.5 The National Centre for Research Methods
University of Southampton
Web Developer - fixed term from 1/09/2007 to 30/06/2010.
Salary £25,134 - £30,913 p.a.
Closing date: 3 July 2007.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 17 July.
http://www.ncrm.ac.uk
8.6 University of York
Learning Technologist, E-Learning Development Team
Ref: AH07242
Salary: £26,666 - £32,796 Permanent position
Informal enquiries to: Dr Richard Walker, E-Learning Development Team Manager
Tel: 01904 321138 Email: [log in to unmask]
Closing date: 4 July 2007
http://www.york.ac.uk/univ/mis/cfm/vacancies/vac_result.cfm
8.7 University of Kent
Faculty Learning Technologist - 3 posts
Ref numbers: 310 - 312
Salary: £27,465 - £31,840
Full-time, open-ended contract
Closing date: 12noon, 4 July 2007
http://www.kent.ac.uk/jobs/management-professional/310-312.html
8.8 University of Nottingham
Learning Sciences Research Institute
3 Vacancies for a research project on Personal Inquiry (PI):
Designing for Evidence-based Inquiry Learning across Formal and Informal
Settings.
- Research Associates/Fellows - 2 posts
Salary: £21,682 - £30,913 per annum (up to £34,793 per annum)
1) Technology Systems Development - Ref: SCI/225
2) Learning and Pedagogy - Ref: SCI/226
- Research Project Co-ordinator
Salary: £18,703 - £22,332 pa (up to £26,666 pa). Ref: CHJ/34S.
Informal enquiries to Professor Mike Sharples, tel: 0115 951 3716, fax:
0115 951 4436 Email: [log in to unmask]
Closing date for all posts: 6 July 2007
http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.php
8.9 Glasgow Caledonian University, The Caledonian Academy
Four new posts:
A Development Director to lead research and scholarship activity in
learning and teaching;
Two Research Fellows to support and research educational communities and
new learning methods; and
An Employability lecturer to lead a major employability initiative across
the University.
Closing date: 13 July.
http://www.jobs.ac.uk or http://www.gcal.ac.uk/jobs/
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