Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 93, 27 September 2005

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Lots of news, jobs and events in this issue:

1. Association news
2. Association events
3. Invitations to tender
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events
6. News
7. Vacancies
8. Courses

1. Association news

1.1 A report of the videoconference to the Palestinian Territories
- a British Council and ALT pre-conference workshop - is now 
available at:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/VC_Forum_ALT_external_report_20050905.pdf
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2. Association events

2.1 E-learning - making it work; from the preserve of enthusiasts to 
organisation-wide implementation
Organised by ALT and the Learning and Skills Development Agency 
(LSDA)
13 October 2005, London, UK
Keynote speaker: Michael Stevenson, DfES Director of Technology
Online booking at http://www.alt.ac.uk/

Final call for bookings for this conference, showcasing successful e-
learning implementations to help participants:
* learn from organisations which are presenting at the event;
* apply the lessons in their own organisation.
Booking deadline: Friday 30 September
http://www.alt.ac.uk/

2.2 ALT workshop
Edublogs: the educational use of weblogs, weblogging tools and really 
simple syndication (RSS)
17 November 2005, King's College, London
Josie Fraser, Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College
Steven Warburton, King's College London
This timely workshop addresses the current theory and practice 
surrounding the use of weblogs and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) 
within a variety of educational settings. 
Booking deadline: 3 November 2005
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=191

3. Invitations to tender

3.1 JISC ITT - New Content Management System for JISC Website
This would be part of a wider project to rebuild the JISC website 
around a new information architecture and new
design templates. Deadline for bids: 12:00 Friday 14 October 2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_cms_0905

3.2 JISC ITT: EVALUATION OF JISC OPEN ACCESS INITIATIVE
The outcomes of the evaluation will inform JISC’s future investment 
in trialling alternative scholarly communications models once the 
current Open Access initiative ends. Funding of up to £12,500 plus 
VAT is available for this study. Deadline for proposals: 1 pm on 
Friday 14th October 2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_openaccesseval

3.3 European Commission: Information Society Technologies (IST) 
evaluation and monitoring
Deadline: 19 October 2005
http://fp6.cordis.lu/fp6/tender_details.cfm?CALL_ID=253

4. Calls for papers

4.1 Open Source portfolio conference
7-11 December 2005, Austin Hilton, Texas, USA.
http://www.sakaiproject.org/ -- click on the conference announcement.

4.2 JICC 10 - Call for Papers
10th Java & the Internet in the Computing Curriculum Conference (JICC 
10)
Friday 3rd February 2006, London Metropolitan University
Submit conference papers (approximately 4-5 sides of A4 in doc or rtf 
format) to [log in to unmask] by
Monday 31st October 2005.

4.3  I-ESA'06, Interoperability for Enterprise Software and 
Applications
22-24 March 2006, Bordeaux, France.
Paper submissions are due by Nov. 30th 2005.
http://www.i-esa.org

5. Other events

5.1 1st International Digital Curation Conference
29-30 September 2005, Hilton Bath City, Bath, UK
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/training/dcc-2005/

5.2 3rd International ePortfolio Conference and 1st ePortfolio 
Plugfest
27-28 October 2005, Cambridge (UK)
http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/programme/
The Plugfest will take place on 26 October:
http://www.eife-l.org/portfolio/ep2005/plugfest

5.3 EDEN FIFTH OPEN CLASSROOM CONFERENCE
5-7 October 2005, Poitiers, France
Registration is open until 30 September.
http://www.eden-online.org/eden.php?menuId=265

5.4 Third Annual Defence Academy Symposium, Scaling Up E-Learning:
Transforming Learning, Transforming Defence
October 12th-13th 2005, Cranfield University, UK
http://www.rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk/symposia/elearning05

5.5 UNFOLD COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE MEETING
12-14 October, Glasgow, UK
- a unique  opportunity to spend three days talking with others who 
are working
with the IMS LD specification, and participating in practical 
workshops.
http://www.unfold-project.net/about_folder/events/cops/glasgowcop/

5.6 4th CELTIC WEBCT USERS GROUP meeting
Friday 14 October 2005, 1pm - 4.30pm, University of Strathclyde
- update from WebCT on Campus Edition 6, an overview of the WebCT
conference this summer, and discussion led by Professor Jim Boyle.
http://www.celticwebct.org.uk

5.7 2005 Conference on Information Technology
23-26 October, Wyndham Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas
http://www.league.org/2005cit

5.8 Introduction to Creating Quality Metadata for Digital Images;
Thursday 27th October 2005, Bristol, UK.
Colour Management, Thursday 3rd November 2005, Bristol, UK.
http://www.tasi.ac.uk

5.9 The 'Battle for Education' debate at the Battle of Ideas
29-30 October 2005, Royal College of Art, London
http://tinyurl.com/eyybb

5.10 Science, Society and Sims: the future of science education
2-3 November 2005, Coventry
http://www.nestafuturelab.org/events

5.11 17th Biennial ODLAA (Open & Distance Learning Association of
Australia) Conference: Breaking Down Boundaries
9-11 November 2005, Adelaide, Australia.
http://www.unisa.edu.au/odlaaconference/index.htm

5.12 Third IEEE International Workshop on Wireless and Mobile
Technologies in Education (WMTE 2005)
November 28-30, 2005, Tokushima, Japan
Deadline for early registration is October 20th, 2005.
http://lttf.ieee.org/wmte2005/

5.13 E-learning strategy through partnerships: the art of the 
possible
SCONUL Autumn Conference
Tuesday 29 November 2005, British Library Conference Centre, London
http://www.sconul.ac.uk/event_conf/egm2005/

5.14 eLearning Africa conference
24-26 May 2006, UNCC, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
http://www.elearning-africa.com

6. News

6.1 Higher Education Academy to support e-learning
…with £7 million funding from the Higher Education Funding Council 
for England (HEFCE).
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/news/20_3480.htm

6.2 Teaching Quality Information (TQI) website launched
- managed and hosted by HERO (Higher Education and Research 
Opportunities in the United Kingdom). The site aims to assist 
prospective students to make informed decisions when comparing 
subjects and institutions (including HE courses in FE colleges).
http://www.tqi.ac.uk

6.3 JISC news highlights

TechDis staff packs published to support accessibility [26.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techdis_staff_packs

New JISC service draws on UK visualisation expertise [22.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=viznet_announcement

JISC Response to RCUK Position Statement on Access to Research 
Outputs [20.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=jisc_response_rcuk_open_access
 
New FE Exemplars set to inspire the use of online resources 
[16.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=fe_exemplars_announcement

Exploring the frontiers of e-learning at ALT-C [15.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=alt_c_report

Prize for e-learning accessibility research [12.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=techdis_prize
 
ALT-C Conference report: e-portfolios - empowering or enervating? 
[08.09.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=e_portfolio_news080905
 
6.4 Sloan-C Offers Free Online Courses to College Students Displaced 
by Hurricane Katrina
… working with the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) and the 
Sloan Foundation on a project called the “Sloan Semester” to bring 
free online courses to students displaced from colleges shut down due 
to damage from Hurricane Katrina.
http://www.sloansemester.org.

6.5 Highlights in English from the SURF e-learning theme site
http://e-learning.surf.nl

Type of contribution: RESEARCH
Title: Surfing on smooth ice: ICT implementation strategies in higher 
education
An English summary of the report [http://e-learning.surf.nl/docs/e-
learning/elr2.pdf] can be found on pp 79-83.

Type of contribution: RESEARCH
Title: Know the student! A study of the ICT-behaviour of young people
Summary: In July this site carried a discussion of an American 
publication about the Net Generation. There is now a Dutch research 
report on the ICT behaviour of current and future students, both 
Dutch and foreign. The report Ken de student (PDF file) can be 
downloaded free of charge.
http://myeurope.eun.org/shared/data/myeurope/2004/docs/know-the-
student.pdf
 
6.6 Helping students develop Internet research skills
The RDN Virtual Training Suite offers over 60 free online tutorials 
that can help students learn how to use the Internet effectively for 
their research for coursework and assignments.
http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk

7. Vacancies

7.1 King’s College London, KILT
Lecturer in Higher Education (ICT and Web-based Learning)
Salary: £30,312 – £39,206. Ref: A2/RTV/107/05.
Deadlin: 30 September 2005.
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/3449

7.2 Open University, UK
Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology
Two five-year Academic Fellowships leading to permanent Lectureships:
Child and Youth Studies (ref 1927);
Educational Dialogue (ref: 1388).
Deadline: 4 October 2005
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment

7.3 University of Leicester
Beyond Distance Research Alliance
Lecturer A in E-learning (ref: A2230/THES)
Research Assistant in iE-learning (ref: R2231/THES)
Deadline: 7 October 2005
http://www.le.ac.uk/personnel

7.4 University of Oxford, Department for Continuing Education
Project Officer, TALL (www.tall.ox.ac.uk)
Grade: Clerical 6; Salary Range: £22,113 – £25,699 per annum
Applications to [log in to unmask] by noon on Friday 14 
October 2005.
http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

8. Courses

8.1 Applying Learning Technologies
Centre for Academic Professional Development, London Metropolitan 
University
Workshops on the afternoons of Thursday 6th and 20th October
The Applying Learning technologies module is an M Level module – part 
of the MA Learning and Teaching in HE, accredited by SEDA's Embedding 
Learning Technologies award scheme. It is a project-management based 
module, in which participants are supported through the development 
and implementation of a learning technology project. Contact David 
Andrew: [log in to unmask]
http://learning.unl.ac.uk/malthe
http://www.critical-learning.co.uk

8.2 LeTTOL
The next run of the award winning LeTTOL course will be in November 
2005, with a start date of 24 November.  The entire LeTTOL course 
takes place on-line so you learn at times and in places that suit 
you. You study for around 6-7 hours each week, and the course 
duration is 23 weeks including 'breather' weeks. The course leads to 
a qualification from the Open College Network - 18 new (10 hour) 
credits at Level 3.  
http://www.lettol.ac.uk

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Rhonda

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