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From: "Ashurst E.J." <[log in to unmask]>
This bulletin contains information on the following:
1. SC workshop: Computer Assisted Assessment - University of
Strathclyde - 27 January 2003
2. SC Workshop: Intercultural Learning and the Role of Visual Media -
CILT, London - 31 January 2003
3. LWULT Languages Dissemination Project : Call for Bids
4. Subject Centre Web site
5. Exchange Magazine
6. SCHML Workshop: Managing University Teaching Contracts - CiLT -
12 February 2003
7. Learning and Teaching Resources Using Digital Images Requiring
Peer Review
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1. SUBJECT CENTRE WORKSHOP - COMPUTER ASSISTED ASSESSMENT
University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Monday 27 January 2003
This event will look at generic issues such as CAA pedagogy,
standards and interoperability, as well as specific issues and tools
for CAA in language learning. There will be demonstrations and
opportunity to try out tools currently available (Questionmark,
WELTS, Interactive Language Learning).
Details and registration form at:
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=585
2. SUBJECT CENTRE WORKSHOP: Intercultural Learning and the role of
Visual Media
31 January 2003 - CILT, Covent Garden, London.
The Subject Centre would like to invite you to participate in our
forthcoming interdiscipinary event on the various uses, in
undergraduate teaching, of visual media - film television and other
visual representations - to promote intercutural awareness as part
of a programme in area, transnational or postnational studies. It
will particularly explore the inter-disciplinary interfaces between
film, media and cultural studies on the one hand and disciplines such
as Geography, History and Politics on the other. How can visual media
help to develop an understanding of cultural diversity, cultural
difference and help advance intercultural awareness? The day will
consist of a keynote presentation, case study papers on aspects of
this theme focussing upon examples of classroom practice and there
will also be time for a general discussion.
Case study abstracts and a full programme are available on our
website at
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=586
3. LWULT LANGUAGES DISSEMINATION PROJECT: CALL FOR BIDS
As mentioned in a previous bulletin, the Subject Centre is inviting
bids for funding for up to £3,500. This money will fund up to 6 mini
projects in lesser widely taught languages. Details and application
forms are now available on the Subject Centre website at
http://www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk/news/newsitem.aspx?resourceid=1217
4. SUBJECT CENTRE WEB SITE
The Subject Centre web site is now up and running and we would
welcome your comments.
5. EXCHANGE MAGAZINE
This is a publication produced by the National Coordinating Team,
LTSN, JISC and ILT. The focus of the current issue is research and
teaching.
The Subject Centre has a limited number of copies to distribute.
Anyone interested in receiving a copy is asked to email
[log in to unmask] giving their name and address.
6. SCHML WORKSHOP: MANAGING UNIVERSITY TEACHING CONTRACTS: THINGS
YOU NEED TO KNOW - 12 February 2003 - CiLT
The Standing Conference of Heads of Modern Languages in Universities
(SCHML) is organising this workshop in response to the growing need
for information about contractual developments and issues that are of
central importance to language teaching teams in higher education.
Two guest speakers and their topics are as follows:
Alan Dainty, Employee Relations Manager, Sheffield Hallam University:
Teaching contracts - Are we losing flexibility or simply missing the
point?
Andrew Mullen, Assistant Director of Personnel, University of
Manchester: Fixed-term contract regulations - The beginning of the
end of casualisation in Higher Education?
The workshop is free for participants from SCHML member institutions,
£20 for others. Lunch will be provided at an additional cost of £12
per head.
For information on the workshop and a registration form, please
contact the SCHML secretary, Dr. John Kidman, Tall Trees, Castle
Canyke Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL31 1DX (e-mail:
[log in to unmask]) or Professor David Head, Chair of
SCHML, on 01752 232888 (e-mail: [log in to unmask]).
7. LEARNING AND TEACHING RESOURCES USING DIGITAL IMAGES REQUIRING
PEER REVIEW
As part of Phase 2 FILTER project (Focusing Images for Learning and
Teaching - an Enriched Resource) some learning and teaching resources
using digital images require peer review
£100 per review
Reviews to be completed 7 February at the latest
There is a FILTER resources evaluation checklist that will be sent to
each peer reviewer, so it is just a matter of ticking a box and maybe
adding the odd comment.
Phase 2 FILTER Datasets Requiring Peer Review
Dataset Title*****Subject Area(s)
Occupied France: Commemorating the Deportation *****History/Modern
Languages (French)
Teaching Emotional Intelligence*****Interdisciplinary
Dylan Thomas*****English, History, Cultural Studies, Welsh Studies
Beginners' Swedish*****Modern Languages (Swedish)
Seeing Through Different Eyes: The culture of the secondary
school*****Education
Using Images in E-Learning*****Generic
For further information contact: Jill Evans Project Manager/Research
Co-ordinator, Bristol Biomedical Image Archive/FILTER, Institute for
Learning and Research Technology, University of Bristol, 8-10
Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HH Tel: 0117 928 7164, Fax: 0117 928
7112, Mobile: 07976 383208, [log in to unmask],
http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
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contact the Subject Centre if you have any queries regarding this
bulletin.
Liz Ashurst
Centre Manager
Subject Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
School of Modern Languages
University of Southampton
Highfield
SOUTHAMPTON
SO17 1BJ
Tel: 023 8059 5407
www.lang.ltsn.ac.uk
