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Fortnightly news digest 105, 12 April 2006
Lots of jobs, events, news and invitations to tender this week.
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1. Association news: Adobe and Dotnet works join A.L.T.
2. Association events: filling fast...
3. Invitations to tender: four from the JISC, one EU
4. Calls for papers: three calls this week
5. Other events: a dozen events!
6. News: Sloan-C, HEFCE, JISC Techwatch news and more
7. Vacancies: six excellent vacancies
8. Courses: MSc in Multimedia and E-Learning
1. Association news
1.1 A warm welcome to the following organisations which have recently
joined A.L.T.:
Dotnet works ltd - http://www.dotnetworks.co.uk
Adobe – http://www.adobe.co.uk
- and to all the individual members who have joined in the last
fortnight.
1.2 Annual General Meeting: call for nominations
The call for nominations for two Trustees and the Vice-Chair of A.L.T.
went out earlier this month.
The call is at http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/agm_notice_2006.pdf
Contact Rhonda Riachi for more information: [log in to unmask]
1.3 Call for Co-Chairs for ALT-C 2007
- this also went out recently on this list. Contact Rhonda Riachi for
more information: [log in to unmask]
1.4 Spring Conference blogs
We had great time in Leiden last week. Here is the first blog I have
found - more resources to come.
http://weblog.leidenuniv.nl/users/dupuismc/archives/2006/04/alt_spring_con
f.html
2. Association events
2.1 Lab Group Round Table event
Sustainable funding models for research and development in e-learning
4 May 2006, 11-4pm, at the Design Council, London
Supported by the Association for Learning Technology and the London
Knowledge Lab (LKL).
For representatives from public sector research labs, research centres,
funding bodies, and government agencies and departments that have an
interest in e-learning.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=218
2.2 Edublogs: the educational use of weblogs, weblogging tools and really
simple syndication (RSS)
**SORRY - NOW FULL**
5 May 2006, King’s College, London
Presenters: Josie Fraser, Wyggeston & Queen Elizabeth I College, and
Steven Warburton, King’s College London.
This workshop is now fully booked. Use the link below to register your
interest to attend a future Edublogs workshop or be put on the waiting
list for this one.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=216
2.3 ALT-C 2006: the next generation
5-7 September 2006, Edinburgh, UK
Conference co-chairs: Prof Terry Mayes and Prof Ron Oliver
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/
Keynote speakers: Stephen Heppell, Diana Oblinger, Tim O'Shea.
Theme leaders: Terry Anderson, Phil Candy, Gilly Salmon, Chris Yapp.
Registrations will open later in April.
Key deadlines:
Presenters to register by 9 June 2006
Earlybird rate closes 30 June 2006
Registrations close 11 August 2006
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2006/keynotes.html
3. Invitations to tender
3.1 JISC ITT: A Study Evaluating Bibliographic and Citation Databases in
use
by the UK Higher Education Community
… proposals to undertake a number of evaluations of bibliographic,
abstract and indexing and full text databases to assist and inform the
licensing decision-making process of the higher education community.
Funding of up to £30,000 including VAT is available for this study.
Deadline for proposals: 13:00 hours on 4 May 2006.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_bibliographic_citation
3.2 JISC ITT: The Arts and Humanities Service (AHDS) Review and User
Survey
… bids are invited for the operation of a User Survey by means of a
questionnaire targeted at the AHDS users (academic and non-academic) as
well as interviews with selected stakeholders. Up to £15,000 inclusive of
VAT and travel and subsistence is available.
Deadline for proposals: 13:00 hours on Friday 5 May 2006.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_ahds_review_and_user_survey
3.3 JISC Invitation to Tender: ICT Industry Consultant to Support the e-
Learning Programme
… tenders from consultants with the relevant skills, expertise and
knowledge to support the interactions between JISC's e-learning programme
and relevant ICT industries to ensure appropriate and effective
relationships are built, maintained and exploited for the benefit of the
sector.
The deadline for proposals is 13:00 hours on Tuesday 2 May 2006.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_ictcons
3.4 JISC Capital Programme: Digitisation - Request for Proposals
This Request for Proposals is aimed primarily at enabling access, use and
re-use through the digitisation of analogue collections for learning,
teaching and research. It is envisaged that a small number of large
scale projects with a minimum budget allocation of £500,000 will be
funded through this programme. Deadline for proposals: 12 noon on Friday
26th May 2006.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=funding_capital_digitisation
A Digitisation Programme Town Meeting will be held in London on Friday
21st April.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=event_digmtg_0406
3.5 European Commission IST results follow-up: prior notification of call
for tenders
… call for tenders on the follow-up to information society technologies
(IST) project results. The contract will involve the provision of
information to the public about results of IST projects, the development
of the existing IST results web-based service and coverage of activities
related to the Information Society Policy Link initiative. The estimated
cost, excluding VAT, is 450,000 euro.
http://tinyurl.com/nntd4
4. Calls for papers
4.1 Call for Papers: 22nd ICDE - World Conference on Distance Education
Brazil - Rio de Janeiro, 3 - 6 September 2006.
http://www.icwe.net/icde22/english/abstract.htm
4.2 4th International ePortfolio conference – eStrategies for Empowering
Learners.
Oxford, 11-13 October 2006. Deadline: 15 June 2006
http://www.eife-l.org/news/ep2006/call
4.3 ascilite Conference, 3-6 December 2006, Sydney Australia
We welcome full and concise papers as well as proposals for workshops,
symposia and poster sessions.
Submission deadline: 24 July 2006
http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/sydney06/papers.html
ALT members can register for the ascilite conference at member rates.
5. Other events
5.1 WebCT Community Forum
25 April 2006, Coventry University
http://www.corporate.coventry.ac.uk/forum2006
5.2 AoC NILTA 17th Annual Conference - Transforming Learning Delivery: e-
Strategy in Action
Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 May 2006, Hilton Birmingham Metropole
http://www.aoc.co.uk/aoc/Members/nilta/niltaconference
5.3 University of Sussex Informatics Open Doors 2006 exhibition
Wednesday 17 May, from 13:00 onwards.
http://www.informatics.sussex.ac.uk/open-doors-06
5.4 Online repositories and sharing e-resources in learning and teaching
18 May 2006, Stone Manor Hotel, Kidderminster
http://www2.worc.ac.uk/wm-share/
5.5 Online Discussion Events on HELP network at http://www.cabweb.net
To join in either of these events, you need to enrol at
http://www.cabweb.net , check out ‘For first time visitors’ on Main menu,
mail [log in to unmask] in case of problems.
1) 14-27 April - To School or not To School, Jan Visser, President of the
Learning Development Institute and former UNESCO Director for Learning
Without Frontiers
2) May, date to be confirmed - Collaboration, activity and e-learning -
LAMS and higher education, Robyn Phillips.
5.6 Higher Education Academy Centre for ICS e-learning workshop
31 May 2006, Glasgow Caledonian University
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/Events/elearning%20Glasgow/book.shtml
5.7 'Lifelong Learning for all: e-learning from concept to practice'
conference.
5 June 2006, School for Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London
This conference will explore the role of distributed e-learning. The
keynote address will be given by Dr Chris Yapp (Head of Public Sector
Innovation, Microsoft) and will also feature a strong line-up of experts
including: Professors Robin Mason, John Annette, Grainne Conole and Sue
Piotrowski, and Dr Rachel Ellaway and Dr David Davies.
http://www.gre.ac.uk/delconf
5.8 UCISA-SDG IT Training Skills Workshop
21-23 June 2006, Cardiff University
http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/sdg/courses/
5.9 Collaborative eLearning: Sustaining communities, supporting processes
22-23 June 2006, University of Cambridge
http://www.ucel.ac.uk/symposium/
5.10 UCISA TLIG-SDG User Support Conference 2006
5-7 July 2006 Homerton College, University of Cambridge
http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/groups/tlig/conf/userserv06/
5.11 Advanced International Summer School
8th SESSION ON: “Innovation in the Extended Enterprise”
5 - 8 July 2006, OSTUNI (BR), Italy
http://www.ebms.it/experience/summer/Summer2006/home.html
5.12 The eLearning Alliance Annual Conference, Dinner and Award Ceremony
9 November 2006. To find out more, submit an entry and/or book a place,
email Audrey McConnach: [log in to unmask]
http://www.elearningalliance.org
6. News
6.1 Applications to join the HEFCE Board
The Secretary of State for Education and Skills wishes to appoint new
Board members to the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE)
from September 2006 onwards. Deadline: 26 April.
Application pack from [log in to unmask]
6.2 The Higher Education Academy 2006 e-Tutor competition
sponsored by Times Higher Education Supplement, Toshiba and ALT.
This year we have two first prizes:
- £1,000 from the Times Higher Education Supplement - for the e-Tutoring
strand.
- A Tablet PC from Toshiba - for the e-Tool strand.
There will also be two runners-up prizes of £250 from the Higher
Education Academy.
Free entry to ALT-C 2006 to both winners and runners-up for the
presentation of the awards.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/etutor.htm
6.3 Directory of Open Access Journals – maintained by Lund University
Libraries
http://www.doaj.org/
6.4 European Commission study report on scientific publishing – views
requested
http://tinyurl.com/lbtdz
6.5 JISC TechWatch short report on the BCS lecture on Ubiquitous
Computing:
Ubiquitous computing: shall we understand it? presented by Professor
Robin Milner, University of Cambridge
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/techwatch
6.6 JISC publication: Designing spaces for Effective Learning
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_learningspaces.html
6.7 Sloan-C news April 2006
http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/view/index.asp
7. Vacancies
* Tell them you saw it in the digest!
7.1 The Open Content Initiative (OCI)
Two Research Fellows: Institute of Educational Technology
Salary: Academic Grade 2/3 £28,009 – £37,643
Closing date: 13/04/2006
http://www3.open.ac.uk/employment/job-details.asp?id=2207&ref=ext
For details of other Open Content Initiative posts see
http://oci.open.ac.uk
7.2 The ESRC National Centre for e-Social Science
Technical Author / Training Materials Developer / Learning Technologist /
Content Creator
Closing date: 26 April 2006
http://www.ncess.ac.uk/about/vacancies/
7.3 Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Learning Technologist.
Closing date: 24 April 2006
http://personnel.canterbury.ac.uk/vacancyinfo.asp?jobid=719
7.4 NUI Galway, Ireland
Lecturer in Education Technology.
Closing Date: 05 May 2006
http://www.nuigalway.ie/news/vacancies.php?v_id=1098
Email: [log in to unmask]
7.5 The Educational Development Centre, The Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Evaluation Officer, e-Learning Development and Support Section (eLDSS).
Closing date: Saturday 13 May 2006.
Informal enquiries to Dr Josephine Csete at [log in to unmask]
For general enquiries about the University: http://www.polyu.edu.hk.
To apply visit http://www.polyu.edu.hk/hro/job_external.htm
where standard application forms (document ref: hrform72b) are
downloadable.
Submit by post, by fax, or by scanning and email to [log in to unmask]
8. Courses
8.1 MSc in Multimedia and E-Learning, University of Huddersfield.
The course is aimed at education professionals and learning
technologists. It will enable you to get a qualification which recognizes
and develops your skills in using new technology to support learning.
http://www.hud.ac.uk/edu/courses/pg_pt_courses.htm
Contact the Course Leader: Liz Bennett, [log in to unmask]
Tel: 44 (0)1484 478121
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Rhonda
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