Welcome to this week's news digest. In this edition:

1. Updates for Members
2. News, events and Calls for Proposals
3. New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology
4. Jobs

1. Updates for Members

1.1. Join the 2018 Annual Conference Committee

The 2018 Annual Conference will take place in Manchester from 11 to 13 September 2018. We are doing things a bit differently and offering all volunteers the chance to sign up for what they are particularly interested in helping with in the run-up to and during ALT’s Annual Conference. It’s our 25th year and we want the Annual Con to reflect our diverse and growing community across the UK and beyond.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2mYQlyz

1.2 New ALT North East Members Group approved by Trustees

We are pleased to announce that an ALT Members Group for the North East region has been approved by the ALT Trustees. For more information and to join the group, visit http://go.alt.ac.uk/2zhl0sz

Learn more about ALT Members and Special Interest Groups, including information on forming new groups, at http://go.alt.ac.uk/ALTMembersGroups. We will be happy to hear from any members in the East England region interested in forming a group.

1.3 CMALT portfolio sharing: help to enhance the Open Register

We are encouraging all CMALT holders to share their portfolio. This will help to

• Develop the way we showcase the work and achievements of CMALT Holders

• Compile better information about professional development in Learning Technology

• Support candidates who are looking for examples of successful portfolios that are related to their own work

More information: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2bEj9X7

To participate, please complete the form at http://goo.gl/forms/xVDo14xO1d

 

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2. News, events and calls for proposals

2.1 Event: ALT Online Winter Conference: 12 - 13 December 2017

The ALT Online Winter Conference showcases some of the best Learning Technology from ALT Members from across sectors. Registration is now open.

Conference platform: http://go.alt.ac.uk/winter-conf2018

Registration: http://go.alt.ac.uk/winterconf-reg

2.2 Sponsorship opportunities for the ALT Online Winter Conference

Show your support for the ALT community and Learning Technology and promote your organisation by sponsoring the ALT Online Winter Conference.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/winter-conf

2.3 Sponsorship opportunities for #OER18

The 9th annual conference for Open Education research, practice and policy will take place in Bristol from 18 to 19 April 2018. You can sponsor the conference and support the continued growth of inclusivity provided by Open Education.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2msPGFp

2.4. Event: Digital Transformation of Vocational Education Showcase, Northern Regional College, Ballymena, Northern Ireland, 3 December 2017

Book your place at Northern Regional College's #fedigitalshowcase event, highlighting the advances made in the use of technology in vocational education and apprenticeships.

Keynote speaker Katharine Jewitt http://go.alt.ac.uk/2Ar5Y7a

Closing date for bookings 1 December 2017

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2ArmFQ8

2.5 EMLT: Learning Analytics: Using data to improve the learner experience, University of Northampton, 14 December 2017, 12.00 - 16.00

The winter meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists group is on the theme of ‘Learning Analytics: Using data to improve the learner experience’ including a special workshop from Jisc.

The deadline for the call for presentations is 1 December 2017.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2mq1OH0

2.6 Social Media for Learning in Higher Education conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 19 December 2017

Booking is open for this one-day conference, #SocMedHE17. It will have a Build Your Own Conference morning that is designed and agreed by the delegates themselves, with set papers and workshops in the afternoon.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2ePBLSF

2. 7 Call for Proposals: Digifest 2018 - Harnessing the power of edtech: thriving in a digital world, 6-7 Mar 2018, Birmingham

Jisc's Digifest 2018 explores how we can use the power of digital to enable better learning and teaching, engage learners and achieve better outcomes.Session proposals are welcomed from experts across the education sector. The programme will be eclectic, innovative, and provocative.The strand on teaching and learning excellence in a digital age offers huge scope for ALT members to share insights and best practice. Further information, and online submission form, at: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2nlBkHi

Deadline for proposals: 5 January 2018

2.8 ALT Learning Spaces SIG meetup and campus tour, 10 January 2018, 10 - 14.30

Join colleagues for the next ALT Learning Spaces SIG meetup and campus tour. This time, City, University London is hosting the meetup, which will consist of chats, tours and a workshop about learning spaces.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2mtGPmD

2.9 Call for Proposals: IFIP OCCE 2018 - Open Conference on Computers in Education, Empowering Learners for Life in the Digital Age, Linz, Austria, 25 - 28 June 2018 (24 June 2018 - doctoral consortium)

The Call for Proposals is now open.

Deadline for submissions: 21 January 2018

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2xREBCP

2.10 Digital leaders programme - higher and further education, Leicester, 25 - 26 January and 15 - 16 February 2018

The four-day programme is made up of a pair of two-day residential workshops. It will equip participants with the tools, knowledge and skills to:

• Become a more effective digital leader through their own personal and professional development

• Explore how organisations can engage more effectively with the digital technology at their disposal – at strategic and operational levels

• Discover and reflect on how digital technology is changing the way their organisation operates – creating new leadership challenges and strategic opportunities

• Learn to lead, manage and influence digitally driven change across organisations, departments, services and teams

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2nD0BL9

 

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3. New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology

MozFest Reflections http://go.alt.ac.uk/2msLNjL

 

Lived Open Educational Practices at #EuroCALL2017 http://go.alt.ac.uk/2yJia3j

 

#HEBlogSwap – Sharing Practice and Building Community in Cyberspace http://go.alt.ac.uk/2xQaCLD

 

How and why should Learning Technologists engage with start-ups? http://go.alt.ac.uk/2kIETGd

 

The role of networked learning in academics’ writing http://go.alt.ac.uk/2z0nG1P

 

A reflexive evaluation of technology-enhanced learning http://go.alt.ac.uk/2mlh7AO

 

Print versus digital texts: understanding the experimental research and challenging the dichotomies http://go.alt.ac.uk/2lKXZfo

 

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4. Jobs

4.1 Northern Regional College

Digital Learning Team
Digital Learning Technologist & Coach
2502
£33,106 - £36,019
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 1 December 2017

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2zvAVaQ

4.2 University of Bristol

Digital Education Office
Digital Learning Materials Developer
SUPP103727
£36,613 – 41,212
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 3 December 2017
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2zuC5U6

4.3. Imperial College London

ICT E-Learning

E-Learning Support Assistant

FOG00013

£27,190 – £30,000

Full time

Closing date: 4 December 2017

Informal enquiries to John Ramsa, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2ArZ029

4.4 University of Leeds

National Institute for Health Research (nihr.ac.uk)

Digital Learning Designer

£26,495-£31,604

Fixed Term (to 31 March 2020 due to external funding)

Closing date: 6 December 2017

Informal enquiries to John Casteldine, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2zuOUxN

4.5 University of South Wales

CELT

Learning Techologist (0.6 FTE)

U001402

£28,936 - £33,518 pro rata

Part time, Permanent

Closing date: 10 December 2017

Informal enquiries to Catherine Naamani, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2Ap3IgV

4.6 University of Sussex

Technology Enhanced Learning

Senior Learning Technologist

2398

32548

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 14 December 2017

Informal enquiries to Dr David Walker, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2As0UQl

4.7 Oxford Brookes University

OCSLD

Head of Educational and Staff Development

£60,410 - £65,997

Full time

Closing date: 15 December 2017

Informal enquiries to Alison Cross, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/28ZvmCd

4.8 University of Southampton

Managed Learning Environment - iSolutions

Managed Learning Support Specialist

944317JF

£29,799 to £36,613

Full time

Closing date: 29 December 2017

Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2ArSpVk

 

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