Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 225, issued on 16 May 2011
Submitting Digest items *NEW PROCESS*
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complete the form at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/publications-and-resources/publications/alt-news-digest
taking careful note of the instructions given. Your care in completing
the form will make our editing job quicker and more effective. The
deadline for the next issue of the Digest is 12.00 on Wednesday 25 May
April 2011 for the Digest to be issued on Friday 27 May 2011.
Key links
* The new ALT web site: http://www.alt.ac.uk/
* Join ALT at http://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/membership
* Summary of ALT membership rights and entitlements:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/membership_at_a_glance_2010_v2.pdf
* List of sponsoring members of ALT: http://www.alt.ac.uk/our_sponsors
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* ALT wiki - http://wiki.alt.ac.uk/
* ALT open access repository - http://repository.alt.ac.uk/
Table of Contents
1. ALT news
2. ALT events
3. News
4. Other events
5. Calls for proposals
6. Funding calls
7. Job vacancies, including six with unusual titles at the University of
Southern Queensland
8. ALT Online Newsletter - links to articles from the most recent issue
9. Current issue (19.1) of the ALT Journal - Research in Learning
Technology
1. ALT News
1.1 Stand for election as a Trustee of ALT, or as Vice-Chair
It is getting to that time of year again. We have published the
ominously named "AGM Calling Notice and Trustee and Vice-Chair
Nomination Form" at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2105/, alongside a news
item on the new ALT web site at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/agm-calling-notice-and-nomination-forms-election-trustee-or-vice-chair-alt.
The deadline for nominations is 31 May 2011. For an informal discussion
about what is involved in the professionally and personally rewarding
role of an ALT Trustee, or as Vice-Chair of ALT, please call me on +44
1124 2586899 or email me.
1.2 The new ALT web site
The new ALT web site went live at http://www.alt.ac.uk/ on 20 April. We
welcome feedback via http://www.alt.ac.uk/contact, but please check
http://www.alt.ac.uk/Known-issues before reporting any particular
problem. Meanwhile, we thank a number of people for contributing ideas
for the site, and observations about its operation at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/about-site.
1.3 2011 Learning Technologist of the Year Award – deadline 26 May
The entry form for and full details of the award is at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/2011-alt-learning-technologist-year-award.
The award is open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the UK, and
to individual ordinary and certified members anywhere in the world.
There is a “FAQ” page about the award at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/LT2011-FAQs. The award is as yet unsponsored, which
means that an excellent opportunity to support ALT and to celebrate good
practice in the learning technology field is “going begging”. Call me on
+44 1124 2586899 or email me to discuss this opportunity.
1.4 Call for nominations for Honorary Life Membership of ALT
The closing date for nominations was Friday 13 May.
1.5 New CMALT Development Group Members appointed
Dragos Ciobanu, Shirley Evans, Devampika Getkahn, Sarah Horrigan and
Charles Juwah have been appointed as new members of the CMALT
Development Group from March 2011. Brief biographies of members of the
group are at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/certified-membership/cmalt-development-group.
1.6 Response to the review of the English National Curriculum
http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2099/ is our response to the Review of the
National Curriculum for England, written with input from and the support
of the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme (TEL).
1.7 Staffing changes
* Hayley Maisey, Head of Operations and Events, is now eCommunications
Manager with the Chartered Institute of Marketing.
* Mark Tindall is now Interim Events Manager. His post is currently not
full time.
* Maren Deepwell is now Operations and Services Manager.
* Anna Davidge has joined us temporarily as an Administration Officer.
* Celia Gough is covering for Emma Carr-Jones in the role of Finance
Manager (Emma’s baby Elsie Ruth was born on Tuesday 3 May)
* Liz Wyatt is full time Administration Officer.
The full staff team is shown here:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/who-we-are/alt-staff-team.
2. ALT events
2.1 ALT-C 2011 - "Thriving in colder and more challenging climate", our
18th international annual conference. will be held 6-8 September at the
University of Leeds.
Bookings will open later this month for ALT-C 2011. Keynote speakers
will include Miguel Brechner, Head of Uruguay's Plan Ceibal, under which
all children and teachers in public schools in Uruguay have received
their own laptop and connectivity to the Internet; Karen Cator, Director
of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of
Education, and previously head of Apple's leadership and advocacy
efforts in education, where she focused on the intersection of education
policy and research, emerging technologies, and the reality faced by
teachers, students and managers; and John Naughton, Professor of the
Public Understanding of Technology at the Open University, and the
Observer's technology columnist. Conference co-chairs: John Cook,
Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning at the Learning Technology
Research Institute, London Metropolitan University and Sugata Mitra,
Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University. Full
details at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc/alt-c-2011 including a
web-resolution A4 flyer, and the sponsorship prospectus. The hashtag for
ALT-C 2011 is #altc2011.
2.2 Lecture capture - doing it well and at scale - a one day ALT event
on 16 June in London at Queen Mary’s University
Many organisations are turning to recording lectures and other kinds of
teaching session, and publishing these internally or externally so that
students and others can access the recordings at their leisure. “Lecture
Capture” is the awkward name for the family of technologies that support
the making of such recordings. The aim of this ALT event is to help
participants get to grips with the human, organisational, pedagogic,
quality and technical challenges of doing lecture capture well and at
scale. The programme is now available on the ALT web site at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/lecture-capture-conference, along with an
expression of interest form. Bookings will open during week beginning 16
May.
2.3 Getting started with mobile learning
The presentations and the recording from the 11 April 2011 ALT/ELN
webinar with Lilian Soon and Garin Hess are on the ALT Open Access
Repository at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/view/divisions/webinar/2011.html
2.4 Making the most of informal learning
As part of the series of free lunchtime webinars we are running jointly
with ELN, we are pleased to announce that the next of these, at 12.00 UK
time on Tuesday 24 May, will be about how to make the most of informal
learning, with contributions from Charles Jennings, David Jennings (no
relation) and Jane Hart. For more information and a link to a booking
form, go to http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/making-most-informal-learning
The rest of the webinar schedule for 2011 is as follows:
* 28 June - What's next in learning management?
* 20 July - Practical strategies for evaluation
* 15 September - Interview with top designer
* 10 October - Getting started with serious games
* 16 November - Writing effective quiz and assessment questions
* 13 December - The psychology of learning
[We reserve the right to change the order and titles of these webinars]
3. News
3.1 JISC on Air: Meeting student needs to improve retention
In the third of a new series of online ‘radio’ shows – JISC on Air – we
explore how digital technologies are helping universities and colleges
to better meet students’ requirements and improve retention. Kim
Catcheside speaks with Richard Francis, at Oxford Brookes University and
Ellen Lessner, at Abingdon and Witney College about how their
institutions are better preparing their learners for their experience of
learning with technology. Kim also speaks with Helen Beetham, author of
the recent Review of Digital Literacies, Stephen Jackson, QAA and Alex
Bols, NUS . The show is available from
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/meeting-students-needs-to-improve-retention/#more-622
3.2 A new UK Government ICT Strategy
The Cabinet Office has published a new Government ICT Strategy.
Mercifully brief (25 pages), it is in four main parts, with, in
addition, an Annex containing a ""new governance structure:
Part 1 – Reducing waste and project failure, and stimulating economic growth
Part 2 – Creating a common ICT infrastructure
Part 3 – Using ICT to enable and deliver change
Part 4 – Strengthening governance
Parts 2 and 3 will probably be of most interest to ALT members. Go to
http://goo.gl/4IU80
3.3 A new Media & Learning Community
A new international community of practice has just been launched for
practitioners interested in the use of media in education. Besides being
able to join discussions, community members can promote their own
initiatives and events, and share educational resources focused on media
and learning. As the community is multilingual, discussions and
resources are available in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and
Polish. To explore and join the community, see
http://www.media-and-learning.eu/community. Media and Learning is
organised by ATiT, and ALT organisational member, based in Belgium.
3.4 Desire2Learn Acquires Captual Technologies Inc. to Offer
Presentation Capture and Webcasting Solutions
Desire2Learn, an ALT sponsoring member has acquired Captual Technologies
Inc., makers of ePresence. The acquisition enables Desire2Learn to
provide a presentation capture and webcasting solution for rich media
presentations live or on-demand with options for cloud-based hosting.
The ePresence product becomes Desire2Learn’s sixth standalone product
platform, and is known as “Desire2Learn Capture”. Presentations can
include video, slides, screen and peripheral sharing, incorporate
digital whiteboards and document cameras, and viewer chats and comments.
For more information, visit http://www.desire2learn.com/capture/highered/.
3.6 WISE Awards - closing date 31 May 2011
The WISE Awards are designed to identify, showcase and promote
innovative educational projects from around the world. Every year, since
2009, six winners are selected by a prestigious Jury -
http://tinyurl.com/66ufnoz - for their concrete and positive impact on
education. In addition to this recognition given by eminent experts from
the education world, they receive $20,000 and are given access to
international exposure. The 2011 edition of the WISE Awards will
continue to celebrate successful models and innovations from around the
world within the theme Transforming Education: Investment , Innovation
and Inclusion. http://www.wise-qatar.org/en/awards.
4. Other events
4.1 Media & Learning Conference 2011 Dates Announced
The Media & Learning Conference 2011, aimed at policy makers and
practitioners interested in how media can be used to enhance learning
opportunities for all citizens, will take place on 24-25 November 2011
in Brussels, Belgium. It is being organised in collaboration with the
Flemish Ministry of Education and Training and the European Commission
Directorate-General for Education and Culture and will take place in the
Flemish Ministry of Education and Training Headquarters in Brussels. The
deadline for receiving proposals is 1 June 2011. For more information,
see the latest press release:
http://media-and-learning.eu/press-and-publications
4.2 ELESIG upcoming events - April to July 2011
For full details see http://elesig.ning.com/events
* ELESIG Midlands Regional Group Meeting - 19 May, 10am to 3pm,
University of Northampton
* ELESIG Summer Symposium (with LERSIG), 17 June, University of
Hertfordshire
4.2.1 Online facilitators’ workshop – June 15 or September 22 2011
This event is for online facilitators and those who wish to become
online facilitators. The workshops take place for one day in March, June
and one in September at the University of Bedfordshire, Luton Campus
10.00am to 3.30pm. The day will begin with an introduction to the key
concepts associated with online collaborative software and go on to
cover areas such as different types of community, how to get the most
from the online tools, understanding the needs of your participants as
well as the complexities of facilitating online learning environments.
It will be run by Sarah Jones of Core Education
http://www.core-ed.org.uk/. Find out more and book your place via
Eventbrite http://onlinefacilitationworkshop-estw.eventbrite.com/
4.3 ITTE Annual Conference 2011 – 5 to 7 July 2011
Given the government agenda on Initial Teacher Education (ITE) and the
apparent threat to ICT the theme is 'Back to the Future?'; subtitled,
'where are we going with ICT in education and with ITE in general?'
There will be a mixture of papers, workshops, poster presentations and
discussion groups. Booking web site
www.keele-conferencemanagement.com/itte2011. If you would like present,
lead a discussion or submit a poster, contact Andy Connell,
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4.4 6th International Blended Learning Conference
Booking is now open for the Sixth International Blended Learning
Conference: “From Innovation to Institutional Enhancement - operating in
challenging times” 15-16 June 2011, The Fielder Centre, University of
Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
The conference will be opened by Professor Quintin McKellar and our
keynote speaker will be Professor Diana Laurillard of the Institute of
Education. The programme also includes presentations, discussion
sessions and workshops from across the UK, including a wide variety of
work associated with the JISC Curriculum Design and Delivery projects.
http://www.herts.ac.uk/about-us/learning-and-teaching/learning-teaching-institute/conferences/conference-2011/home.cfm
If you have any queries about the conference please contact the
conference team through Gina Alessi on [log in to unmask]
4.5 2011 International CAA Conference, 5th & 6th July 2011
http://caa.ecs.soton.ac.uk/
The International CAA Conference is a two day research-led conference,
now hosted by the University of Southampton and organised by Electronics
and Computer Science and the Institute of Educational Technology at the
Open University. The Conference aims to advance the understanding and
application of information technology to the assessment process
(e-assessment) through rigorous peer-reviewed research. As in previous
years the conference will be accessible to those with an interest in
implementation and pedagogy, the more technically minded, and those
involved at a strategic level such as managers and support services.
4.6 Teaching in the age of plenty: what does it mean for me and my students?
Free workshop will explore the challenges of teaching in digital age
where access to information is plentiful through ‘always on’ 21C
devices. What changes in terms of our teaching? What should we be doing
differently? How do we manage this new learning landscape? This
practical taster session is for teachers, lecturers, learning
technologists, trainers and those who support learning. It will provide
some ideas for ways of understanding and managing the job of teaching in
21C classroom. We will be running an online course via Facebook during
June. To sign up please email [log in to unmask]
4.7 ATN Assessment Conference 20/21 Oct 2011: 'Meeting the challenges'
The ATNA2011 Conference Committee warmly invites you to participate in
the 2011 ATN Assessment Conference, to be held at Curtin University, in
Perth, Western Australia, on the 20th and 21st October 2011. This
conference provides opportunities to explore research and scholarly
practice relating to the challenges of assessment in higher education.
We are delighted to announce keynote addresses from Professor David
Nicol, Professor Beverley Oliver, and Professor Geoffrey Crisp with
conference themes relating to standards, leadership, challenges and
engagement. Conference website: http://atna2011.curtin.edu.au
4.8 Work-based Learning Maturity Toolkit – Dissemination workshop 28
June, University of Westminster, London
A group of universities and colleges (across England, Scotland and
Wales) has developed a work-based learning maturity toolkit (including a
methodology for using it) with funding from JISC’s Lifelong
Learning-Workforce Development programme and are in the process of
piloting it (see http://ww.tinyurl.com/wbl-toolkit). On the 28 June
(10am – 4pm), they will be holding a dissemination workshop at the
University of Westminster, London. The objectives of the workshop will
be to describe the toolkit, the methodology for using it & the benefits
from engaging with it and to share experiences of its application. You
can register for the workshop at https://www.eventsforce.net/jisc/113/home.
4.9 ECE 6th International Conference - Creativity and Engagement in
Higher Education
The 6th International ECE Conference, has received an unprecedented
amount of papers submitted, with over 170 submissions including over 50
full papers from 21 countries across 5 continents! The Programme, along
with full papers sessions, will include Pecha Kucha sessions, Posters
and Workshops. There will be prizes for the best research paper, the
best paper in healthcare education, the best paper on the use of the web
and emerging technologies in education and the best Pecha Kucha
presentation. Register at http://www.ece.salford.ac.uk/?pid=registration
4.10 TEPL-Challenge 5 Event- Work-integrated Learning and how it can be
supported
HEA Technology Enhanced Professional Learning Special Interest Group
(TEPL SIG) invites you to our Challenge 5 event. Key presenter is Dr
Stefanie Lindstaedt, Knowledge Management Institute of Graz University
of Technology (TUG). The event is free of charge. Places are limited and
will be booked on first-come basis. To register fill in your details
here http://tinyurl.com/6aqmm4x. More info at the TEPL website
http://uk-sself.ning.com/events/challenge-5-technology-support.
4.11 TEPL Challenge 6 event-Leadership Development in "The Cloud": A
Google Case Study
HEA TEchnology Enhanced Professional Learning Special Interest Group
(TEPL SIG) invites you to our Challenge 6 event, June 29th 2011, Glasgow
Caledonian University. The key speaker is Jule Cowl, PhD, Learning and
Organisational Development Mainager, Google, San Francisco, USA from
Google. The event is free of charge. Places will be booked on first come
basis. To register fill in your details here http://tinyurl.com/6zjdxv3.
More info about the event you can find on our TEPL website
http://uk-sself.ning.com/events/challenge-6-approaches-to-and
4.12 Campus Pack UK User Group - first meeting
The first meeting of the new Campus Pack UK User Group will take place
on Friday 17th June, at Birkbeck College in London. This is a free
event, for educators using the Campus Pack tools to get together and
share ideas. There will also be a roadmap presentation from Learning
Objects, including the launch of their new mobile interface. You can
find more details about the event, and the User Group in general, at
http://bit.ly/cpukgroup. If you can’t make it on the day, you can also
join us on the mailing list at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/campuspackuk.
4.13 MaharaUK11 Conference Registration and Call for Papers
Mahara Conference UK 2011 will take place on 21 and 22 June 2011 at
Southampton Solent University and supported by Catayst IT Europe and
ULCC. A call for Speakers: The Steering Committee would like Mahara UK11
to reflect the interoperability and flexibility of Mahara and welcome
presentations on all things relating to Mahara - including how other
systems can be used to complement the ePortfolio paradigm. Please see
our website - http://maharauk.org for further information and to reserve
your ticket.
4.14 Pebblegogy: one-day conference and book launch
A conference, about a book, about ideas and activities to inspire and
engage learners. On the 21 June, the University of Wolverhampton will be
hosting the launch of Pebblegogy. This is a book of two halves. The
first provides the most detailed explanation yet of what PebblePad is,
what it stands for and why it works the way it does. The latter half
presents a rich collection of learning designs resulting from the
contributions and collaborations of more than 40 practitioners from the
UK and Australia. http://www.pebblepad.co.uk/pebblegogy
4.15 SEDA Summer School 2011: Supporting Educational Change
Tuesday 19 July 2010 – Thursday 21 July 2011; Cumberland Lodge, Windsor
Great Park. Price: £795.00. The course aims to help participants to
analyse the opportunities and challenges of their current, and perhaps
also their next, role(s) in academic development; develop both
conceptual and practical approaches to their work; share and test ideas
and practices from other developers; and work towards SEDA Fellowship.
4.16 London Second Wednesday Event: E-learning Innovation: A future for
learning?
E-Learning Innovation: A vision for future learning? In the global
downturn the need to innovate is becoming more central to all the public
services. This event will explore future visions for e-learning in the
light of university education and business in Europe. The Second
Wednesday e-learning innovation: vision for future learning event will
bring together participants to consider what the future of learning will
be in the light of social networks and gamification (sic!) of everyday
life. Will learning integrate new technologies as part of blended
learning in the tradition of e-learning - or will it transform into a
different approach to learning altogether? The event will be held in
London in Liverpool Street at Coventry University's new campus and will
be held between 12-6pm with lunch and drinks included. The event will
also be live streamed in Second Life and lectures will be preserved in
the Serious Games Institute's video archive. Participation from
lecturers, researchers, policy makers, trainers, postgraduate students,
commercial managers and teachers is particularly encouraged. Speakers:
Dr Chris Yapp, Prof Sara de Freitas, Dr Julia Gaimster, Lorna Evans, Dr
Albena Antonova
5. Calls for proposals
5.1 Call for AJET Special Issue articles: Virtual worlds in tertiary
education
Call for articles: Submissions are invited for a forthcoming special
issue of AJET (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology) to be
published in early 2012, entitled ‘Virtual worlds in tertiary education:
An Australasian perspective’, edited by Mark J.W. Lee, Dr Barney
Dalgarno and Dr Helen Farley. Timetable: Extended abstracts due 23 May
2011, invitations to selected authors no later than 18 July 2011, full
manuscripts due 17 October 2011.
http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/about/special-issues/virtual-worlds-2012.html
5.2 Researching Learning in Immersive Virtual Environments 2011
(ReLIVE11) - Call for Abstracts
Creative Solutions for New Futures, 21- 22 September 2011, The Open
University, UK. Innovation in teaching and learning through virtual
worlds was a major theme of ReLIVE08. In the three years since this
event, our understanding of what it means to work, play and learn in
these spaces has increased significantly. ReLIVE11 will revisit some of
the themes of ReLIVE08, but from the fresh perspective of using all that
we have learned in between to explore how virtual worlds can help us and
our learners to find creative solutions for new futures. Please visit
http://www.open.ac.uk/relive11 for full details.
5.3 Second Call for Papers: mLearn 2011
The 10th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning will be held
in Beijing, 18 - 21 October 2011 (http://mlearn.bnu.edu.cn). The new
full paper submission date is 5 May 2011, and the mLearn 2011 paper
submission system is now open. Before uploading your paper, you should
download the paper template and use it to format your conference papers.
Should you experience any difficulties submitting your paper, please
email: [log in to unmask]
5.4 Call for proposals for special issues: Learning, Media and Technology
We are currently inviting proposals from potential guest editors willing
to produce a special issue of the Taylor & Francis journal Learning,
Media and Technology. The issue will be published in 2013 (volume 38) on
a theme of the guest editors’ choice. The team should consist of two
(or more) guest editors. Applicants should have a clear vision of the
purpose and content of their special issue – outlining the theme and
rationale of their proposed special issue in no more than 500 words. The
deadline for proposals is July 4th 2011 (the successful guest editorial
team will be notified by August 1st 2011). Further details, and guidance
on how to submit a proposal can be found here:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/cjemcfp.pdf. (Item submitted by
Rebecca Eynon, Martin Oliver, and Neil Selwyn, LMT Editorial team.)
5.5 Contribute to Media & Learning Conference Programme before 1 June 2011
The Media & Learning Conference 2011 is aimed at practitioners and
policy makers who want to contribute to the development of digital and
media skills in education and to finding new and effective ways to embed
media into the learning process. The deadline for receipt of suggestions
for contributions is 1 June 2011. To submit your suggestion, visit
http://www.media-and-learning.eu/contribute
6. Funding calls
6.1 JISC Grant Funding 03/11: Digging into Data Challenge - £1m
available for projects up to £150k over 6 to 24 months from January 2012
JISC, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Economic
and Social Research Council (ESRC), along with five international
funding bodies, invite institutions to submit proposals for the Digging
into Data Challenge. The deadline for receipt of final proposals in
response to this call will be 23:59 (Greenwich Mean Time) on 16 June
2011. There is a UK specific addendum which should be read in
conjunction with the main request for proposals available on the Digging
into Data Challenge web site at http://www.diggingintodata.org/. For
more information go to http://goo.gl/9gHF1
6.2 Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund for Wales 2011
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) is pleased to invite applications to
the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund for Wales for up to £2,500
per proposal. This is an open call and proposals are welcome any time up
to Friday 13 May 2011. Projects need to be commenced no later than 31
May 2011 and need to be completed no later than 31 July 2011.
http://tinyurl.com/3k78ylw
6.3 JISC "Developing Digital Literacies" call
JISC invites institutions to submit funding proposals for projects to
support the development and implementation of institutional approaches
to digital literacies across the entire workforce and including
students. Total funding of up to £1,000,000 is available for 10 to 12
two year projects funded at up to £100,000 each , and starting work in
mid July 2011. The deadline for proposals is 12 noon UK time on
Wednesday, 8 June 2011. Note that one of the five evaluation criteria
for bids is "Engagement with the community" against which the call
document includes "Does the bid include a partnership with a relevant
sector body or professional association to support the communication,
dissemination and benefits realisation activities?" as a question that
evaluators will be considering. Proposals may be submitted by HE
institutions funded via HEFCE, SFC, HEFCW and DEL Northern Ireland, and
by FE institutions funded via SFC, DCELLS Wales and DEL Northern
Ireland. FE institutions in England that teach HE to more than 400 FTEs
are also eligible to bid provided proposals demonstrate how the work
supports the HE in FE agenda. The call and an associated briefing paper
are available from http://goo.gl/oTVqc.
6.4 Adult and Community Learning Fund 2011
The Adult and Community Learning Fund is a new £2.25m fund from the
Skills Funding Agency, administered by NIACE. The Adult and Community
Learning Fund will ""help make the Big Society a reality"" and will
""contribute to the Government's aspirations for Informal Adult and
Community Learning (IACL)"". The maximum amount for any bid is £75,000
and the minimum is £10,000. The fund is open to organisations in England
only. Projects should be designed to support informal adult and
community learning for people aged 19 and over.
Deadline: Noon, Friday 10 June
Further details: http://tinyurl.com/6dzseud
Online application form: http://tinyurl.com/5uj7cf2
7. Jobs
7.1 There is a regular supply of mainly US jobs in the learning
technology field at http://www.salt.org/salt.asp?ss=l&pn=joblistall,
with a helpful RSS feed at http://www.salt.org/Weblink/SaltJobs.rss.
7.2 IMS Global Consortium
Community Adoption Coordinator for Digital Learning Services
Full time, Permanent
http://www.imsglobal.org/careers.html
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No closing date specified
7.3 University of Southern Queensland - Australian Digital Futures Institute
7.3.1 Mission Achiever (Openness) Job Ref - 0111361A
USQ Academic Level B $71 119 to $84 060 pa
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.3.2 Mission Achiever (Mobility) Job Ref - 0111362A
USQ Academic Level B $71 119 to $84 060 pa
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.3.3 Mission Achiever (Digital Community) Job Ref - 0111363A
USQ Academic Level B $71 119 to $84 060 pa
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.3.4 Research Proposal and Project Manager Job Ref - 0111364A
USQ Level 7 $63 712 to $70 450
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.3.5 Senior Learning Technologist (Pilot) Job Ref - 0111365A
USQ Level 8 $71 412 to $82 002 pa
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.3.6 Learning Technologist (Co Pilot) Job Ref - 0111367A
(2 positions available)
USQ Level 7 $63 712 to $70 450 pa
Full-time Continuing
Toowoomba Campus, Queensland, Australia
Closing date: Monday 23rd May 2011 (AEST)
Further details http://usq.nga.net.au/cp/?audiencetypecode=ext
Further enquires: Professor Gilly Salmon, email: [log in to unmask]
7.5 BPP University College
Learning Technology Unit
VLE Assistant (to build learning modules using Blackboard v9.1)
£24,000 Full time
Closing date 31 May 2011
Informal enquiries - Darren Gash, Head of Learning Technology -
[log in to unmask]
8. ALT Online Newsletter - links to articles from the 1 February 2011 issue
[Note – the April Issue is delayed whilst we transfer the newsletter to
the new ALT web site.]
Article – “Chief Executive’s Report” by Seb Schmoller
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/10ltall5ycoz5e6g3n66lm
Article - ‘The role of embodiment in student success in virtual worlds”
by Mark Childs
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/11sipwzwdww
Article – “Glow: the world’s first national intranet and online
community for education” by Andrew Brown
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/fctye0xf3xc
Article – “Going Mobile: our approach” by Kayvon Beykpour
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/pv0420x866q
Article – “The National College’s online network - A case study in
building and managing a professional networking and learning system by
Stuart Sutherland
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/8ov4e6fk6y3
Article - ‘What to do when you get Google Apps for your school” by Kevin
McLaughlin
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/11xp13p4k08
Article - ‘Why some 'successful' projects 'fail'’ by Tom Franklin
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1vk4dz2si0mz5e6g3n66lm
Article - ‘Smartphone studying: the technology universities try to
ignore? by Kent University student and ZDNet write Zack Whittaker
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1b98kryenqr
Article - ‘Mahara 1.2 ePortfolios: Beginner's Guide’ by Eamon Costello
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1bzpzf3ukhb
Article - ‘Epigeum 'University and College Teaching'’ by Wendy Harbottle
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/165jdwaqmfe
Article - ‘A week in the life of.Professor John Traxler, University of
Wolverhampton’, by…… John Traxler
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1j5pnfi78wm
9. Most recent issue of Research in Learning Technology, the Journal of
the Association for Learning Technology (previously ALT-J)
Volume 19 Issue 1. 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 the Journal
for all their employees when logged into the network. *NB* If you cannot
access the Journal online, this is something we may be able to help you
fix. Note also that Research in Learning Technology will be fully Open
Access from 1 January 2012.
Table of contents http://tinyurl.com/4bpvyyj
Editorial – “Evidence and evaluation in learning technology research” by
Rhona Sharpe
http://tinyurl.com/3fsbsqd
DOI: 10.1080/21567069.2011.555604
Article – “Transforming Learners' reflexivity and the development of an
e-learning community among students in China” by Zhen Li
http://tinyurl.com/3vfc84j
DOI: 10.1080/09687769.2010.548505
Article – “How do e-book readers enhance learning opportunities for
distance work-based learners?” by Ming Nie; Alejandro Armellini; Gabi
Witthaus and Kelly Barklamb
http://tinyurl.com/3jlzaz3
DOI: 10.1080/09687769.2010.548506
Article – “Exploratory evaluation of audio email technology in formative
assessment feedback” by George Macgregor; Alex Spiers and Chris Taylor
http://tinyurl.com/3m9jzxl
DOI: 10.1080/09687769.2010.547930
Article – “Transformation through expeditionary change using online
learning and competence-building technologies” by Donald M. Norris and
Paul Lefrere
http://tinyurl.com/3md7ttl
DOI: 10.1080/09687769.2010.549205
Article – “Information technology in university-level mathematics
teaching and learning: a mathematician's point of view” by Alexandre Borovik
http://tinyurl.com/3kjbpc2
DOI: 10.1080/09687769.2010.548504
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The digest returns on 27 May 2011. All news, jobs, events, etc, to the
form at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/publications-and-resources/publications/alt-news-digest
by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 25 May. This issue was compiled by those
who submitted content for it, and lightly edited by Seb Schmoller.
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Disclaimer. Reasonable care is taken to ensure that the ALT Digest is
accurate. But ALT does not vouch for the accuracy of information
provided on web sites to which the digest links, and opinions expressed
on those sites should not be construed to be those of ALT.
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