Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 92, 2 September 2005

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In this issue:
1. Association news
2. Association events
3. Invitations to tender
4. Calls for partners
5. Calls for papers
6. Other events
7. News
8. Vacancies
9. Courses

1. Association news

1.1 ALT-C 2005 news
Bookings are up on last year; we look forward to meeting many of you 
there and at the AGM on Wednesday at 17:00.
Some extra meetings at ALT-C:
* TLT Officers Special Interest Group, Tuesday 17:30, Renold F1;
* Spring conference 2005 follow-up meeting, Tues 17:30, Renold F2.

2. Association events

2.1 E-learning - making it work; from the preserve of enthusiasts to 
organisation-wide implementation
13 October 2005, London, UK
Keynote speaker: Michael Stevenson, DfES Director of Technology
Online booking now available at http://www.alt.ac.uk/

ALT and the Learning and Skills Development Agency (LSDA) will be 
holding a conference in London for FE and Adult and Community 
Learning practitioners and leaders. The conference will showcase 
successful e-learning implementations, in a way which will 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. Weblogs, which most 
popularly appear in the form of online journals, have heralded a new 
era in personal publishing but what do these new tools offer in terms 
of enhancing the learning and teaching process? What are the 
advantages to combining them with technologies such as RSS news 
feeds?
Booking deadline: 3 November 2005
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=191

3. Invitations to tender

3.1 The HE Academy subject network for Information and Computer 
Sciences
Tranche 4 of the subject Development Fund
Proposals for funding should be made using the downloadable 
Application Form which is available in either PDF or Word format from 
 http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Devfund/index.shtml. Applications may 
be submitted either on paper or electronically. In 2005-06 £35,000 
has been allocated to support small development projects within the 
ICS community. The maximum funding available for any single project 
should not exceed £3,000.
Deadline for applications: Friday, 30 September 2005

3.2 JISC Circular 6/05: Large Scale Implementation of Innovative 
Technologies within Institutions
...expressions of interest invited around the three key areas of 
mobile learning, gaming technologies and physical learning spaces in 
response to an educational challenge within an institution. Projects 
will be required to work in collaboration with a named UK educational 
research laboratory to explore the impact of introducing the 
technology on the learning and teaching processes, and the associated 
organisational issues. Funding of up to £300,000 in total is 
available for up to three projects to run over a period of no longer 
than two years starting in January 2006. Deadline: 13:00 hours on 
Friday 14 October 2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_circular6_05

4. Calls for partners

4.1 Minerva action of Socrates (pre-proposal deadline: 1 November)
A European project on the use of new technologies and of authentic 
audio and video in teaching, in particular the teaching of foreign 
languages, seeks partners. The project is based on the use of digital 
audio archives (repositories) containing original and authentic 
material of significant cultural, social or linguistic value. We hope 
to identify partners (universities, research centres, cultural 
associations and radio networks) with a strong commitment to making 
digital collections available for educational purposes or to 
developing and testing innovative collaborative tools based on these 
media.
Contact the Project team:
Maureen Lister, [log in to unmask], Tel: 00 39 051 2097784.
Michela Salizzoni, [log in to unmask], Tel: 00 39 051 
2097787.
Riccardo Gianninoni, [log in to unmask], Tel: 00 39 051 
2097768.

5. Calls for papers

5.1 EADTU 2005 Working Conference
10–11 November, Italian National Research Council, Rome (CNR).
extended deadline for Abstract Submission
http://www.eadtu.nl/files/infoletter2005/feb/EADTU_Infoletter_February
_2005.pdf

6. Other events

6.1 ADVENTURES IN LEARNING
Wednesday 14 September, Edinburgh Festival Theatre
http://www.learnforever.co.uk/new.htm

6.2 The Sloan Consortium online workshops
1) Identifying Successful Business Strategies for Online Learning
14 September - 28 October 2005 (Six-Week Online Workshop)
http://www.sloan-c.org/info/08/specialbiz.asp

2) Copyright Compliance for Online Educators
21-30 September 2005
http://www.sloan-c.org/info/08/specialcopyright.asp

* Sloan-C Premium Members receive a 50% discount.
http://www.sloan-c.org/info/08/premspecial.asp

6.3 eLEARNING EXCHANGE MARKETPLACE
Thursday 29 September 2005, Glasgow, UK
The eLearning Alliance invites Buyers and Sellers to meet in the 
‘eLearning Marketplace’, an opportunity to meet all the different 
players in the eLearning marketplace under one roof, on the same day. 
To register your interest in taking part in this event, email 
[log in to unmask] indicating whether you are interested in 
taking part as a Buyer or Seller by Thursday 22nd September. 
http://www.elearningalliance.org
 
6.4 European e-accessibility conference (free conference)
Friday 21 October 2005, Landmark Hotel, London, UK
http://tinyurl.com/b53l2

6.5 Online Educa Pre-Conference Forum: E-Learning for Defence and 
Security
November 29 & 30, 2005, Hotel InterContinental Berlin, Germany
http://www.online-educa.com/en/forum_defence.htm

7. News

7.1 The Technology Source
now available on UNC's ibiblio server at 
http://www.technologysource.org

7.2 News from the JISC
Mapping service offered free to further education [24.08.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=digimap_fe
 
See Shakespearian actors at Arts and Humanities Data Service 
[23.08.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=shakespeare_news_ahds_230705

Television in education –  find over five million broadcasts and use 
them [16.08.05]
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=television_in_education_news_1607
05

8. Vacancies

8.1 The University of Western Australia
CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer 
E-LEARNING ACADEMIC DEVELOPER.  Ref 952
CLOSING DATE: 16 September 2005
The appointee will lead a small team responsible for elearning 
support and development, including WebCT training, for academic and 
general staff at UWA.
https://www.his.admin.uwa.edu.au/jobvacs/external/academic/ads.htm
For further information please contact Dr Allan Goody, Director of 
CATL on (08) 6488 2603 or email [log in to unmask]

8.2 Becta, Coventry, UK (www.becta.org.uk)
Project Manager - Technical
Contract position (3 months initially). Rate: around £220 per day.
Requires a strong technical background, and possibly some project 
management experience, in the field of e-learning, to provide support 
and advice to the nationally distributed projects on technical, 
accessibility and metadata issues and matters relating to standards 
and quality.
Contact: Annabel Thé, International Recruiter, Allegis Group Ltd
Email: [log in to unmask]  Tel: +44 (0)2476 460666 
Fax: +44 (0)2476 461444

8.3 Cambridge Assessment
(formerly known as UCLES - University of Cambridge Local Examinations 
Syndicate)
E-Learning and Knowledge Manager in the Cambridge Assessment Network
Salary range £31,894 – £37,237 (depending on skills and experience)
Job Reference: AD3002
Closing date: Monday 19th September 2005. Interviews: Tuesday 27th 
September 2005.
http://www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk/workingforucles/cambridge

9. Courses

9.1 JISC's Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) courses
University of Bristol
- Create and Animate Vector Graphics Using Flash MX
Friday 16th September
- Digital Rights Management
Friday 23rd September
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/training/

9.2 Teaching and Course Design in Higher Education (H850)
The final presentation begins November 2005. On successful completion 
of this course you will be awarded a Certificate in Teaching and 
Learning in Higher Education which is accredited bv the Higher 
Education Academy and recognised by the Staff and Educational 
Development Association (SEDA).
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?C02H850

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