Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 163, 19 September 2008
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2. Association events
3. News
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events – some with close deadlines
6. Invitations to tender
7. Vacancies
8. Courses
1. Association news
1.1. CMALT. See http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt.html for full details of
ALT's Certified Membership scheme. We have received a high number of
applications at the preferential rate of £47.50 supported by a
generous grant from the JISC. The JISC have now given us permission to
extend this offer to the end of September in the first instance, which
will be
good news to anyone who missed the end of July deadline yet still
wishes to apply. The JISC-supported rate of a 50% reduction is open
any individual working in UK HE/FE (including Adult & Community
Learning and Work Based Learning) who is entered for CMALT before 30
September 2008.
After registering, applicants have up to 6 months to prepare and
submit a CMALT portfolio for peer review and upon passing will receive
a Certificate and pin badge and are eligible to use 'CMALT' as
post-nominal letters.
1.2. ALT members discount:
Alt members are entitled to a 10% discount for the Virtual Worlds
Forum Europe 2008 discount code: VWF 0811). Back for the second year,
Virtual Worlds Forum Europe 008 (VWF) is produced by the Virtual
Economic Forum, Europe's leading virtual worlds' media company. Three
days of congress, expo and workshops covering entertainment,
enterprise, community, education, marketing, regulation, and
finance... plus lots more. VWF is the place to make connections, be
inspired and have fun. Mon 6th - Wed 8th 2008 October, in London, at
The Bridge SE1.
See: http://virtualworldsforum.com/
2. Association events
ALT is pleased to report a successful conference, ALT-C 2008, at the
University of Leeds.
The next conference ALT-C 2009: "In dreams begins responsibility":
choices, evidence, and change" will be held in at the University of
Manchester.
See http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/
3. News
The 4th Plymouth e-Learning Conference 'Crossing Boundaries:
Redefining Learning Spaces' will examine e-learning in a time of
change, challenging notions of traditional boundaries, learning spaces
and roles. We will focus on new practices, new technologies, new
environments and new learning. There will be primary, secondary and
tertiary education threads. We invite papers on the digital divide,
e-learning methods and case studies, mobile and pervasive
technologies, digital games, multi-user virtual environments, informal
learning, new classroom technologies (PDAs interactive whiteboards,
etc), personal learning environments, visual media (videoconference,
digital photography), e-portfolios and social software (wikis, blogs,
podcasting, etc). http://www2.plymouth.ac.uk/e-learning
For accelerated sustainable development
IT Sector Companies need to move rapidly into developing
inter-disciplinary capabilities in depth
The Intellectual Partnerships Company (iPCo) have pioneered a further
derivative in the application of the corporate university development
concept. Working with a leading IT and Systems Consultancy company
serving public sector financial institutions and enterprise
departments in a dynamic design and development mode, an integrated
solution for managing a vital innovative transition stage in the
company's capacity building through CPD learning has been achieved.
Significant benefits can now be achieved in public and private sector
working through these inter-disciplinary learning processes.
http://www.corporateuniversity.org.uk
4. Calls for papers
4th UK Workshop on AI in Education
9 December 2008, Cambridge, UK
http://dces.essex.ac.uk/staff/mfasli/eventorganisation/AIinEducation4/AIinEducationCallForPapers.htm
The 4th International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer
Aided Learning, IMCL2009
22-24 April 2009, Amman, Jordan,
Submission deadline: 15 October 2008
http://www.imcl-conference.org
5. Other events
Futurelab conference 'Challenging Learner Voice: are we really
empowering learners?' 23 October 2008, Warwick University Conference
Park, UK
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/events/listing/learner_voice
Virtual Worlds 2008
29 October 2008, University of Stirling, UK
http://www.rsc-ne-scotland.ac.uk/events.php#vw08
13th Knowledge Management Forum
24-28 November 2008, Milan, Italy
www.jekpot.com/pagine/km13.htm
NIACE Conference: Digital Inclusion
How do we ensure that all citizens, especially the disadvantaged,
benefit from new technologies?
27 November 2008, Nottingham, UK
http://www.niace.org.uk/Conferences/digitalinclusion.htm
Online Educa Berlin 2008: 14th International Conference on Technology
Supported Learning and Training
3 - 5 December 2008, Berlin, Germany
http://www.online-educa.com
6. Invitations to tender and funding calls
Training for Trainers Raising Awareness of Alcohol eLearning Course: LWD101
A Specification Document will be made available laying out the
requirements for the creation of a fully online version of a Training
for Trainers course, Title: Alcohol & Brief Interventions - Training
for Trainers. The existing course is delivered through two days of
face to face participation with approximately 12 hours of notional
learning hours. Content has been authored by Health Scotland
contracted subject matter experts (SMEs) and Tenderers will liaise
with the SMEs as well as Health Scotland throughout the contract and
will provide advice on online pedagogy as well as Multimedia/Moodle
development.
Deadline for expressions of interest: 12 September 2008
Enquires and expressions of interest: Carolyn Hodgman,
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7. Vacancies
8. Courses
FlowZone: The application of edutainment to learning computer
programming – Funded M.Sc. Research Project
This M.Sc. research project aims to apply edutainment (act of learning
through a medium that both educates and entertains) to facilitate the
learning of novice computer programming with the dual aim of
increasing its pass rate and addressing the minimal exposure to
programming/problem-solving in pre third-level education. This will be
achieved by blending education theory and computer game technology in
the form of a tool that enables a student to learn programming within
their individual learning flow/zone.
This research project will be led by Dr. Enda Dunican. Contact: 059
91 70508 [log in to unmask]
http://www.itcarlow.ie
E-Guides – Lead by example. Event bookings now open, don't miss your chance.
The free three day E-Guides programme has been refreshed for the
up-coming round and aims to increase the use of e-learning in ACL
(including Offender Learning and Skills, the Voluntary and Community
Sector and other areas). Organisations are welcome to train as many
E-Guides as they wish and E-Guides can claim a grant of £2500 (up to
three per organisation) upon receipt of an action plan within six
weeks of the last E-Guide completing the training. The schedule is
available online at http://www.niace.org.uk/eguides2008
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This issue is compiled by Maren Kurz and edited by Mark van Harmelen.
Regards
Mark van Harmelen
Director of Development
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