Association for Learning Technology Fortnightly news digest 86, 19 May 2005 Join ALT at http://www.alt.ac.uk/membership_join.html Corporate and institutional members list: http://www.alt.ac.uk/corporate_members.php More excellent events, reports and vacancies in this issue. The digest should reach you once a fortnight. To send items for inclusion, email [log in to unmask] - with your _brief_ text in the body of the message (no attachments, please; especially not pdf files). Deadline for next issue: Tuesday 7 June 2005 In this issue: 1. Association news 2. Association events: lots more news on ALT-C 2005 3. Calls for partners: last call for CAMELL 4. Calls for papers: Online Distance Education 5. Other events 6. News: E-Tutor awards, reports on open source and e-portfolios... 7. Vacancies: a great range of jobs this week 8. Courses: WebCT Certified Trainer Programme 1. Association news 1.1 It's your digest, so make the most of it! Did you hear the one about the LT job that wasn't advertised in the digest? No, neither did we... Tell your Human Resources department to send details to [log in to unmask] 2. Association events 2.1 ALT-C 2005 Exploring the frontiers of e-learning: borders, outposts and migration 6-8 September 2005, Manchester, UK http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005 Registration is now open at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/registering.html * All authors must register by 10 June * The early bird rate expires on 30 June Booking details of five excellent pre-conference workshops are at: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/pre_and_post.html - see also the WebCT Certified Trainer Programme under Courses below. The draft programme is available at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/timetable.html Reserve an exhibition space now (places going fast) at http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/exhibitor_information.html Sign up to receive regular information on the conference (low-volume email list) from the home page: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2005/ 2.2 The DialogPlus Toolkit for Learning Activity Designers 14 July 2005, 1000-1600, Southampton University Presenters: Dr Christopher Bailey and Karen Fill, University of Southampton Cost: £95 ALT members, £150 non-members Booking deadline: 30 June 2005 A hands-on introduction to the online toolkit developed, as part of the JISC/NSF funded DialogPlus project, to guide and support teachers as they create, modify and share learning activities and resources. http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=177 2.3 Learning Theory and Design for Learning 23 June 2005, 0930-1600, Oxford Brookes University Presenters: Helen Beetham, JISC, and George Roberts, Oxford Brookes University Booking deadline: 9 June 2005 Participants will be introduced to various ways in which theory can be applied to the processes of design, development and delivery of learning, and will also be invited to consider how their own practice is already informed by theory – explicitly or implicitly. http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=187 3. Call for partners 3.1 Collaborative Approaches to the Management of Lifelong Learning (CAMELL) Respond by Friday 20 May 2005. An invitation to English HEIs and FE Colleges in direct receipt of HEFCE funds to participate in a HEFCE Leadership, Governance and Management Programme (LGM) Project led by JISC infoNet in partnership with JISC Development, the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and the Higher Education Academy. The project will identify and promote good practice in the management of ICT to support lifelong learning. The project aims to develop a community of practice based around a series of study visits and a discussion forum and we are looking for expressions of interest from institutions that would like to take part in the project. To find out more about the project and/or download the full call for expressions of interest please visit: http://www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/lgm 4. Calls for papers 4.1 May 2006 Special Issue of Distance Education - the journal of the Open and Distance Learning Association of Australia (ODLAA). Online Distance Education: New ways of learning? New models of teaching? Deadline: 30 June 2005. Send one-page proposals to Guest Editor, Dr Rod Sims [log in to unmask] 5. Other events 5.1 Beyond eLearning – a one-day seminar Thursday 16 June 2005, Hampden Park, Glasgow http://www.learnforever.co.uk/new.htm 5.2 EDEN 2005 Annual Conference 20-23 June 2005, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php 5.3 Open Source for Education Conference 24 June 2005, Holiday Inn, Sheffield http://www.digitalsy.org.uk/EventInfo?eventid=109 5.4 Dysg E-learning Conference 29 and 30 June 2005, DVLA Development Centre, Swansea Vale, Wales http://www.dysg.org.uk/news/elearn2005.asp 5.5 PACE to PebblePAD: an ePortfolio in Practice 30 June 2005, University of Wolverhampton Science Park. Free to the educational community http://ww.wlv.ac.uk/celt/pebblepad 5.6 NLN events in England in June and July (lots of them!) http://www.nln.ac.uk/events 5.7 DIVERSE Conference 2005 5th - 7th July 2005, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, USA. http://www.vanderbilt.edu/DIVERSE2005/ 5.8 World Summit on the Information Society 16-18 November 2005, Tunis http://www.smsitunis2005.org 5.9 11th Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN) "The Power of Online Learning: Mobilizing to Expand Community." 17-19 November 2005, Orlando, Florida, USA. http://www.aln.ucf.edu 6. News 6.1 E-Tutor of the Year 2005 - entries are encouraged from all who have or are using ICT tools in an innovative way in higher education in this academic year. Closing date: 1 July. First prize of £1,000 awarded by the Times Higher Education Supplement; runners up are awarded £250 in book tokens by the Higher Education Academy. Free entry to ALT-C 2005 to the winners and runners-up for the presentation of the awards. http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor.htm 6.2 e-Learning Project funding The Centre for Bioscience offers grants of up to £4,000 in the area of e-Learning. http://www.bioscience.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/eLearning/etdf.htm 6.3 Evaluating the use of open source software (OSS) in schools Becta report now out: http://www.becta.org.uk/corporate/press_out.cfm?id=4681 6.4 Stephen Downes' newsletter (daily or weekly) - subscribe at http://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/website/subscribe.cgi - Stephen highlights a recently published report on e-portfolios commissioned by JISC: 'The authors offer a literature survey and mapping of twelve products ("a relatively small sample of the total number of UK e-portfolio products") with a focus on academic, not corporate, offerings'. By Helen C Richardson and Rob Ward, JISC, March, 2005 http://www.jisc.ac.uk/uploaded_documents/epfr.doc 6.5 SURF elearning theme site: May newsletter in English http://elearning.surf.nl/docs/e- learning/international_newsletter_may_2005.pdf 6.6 Over 900 academics selected to assess research in 2008 in UK http://www.rae.ac.uk/news/2005/panel.htm 6.7 Taylor and Francis Online Services Scholarly Articles Research Alerting (SARA) - a free email contents alerting service, designed to deliver tables of contents for over 740 journals of your choice in advance of the printed edition. http://www.tandf.co.uk/online 7. Vacancies 7.1 University of Gloucestershire, UK Learning Technologist, Centre for Active Learning Grade APT&C 5/6: £17,969 - £21,640. Ref: S206. Closing date: 24 May 2005. Interview date: 1 June 2005 For an informal discussion post contact Martin Jenkins ([log in to unmask], 01242 532117). http://www.glos.ac.uk/jobs 7.2 University of Plymouth, UK Senior Learning Technologist Grade Eiii (£25,432- 29,128) Closing date: 25th May 2005 Informal contact can be made with Sue Burkill (Head of EDaLT) on 01752 232345. http://www.plymouth.ac.uk/pages/view.asp?page=11348 7.3 Vacancies at Epic Group plc, Brighton, UK Interactive Designer Senior Learning Designer E-learning Designers E-learning Developers (permanent/contract) Work placements (production) Work placements (marketing) http://www.epic.co.uk/content/jobs/vacancies_index.htm 7.4 INASP, Oxford, UK Instructional Design Officer Salary: £22,000-31,297 Closing date: 27 May 2005 http://www.inasp.info/training/training-post.html 7.5 The Open University, UK Job Vacancy: Programme Director (VLE) Salary: up to £70k pa depending on experience. Closing date: 3 June 2005. http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=1657 8. Courses 8.1 WebCT Certified Trainer Programme Are you an experienced WebCT user looking to branch out and assist others in their professional development? Are you interested in receiving an advanced professional credential that reflects your accomplishments? Then you should apply for the WebCT Certified Trainer Program: http://www.webct.com/certification Connected Learning Ltd - http://www.connectedlearning.co.uk/webct.htm - WebCT's Authorized UK Training Partner, will be conducting the WebCT Certified Trainer Program this year in the UK at The IoD Hub, Peter House, Oxford Street , Manchester, England. The first day of the face-to-face portion will be held on September 5th. Evaluation days will be scheduled on September 6 or 7. The face-to-face and evaluation days will be scheduled around ALT-C 2005. * Online session: June 27 - July 15 * Face-to-face session: September 5 in Manchester, England, with September 6 & 7 as evaluation days. * Fee £1,770 GBP. * Price includes cost of evaluation Application form: http://gromit.webct.com/certification/ If you have questions or need more information, contact [log in to unmask] . -- The digest returns on 8 June 2005. All news, jobs, events, etc, to [log in to unmask] by Tuesday 7 June, please. Regards Rhonda Disclaimer: Whilst every care is taken to provide accurate information in compiling this digest, ALT cannot vouch for the accuracy of information provided on other web sites to which the digest links, and opinions expressed on those sites should not be construed to be those of ALT. Rhonda Riachi, Director Association for Learning Technology Oxford Brookes University, Headington, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK. 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