Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 176, issued 17 April 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. Live links to the most recent issue of the ALT Journal
1. Association news
1.1 We will shortly be making a change to our renewal procedure for
individual members. From 1 May 2009, and quarterly thereafter, we will
operate a quarterly renewal process, for all members whose renewal fell
due in the previous three months. This will have no effect on the
membership benefits of individual members, nor on the costs; but it will
make the management of the renewal process simpler and more efficient
for ALT. If you have any queries, please contact: Maren Deepwell,
Membership Services Manager: [log in to unmask]
1.2 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award. The rubric for the 2009
Award is now available at http://www.alt.ac.uk/awards.html. The closing
date for entries is 21 May 2009.
1.3 We will shortly be issuing a call for nominations for election to a
three year term as a Trustee of ALT, which is open to individual members
of at least 12 months' standing and aged 18 years or over on 9 September
2009. The closing date for nominations will be in early June. Election
will be by ballot vote, online and by post. The ALT AGM will be at 15.00
on 9 September, in Manchester.
1.4 Digest submissions address change. If you would like to submit an
item to the digest, please send it via email to [log in to unmask], paying
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1.5 Communities and professional bodies directly or indirectly
supporting workplace e-learning in the UK. ALT works quite closely with
the eLearning Network, whose Chair Clive Shepherd has produced this
clear summary:
http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/Communities01.pdf
2. Association events
2.1 Jointly with the E-Learning Network we will be running three free 90
minute lunchtime webinars, starting at 12 noon in each case:
* Using Webinars for Real-Time Learning 1 May with Phil Green and Eric
Berg - booking deadline 24/4/2009;
* Serious Games - 16 June with Professor Sara De Freitas of the Serious
Games Institute, at Coventry University and Christopher Brannigan from
Caspian Learning - booking deadline 9/6/2009;
* Video on a Shoestring - 15 October with James Clay of Gloucestershire
College and Rob Hubbard of LearningAge Solutions - booking deadline
9/10/2009.
For full descriptions of each webinar, and to book, go to
http://tinyurl.com/cfzydr
2.2 Dissemination event: Scoping a Vision of Formative E-Assessment 28
April, 10.10am - 4.00pm, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of Education,
University of London. Not strictly an ALT event, but we played a role on
the project steering committee, and so the event comes with our
recommendation. Visit: http://www.eventelephant.com/feasst
3. News
3.1 JISC and UCISA (the Universities and Colleges Information
Systems Association) have formalised their working partnership with the
signing of a Memorandum of Understanding.
See: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2009/03/ucisa.aspx
3.2 The most recent HEFCE reports, publications and news can be found
at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk
3.3 HEFCE annual conference 2009 - blog now open
The HEFCE annual conference has just finished, a blog has been set up to
comment on the conference. See: http://hefce2009.wordpress.com/
3.3 International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM)
Latest issue published: http://www.i-jim.org.
4. Calls for papers, chapters etc
4.1 Inaugural issue - Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace
E-learning. A publication of the E-learning Network of Australasia -
http://www.elnet.com.au/ - has been established to address the paucity
of research publication avenues with a particular emphasis on e-learning
in organisational and workplace settings.
See: http://journal.elnet.com.au/index.php/impact/
4.2 International Symposium on Engineering Education and Educational
Technologies: EEET 2009
10 13 July 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA.
Deadlines for both, regular face-to-face and virtual participation
Papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals: 6 May 2009
Authors Notification: 1 June 2009
Camera ready, full papers: 22 June 2009
Visit: http://www.ICTconfer.org/eeet
4.3 Call for Chapters
Handbook of Research on e-Learning Standards and Interoperability:
Frameworks and Issues
A book edited by Fotis Lazarinis, Steve Green, Elaine Pearson
University of Teesside, UK
Submission deadline: 30 April 2009
See http://www.scm.tees.ac.uk/flazarinis/
4.4 Call for manuscripts - Work-based Mobile Learning: Concepts and Cases.
A Handbook for Academics and Practitioners
Editors: Norbert Pachler, Judith Seipold and Christoph Pimmer
To be published by Peter Lang, Oxford in 2010.
http://www.wlecentre.ac.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=298&Itemid=7
5. Other events
5.1 PebblePad Advanced Workshops
A series of workshops aimed at teachers/technologists aiming to maximise
the use of PebblePad through the use of proformas, profiles, gateways
and mobile applications.
Visit: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/training.asp
5.2 The Blended Learning Unit - one day workshop
16 July 2009
See: http://www.herts.ac.uk/blu
5.3 Knowledge Transfer: Delivering a Route to Growth - How HE
institutions can add value to the UK economy
7 May 2009, 1 Great George Street, London
http://www.auril.org.uk/pages/event-items.php?monthno=05&year=2009
5.4 British Institute for Learning and Development
Releasing Potential - Learning through people & technology
11 June 2009, Open University, Milton Keynes
See: http://www.thebild.org/Events/PLMVGO/FTYHZE/PQBCEQ
5.5 eLearning Network event: Creating engaging and effective online content
8 May 2009, 10.00am, Holborn Bars, London
http://www.elearningnetwork.org/content/creating-engaging-and-effective-learning-content
5.6 4th international SOLSTICE conference: Its All in the Blend?
Innovation, Research and Development: enhancing learning with
technologies.
4 June 2009, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk, UK
See: http://www.edgehill.ac.uk/solstice/conference2009
6. Invitations to tender and funding calls
6.1 JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for grants to
fund technical rapid innovation projects.
Project duration: 6 months; starting early-mid June 2009, all projects
must be complete by 30 November 2009.
Total funding available: between £15,000 - £40,000 (for 6 month
projects, for up to 30 projects).
Submission deadline: 12 noon, 22 April 2009.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/03/309ricall.aspx
6.2 JISC invites proposals from institutions for pilot projects in/
Relationship Management.
Project duration: 6 months; starting end June 2009, for up to 10 months
until end April 2010.
Total funding available: £900,000
Submission deadline: 12 noon, 18 May 2009.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/03/0509bcecrm.aspx_
6.3 JISC invites tenders to produce a series of short videos and
podcasts to support and disseminate the work of the JISC Film and Sound
Think Tank.
Project duration: 14 months; starting end May 2009, work must be
completed by mid-July 2010.
Total funding available: £40,000 - £45,000
Submission deadline: 12 noon, 30 April 2009.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/04/videosandaudiopodcasts.aspx.
6.4 JISC invites proposals from institutions to undertake work in the
following areas as part of its Flexible Service Delivery Programme:
Call 1. Join a new Strategic Technologies Group.
Total funding available: £600,000
Project duration: 20 months; starting 6 July 2009
Call 2. Synthesis, Coordination and Community Support Project
Total funding available: £100,000
Project duration: 20 months; starting 29 June 2009
Call 3. Institutional Governance Models and Skills Study
Total funding available: £30,000
Project duration: 3 months; starting 29 June 2009
Submission deadline for ALL proposals: 12 noon, 14 May 2009.
For details of all three calls go to:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/04/0609flexibleservicedeliveryprogramme
6.5 JISC invites proposals to undertake a feasibility study on the
potential for digitising and curation collections of cultural or social
worth from the general public. Total funding available: up to £30,000
Project duration: Start no later than 1 June 2009, complete by 31 July
2009.
Submission deadline: 12 noon, 8 May 2009
The full ITT can be found at
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/04/digiandcurationofcollections.aspx
6.6 JISC invites proposals for workshops to discuss current issues
related to e-content and digitisation.
Total funding available: up to £8,000 available for each workshop (it is
anticipated that 11-15 workshops will be funded).
Workshop duration: between June and September 2009.
Submission deadline: 12 noon, 8 May 2009
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/04/achievementsandchallengesindigitisationandecontent.aspx
7. Vacancies
7.1 University of York
E-Learning Development Team
E-Learning Training Officer
Ref no.: UoY00325
Salary: £28,839 - £35,469 Full time
Closing date: 30 April 2009
https://www22.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_YorkUni01.asp?newms=jj&id=24452
7.2 University of Dundee
Distance Learning Centre
College of Medicine, Dentistry & Nursing
Learning Technologist
Ref no: MD/2678 2 year fixed term
Salary: £28,839 £35,469
Closing date: 24 April 2009
http://www.dundee.ac.uk/
8. The ALT Journal, Volume 17 Issue 1, has recently been published and
you can access it from the links below. (If your organisation is a
member of ALT, or if it has an online subscription to the Journal, *and*
if its network is appropriately configured, then you should be able to
click straight through to the individual articles. Note that all
organisational and sponsoring members of ALT are entitled to online
access to ALT-J for all their employees when logged into the network,
and if you cannot access the Journal online, this is something we may be
able to help you fix.)
Table of contents http://tinyurl.com/cnkog3
Editorial - "Engagement in learning and development" by Rhona Sharpe.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802664458
http://tinyurl.com/buyzu8
Article - "A systemic framework for managing e-learning adoption in
campus universities: individual strategies in context" by Carol Russell.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649871 http://tinyurl.com/comctv
Article - "A comparative analysis of the effects of instructional design
factors on student success in e-learning: multiple-regression versus
neural networks" by Halil Ibrahim Cebeci, Harun Resit Yazgan, and
Abdulkadir Geyik.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649889 http://tinyurl.com/acafmt
Article - "Messenger in The Barn: networking in a learning environment"
by Malcolm Rutter. DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649863 http://tinyurl.com/bm6kbs
Article - "Virtual learning environments - help or hindrance for the
'disengaged' student?" by Alice Maltby and Sarah Mackie. DOI:
10.1080/09687760802657577 http://tinyurl.com/bwjf6f
Article - "The Campaign: a case study in identity construction through
performance" by Matthew D. Riddle. DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649855
http://tinyurl.com/byc3gn
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details. This issue was compiled by Melanie Fox and lightly edited by
Seb Schmoller.
Regards
Seb Schmoller
Chief Executive
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