Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 187, issued 2 October 2009
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Table of Contents
1. Association news
2. Association events
3. News
4. Calls for Papers/Chapters/Nominations/Participation
5. Other events – some with close deadlines
6. Vacancies/Fellowships
7. Most recent issue of the ALT Journal – links to individual articles
1. Association news
1.1 At this year’s conference, ALT awarded David Hawkridge with Honorary
Life Membership of ALT for his outstanding and sustained contribution to
the advancement of ALT's aims for the development of learning technology
in a national and international context through research, practice,
policy-development, and leadership. We are looking forward to working
more closely with David in the future. The 2010 call for nominations for
the award of Honorary Life membership will be issued in Spring 2010.
1.3 http://altc2009.alt.ac.uk/posts/6563972 has links to videos of three
keynote speeches and 8 invited speaker sessions from last month's ALT
conference. We encourage you to forward this link to links to individual
videos as you see fit.
1.4 Learning Lab Seminar
ICT For Development Research
4 November 2009, Learning Lab, University of Wolverhampton
The Learning Lab is offering ALT members a discounted rate of £40.00 for
the first 25 members who book to attend - inclusive of lunch and
refreshments). To book your place, email: [log in to unmask] or Tel:
01902 322362 See: http://www.learninglab.org.uk
1.5 Subscribing to ALT-ANNOUNCE
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2. Association events
2.1 The 2010 ALT Conference: "Into something rich and strange" - making
sense of the sea-change
Nottingham, UK, 7-9 September 2010.
Website - http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/, with links to conference
flyer, and sponsorship and exhibition prospectus.
Key dates are as follows.
1. Proposals for inclusion in the programme will be accepted between 30
November 2009 and 15 February 2010.
2. Bookings will open in early May.
3. Presenters' booking deadline: 28 June 2010.
4. Earlybird booking deadline: 5 July 2010.
5. Bookings close: 13 August 2010.
2.2 Video on a shoestring
Jointly with the E-Learning Network, ALT will be running the third of
three free 90 minute lunchtime webinars, "Video on a Shoestring", on 15
October with James Clay of Gloucestershire College and Rob Hubbard of
LearningAge Solutions. Booking deadline 09/10/2009.
For further information, visit: http://tinyurl.com/cfzydr.
2.3 Bidding and winning: The secrets of successful learning technology
project bids.
A workshop run in association with the JISC Regional Support Centre for
Northern Ireland.
27 November 2009, Stranmills University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Presenters: Jeff Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief
Information Officer & Librarian at University of Edinburgh;
Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT; and Mark Stiles, Professor of
Technology Supported Learning and Head of Learning Development and
Innovation at Staffordshire University.
To express an interest in attending prior to the booking system going
live, please e-mail: [log in to unmask]
2.4 Instructional Design for Serious Games Webinar
ALT and eLN Lunchtime Webinar, 8 December 2009 12.00pm
Covering the basics of games design and how e-learning and games design
can overlap.
See: http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=333
3. News
3.1 The latest HEFCE news headlines are at: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/.
3.2 The latest JISC news headlines are at:
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news.aspx.
4. Calls for Papers/Chapters/Nominations/Participation
4.1 5th Plymouth e-Learning Conference
8 - 9 April 2010, University of Plymouth
Keynote speakers: Josie Fraser and Donald Clark
See: http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/e-learning
Submission deadline: 15 January 2010
4.2 5th Annual Learning Futures Festival Online 2010
7- 14 January 2010
See: http://www.le.ac.uk/beyonddistance/festival/
Submission deadline: 12 October 2009
5. Other events
5.1 Podcasting for Pedagogic Purposes Special Interest Group
11 November 2009, University of Bath (UBSA Building)
See: http://www.bath.ac.uk/maps/campusmap.html
The programme is on the wiki at:
http://podcastingforpp.pbworks.com/Bath-event
5.2 Open Learning conference
25 November 2009, National College for School Leadership Conference
Centre, Nottingham
See: www.nottingham.ac.uk/olc
5.3 BETT 2010
13–16 January 2010, Olympia,London
Show features include; Seminars, Policy in practice zone, Special needs
zone, Software zone, Playful learning, Future Learning Spaces
Visit: http://www.bettshow.com/
5.4 IADIS Mobile Learning 2010
19 - 21 March 2010, Porto, Portugal
http://www.mlearning-conf.org/
5.5 Seventh International Conference on Networked Learning
3 - 4 May 2010, Aalborg, Denmark
http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/index.php/community/login-logout
6. Vacancies/Fellowships
6.1 University of Sussex
IT Services
E-learning developer/integrator
Ref: 692
Salary: £29,704 - £35,469 (Grade 7) Full time
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/Units/staffing/personnl/vacs/vac692.shtml
Closing date: 12 October 2009
6.2 Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Office of Teaching and Learning
2 positions available
Ref No: 1137 Lecturer Assessment
Ref No: 1138 Lecturer e-Assessment
Salary: AUD $70,846 - $84,132 Full time
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
See: http://futurestaff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancies.cfm
Closing date: 5.00pm (WST) 12 Oct 2009
6.3 University of Sunderland
Learning Technologies Developer
Ref: SLS168/1738
Salary: £22,739 - £27,927 (Grade D) Full time
For informal queries contact: [log in to unmask] or
Tel: 0191 515 3196
See: http://services.sunderland.ac.uk/hr/staffrecruitment/vacancies/
Closing Date: 16th October 2009
7. Current Issue of the ALT Journal – links to individual articles
The latest issue of the ALT Journal, Volume 17 Issue 2, can be accessed
online 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. If you cannot access the
Journal online, this is something we may be able to help you fix).
Table of contents http://preview.tinyurl.com/n6b75z
Editorial – “The agency of students, teachers and learning
technologists” by Frances Bell.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903037109 http://preview.tinyurl.com/np3b8w
Article – “Students make a plan: understanding student agency in
constraining conditions” by Laura Czerniewicz, Kevin Williams and Cheryl
Brown.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903033058 http://preview.tinyurl.com/nu4kur
Article – “Using community development theory to improve student
engagement in online discussion: a case study” by Elisabeth Skinner.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760902951599 http://preview.tinyurl.com/m7yl8b
Article – “Discontent with content analysis of online transcripts” by
Judith Guevarra Enriquez.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903033066 http://preview.tinyurl.com/lp48ln
Article – “The role of learning technologists in supporting e-research”
by Susi Peacock, Ann Robertson, Sarah Williams and Maria Giatsi Clausen.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903033041 http://preview.tinyurl.com/lduw6w
Article – “Guidelines for supporting re-use of existing digital learning
materials and methods in higher education” by Judith Schoonenboom, Henk
Sligte and Eja Kliphuis.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903033074 http://preview.tinyurl.com/nvarqh
Article – “Beyond podcasting: creative approaches to designing
educational audio” by Andrew Middleton.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903033082 http://preview.tinyurl.com/noqlzm
Miscellany - Reviewers for volumes 15, 16 and 17.1, by Frances Bell and
Rhona Sharpe.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760903069433 http://preview.tinyurl.com/n6997g
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and very lightly edited by Seb Schmoller.
Regards
Seb Schmoller
Chief Executive
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