Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 188, issued 16 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. New issue of the ALT Journal on mobile and contextual learning –
links to individual articles
1. Association news
1.1 A new issue of the ALT Journal – Volume 17 Issue 3 - is available
online. It is a special issue on mobile and contextual learning edited
by Mike Sharples and Agnes Kukulska-Hulme. There are full details
including direct links to each article under 7 below.
1.2 ALT response to the consultation by JISC on the 2010-2012 Draft JISC
Strategy is now in the ALT Open Access Repository at
http://repository.alt.ac.uk/672/
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
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1.6 Video on a Shoestring
James Clay, Gloucestershire College and Rob Hubbard, LearningAge
Solutions ran a joint ALT/ELN webinar on 15 October. The event was very
well received by participants. You can access a recording of the whole
session from http://repository.alt.ac.uk/669/
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 ALT cross-sectoral good practice workshop on the use of handheld
devices in teaching and learning.
12 November 2009, 1700 - 13 November 2009, 1530
Supported by Becta, facilitated by Gilly Salmon, and run at the National
College for School Leadership in Nottingham, this workshop aims to bring
together experienced practitioners from primary, secondary, further and
higher education and work-based learning, to compare, share, and
document successful approaches.
We expect demand for places on this workshop to exceed supply, and we
need also to ensure a balance of participation from different sectors.
For these reasons, if you wish to take part, please express an interest.
To do this, please complete the form at http://tinyurl.com/y9t6an2 *by
no later than 12 noon 23 October*.
For more info: http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=339
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.
Visit: http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=329
2.4 ALT and E-Learning Network Lunchtime Webinar
8 December 2009
Instructional Design for Serious Games
Covering the basics of serious game design and how e-learning and games
design can overlap.
See: http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=333
2.5 Rewiring Inclusion: Strategies, Tools and Techniques to promote
barrier free learning.
A national one day conference organised jointly by ALT and JISC TechDis
for any staff contributing to the learner experience.
9 February 2010, National College for School Leadership (NSCSL), Nottingham.
ALT's booking system for this event will open in Autumn 2009
Speakers and further details will be announced during October 2009
To register your interest in this event please email [log in to unmask]
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.
3.3 Free Active Access to the Corporate University-Blueprint-Advantage
Process
The Corporate University Blueprint is a web-based framework model that
guides you through the process of understanding, designing and building
a successful corporate university or academy development within your
organisation or for your client companies.
Register at: http://www.corporateuniversity.org.uk/Blueprint.htm
4. Calls for Papers/Chapters/Nominations/Participation
4.1 MoLeNET Mobile Learning Conference 2009
Final call for abstracts
See: http://www.molenet.org.uk/learningconference2009/
Submission deadline: 23 October 2009
4.2 Workshop - "Implications for Higher Education in a Web 2.0 World".
18 November 2009, De Montfort University
Suitably qualified presenters required to contribute to the day's
proceedings. Contact: Karen Fraser: [log in to unmask]
4.3 ITALICS for 2010
Papers are welcome on all aspects of learning and teaching in the
Information and Computer Sciences disciplines. If you are interested in
submitting a paper to the next issue see
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/italics/paperscall.htm
Submission deadline: 19 October 2009
4.4 Enhancing Learning and Teaching through the use of Technology:
Evidence-based Practice Syntheses
Call for proposals
See: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/learning/ELT.
Enquiries directed to: [log in to unmask]
Proposal deadline: 12:00 noon 23 November
5. Other events
5.1 eLearning Alliance Networking Meeting
28 October 2009, Scottish Agricultural College, Aberdeen
http://www.elearningalliance.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?event=20
5.2 Innovation in Education - Enabling genuine 21st century learning
9 November 2009, London
See: http://www.guardian.co.uk/innovation-education
5.3 SSG Liaising with researchers
20 January 2010, Chancellors Hotel and Conference Centre, Manchester
http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/ssg/cg/Events/2010/Liaising%20with%20researchers.aspx
Booking deadline: 8 January 2010
6. Vacancies/Fellowships
6.1 Epigeum
Instructional Designer/Editor
New project starting in January 'University and College Teaching'
The project will develop 9 online courses covering different aspects of
teaching within higher education.
Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience
Part-time: 4-8 hours per week January - December 2010
For more information, email Nimisha Walji: [log in to unmask]
Closing date: 6 November 2009
6.2 University of Hull (Hull York Medical School [HYMS])
Medical Education
Lead Online Facilitator
Ref: HP59
Salary: £30,595 - £35,469 pa, pro rata.
Part time: (50%)
Informal Enquiries to: Dr Janine Henderson, Director of PBL, HYMS,
email: [log in to unmask] or Tel: 01904 321761
See: http://www.hyms.ac.uk/jobs/
Closing date: 23 October 2009
6.3 University of Cape Town
Centre for Higher Education Development
Centre for Educational Technology
Lecturer/ Senior lecturer
The remuneration package, including benefits, is:-
Lecturer: R332 221
Senior Lecturer: R393 743
For further details, email: [log in to unmask]
or Tel: 021 650 3003
See: http://www.uct.ac.za/
Closing date: 26 October 2009
6.4 University of Kent
Unit for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (UELT)
Faculty Learning Technologist
Ref : OTR0149
Salary: £30,594 - £35,469
Full time, Open-ended
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
See: http://www.kent.ac.uk/jobs/
Closing date: 26 October 2009
7. The current issue of the ALT Journal (Volume 17 Issue 3) on Mobile
and Contextual Learning, and edited by Agnes Kukulska-Hulme and Mike
Sharples 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://tinyurl.com/yfpzpqq
Editorial
Mobile and contextual learning, Pages 159 – 160; Authors: Agnes
Kukulska-Hulme; Mike Sharples; DOI: 10.1080/09687760903257608;
http://tinyurl.com/yf3eze7
Articles
Towards an understanding of the virtual context in mobile learning,
Pages 161 – 172; Authors: Sarah Cornelius; Phil Marston; DOI:
10.1080/09687760903247617; http://tinyurl.com/yljs8p2
A case of a laptop learning campus: how do technology choices affect
perceptions? Pages 173 – 186; Authors: Jennifer Percival; Nathan
Percival; DOI: 10.1080/09687760903247633; http://tinyurl.com/yjq23xl
Situated learning in the mobile age: mobile devices on a field trip to
the sea, Pages 187 – 199; Authors: Vanessa D. I. Pfeiffer; Sven
Gemballa; Halszka Jarodzka; Katharina Scheiter; Peter Gerjets; DOI:
10.1080/09687760903247666; http://tinyurl.com/ylok37s
How can mobile SMS communication support and enhance a first year
undergraduate learning environment?, Pages 201 – 218; Authors: Geraldine
Jones; Gabriele Edwards; Alan Reid; DOI: 10.1080/09687760903247625;
http://tinyurl.com/ylg6tt2
The value of using short-format podcasts to enhance learning and
teaching, Pages 219 – 232; Authors: Catherine Sutton-Brady; Karen M.
Scott; Lucy Taylor; Giuseppe Carabetta; Steve Clark; DOI:
10.1080/09687760903247609; http://tinyurl.com/yffun3h
Mobile learning for teacher professional learning: benefits, obstacles
and issues, Pages 233 – 247; Authors: Peter Aubusson; Sandy Schuck;
Kevin Burden; DOI: 10.1080/09687760903247641; http://tinyurl.com/ylcxa6m
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The digest returns on 30 October 2009. All news, jobs, events, etc, to
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submission formatting details. This issue was compiled by Melanie Fox
and very lightly edited by Seb Schmoller.
Regards
Seb Schmoller
Chief Executive
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