Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news Digest 329 issued on 7 August 2015
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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 Welcome to new members and a new partner member
We welcome the College Development Network as a new Partner Member of ALT.
We also welcome University of Brighton, Portal, the College of Estate Management and the University of Coventry as new organisational members of ALT.
1.2 2015 Trustee Nominations
Following the call in May the 2015 Trustee Nominations have been received. The nominations have been unopposed and appointments will be confirmed at the AGM on 9 September 2015.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1D5tgvO
2. ALT Events
2.1 ALT Annual Conference 2015: Shaping the future of learning together, 8–10 September 2015, University of Manchester
The 22nd annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology will take place in Manchester this September.
For more information please visit the conference platform at https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2015/
To book please visit: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2015-altc-reg.
3. News
None in this issue
4. Events
4.1 Online Educa Berlin 2015 - ALT Member discount - 2-4 December 2015, Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Budapester Str. 2, 10787 Berlin, Germany
OEB will have 70+ sessions in various formats: hands-on workshops, interactive breakout sessions, discussions and debates, labs, demos and keynote interventions by amongst others author, blogger and co-editor of the blog Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow and Hillary Leevers, Head of Education and Learning at the Wellcome Trust. ALT Members are entitled to benefit from a reduced conference fee of €600 (instead of €790 ).
See https://www.alt.ac.uk/members-area/member-offers-and-discounts
and http://www.online-educa.com/
4.2 Mahara Hui UK15 Conference 9th & 10th November 2015.
The eighth annual Mahara Hui UK ePortfolio Conference will be held at Southampton Solent University Conference Centre on 9th & 10th November 2015. This year's themes are Student Experience; Employability & Work based Learning; Enhancing Teaching and Learning, (including Digital Literacies); and Technical, Administration and Developers. Keynotes include Kristina Hoeppner visiting from New Zealand, the home of Mahara. Early bird tickets for the full two days are only £95 including an evening drinks reception.
http://maharahuiuk.org
4.3 Educational Technology and Related Education Conferences for June to December 2015
Clayton R Wright has circulated an updated version of his thorough listing of conferences and, as with previous updates this is now on the ALT Open Access repository at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2360/
5. Calls for proposals
5.1 Social Media for Learning in HE Conference 18 December 2015
The call for papers is open for this one day conference at Sheffield Hallam University (#SocMedHE15). The conference aims to provide a forum for academics, students, academic developers and strategic managers to consider the opportunities, challenges and the disruptive influence of social media in learning and teaching. Deadline for submissions is 3 September. For details of the themes and presentation formats please see http://go.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe
6. Funding calls
None this issue
7. Open Educational Resources
None this issue.
8. Job vacancies
8.1 University of York
E-Learning Development Team
E-Learning Adviser
4440
£30,434-£37,394
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 17 August 2015
Informal enquiries to Dr Richard Walker: [log in to unmask]; 01904 321138
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gORpNF
8.2 Royal Veterinary College
Electronic Media Unit
Learning Technologist Consultant
£20 per hour
Full time, Temporary
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]
8.3 University of Bristol
TEL team
Educational Technology Advisor
SUPP101695
£24,775 - £27,684
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 19 August 2015
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1K6Tg7w
8.4 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Educational Development Centre
Instructional Design Specialist
15071003
Full time
Closing date: 14 August 2015
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1OKvQcf
8.5 McGraw-Hill Education
Pre and Post Sales Implementation Specialist EMEA
4344-671
Full time
Closing date: 20 August 2015
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Ipucvt
9. Current articles from the ALT Online Newsletter
The newsletter website is at: http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/
Latest articles:
"Using Technology in the Classroom – a mini case study" Nastaran Norouzi Richards-Carpenter
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gORIYT
"Learn the secrets to Making Social Collaboration Work, London, 15th October" Steve Kidd
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1M9V6bW
"Getting Technology Right in Schools – A Word with José Picardo" José Picardo
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1SYqtMq
"Flipping the Institution: Higher Education in the Post Digital Age" Kitty Horne
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1I4xwsw
"What was #rhizome15" Dave Cormier
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1HUDwGa
We welcome articles, comment, reviews, project news and advertising enquiries. For more information on how to submit an article to the Newsletter go to http://go.alt.ac.uk/1EMDSy6
10. Current articles from our peer-reviewed Open Access journal Research in Learning Technology
The journal website is at: http://go.alt.ac.uk/RLT_Journal
"Handling disruptive innovations in HE: lessons from two contrasting case studies"
Stephen Powell, Bill Olivier and Li Yuan
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v23.22494
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1KtFKAm
"Just-in-time research: a call to arms for research into mobile technologies in higher education "
Lucie Byrne-Davis, Hilary Dexter, Jo Hart, Tim Cappelli, Ged Byrne, Ian Sampson, Jane Mooney, Colin Lumsden
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v23.25653
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Ph7jfr
“I finally felt like I had power’: student agency and voice in an online and classroom-based role-play simulation”
A. Rector-Aranda and M. Raider-Roth
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v23.25569
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1GKru2s
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