Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news digest 201, issued 6 May 2010
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Table of Contents
1. Association news
2. Association events
3. News
4. Funding calls
5. Calls for papers/speakers
6. Other events – some with close deadlines
7. Vacancies
8. Current ALT Online Newsletter – links to articles
9. Current issue (18:1) of the ALT Journal – Research in Learning
Technology
1. Association news
1.1 ALT is pleased to welcome both Regent's College
(http://www.regents.ac.uk) and Keele University (http://www.keele.ac.uk)
as new Organisational Members; a media release concerning Google’s
decision to become a sponsoring member of ALT is here:
tinyurl.com/alt-media-release-29042010.
1.2 Trusteeship of ALT and Vice-chair of ALT
The AGM notification and the nomination forms for members interested in
standing for election as Trustees of ALT and/or as Vice-chair of ALT are
available from the ALT home page at http://www.alt.ac.uk/. Deadline:
5.00pm, 31 May 2010.
1.3 Subscribing to ALT-ANNOUNCE - Staff of organisational and sponsoring
members, alongside individual members of ALT, are entitled to subscribe
to ALT-ANNOUNCE, the Jiscmail list we use to distribute this fortnightly
Digest, the quarterly ALT News, and infrequent brief announcements about
ALT. Please encourage relevant colleagues to subscribe from the simple
form at http://www.alt.ac.uk/lists.html. In the case of staff of
organisational and sponsoring members, provided the staff member joining
has an email address consistent with the domain name of an
organisational or sponsoring member of ALT, we will approve the
subscription, which will, essentially, result in the subscriber becoming
an Associate Member of ALT, which is free for employees of ALT
organisational and sponsoring members under the newly announced changes
to our membership structure. Later this year we will be migrating this
process to the new ALT web site and any subscribers whom we have treated
in this way will be able to opt out.
1.4 Earlier this week, ALT ran a successful workshop entitled ‘Uses of
Twitter in Higher Education and its potential in other sectors’. The
materials from the event will soon be on the ALT Open Access Repository.
In the meantime you can view Matt Lingard’s opening presentation in
Slideshare at see http://tinyurl.com/38t2bcf, and there is a report from
the workshop by UCL’s Fiona Strawbridge here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ltss-blog/?p=378
1.5 Talis, a sponsoring member of ALT, have announced the winners of its
Talis Incubator for Open Education fund (launched at ALT-C last year) see
http://blogs.talis.com/education/2010/04/08/winners-of-the-talis-incubator-for-open-education-fund-announced/
2. Association events
2.1 The ALT Policy Board – with the theme "Technology in Learning and
Teaching, an Enabler or a Tax?" - will take place at the London School
of Economics in Holborn, London, 18 June. Plenary contributors will
include: Professor Dame Wendy Hall DBE DRS FREng, Professor of Computer
Science at the University of Southampton; Sarah Jones, Chief Executive
of Ufi/learndirect; Terry Mayes, Emeritus Professor and past Head of
Academic Practice at Glasgow Caledonian University; Sir Tim O’Shea,
Principal of the University of Edinburgh and Chair of JISC; Jane
Williams, Executive Director for Further Education, Skills and 14-19 at
Becta; Ewart Wooldridge CBE, Chief Executive of the Leadership
Foundation for Higher Education. We will take bookings for this event
from 10 May, and this will be subject of a separate message to
ALT-ANNOUNCE.
2.2 More ALT/eLN lunch time webinars – dates for your diary, with
further details to follow:
* 2 June 2010 - The Science of Learning, with Donald Clark and Richard Cox;
* 2 August 2010 - How to Run a Virtual Classroom Session;
* 14 October 2010 - Shooting Video for eLearning;
* 6 December 2010 - Learning in 2020.
2.3 ALT-C 2010: "Into something rich and strange" – making sense of the
sea-change. 7-9 September 2010, University of Nottingham. Conference
Co-chairs
* Vanessa Pittard, Director of e-Strategy, Becta, UK; * Professor
Richard Noss, Co-director of the London Knowledge Lab and Director of
the Technology Enhanced Learning research programme.
Keynote speakers
* Barbara Wasson, Professor of Pedagogical Information Science at the
Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of
Bergen, Norway; * Sugata Mitra, Professor of Educational Technology at
Newcastle University; * Donald Clark, Board Member of Ufi, and former
CEO of Epic Group plc.
See http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/. Bookings will open during week
beginning 10 May.
The call for proposals is now closed. We have sent those proposing
sessions details of the decisions of the Programme Committee about
proposal.
2.4 Find out about CMALT – a briefing led by Seb Schmoller
4 June 2010 (10.30 - 12.00), Media Zoo, University of Leicester
For more information about CMALT visit: http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt.html
For details about the Media Zoo, including location, see
http://www.le.ac.uk/mediazoo
3. News
3.1 For the latest HEFCE news headlines see http://www.hefce.ac.uk/news
3.2 For the latest JISC news headlines see http://jisc.ac.uk/news.asp
3.3 Media in Education Newsletter - aimed at people actively engaged in
promoting excellence in the use of media in education and is linked to
the annual MEDEA Awards, see http://www.media-in-education.net/may-2010
3.4 For an update on the work of the Government’s Online Learning Task
Force, visit
http://www.hefce.ac.uk/learning/enhance/taskforce/OLTFdiscussion_paper.pdf
Please note this includes an invitation to contribute to the work of
the OLTF (submission deadline 14 May 2010), to which ALT will be
responding.
4. Funding calls
4.1 Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Information and Computer
Sciences (ICS)
Subject Development Fund grants -up to £3,500
Proposals for funding are available at
http://www.ics.heacademy.ac.uk/projects/development-fund/general.php
Submission deadline for applications: 30 June 2010.
4.2 Digital Participation Consortium – Application for funding
See funding application page at
http://www.digitalparticipation.com/about/how-we-work/applications
Further details available at http://www.digitalparticipation.com/
Applications deadline for first round of funding for 2010/11: 1 June 2010.
5.Calls for papers/speakers
5.1 2010 International CAA Conference, call for papers, 20 - 21 July
2010, DeVere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton.
http://caa.ecs.soton.ac.uk/ 2009 conference proceedings are also
available at http://www.caaconference.com/ (please check these prior to
making a submission)
5.2 Online Educa Berlin 2010, call for papers, 16th International
Conference on Technology Supported Learning & Training, 1 – 3 December
2010, See http://www.online-educa.com/programme
5.3 Impact: Journal of Applied Research in Workplace E-learning, call
for manuscripts for 2nd and 3rd issues
http://journal.elnet.com.au/impact/(both issues are scheduled for
publication later this year) see
http://journal.elnet.com.au/index.php?journal=impact&page=about&op=editorialPolicies)
and
(http://journal.elnet.com.au/index.php?journal=impact&page=about&op=submission).
Enquiries and expressions of interest can be sent to:
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6. Other events
6.1 Serious Games Showcase and Design Workshop 12 May 2010, Playgen,
Shoreditch, London, for programme and booking, see
http://playgen.com/serious-games-showcase-design-workshop/#more-2401
(you can secure a free place for a limited amount of time by quoting
sgi12may when booking your place). For more information, Tel: Sophie
Bauer +44 (0)2476 158 206
6.2The eLearning Network - Value for money elearning solutions event
14 May 2010, Holborn Bars,London See
http://www.elearningnetwork.org/content/value-money-elearning-solutions
6.3 JISC CETIS meeting on Mobile Technologies, 15 June 2010, University
of Bolton http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/Mobile_Tech_Meeting_15th_June_2010
6.4 Inspiration for Practice: The ESCalate - JISC HE in FE Conference 26
May 2010, The Trident Centre, Warwickshire College, Warwick
Register online at http://escalate.ac.uk/6408 Closing date: 14 May 2010
6.5 Doing More With Less: How Elluminate Can Help You, 18 May 2010,
13:00 UK time, Webinar. Register at
http://www.elluminate.com/Products/Live_Webinars/Detail/20124/?id=247
6.6 OUCS (Oxford University Computing Services) Community Collections
Workshop, 26 May 2010, OUCS, Oxford
http://runcoco.oucs.ox.ac.uk/events/index.html
6.7 e-Access '10: Technology For All, 13 July, Olympia 2 Conference
Centre, London, Co-Hosted by OneVoice for Accessible ICT To register
visit http://www.headstar-events.com/eaccess10/
7. Vacancies
7.1 Desire2Learn
Regional Sales Manager, UK
Ref: D2LRSMU2010R
Full Time Location: Remote
http://www.desire2learn.com/careers/positions/regionalsales_manager_uk_r.asp
7.2 Sheffield College
Digital Media at the Sheffield City College campus
Lecturer in Digital/I Media
Ref no: E240
Salary : £18,303- £33,087 Full time, permanent
Informal enquiries to: [log in to unmask]
http://www.fejobs.com/Job.aspx?VacNo=349898&Page=1
Closing date : 20 May, 2010
8.Current ALT Online Newsletter – links to articles
Article – “E-learning to work”
How e-learning is being used in prisons to teach offenders practical
work based skills (and help the environment!) by David Patterson,
Gillian Broadhead and Peter Murphy http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/qqbgjbplf10
Article - “Google Wave in Education” by Alan Cann, Jo Badge, Dick Moore
and Cameron Neyl
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1civo6vnixg
Article - “JISC launches strategy for 2010-2012” by Malcolm Read
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/cohwzoa3sft
Article - “Learning Pool - Sink or swim” by Donald Clark
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/1lu6h8gzxbq
Article - “The impact of OpenLearn: making The Open University more
"Open" by Patrick McAndrew and Andy Lane
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/4ii7jyi4jnx
Article – “Develop Me! Support Me! Engage (and retain) Me!” by Becka
Currant http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/zu1hn0gccom
Article - “How to create a live online learning event” by Phil Green
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/ovsn7pmtanz
Article – “Interview with the University of Manchester's Faculty
e-Learning Managers” by Graham McElearney
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/yovzvnj71hd
Article – “Even August” Learning Technologies at the University of
Oxford by Melissa Highton
http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/8r348ozzw8x
Article – “E-books for FE” 3000 e-textbooks now live and free to FE
colleges by Anna Vernon http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/idwl7duob85
9. Current issue of ALT J – Research in Learning Technology - article links
The latest issue of the ALT Journal - Research in Learning Technology,
Volume 18 Issue 1, can be accessed online form 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. If you cannot access the Journal online, this is something we
may be able to help you fix).
Table of contents http://www.tinyurls.co.uk/F1747
Editorial - ”The implication of context in applying learning
technologies” by Frances Bell
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003741335
http://tinyurl.com/2dskgc5
Article – “On designing a pervasive mobile learning platform” by Teemu
H. Laine, Mikko Vinni, Carolina Islas Sedano and Mike Joy
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657606
http://tinyurl.com/2b43cze
Article – “Medical students’ perceptions of video-linked lectures and
video-streaming” by RuoLan Wang, Karen Mattick and Elisabeth Dunne
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657622
http://tinyurl.com/23w3hv8
Article – “Typing compared with handwriting for essay examinations at
university: letting the students choose” by Nora Mogey, Jessie Paterson,
John Burk and Michael Purcell
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657580
http://tinyurl.com/28rnxw4
Article – “Blended learning in Saudi universities: challenges and
perspectives” by Reem Alebaikan and Salah Troudi
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657614
http://tinyurl.com/2dbvrok
Article – “Self-regulation across time of first-generation online
learners”, by Lucy Barnard-Brak, Valerie Osland Paton and William Y. Lan
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657572
http://tinyurl.com/29elhje
Article – “Effective e-learning? Multi-tasking, distractions and
boundary management by graduate students in an online environment” by
Jennie Winter, Debby Cotton, Joan Gavin and Jon D. Yorke
DOI: 10.1080/09687761003657598
http://tinyurl.com/2dush9t
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