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ALT Fortnightly News Digest 152, 18 April 2008

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Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly News Digest 152, 18 April 2008

For great events, vacancies, invitations to tender and news, please read
on...

The digest is compiled by Maren Kurz and is edited for the time being by
Seb Schmoller.

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


1. ALT news

1.1 Our 2008 Learning Technologist of the Year Award is open for
entries. The closing date is 8 May 2008. For full details go to
http://www.alt.ac.uk/. Please publicise the Award widely.

1.2. ALT’s Trustees recently appointed Dr Mark van Harmelen as ALT’s
first Director of Development. Mark will take up his post during May.
Trustees and staff are looking forward to working with Mark.  His brief
biography is at http://www.alt.ac.uk/team.html .

1.3. To note that Sue Garrett, who joined ALT as Administration Officer
in January 2004 will be leaving ALT shortly. Sue has played a major part
in ALT operations since her appointment, and we will miss her greatly.
In addition we are pleased to announce that Hayley Willis has been
promoted to Events Manager.

1.4. The calling notice for the ALT AGM has been issued, along with a
call for nominations for the election of 2 Trustees and a Vice-chair of
ALT. The closing date for nominations is 2 June 2008. If you are
considering standing for election, and would like to discuss this
informally with ALT colleagues, please contact Seb Schmoller. See
http://www.alt.ac.uk/ .

1.5. We will shortly be sending all members hard copies of two important
publications: the report from the e-learning practitioner conference
that we organised with the Quality Improvement Agency last October; and
the Tangible Benefits of E-learning report that we produced with
JISCinfonet, JISC, and the Higher Education Academy, and which was
launched at the JISC Conference last week.

1.6. A JISC-supported scheme is now open through which any individual
working in UK HE/FE (including Adult & Community Learning and Work Based
Learning) who is entered for CMALT (our Certified Membership Scheme)
before 31 July 2008 can enter for CMALT at a 50% reduction in the normal
fee. For more information about CMALT, see
http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt.html .


2. Association events

2.1. ALT-C 2008: Rethinking the digital divide. 9-11 September 2008,
Leeds, UK. Online booking will open in early May. For more details, see:
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008 .

2.2. Bidding and winning: the secrets of successful learning technology
project bids (due to popular demand). Thursday, 29 May 2008. National
College for School Leadership (NCSL), Nottingham. Presenters: Jeff
Haywood, Vice Principal Knowledge Management, Chief Information Officer
& Librarian at University of Edinburgh; Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive
of ALT; and Mark Stiles, Head of Learning Development and Innovation at
Staffordshire University.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=296 .
Booking deadline: Thursday, 15 May 2008
Costs: £150 members, £250 for non-members.

2.3. NEW: e-Learning, what’s hot in Post-16, and wazzup?
Wednesday 2 July 2008, University of Leeds. Presenters: Chris Barber,
Theresa Beattie, Kevin Campbell-Wright, JISC Regional Support Centre for
Yorkshire and Humber at the University of Leeds. JISC Regional Support
Centres have been supporting post 16 providers in the use of e-Learning
for nearly 10 years. They have an unrivalled grasp of what is happening
on the ground. This workshop will highlight key current developments as
well as consider what is in the pipeline in the way of tools,
approaches, and techniques in the e-learning domain.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=302 .
Booking deadline: Wednesday 18 June 2008
Costs: £100 members, £155 non-members.

2.4. NEW: Can mobile devices be used in pedagogically effective ways?
Wednesday 09 July 2008, The Graduate Centre, London Metropolitan
University. Presenters:  Carl Smith, Claire Bradley, Cecile Tschirhart
and Christopher O’Reilly, London Metropolitan University; Lilian Soon,
Freelance Consultant; Jill Attewell, LSN, Technology Enhanced Learning
Research Centre. A chance to experience state-of-the-art mobile learning
technology developments, to be followed by questions and discussions.
This session aims to examine the question: Can mobile learning
technology be used in pedagogically effective ways?
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=303 .
Booking Deadline: Wednesday 25 June 2008
Costs: £100 members, £155 for non-members.

2.5. Second Life in real life: education beyond the hype (due to popular
demand). Thursday 23 October 2008, National College for School
Leadership (NCSL), Nottingham, led by Dr Steven Warburton, King's
College, London. The aim of this workshop is to introduce participants
to immersive 3D environments from a practical perspective and to
stimulate critical inquiry into the possibilities that massive
multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) offer learning and teaching
practice.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/workshop_detail.php?e=297 .
Costs: £100 members, £155 for non-members.


3. News

3.1. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM) has
just published its latest issue. See
http://online-journals.org/i-jim .

3.2. HEFCE News:
Recurrent grants for 2008-09. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2008/08_12/ .

Withdrawal of funding for equivalent or lower qualifications
(ELQs): outcomes of consultation (Web only). See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2008/08_13/ .

HEIF 4: Funding allocations. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2008/cl04_08/ .

Allocation of funds for additional student numbers in 2009-10
and 2010-11. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2008/cl05_08/ .

Reprofiling of learning and teaching grant for the 2007-08
academic year. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/circlets/2008/cl06_08/ .

Review of HEFCE funding for research libraries. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/rdreports/2008/rd04_08/ .

HEFCE Board papers
Papers from the 28 February meeting of the HEFCE Board are available. See
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/board/2008/119/ .

3.3. Eight new Intute subject booklets have been published this month:
Internet resources for environmental science
Internet resources for materials engineering
Internet resources for film and theatre
Internet resources for philosophy
Internet resources for education
Internet resources for Olympic studies
Internet resources for biological sciences
Internet resources for pregnancy and childbirth
Online versions (pdf for downloading and printing, and html for online
access with clickable links) are freely available to everyone via the
Intute website. See
http://www.intute.ac.uk/subjectbooklets.html .

3.4. Futurelab announces the appointment of a new CEO.
Dr Stephen Breslin will take up his position on 21 April. Stephen was
previously Chief Executive of the Kelvin Institute, an R&D lab formed in
partnership with Glasgow University, Strathclyde University and Scottish
Enterprise. See
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/about_us/Press_Release954 .

3.5. Survey on Accessibility advice - prizes for completion!
The JISC TechDis service provides advice and guidance on the use of
technology to achieve a more accessible experience for students and
staff in higher and further education. They are seeking responses from
anyone working in HE, from a wide range of subject disciplines, role
areas and institutions. Even if you have never heard of TechDis please
tell us so using the survey - this is still very valuable information!
See http://tinyurl.com/3DTQFY .

3.6. Netskills workshops running at venues across the UK in June & July
2008, including new workshops ‘Podcasting: A Practical Guide’ and ‘CSS:
Techniques Tips & Tactics’. Venues include Bristol, Edinburgh, London,
Manchester and Newcastle. See
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/content/products/index.html .

3.7. The EdNET Industry Awards recognize organizations that have made
important contributions through their products and programs to the
education industry in
the past year. Nominations due 13 April 2008. The winners will be
announced on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, during the EdNET 2008
Conference, September 14-16, 2008 in Boston, MA. See
http://www.EdNETconference.com .


3.8. SQA signs landmark e-Assessment contract with BTL
BTL Group Ltd announced that the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA)
has selected BTL to provide an enterprise wide e-assessment development
and delivery system. The initial 2 year contract will see the SQA
license BTL’s award-winning Surpass Suite in order to author, itembank
and deliver e-assessments across a broad range of Qualifications. BTL
will also be providing a full hosting, training, support and project
management service to ensure the success of this project. See
http://www.btl.com/news.asp?newsitem .

3.9. ALT Sponsoring Member Elluminate, Inc., announced on 31 March that
The Open University (OU), the largest university in the United Kingdom
for part time higher education, and a pioneer of large-scale distance
learning, has selected Elluminate Live! as its enterprise synchronous
collaboration solution.  In addition, the OU will also integrate the
virtual classroom with its chosen learning management system, Moodle.  See
http://www.elluminate.com/press/open_university.jsp .


4. Calls for papers

4.1. TLAD 2008 - Sixth International Workshop on Teaching, Learning and
Assessment of Databases
10 July 2008, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Extended Submission Deadline: 1 May 2008
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/events/events.php .

4.2. Call for evidence on lifelong learning, citizenship and belonging
(NIACE)
Inquiry was launched in September 2007 and will report in June 2009.
Interested individuals and organisations are invited to submit written
by 22 May 2008.
http://www.niace.org.uk/lifelonglearninginquiry .


5. Other events

5.1. HEFCE annual conference 2008: blog and other materials
The HEFCE annual conference is now in progress. Speeches, presentations,
session commentaries and selected audio highlights will appear on the
HEFCE web-site over the next few weeks. See HEFCE conference blog:
http://hefce2008.wordpress.com/ .
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news/events/2008/annconf/ .

5.2. Work-with-IT Consultation Workshops
A JISC study into the technology-driven evolution of working practices
Workshop dates: 24 April 2008 (Birmingham), 8 May 2008 (Glasgow)
http://ewds.strath.ac.uk/work-with-it/Workshops.aspx .

5.3. Virtual Worlds in Education (eLearning Alliance)
9 May 2008, The Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh
http://www.elearningalliance.org/content.asp?ArticleCode=2140 .

5.4. The 3rd International Conference on ICT for Development, Education
and Training
28-30 May 2008, Accra, Ghana
http://www.elearning-africa.com .

5.5. LLAS / HEA Workshop: E-learning and educational technologies
9 June 2008, University of Bristol, School of Chemistry
http://www.llas.ac.uk/events/llaseventitem.aspx?resourceid=2918 .

5.6. Will the UK learn anything from the Olympics? (National Learning Forum)
2 July 2008, Stratford, East London
http://www.campaign-for-learning.org.uk/cfl/events/will_the_uk_learn_anything_from_the_olympics_2july2008.asp 

..

5.7. Designs on e-Learning
8 – 10 September 2008, Penn State University, USA
http://designsonelearning.psu.edu/ .


6. Invitations to tender and funding calls

6.1. JISC Circular 4/08: Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants
Available funds: £75,000 per project
Duration: project to last 1 year
Submission Deadline: 5 May 2008
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/04/circular408.aspx 

..

6.2. JISC invites tenders a project to investigate the feasibility of
approaches to improve the consistency with which repositories share
material.
Available funds: £50,000
Duration: May – October 2008
Submission Deadline:  9 May 2008
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2008/04/sharingrepositoriesmaterialitt.aspx 

..


6.3. The Leverhulme Trust
A call for expressions of interest with regards to a scheme for the
Embedding of Emerging Disciplines
Responses to this call are due at the Trust in hard copy form by the
close of business on 16th May 2008. It is intended that where, following
the June meeting of the Trustees, an invitation is made for the
submission of a full bid, then this should be sent to arrive at the
Trust by the close of business on 10th October 2008, with final
announcements of awards likely by the end of November 2008.
Available funds: £2M - £5M per award, for up to 5 awards
Duration: Up to 5 years
For details, see: (PDF, large file, no warning)
http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/Leverhulme_Embedding.pdf .


7. Vacancies

7.1. University of Greenwich
E-technologist
Salary £32,309-£36,814	Ref 941/G7
Closing date: 25 April 2008
http://www.gre.ac.uk/jobs .

7.2. BTL Group Ltd
Net Developer
Salary: £24,000-£27,000 negotiable according to experience
Closing date: 25 April 2008
Enquiries: Dodds, [log in to unmask], 01274 203298.

7.3. King’s College London
The Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery
Learning Technology Officer
Salary: £28,289 to £34,813 + £2,323 London allowance p/a		
Ref: E2/GNI/052/08-HH
Closing date: 30 April 2008
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/pertra/vacancy/external/ .

7.4. University of Surrey
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
E-Learning Facilitator
Salary: £26,666 - £30,012	Ref: 6541
Closing date: 6 May 2008
Informal enquiries to Prof Pam Smith, [log in to unmask]
http://www.surrey.ac.uk/jobs .

7.5. University of York
VLE Application Manager
Salary: £27,466 - £33,780 	Ref:  H08122
Closing Date: 8 May 08
http://www.york.ac.uk/admin/persnl/jobs .

7.6. Hamble College
Teacher of ICT
Salary: main scale	
Enquiries to: [log in to unmask]

7.7. Botswana International University
Founding Director of Information and Communication Technology
Ref: AP142
http://www.executive-partners.co.za .

7.8. Roehampton University
Senior Lecturer
Teaching and Learning
£36,874 - £43,429 Ref: HR28/08
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/jobs .

7.9. Roehampton University
Senior Lecturer in Learning and Teacher in Higher Education
£36,874 - £43,429 Ref: HR29/08
http://www.roehampton.ac.uk/jobs .


8. Courses

8.1. NIACE Online Course Delivery: Exploring Successful Learning Online
22 April- 6 June 2008, Fee: £465, Additional fee covering registration
for NOCN accreditation £35. Contact: [log in to unmask] .

8.2. The Sheffield College
9 June 2008 Getting to Grips with Moodle course, 7 week course at Level
2 (2 OCN credits)
http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/onlinecollege .

8.3. The Sheffield College
26 June 2008 LeTTOL (Learning to Teach Online), 23 week course at Level
3 (18 OCN credits)
http://www.sheffcol.ac.uk/onlinecollege

8.4. University of East London
School of Distance and E-Learning
MA in Online and Blended Learning
Content: Applications of Learning Technologies, Supporting Learners
Online, Designing and Evaluating Online and Blended Learning,
Educational Research, Dissertation.
Duration: Each module is offered part time over 12 weeks. The durations
of the short courses vary between 3 and 6 weeks.
Awards: Short course certificate, Postgraduate Associate Certificate,
Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma, MA. See:
http://www.uel.ac.uk/dl/programmes/module_info/ma_obl.htm .


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The digest returns on 2 May 2008. All news, jobs, events, etc, to
[log in to unmask] by Tuesday 29 April please.

Regards
Seb Schmoller

Disclaimer: Whilst every care is taken to provide accurate information
in compiling this digest, ALT cannot vouch for the accuracy of
information provided on other web sites to which the digest links, and
opinions expressed on those sites should not be construed to be those of
ALT.

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