Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 141, 9 November 2007
For lots of news and calls for papers, read on...
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1. Association news: welcome to new members
2. Association events: ALT-C 2008 - dates to remember
3. News: Sloan-C, EU, EDUCAUSE, JISC...
4. Calls for papers: five this week
5. Other events: three plus events
6. Invitations to tender: two from the JISC
7. Vacancies: two this week
1. Association news
1.1 A warm welcome to the following organisation which has recently
joined A.L.T.:
Dubai Men's College http://dbm.hct.ac.ae
- and to all the individual members who have joined in the last fortnight.
2. Association events
2.1 ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide
9-11 September 2008, Leeds, UK
Key dates
Submissions open 14 December 2007
Submissions close 28 February 2008
Presenters’ registration deadline: 6 June 2008
Early bird registration deadline: 30 June 2008
Registrations close: 15 August 2008
To sponsor ALT-C 2008 contact Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive of ALT,
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To exhibit at ALT-C 2008 contact Hayley Willis, Events Administrator,
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http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/
3. News
3.1 elearningeuropa.info Newsletter, October 2007
- includes calls for projects under the Lifelong Learning Programme
http://www.elearningeuropa.info
3.2 Emerging Online Learning Technology Applications - May 2008
Sloan-C has embarked on an initiative to help online educators gain a
better understanding of how the technologies available today can help
make their classrooms better.
http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org
3.3 The Excellence Gateway
...the complete online service for everyone working in the further
education system in England. It provides the practical help you need to
improve your everyday work and innovate in teaching and learning. It
also enables you to share your professional knowledge and examples of
effective practice with other practitioners.
http://excellence.qia.org.uk
3.4 EDUCAUSE Review
Volume 42, Number 6 out now
http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm07/erm076.asp
3.5 Brookes' e-journal of Learning and Teaching
http://bejlt.brookes.ac.uk
3.6 News from the JISC
Building the European Digital Library: calls for greater cooperation
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/10/digi
Podcast: Breaking down the e-books barrier
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/10/podcast17annebellcarenmilloy
SFC e-Learning Transformation programme: Transformation stories
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning_sfc
NLN materials service improved and re-launched
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/10/nln
Podcast: Promoting open access - how JISC is supporting the development
of repositories
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/news/stories/2007/10/podcast16andrewmcgregor
JISC Regional Support Centres receive funding for three more years
...in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, to August 2010.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/rsc
4. Calls for papers
4.1 AJET requires Associate Editors: Call for expressions of interest
Owing to rapid growth in recent years, AJET requires several honorary
Associate Editors to work with the existing Editorial Team. We now
invite brief expressions of interest from Members of ascilite (or you
must become a Member) on one page or one 'screenful'. Your EoI needs to
show why we should include you in the 'head hunt'. URLs for your 'home'
or 'CV' pages would be very useful. Deadline: 9 November 2007.
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http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/
4.2 5th Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) 2008
Access to Learning for Development, July 2008, University of London
Deadline: 30 November 2007
http://www.col.org/pcf5
4.3 Symposium on "Personal Learning Environments:
How can we harness ICTs to effectively support lifelong learning?"
at the fifth Lifelong Learning Conference
16-19 June 2008, Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia
Expressions of interest by 30 November 2007
Full paper submission: 29 February 2007
http://cddu.cqu.edu.au/index.php/Symposium_on_Personal_Learning_Environments_2008
http://lifelonglearning.cqu.edu.au/2008/
4.4 Sloan-C International Symposium
Emerging Technology Applications for Online Learning
Deadline extended to 3 December 2007
http://www.emergingonlinelearningtechnology.org?gad=CJuX0LYDEghH3mNTTRHMxRidoK77AyCPg-8q
4.5 Third International Blended Learning Conference: “Enhancing the
Student Experience”
18-19 June 2008, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK
Deadline: 21 January 2008
http://www.herts.ac.uk/blu
5. Other events
5.1 Leitch and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
16 November 2007, The Yorkshire Craft Centre, Bradford College
http://www.campaignforlearning.org.uk
5.2 Adobe Systems Europe Ltd - CS3: The Creative License Tour
20 November 2007 - Manchester
22 November 2007 - Sheffield
4 December 2007 - Dublin
5 December 2007 - Belfast
http://tinyurl.com/2nsf2j
5.3 E-Guides National Event 2008
13 March 2008, The University of Manchester Conference Centre
http://www.niace.org.uk/natevent08.htm
6. Invitations to tender
6.1 JISC ITT: Evaluation of the Users and Innovation Programme
It is expected that the project will begin in January 2008 and will
provide a final report by 26 June 2009.
Deadline: 12 noon, 4 December 2007
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2007/11/uievaluation.aspx
6.2 JISC ITT: Mapping Security Work to the e-Framework
The project will be for six months beginning January 2008.
Deadline: 12 noon, 11 January 2008
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2007/10/eframework.aspx
7. Vacancies
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they advertise any LT vacancies...
7.1 The University of Northampton
Learning Technologist to support LT applications (including Blackboard)
£18,165 - £21,682 per annum
Closing date: 15 November 2007
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/NL369/Learning_Technologist_Temporary/
7.2 University of Wollongong, Australia
Faculty of Education
Lecturer / Sen Lecturer - ICT in Education
Reference No: 21874
Closing Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007
http://employment.uow.edu.au/jobapp/index.shtml
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