Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 175, issued 27 March 2009
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1. Association news
2. Association events – some with close deadlines
3. News
4. Calls for papers
5. Other events – some with close deadlines
6. Invitations to tender
7. Vacancies
8. New issue of the ALT Journal – links to individual articles
1. Association news
1.1 2009 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award. The rubric for the
2009 Award is now available at http://www.alt.ac.uk/awards.html
1.2 ALT is pleased to welcome a new sponsoring member;
Sun Microsystems Ltd: http://uk.sun.com/
1.3 Digest submissions address change. If you would like to submit an
item to the digest, please send it via email to [log in to unmask], paying
close attention to the submission advice at the foot of this email.
1.4 ALT Office closure over Easter. The ALT Office will be closed for
Easter between 10 April and 14 April inclusive.
1.5 The ALT Open Access Learning Technology Repository will be launched
shortly, and we intend to provide further details in the Digest on 17
April, as well as in the next issue of the ALT Newsletter.
1.6 We will shortly be issuing a call for nominations for election to a
three year term as a Trustee of ALT, which is open to individual members
of at least 12 months' standing and aged 18 years or over on 9 September
2009. The closing date for nominations will be in early June. Election
will be by ballot vote, online and by post. The ALT AGM will be at 15.00
on 9 September, in Manchester.
2. Association events
2.1 Jointly with the E-Learning Network we will be running three free 90
minute lunchtime webinars, starting at 12 noon in each case
* Using Webinars for Real-Time Learning – 1 May
Phil Green, Independent Consultant
Eric Berg from the LINGOS
* Serious Games - 16 June
Sara De Freitas, Serious Games Institute, Coventry University
Christopher Brannigan, Caspian Learning
* Video on a Shoestring - 15 October
James Clay, Gloucestershire College
Rob Hubbard, LearningAge Solutions
For brief descriptions of each webinar, and to book to take part, go to
http://tinyurl.com/cfzydr
2.1 ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence,
and change. 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK. We are very pleased to
announce that Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor Designate of the Open
University, will be a keynote speaker at the conference.
2.2 Welsh RSC E for Enhancement 2009 event in Cardiff on 2 April. If you
will be attending, please visit us on the ALT stand.
2.3 Dissemination event: Scoping a Vision of Formative E-Assessment
28 April, 10.10am - 4.00pm, London Knowledge Lab, Institute of
Education, University of London. Not strictly an ALT event, but we
played a role on the project steering committee, and so the event comes
with our recommendation.
Visit: http://www.eventelephant.com/feasst
2.4 ALT Sponsoring Member Desire2Learn will be hosting a workshop on VLE
Total Cost of Ownership during May or June 2009. Further details will be
included in the next issue of the ALT Digest. For further information
contact Kristin Greene: [log in to unmask]
3. News
3.1 Enhancing learning and teaching through the use of technology – a
revised approach to HEFCE’s strategy for e-learning. HEFCE Circular
2009/12 builds on ‘HEFCE strategy for e-learning’ (HEFCE 2005/12) and
focuses on enhancing learning, teaching and assessment through the use
of technology. http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_12/09_12.pdf
[111 kB PDF]
3.2 Overview of the work undertaken in the e-learning Benchmarking and
Pathfinder programme. A comprehensive summary.
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/York/documents/Benchmarking/Benchmarking_FINAL.pdf
(3.16 MB PDF – slow to download)
3.3 ELIG calls upon the European Commission for stronger content-related
policy actions to promote high quality learning resources for Europe.
See: http://nl.xeu.de/j.cfm?i=370570&k=123494
3.4 Wimba Collaboration Suite Named Finalist for SIAA CODiE Awards
See:
http://www.wimba.com/company/events/1390-save-time%2C-money%2C-and-even-the-environment-with-wimba
3.5 Higher Education Funding Council for England
Changes to the teaching funding method: teaching enhancement and student
success, and widening access.
Vist: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/board/2009/125 also
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/pubs/hefce/2009/09_08/
3.6 International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET).
Special issue on the SIIE'2008 (International Symposium on Computers in
Education, Salamanca, Spain). See: http://www.i-jet.org
4. Calls for papers
4.1 15th Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning
28 October, Orlando, Florida, USA
http://www.sloan-c.org/aln
Submission deadline: 30 April
4.2 “Enabling creative learning design: how HCI, User Modelling and
Human Factors help”.
https://sites.google.com/a/lkl.ac.uk/learning-design-workshop/Home
A Workshop held in conjunction with the 14th International Conference on
Artificial Intelligence in Education 6 – 10 July, Thistle Hotel,
Brighton http://www.aied2009.com
4.3 Final set of deadlines for The 2nd International Symposium of
Academic Globalization: AG 2009
10 - 13 July, Orlando, Florida, USA
See: http://www.ICTconfer.org/ag
Regular face-to-face participation submission deadline: 15 April.
Virtual participation papers/abstracts submissions and invited session
proposals deadline: 6 May.
4.4 Final call for proposals
The seventh e-learning@greenwich conference - Making it Personal
8 July, Maritime Greenwich Campus, London
http://www.gre.ac.uk/e-conference
4.5 Final call for Papers: Computer Science Education Journal
Special Issue on Social Technologies in Computer Science Education
http://is.gd/cwmo
Submission deadline: 16 April.
5. Other events
5.1 iMinds
12 May 2009, Ghent, Belgium
http://www.iminds.be
5.2 Workshop to disseminate the results of the JISC-funded LIW (Location
Independent Working) Project.
2 April, Leeds University
http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk/culiw/files/2009/03/liw-event-flyer.pdf
5.3 Technology Supported Learning in the 21st Century: Issues and
Paradigms in Transformative Tertiary Education 2009 - Connected! Visions
of transformative post-16 education.
1 June, Ashley Centre, Staffordshire University
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/tsl09conference
5.4 The Future of Education: Research Discussion Day
19 May, 10.00 – 4.00pm, British Academy, London
http://www.futurelab.org.uk/events
5.5 4th International Conference on Interactive Mobile and Computer
Aided Learning IMCL2009, 22-24 April, Amman, Jordan,
See: http://www.imcl-conference.org
5.6 Immersive Education Initiative Events
London Summit
23-24 April, London School of Economics
See: http://mediagrid.org/summit/
5.7 British Institute for Learning and Development
Releasing Potential - Learning through people & technology
11 June, Open University, Milton Keynes
http://www.thebild.org/ContentFiles/BILD_AnnualConference09.html
5.8 Eduserv Symposium 2009: Evolution or revolution:
The future of identity and access management for research
21 May, Royal College of Physicians, London
http://www.eduserv.org.uk/events/esym09
6. Invitations to tender and funding calls
6.1 The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) invites institutions
to submit funding proposals for projects to be funded as part of its
e-content programme for 2008-2011.
Total funding available: £275,000
Duration of project: Start 1 September 2009, run for up to 18 months,
projects must be complete by 28 February 2011.
Deadline for proposals: 12:00 noon, 1 June 2009
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/fundingopportunities/funding_calls/2009/03/0409islamicstudies.aspx
7. Vacancies
Beyond Distance Research Alliance
Learning Technologist
Salary: £30,594 - £35,469 Ref: D4110
Fixed term contract: 12 months
See: http://www.le.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/
Closing Date: 1 April 2009
8. The ALT Journal, Volume 17 Issue 1, has recently been published and
you can access it from the links below. (If your organisation is a
member of ALT, or if it has an online subscription to the Journal, *and*
if its network is appropriately configured, then you should be able to
click straight through to the individual articles. Note that all
organisational and sponsoring members of ALT are entitled to online
access to ALT-J for all their employees when logged into the network,
and if you cannot access the Journal online, this is something we may be
able to help you fix.)
Table of contents
http://tinyurl.com/cnkog3
Editorial - "Engagement in learning and development" by Rhona Sharpe.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802664458
http://tinyurl.com/buyzu8
Article - "A systemic framework for managing e-learning adoption in
campus universities: individual strategies in context" by Carol Russell.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649871
http://tinyurl.com/comctv
Article - "A comparative analysis of the effects of instructional design
factors on student success in e-learning: multiple-regression versus
neural networks" by Halil Ibrahim Cebeci, Harun Resit Yazgan, and
Abdulkadir Geyik.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649889
http://tinyurl.com/acafmt
Article - "Messenger in The Barn: networking in a learning environment"
by Malcolm Rutter.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649863
http://tinyurl.com/bm6kbs
Article - "Virtual learning environments - help or hindrance for the
'disengaged' student?" by Alice Maltby and Sarah Mackie.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802657577
http://tinyurl.com/bwjf6f
Article - "The Campaign: a case study in identity construction through
performance" by Matthew D. Riddle.
DOI: 10.1080/09687760802649855
http://tinyurl.com/byc3gn
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This issue was compiled by Melanie Fox and lightly edited by Seb Schmoller.
Regards
Seb Schmoller
Chief Executive
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