Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 96, 11 November 2005
Some interesting invitations to tender and lots of news and events
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1. Association news
2. Association events
3. Invitations to tender
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events
6. News
7. Vacancies
1. Association news
1.1 A warm welcome to the following organisations which have recently
joined ALT:
Desire2Learn http://www.desire2learn.com/ (see News below)
Course Creations http://www.coursecreations.net/
- and to all the individual members who have joined in the last
fortnight.
1.2 Policy Board news
Presentations used by the keynote speakers at the ALT Policy Board on
27/10/2005 - Nick Umney, Prof. Aldwyn Cooper, Jon Gamble and Dr Bill
Harvey - are now available for download from
http://www.alt.ac.uk/documents.html
- under "Documents of general interest to the learning technology
community". In two cases the *files are large*, so please take note of
the stated file sizes before you opt to download them, taking account of
your connection speed.
2. Association events
2.1 ALT-C 2006: the next generation
5-7 September 2006, Edinburgh
The conference is for practitioners and researchers from all sectors
involved in learning technology, as well as those new to the field. The
conference welcomes research papers for publication in the peer-reviewed
Proceedings of ALT-C 2006, as well as short papers, symposia, workshops,
demonstrations and posters.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/
2.2 Spring Conference & Research Seminar 2006
6-7 April 2006, The Netherlands
Put these dates in your diairy now! This popular event always books
quickly. More news to follow shortly.
3. Invitations to tender
3.1 Higher Education Academy: E-learning benchmarking exercise
All expressions of interest must be received by 17:00 on 30 November
2005.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/benchmarking.htm
3.2 JISC ITT: Tender for Participants in a Framework Agreement to deliver
consultancy work for the e-Framework
Programme
This Framework Agreement will be in place from January 2006 to July 2007.
The total value of all contracts issued under this Agreement will not
exceed £100,000. Tenders to participate in the Framework Agreement should
be submitted no later than 1300 hours on Monday 5th December 2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_eframeworkparticipants
3.3 JISC ITT: Develop and/or demonstrate toolkits within the E-Learning
Framework (ELF)
... proposals to:
a) DEVELOP A NEW TOOLKIT - to produce software development kits (known
as E-Learning Framework (ELF) Toolkits) that enable developers to create
applications that 'Provide Services' and 'Consume Services' as defined
within the e-Learning Framework.
- OR -
b) DEVELOP AN EXISTING TOOLKIT - to trial (that is install, test,
demonstrate, evaluate and contribute to), the use of one or more of the
ELF Toolkits.
Deadline for receipt of proposals: 13:00 hours on Monday 28 November
2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_softdevkits
4. Calls for papers
4.1 First Call for Papers and Reviewers InSITE06
Informing Science and IT Education 2006
University of Salford in Manchester, June 25-28 2006
Submit a paper by 30th November 2005 at http://2006.informingscience.org/
Become a reviewer at http://conf.informingscience.org/openconf.php
4.2 1st UK Workshop on Constructive Alignment
Nottingham Trent University, 23rd February 2006
Call for Papers and Participation
Send abstracts of around 500-1000 words to Michael Key
([log in to unmask]) no later than 24th December 2005.
4.3 Special issue of “Educational Media International”
Technology and International Development
(ISSN: 0952-3987 paper, and 1469-5970 online)
Deadline: 15 January 2006.
Instructions for authors:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authors/remiauth.html
Full call for papers: http://www.cardet.org/devcall.html
4.4 Web Technologies, Applications, and Services (WTAS 2006)
17-19 July 2006, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Deadline: 1 March 2006
http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2006/calgary/submit-524.htm
5. Other events
5.1 Techshare 2005 - technology for people with sight problems
17 - 18 November, Jury's Inn, Birmingham. Book by Mon 14 Nov.
http://tinyurl.com/c22j6
http://www.techshare.org.uk/
5.2 10th KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FORUM
24 - 25 November 2005, Grand Hotel Garden, Siena, Italy
http://www.jekpot.com/pagine/km10.htm
5.3 The eLearning Network presents Diversity and what it means for e-
learning
25 November 2005, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London, SW1X 8PS
Discount for Members of the Association of Learning Technology.
http://www.elearningnetwork.org
5.4 ESRC/WUN Research Seminar series:
Elearning policy informed by elearning research
4th seminar: 30th November, University of Manchester
Contact Sandy Ritter, WUN Coordinator, [log in to unmask]
or tel 01904 433198 by 15th November.
http://www.wun.ac.uk/elearning/seminars/index.html
5.5 Reference Model Projects and UNFOLD workshop at ONLINE EDUCA 2005
Wednesday 30 November 2005, Berlin
http://www.online-educa.com/pre_conference/10.htm
5.6 Becta Expert Technology Seminar - Enabling flexibility
FREE seminar, Thursday 8 December 2005, Manchester Conference Centre
http://www.becta.org.uk/etseminars/et_register.cfm?id=3D7=20
5.7 Success factors in informal learning
Wednesday 14 December 2005, Institute of Education, London
Ref C11-62: http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/successfactors.htm
Enquiries to: Gurjit Kaur on Tel: 0116 2042833 [log in to unmask]
5.8 E-LEARNING SYMPOSIUM: PEDAGOGY AND PRACTICE
14 December 2005, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Further details and information on how to register can be found at:
http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2432
5.9 Developing Mobile Learning Workshop
24th November, University of Wolverhampton
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Events/Developing%20Mobile%20Learning/book.
shtml
5.10 New online workshops from the TLT Group:
* Professional Development for Adjunct Faculty – Online and Hybrid?
http://www.tltgroup.org/Registration/DescriptionPage/AdjunctFaculty.htm
* "Keeping Up" – Coping with the Overload!
http://www.tltgroup.org/profacdev/keepingup.htm
* Blogs, wikis, newsfeeds – Educational Options, Policy Challenges.
http://www.tltgroup.org/ProFacDev/DangerousDiscussions/Issues/blogs.htm
http://www.tltgroup.org/ProFacDev/BLOGSetc.htm
5.11 4th annual all-Ireland E-learning Conference
Thursday 19 January 2006, Jordanstown Campus University of Ulster
http://www.ulster.ac.uk/staffdev/e-conference.phtml
6. News
6.1 Wiki launched by JISC OSS Watch
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=osswatch_wiki
6.2 Desire2Learn
- the second largest eLearning technology company, is committed to
providing industry-leading products and services. Desire2Learn is
designed for institutions looking to take control over their course
management system (CMS) / virtual learning environment (VLE).
http://www.desire2learn.com/news/newsdetails_16.asp
6.3 JORUM contributor service launched: "Content from the community, for
the community".
http://www.jorum.ac.uk/contributors/index.html
6.4 JISC issues call to preserve online journals
An extended pilot will see the LOCKSS system, devised at Stanford
University, deployed in selected libraries in the UK from January 2006.
LOCKSS - 'Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe' - is a low-cost system that
preserves access to a library's online journals in a local 'LOCKSS box'
in a manner acceptable to publishers. A town meeting will be held in
London on the 2nd December to which all interested libraries and
publishers are invited.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=lockss_townmeeting
6.5 CIT Infobits
- is an electronic service of the University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill ITS Center for Instructional Technology. Each month the CIT's
Information Resources Consultant monitors and selects from a number of
information and instructional technology sources that come to her
attention and provides brief notes for electronic dissemination to
educators.
http://www.unc.edu/cit/infobits/index.html
6.6 British Library and Microsoft to digitise 25 million pages
http://www.bl.uk/news/2005/pressrelease20051104.html
6.7 Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Reusable Learning
Objects
- was launched on November 7. Partner institutions: London Metropolitan
University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Nottingham.
http://www.rlo-cetl.ac.uk/
6.8 Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks (JALN)
Volume 9, Issue 3 can be found on the Sloan-C website at
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/jaln/index.asp
Print copies are available for subscription at
https://secured.sloanconsortium.org/JALN-orders/
6.9 Interactive Technology and Smart Education
November 2005 special issue on E-Learning Communities now available at
http://www.troubador.co.uk/itse/
6.10 Scottish Education Blog
Would you be interested in contributing to a Scottish education blog? Any
knowledgeable contributors who are willing to contribute something in a
personal capacity should contact [log in to unmask]
http://scottisheducation.blogspot.com/
7. Vacancies
7.1 SCIE, London SE1
e-learning Project Manager
£35,000 + final salary pension scheme
The use of e-learning in education and training is a key priority for
SCIE, the organisation whose aim is to improve the experience of people
who use social care. We have already embarked on a number of projects in
this area and the first tranche will be in law.
http://www.scie.org.uk/recruitment/alt
7.2 Birkbeck, University of London
School of Computer Science and Information Systems
Teaching Assistant (3-Year Fixed Term)
Salary: £14,226 per annum inc. Ref: CCS027
Closing date: 15 November 2005
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobfiles/LO091.html
7.3 HEFCE - on behalf of the funding partners of the JISC -
is seeking to appoint a Part-time Chair for the JISC Content Procurement
Company
for an initial period of four years commencing early 2006.
Closing date: Wednesday 30 November 2005.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=vacancy_chaircontent
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Regards
Rhonda
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Rhonda Riachi, Director
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