Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news Digest 264 issued on 14 December 2012

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The deadline for the next issue of the Digest is 12.00 on Wednesday 09 
January for the Digest to be issued on Friday 11 January 2012.


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Table of Contents
1. ALT news
2. ALT events
3. News
4. Other events
5. Calls for proposals
6. Funding calls
7. Open Educational Resources
8. Job vacancies
9. ALT Online Newsletter - links to articles from the latest Issue
10. Current articles the ALT Journal - Research in Learning Technology


1. ALT News

1.1 ALT Christmas closure
ALT is closed from 22 Dec - 1 January, re-opening Wednesday 2 January 
2013. If you have an urgent enquiry during this time, please contact us 
via the website https://www.alt.ac.uk/contact . We monitor enquiries 
regularly and will do our best to help.

1.2 ALT launches 2012 Survey
The survey's purpose is to help us improve our services and to better 
understand the needs of our community. The deadline for completing the 
survey is 31 December 2012. Key results will be published via the ALT 
website in 2013.
You can access the survey via the following URL:
http://www.surveymethods.com/EndUser.aspx?F2D6BAA3F3B6A3A2F2

1.3 ALT is pleased to welcome the NIDA Trust (www.oakschools.org.uk) and 
the University of West London (www.uwl.ac.uk) as new Organisational 
Members of ALT.

1.4 Transforming scholarly communication - workshop report and video 
interviews
JISC has published a report from a workshop about transforming scholarly 
communication that it ran in July 2012 jointly with the US-based 
Coalition for Networked Information. (ALT was represented at the 
workshop.) The report is here: http://goo.gl/2UzHW
And there are a range of video interviews with workshop participants 
here: http://goo.gl/R2JzA

1.5 Recordings of Keynote and Invited Speaker sessions are available on 
the ALT YouTube channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ClipsFromALT

1.6 Robin Mason Fellowships
ALT has set up a fund to commemorate Robin Mason’s life. The purpose of 
the fellowship fund is to support researchers who cannot otherwise come 
to the annual conference. You can now contribute to the fund at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/robinmasonfellowships

1.7 Any employee of an ALT member organisation is entitled to join ALT 
individually at no cost as an Associate Member. You can do this in 
seconds from http://goo.gl/fOCYC


2. ALT events

2.1 OER13: Creating an OER Virtuous Circle, 26-27 March 2013
OER13 will take place at the University of Nottingham, renowned for its 
Open Nottingham programme which has strategically embraced the agenda of 
open access to teaching. The Conference programme will consist of an 
engaging mix of refereed papers, workshops, symposia, posters and 
demonstrations exploring the impact of OER on HE within the conference 
themes.
http://goo.gl/WK9qw

2.2 altc2013 Building new cultures of learning
The 20th annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology 
will be held at the University of Nottingham, 10-12 September 2013.
More information is at http://goo.gl/TOiAk


3. News

3.1 Outcomes of the JISC Curriculum Design programme
The final synthesis report from the JISC Institutional Approaches to 
Curriculum Design Programme has been published. This report authored by 
Helen Beetham provides a detailed analysis of the outcomes from this 
four-year programme of work which completed in July this year.
The report is available at http://bit.ly/cdsynthesis

3.2 The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education has published 
Chapter B3: learning and teaching of the UK Quality Code for Higher 
Education.
The Chapter can be found at: http://goo.gl/gTD5f.


4. Events

4.1 Changing the Learning Landscape – deadline update
The final deadline for anyone interested in participating in the 
leadership strand of the Changing the Learning Landscape (CLL) programme 
is just a few days away, with a limited number of spaces still available.
The final deadline for sign-ups is Monday 17 December. For more 
information on CLL and how it could help you, please contact 
[log in to unmask] or visit:
http://goo.gl/vqYb9

4.2 Campus IT Priorities: A Conversation with Kenneth C. Green of the 
Campus Computing Project
On December 18, Kenneth Green, founding director of The Campus Computing 
Project, will discuss the challenges that confront campus IT officers as 
well as the priorities that emerged from the fall 2012 Campus Computing 
Survey.
To register please visit: http://goo.gl/GSi8m

4.3 Hear from L&D experts at the Learning at Work summit, January 2013.
The Learning at Work summit will provide a platform for L&D and training 
professionals to discuss the latest ideas and solutions in learning & 
development.
Across 3 days of free learning and networking sessions, you will have 
the opportunity to hear about successful L&D initiatives from a range of 
FTSE 100 organisations including M&S, BP, Santander and British Gas.
Find out more at: http://goo.gl/iyaOD

4.4 13th Durham Blackboard Users’ Conference: Make Do Or Spend? 8 - 9 
January 2013 at the University of Durham
This is a conference organised by the user community, for the user 
community. The audience is a mix of repeat attendees and first time 
visitors: learning technologists, librarians, academics, administrators 
and even the odd manager. It is a great networking opportunity at a low 
price.
http://goo.gl/B5HH7

4.5 Workshop: Video Tools for Educational Reflection and Analysis, 16 
January 2013, Liverpool John Moores University.
A one-day, hands-on workshop combining online materials and easy-to-use 
tools. The workshop uses tools designed to facilitate students' and 
teachers' use of video in teaching and learning activities developed 
during the ESRC Ensemble Project and a follow-on project in the JISC OER 
programme. Participants are welcome to bring their own materials to work 
with, so that they can leave with a new tool to use in their teaching.
http://goo.gl/twfhp

4.6 Teaching Online Courses: 16 January - 15 February
This is the first in a series of three courses, which together will help 
you prepare for planning and teaching online courses. There is really no 
other way to learn the skills required of the online tutor other than in 
the online environment. It is highly participative and is designed 
around frequent opportunities for participants to practise and receive 
feedback on their developing skills as an online tutor.
For more info, please see http://goo.gl/stHsp

4.7 E-Learning Symposium 2013 24 - 25 January – University of Southampton
This year the e-learning symposium is bigger than ever: 30 talks, 4 
interactive workshops, students' posters, a publishers' exhibition and more.
For more information, and to register, please visit: http://goo.gl/CnBl8

4.8 Best practice in delivering an educational mobile App
ULCC and campusM are holding a mobile app briefing on Monday 28th 
January for HE & FE institutions. The free-to-attend event will combine 
presentations, discussions and workshops to look at how a successful 
mobile strategy can positively affect student engagement.
To find out more and to register, please visit the event website: 
http://bit.ly/U0nQF7.

4.9 Online and open-access learning in higher education: MOOCs, new 
pedagogies and business models - 5 February 2013, Senate House, London
The University of London International Programmes, Observatory of 
Borderless Higher Education and the Leadership Foundation are co-hosting 
a special seminar focusing on new models of open access and online 
provision in Higher Education, including MOOCs.  The event will feature 
a high quality array of international speakers and is aimed at senior 
managers and policy makers in Higher Education, and stakeholders and 
innovations from private and public sectors.
Full details: http://goo.gl/ARJox

4.10 E-books and Accessibility Ugly Duckling or Adolescent Swan? 13 
February 2013, Senate House, London
The expansion of e-book collections in education and training is 
profoundly affecting the way services are delivered and is bringing 
benefits to many students.
But a number of barriers remain.  This one day event will look at the 
issues from a range of perspectives and will be of value to all 
concerned with academic publishing. Further information: http://goo.gl/qG9mr

4.11 Social Media in Schools: Realising Opportunities, Relieving 
Threats, Thursday 14 February 2013, London
At a time when technology and new media are vital to economic growth, 
this unique forum will present delegates with the opportunity to assess 
the benefits of incorporating social media into schools and teaching. 
Hearing from leading policy experts and best practice case studies, 
delegates will understand how to use new media effectively and safely to 
educate young people in preparation for a digital age.
Further information: http://goo.gl/GMNWo

4.12 Education Innovation Conference and Exhibition, 8-9 March 2013
Education Innovation is a new national conference and exhibition that 
brings together leading education experts, thought leaders and 
inspirational practitioners to share expert advice, training and 
guidance in using technology to improve teaching and learning.
http://goo.gl/PmzeD

4.13 African Resources and Technology for Education Show, 18 - 23 March 
2013, Nigeria
The African Resources and Technology for Education (ARTE) show aims to 
bring together manufacturers and suppliers of educational technology and 
learning resources from all over the globe, to forge a new path of 
growth and development in Africa, the world’s fastest growing education 
sector. The event also aims to introduce new ways of learning and 
teaching, and to be at the forefront of a revolution in education in the 
region.
For more information go to: http://goo.gl/iODCK

4.14 International Enhancement Themes Conference: Enhancement and 
Innovation, 11 – 13 June 2013, Glasgow
To mark 10 years of the Enhancement Themes, this major conference will 
bring together over 500 delegates from across the globe engaged in 
enhancing the student learning experience and will feature a series of 
keynote lectures from leading international experts covering the 
spectrum of enhancement.
http://goo.gl/7Y3xB


5. Calls for proposals

5.1 Scholarship and Literacies in a Digital Age - Call for Papers for a 
Special Issue of Research in Learning Technology
The December 2012 call for papers for a Special Issue of Research in 
Learning Technology, the Journal of the Association for Learning 
Technology (Volume 21, Number 4) has now been issued at http://goo.gl/7tzMY

5.2 Call for papers for the Journal of Next Generation Information 
Technology
The goal of the JNIT is to publish peer reviewed original research 
result-oriented, survey, review, tutorial papers in the various fields 
of Next Generation Information Technology. JNIT also encourages the 
submission of collections of papers on topics of interest for the 
special issue.
For more details: http://goo.gl/toHyD
For special issue submission: http://goo.gl/JPSDQ

5.3 Call for papers for the International Journal of Information 
Processing and Management
The goal of the IJIPM is to publish peer reviewed original research 
result -oriented, survey, review, tutorial papers in the various fields 
of Information Processing and Management including Information 
Processing and Management Information Systems, Business Systems, Service 
and Finance Systems. IJIPM also encourages the submission of collections 
of papers on topics of interest for the special issue.
For more details: http://goo.gl/bkxEz
For special issue submission: http://goo.gl/idvkk

5.4 Call for papers for the EFMD Higher Education Research Conference: 
"Purpose, Performance and Impact of Higher Education Institutions and 
Business Schools" 23th – 24th May 2013, Université Paris-Dauphine (France)
The conference will serve as a platform for bringing together 
researchers with a focus on higher education and a specific interest in 
business schools to discuss their original work.
http://goo.gl/LO81w


6. Funding calls

6.1 National Teaching Fellowship Scheme 2013
Nominations will close on 4 March 2013. Up to 55 awards of £10,000 are 
made to recognise individual excellence. The award is intended for 
National Teaching Fellows' professional development in teaching and 
learning or aspects of pedagogy. The documentation for NTFS 2013 and 
further details of how to submit nominations are available on the 
website at:
http://goo.gl/fc9vS

6.2 SEDA Legacy Awards and Research Grants
SEDA will celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2013. The SEDA Legacy Awards 
and Research Grants will celebrate and raise awareness of the 
Association's contribution to educational development in UK HE. Legacy 
Awards recognise individuals who have made an outstanding contribution 
to educational and staff development. The team award recognises the 
group that has made a significant and sustained impact in educational 
development in the last 20 years. Two grants of up to £9,000 each will 
be given for projects that inform and support the future of educational 
development in the UK. The deadline for submission for both the awards 
and grants is 31st January 2013.
More information is available at: http://goo.gl/49pzc

6.3 More funding for green projects
The third round of HEFCE’s Revolving Green Fund (RGF) is announced
today, with £20 million available from 2013.
The deadline for applications is 22 February 2013.
http://goo.gl/Z3v0s

6.4 Second call to the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund
Following on from the success of the first round of the UK Research 
Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF), HEFCE is inviting proposals from 
UK universities for large-scale projects (minimum £10 million from 
UKRPIF) that can lever twice as much funding from private sources 
(businesses, charities, individual donations).
Proposals are to be submitted to HEFCE by 11 February 2013 and will be 
assessed by the UKRPIF panel in March. The successful projects will be 
announced in May 2013.
http://goo.gl/LZfKs

6.5 Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2013-2014
The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has 
opened our yearly call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is 
for those who wish to spend the 2013-2014 academic year in residence in 
Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek 
to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and 
cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, 
challenging, and compelling issues.
http://goo.gl/xDzOy


7. Open Educational Resources

7.1 Webcast recording: Connecting the Dots between Open Access and Open 
Educational Resources
On September 27, Cable Green of Creative Commons and Nicole Allen at 
Student PIRGs gave an Open Educational Resources (OER) dove into the 
basics of OERs, the relevance of OERs to the library community and the 
intersections of OER and Open Access.
Watch the webcast at http://goo.gl/Bp7ni

7.2 Social Media Handbook for Researchers and Supervisors
Vitae and The Open University, UK have launched a ‘Handbook of Social 
Media for Researchers and Supervisors: Digital technologies for research 
dialogues’. Funded through Vitae Innovate and developed by Dr Shailey 
Minocha and Professor Marian Petre of the Centre for Research in 
Computing, this handbook aims to assist researchers and their 
supervisors to adopt and use social media tools in the service of their 
research, and, in particular in engaging in the discourse of research. 
The handbook presents an innovative suite of resources for developing 
and maintaining a social media strategy for research dialogues.
http://goo.gl/DStvv

7.3 CETIS Analytics Series
Understanding core business is critical for universities and colleges 
and there is increased interested in how analytics can be used 
strategically. The CETIS Analytics Series explores a number of key 
issues around the potential strategic advantages and insights which 
analytics approaches can bring to the education sector. Funded by JISC 
the Series is aimed primarily at managers and early adopters in Further 
and Higher Education who have a strategic role in developing the use of 
analytics in the following areas: Whole Institutional Issues; Ethical 
and Legal Issues; Learning and Teaching; Research Management; Technology 
and Infrastructure.
http://goo.gl/Sg4bR


8. Jobs

8.1 Library and Learning Services, The University of Northampton
Learning Technologist
37 hours per week
YN12073
£24520 - £30122 Per Annum
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 10 January 2013
Informal enquiries to Rob Howe: [log in to unmask] | 01604892483
http://goo.gl/kTX6Q

8.2 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.


9. ALT Online Newsletter

Articles from Issue 29, December 2012

Article – “Engaging University Classes in Online Intercultural Exchange: 
The INTENT Project” by Robert O’Dowd
http://goo.gl/KA9tI

Article – “ALT-C 2012: A confrontation with reality”
http://goo.gl/sIzo4

Article – “Free Cloud LMS: Opportunity, Threat or Irrelevance?” by Kris 
Roger
http://goo.gl/SJAOS

Articles from Issue 28, August 2012

Table of contents for Issue 28 - http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/tag/issue-28/

Article – “A fun fair time at JISC RSC Northwest’s Annual Event” by 
Michelle Hyland
http://goo.gl/lM9QB

Article – “MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera” by 
Jeremy Knox, Sian Bayne, Hamish MacLeod, Jen Ross and Christine Sinclair
http://goo.gl/dFhi4

Article – “UNESCO 2012 World Open Education Resources Congress” by Tim Seal
http://goo.gl/tleLO

Article – “Scottish Mobile Learning Day” by Gráinne Hamilton
http://goo.gl/Ej2WJ

Article – “Meet the M25 Learning Technology Group” by Julie Voce and 
Mimi Weiss Johnson
http://goo.gl/1OiS9

Article – “SIG Update: Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group”
http://goo.gl/icQcm

Article – “A week in the life of…Maren Deepwell”
http://goo.gl/M1dBm


10. Current articles from our peer-reviewed Open Access journal Research 
in Learning Technology

The journal web site is http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/

Latest Articles

Article – “Awareness, attitudes and participation of teaching staff 
towards the open content movement in one university”
Peter Reed
http://goo.gl/OflAJ
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18520

Vol 20, Issue 3 – table of contents

Editorial – “Accessibility: the killer app of learning technology?”
Rhona Sharpe
http://goo.gl/kHNuP
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.19584

Article – “Using videoconferencing in a school-scientist partnership: 
students’ perceptions and scientists’ challenges”
Garry Falloon
http://goo.gl/ZQd0x
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17194

Article – “Perceptions of undergraduate Graphic Design students on the 
educational potential of Facebook”
Nicos Souleles
http://goo.gl/ozeTP
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17490

Article – “Trajectories of engagement: a repeated cross-sectional 
investigation of student perceptions of an online learning environment”
Stuart Palmer, Dale Holt
http://goo.gl/i0lll
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17143

Article – “Investigating uses and perceptions of an online collaborative 
workspace for the dissertation process”
Amanda J. Rockinson-Szapkiw
http://goo.gl/0mCS7
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.18192

Article - " Assessment choices to target higher order learning outcomes: 
the power of academic empowerment"
Margot McNeill, Maree Gosper, Jing Xu
http://goo.gl/WfUDO
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17595

Article - " Students and recorded lectures: survey on current use and 
demands for higher education"
Pierre Gorissen, Jan van Bruggen, Wim Jochems
http://goo.gl/N9b9t
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v20i0.17299


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The digest returns on 11 January 2012. All items for inclusion in the 
next issue should be submitted using the form at http://goo.gl/LlJ3y by 
12.00 noon on Wednesday 09 January 2012. This issue was compiled by 
those who submitted content for it, and very lightly edited by Heather 
Stallard.
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