Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 171, issued 30 January 2009
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1. Association news
2. Association events – some with close deadlines
3. News
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events – some with close deadlines
6. Invitations to tender
7. Vacancies
8. Courses
1. Association news
1.1 We are pleased to welcome Aston University as an organisational
member of ALT.
1.2 Digest submissions address change:
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1.3 ALT welcomes paper submissions for ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins
responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change.
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK.
Submission guidelines for Research Papers and Abstracts are available
from: http://www.alt.ac.uk/guidelines_papers.html
Proposals can be submitted via: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/
Proposal deadline: 12.00 midnight, 16 February 2009
Bookings open: May 2009
Presenters' registration deadline: 29 June 2009
Earlybird registration deadline: 6 July 2009
Bookings close: 14 August 2009
1.4 Association for Learning Technology Journal (ALT-J)
Special Issue (16/3), Learning and Teaching in Immersive Virtual Worlds:
Published online and in print, December 2008
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g906960349~tab=toc
1.5 Association for Learning Technology Journal (ALT-J)
Special Issue (17/3), Mobile and Contextual Learning: Call for
reviewers. Those with an interest in reviewing papers in this issue can
contact the Editors: Agnes Kukulska-Hulme –
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Review period: 9 February – 30 March
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/altj_mobile_and_contextual_learning.pdf
1.6 As well as submissions for the annual Special Issue, ALT-J also
welcomes submissions for standard issues. All submissions should be made
online at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/calt
2. Association events
2.1 eReturn – using ePortfolios to support women returners to
employment. Two one-day events to disseminate the work of the
JISC-funded eReturn project
24 - 25 February 2009, 10.30 - 16.00, Aston Business School, Birmingham, UK
The eReturn project is led by the Open University, in partnership with
the UK Resource Centre for Women in SET (UKRC), Cardiff Women’s Workshop
(CWW), the University of Salford, Sheffield Hallam University (SHU),
Centre for Science Education, and ALT. The eReturn partnership has been
working with the Open Source “MyStuff” e-portfolio to support
cross-institutional delivery of lifelong learning for women returners in
their transition to employment.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=321
Booking deadline: 9 February 2009
3. News
3.1 HEFCE's response to review of the Leitch report's impact
HEFCE has welcomed the report published by the Innovation, Universities,
Science and Skills Committee examining the impact of Lord Leitch's 2006
review of skills.
To read this item in full visit:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/leitch.htm
3.2 "Re-skilling for recovery: After Leitch, implementing skills and
training policies" is the First Report of the House of Commons
Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills Committee.
Contents page:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/48/4802.htm
Summary:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/48/4803.htm
Conclusions:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmdius/48/4811.htm
3.2 Funding for universities and colleges in 2009-10
HEFCE has set out a summary of the Board's decisions relating to the
recent grant letter from the Secretary of State, following its meeting
on 22 January. To read this item in full visit:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/funding.htm
3.3 Grant announcement for higher education 2009-10
HEFCE has received the annual grant letter from the Secretary of State
for Innovation, Universities and Skills on higher education funding for
2009-10.
To read this item in full visit
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/grant/
3.4 The New Media Consortium/Educause Horizon Report for 2009 was
published on 20 January. It makes predictions about the emerging
technologies that are likely to have a significant impact on education,
and this year's concentrate on: mobile devices, cloud computing,
location awareness (the report calls this "geo-everything"), the
personal web, semantic-aware applications, and smart objects (that is,
object that include a unique identifier that can track information about
the object).
See: http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2009-Horizon-Report.pdf
[370 kB PDF - two-column format]
3.5 Rapid response by universities to help individuals and businesses
through the recession.
HEFCE today launched the Economic Challenge Investment Fund to enable
higher education to respond rapidly to the needs of employers and
individuals during the economic downturn. Universities and colleges in
England are being invited to take part in a £50 million scheme to help
individuals and businesses through the recession.
To read this item in full visit:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/ecif.htm
3.6 HEFCE welcomes new campaign to promote science
HEFCE is supporting a new government campaign launched today to
highlight the vital role science plays in the wellbeing and prosperity
of Britain. To read this item in full visit:
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/hefce/2009/science.htm
3.8 HEFCE's Institutional Teams
HEFCE has three institutional teams whose role is to support higher
education providers across England. For further information about this,
see: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/regions/teams/
4. Calls for papers
4.1 New Learning Generation
eLearning Papers looks contributions on "New Learning Generation". The
invited editor of this issue is Mr. Yves Punie, Institute for
Prospective Technological Studies, European Commission.
This issue on the "new learning generation" and on "new ways of
learning" enabled by ICT seeks to bring together evidence, practice
and/or theories on the key elements of this emerging new learning
landscape.
Read more at: http://www.elearningpapers.eu/index.php?page=fix&id=14
For further information and to submit your article, contact:
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Deadline for submissions: 30 March 2009
4.2 Submission of papers to the 10th Annual Higher Education Academy
Subject Network for Information Computer Science Conference to be held
in the University of Kent at Canterbury (25 August - 27 August 2009).
More information (including submission details) is available at:
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/events/10th-annual-conf/submissionguidelines.php
Deadline for receipt of papers, workshops and posters: 17 April 2009
4.3 Call for Papers, Workshops, invited Sessions
IDC2009: 5th International Conference on Digital Content, Multimedia
Technology and its Applications
August 25-27, 2009, Seoul, Korea
CFP: IDC & IMS (Korea):
IDC: http://www.aicit.org/idc
IMS: http://www.aicit.org/ims
Visit: http://www.aicit.org/idc/
Deadline for papers: April 30, 2009
4.4 Call for Papers
Special Track on E-Learning Ecosystems 3rd IEEE International Conference
on Digital Ecosystems and Technologies
IEEE DEST 2009 1-3 June 2009, Istanbul, Turkey
Go to: http://dest2009.debii.curtin.edu.au
4.5 ICICTE 2009, (International Conference on Information Communication
Technologies in Education)
9 - 11 July 2009, Corfu, Greece
If you wish to present at ICICTE 2008 and have your paper published in
the conference proceedings, submit a proposal only at this stage to
Nancy Pyrini at [log in to unmask]
See: http://www.icicte.org
Proposal deadline: 13 February, 2009
5. Other events
5.1 The eLearning Network - Making the case for elearning
February 27 2009, Holborn Bars, London
Sponsored by British Airways
Aligning elearning to business strategy
So /you/ believe that elearning can play a valuable part in meeting your
organisation’s learning and development needs, but how do you convince
your key stakeholders? The cost savings seem compelling, but you also
need to know how effective it will be both for learners and for the
organisation.
What does a good elearning strategy look like and how do you align it to
your broader learning and development and overall business strategies?
How do you get users to transfer what they learn to the workplace? How
do you evaluate success and is it really possible to measure return on
investment?
Hear from those who have experienced great success in making the case
for elearning in their organisations at this highly interactive event.
Spaces are limited so please book early. Visit:
http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/work
5.2 UKRC's Annual Conference - Tomorrow's Women, Tomorrow's World
12 March 2009, London
Women and the science, engineering, technology and built environment
See:
http://www.ukrc4setwomen.org/html/news-and-events/ukrc-conferences/2009-conference/?PHPSESSID=96b72ff3226cb9e60f6901d52a47ed84
5.3 JISC RSC Northern and the University of Sunderland
One-day conference - ‘Learning in Virtual Worlds’.
21 April 2009, Sir Tom Cowie Campus, St Peter's, University of Sunderland.
We are currently calling for contributions to present at the
conference. For further details and to download a proposal form, visit:
http://www.rsc-northern.ac.uk
5.4 Best Practices of Online Collaboration for K-20 Schools in New Mexico.
4 February, 2009 5:00pm EST
Learn how schools of all shapes and sizes can help their students excel
by using collaborative online technologies.
For further information about this event, please visit:
http://www.wimba.com/company/events/1457-best-practices-of-online-collaboration-for-k-20-schools-in-new-mexico]
6. Invitations to tender and funding calls
6.1 Google Research Awards call
The call is open to full-time faculty members from universities
worldwide. Awards are typically for one year in the range from $10K-$150K.
http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html
6.2 JISC is seeking suitably qualified people to take part in the
evaluation process for this JISC Collections project. The Digital Images
for Education Project comprises three separate tenders to supply still
and moving images for the long-term use by the UK education community
(schools, Further Education, and Higher Education).
http://www.jisccollections.ac.uk/projects_and_reports/digi_ed
6.3 JISC invites bidders to submit proposals for a study that will seek
to identify and analyse sources of long-lived data.
Total funding: up to £60,000
Further information including the full ITT can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/longitudinaldatacost
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 18 February 2009
6.4 JISC invites bidders to submit proposals for an evaluation of the
e-infrastructure programme.
Total funding: up to £75,000
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/einfrastructureevaluation
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 20 February 2009
6.5 JISC invites bidders to submit proposals for a study of the impact
of its Virtual Research Environment (VRE) programme.
Total funding: up to £75,000
Further information including the full ITT can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/vreimpactstudy
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 20 February 2009
6.6 JISC invites bidders to submit proposals for a study of
collaborative research technology in virtual research communities around
the world.
Total funding: up to £75,000
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/vrelandscapestudy
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 20 February 2009
6.7 Case Study: Search Engine Optimisation impact on Organisation's
Websites
The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is looking for three
organisations, ideally a University Archive, Museum or Library to take
part in a Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) case study as part of its
Strategic Content Alliance initiative.
Visit: http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/
Deadline: 11 February 2009
6.8 JISC invites tenders to assist with a mid-term review of the JISC
Regional Support Centres (RSCs) as they approach the end of the second
year of their round three funding.
Total funding: £35,000
From: 16 March 2009 to 31 July 2009.
Full Invitation to Tender can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/ittrscr
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 18 February 2009.
6.9 JISC invites tenders to submit proposals to examine and demonstrate
the potential of using concepts relating to the 'significant properties'
of digital objects to address discipline-specific information management
and preservation issues.
Funding up to: £60,000
From: 30 March 2009.
Further information can be found at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/01/sigpropdemoitt.aspx
Deadline for proposals: 12 noon, 24 February 2009.
7. Vacancies
7.1 University of Oxford
The Department for Continuing Education
Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) Unit
Research Officer
Part-time Grade: 6
Salary: £25,623 - £30,594 p.a. (pro-rata)
The Research Officer will primarily be working on the JISC-funded
Cascade project (for project proposal see:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/elearningcapital/curriculumdeliveryoxforduniversity2.pdf)
Visit: http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/about_us/vacancies/
Closing date: 6 February 2009
7.2 University of Manchester
School of Dentistry/Faculty eLearning Team
Educational Technologist/Web Developer
Salary: £28,839 - £35,469 p.a. Ref: MHS/90054
See:http://www.manchester.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/technical/vacancy/index.htm?ref=150657
Closing date: 11 February 2009
7.2 London School of Economics
Department Centre for Learning Technology
Learning Technologist
Salary £40,123 - £46,477 pa inclusive with the potential to progress to
£52,280 pa inclusive
Full Time Ref: 23/08/MR
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
Visit: http://www.lse.ac.uk/clt
Closing date: 16 February 2009
7.3 Centre for Learning Technology
London School of Economics & Political Science
Learning Technologist
Salary: £40-123 - £46,477 p.a. inclusive (with the potential to progress
to £52,280 p.a. inclusive)
Ref: 23/08/MR
A full application pack is available at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/jobsatLSE
Deadline: 16 February 2009
7.4 Chief Executive’s Office
Janet (UK)
Head, Strategic Business
Salary: Competitive + Package
Ref: HN4565HNC
Full time
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
For further details, see: www.harveynash.com/janetuk
Closing date: 13 February 2008
8. Workshops
8.1 IEEE workshop on Software Technologies to Support Creativity in
conjunction with COMPSAC'09.
July 20 - July 24, 2009, Seattle, Washington, USA
For further details go to:
http://conferences.computer.org/compsac/2009/workshops/STSC2009.html
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This issue was compiled by Melanie Fox and edited by Seb Schmoller.
Regards
Seb Schmoller
Chief Executive
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