Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news Digest 292 issued on 7 February 2014
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Table of Contents
1. ALT news
2. ALT events
3. News
4. Other events
5. Calls for proposals
6. Funding calls
7. Open Educational Resources
8. Job vacancies
9. ALT Online Newsletter - links to articles from the latest Issue
10. Current articles the ALT Journal - Research in Learning Technology
1. ALT News
1.1 ALT launches a new three-year strategy
ALT has launched the new strategy for 2014-2017. The strategy sets out our shared vision for developing the Association as an influential, innovative and independent membership organisation, clearly defining our aims for the next three years.
http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2330
1.2 New ALT Wales Special Interest Group
The ALT Wales Group is a new Special Interest Group (SIG) which is currently being established. Similar to the ALT Scotland Group, which was established in 2012 and which has since been very active, the ALT Wales Group is a national SIG for practitioners and researchers in learning technology based in Wales.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1n7b4nI
1.3 Call for proposals for altc2014 “Riding giants: how to innovate and educate ahead of the wave"
Whether you've been involved in ALT for years, are new to the learning technology domain, or are an experienced practitioner, supplier, funder, policy maker, researcher, writer, or presenter from other fields, please take the time to review the calls for proposals. With your help altc2014 can be a truly outstanding, influential, and enjoyable event internationally.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1euggm9
2. ALT Events
2.1 altc2014 Riding Giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave The 21st annual conference of the Association for Learning Technology - 1-3 September 2014, Warwick, UK.
Registration will open in spring 2014, for more information please see the conference pages on the ALT website.
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc
2.2 CMALT webinar for candidates 12 March 12.30 – 13.30
The session is designed to provide information and support to candidates looking to complete their portfolios in the next few months. It will provide an overview of the submission process, advice on how to complete a portfolio and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1fpCDqP
2.3 Register interest in a future run of ocTEL
If you would like to be notified of a future run of ocTEL, ALT's open course in technology enhanced learning, please visit http://go.alt.ac.uk/1e9TOzg
3. News
3.1 ULCC partners with plagiarism prevention company, Ephorus.
The University of London Computer Centre (ULCC), the leading IT service provider to the UK education sector, and Ephorus, the Dutch-based provider of plagiarism prevention, announced a new strategic partnership last month. The partnership will enable customers of ULCC's Hosted Moodle Service to seamlessly access the full range of Ephorus plagiarism prevention services, directly from within their VLE. Integrated in Moodle, Ephorus checks every essay and dissertation automatically, comparing student submissions with billions of sources on the Internet and papers, previously submitted at your institution.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1ioOKFt
3.2 New Jisc guides on technology-enhanced assessment and feedback.
Four new guides on technology-enhanced approaches to assessment and feedback are now available from Jisc. The guides are built on the experiences, approaches and lessons learned from our recent work with over 30 institutions in UK further and higher education exploring a range of new approaches to assessment and feedback.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1aOAcgx
3.3 Researchers/interviewees needed for documentary ICT education in schools
A producer with a small London based production company is looking for researchers and interviewees for on an online documentary exploring the current state of ICT education in secondary schools. For more details and to get involved contact Clipstone Productions: [log in to unmask]
4. Events
4.1 Registration open for the DEANZ 2014 Conference, New Zealand, 30 April – 2 May 2014.
DEANZ14 is the premier conference in Aotearoa New Zealand for leaders and practitioners involved in open, flexible and distance learning. The conference will be relevant to tertiary and secondary educators, including librarians, and those company trainers seeking professional and organisational development that DEANZ supports. Non-refereed papers, digital posters, workshops, round tables, exhibitions and refereed papers are all invited for the event.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1ashQ72
4.2 DIT Accredited Online Module Technology Enhanced Learning Teaching & Assessment, 4 March – 20 May 2014.
Registration is now open for this online CPD module (5 ECTS). A unique approach will be taken to this module in that participants will be required to set their own personal learning objectives at the outset, thereby enabling them to reflect on the weekly topics from their own professional perspectives.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gM22Pk
4.3 Changing the Learning Landscape - Mobile learning and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): Gaining better use from familiar technologies and those already owned by students, University of Southampton, 7 March 2014.
‘Bring your own device’, or BYOD for short, is a hot topic in HE. While institutions have invested time and space for large numbers of computer labs and technological equipment, students are increasingly bringing their own to class. Institutions vary in the response they make to this. What is increasingly clear is that mobile learning is on the rise and that it is improbable that in the future institutions will be providing technology for classroom learning.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1n9SGuz
4.4 International Learning Design Challenge - MOOC, 10 - 14 February 2014.
Our aim is to engage the teaching community from across the globe to join in designing, sharing, and discussing how to create great learning designs for transforming education. The challenge will bring teachers together to innovate and share their ideas, to create one 100 designs that use technology effectively.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1jf4Tki
4.5 Virtual worlds in Higher Education: Reviewing current and future practice, Manchester, 14 March 2014.
This event will explore the current state of the art in the use of virtual worlds in education and will be a mixture of face-to-face presentations and online activity. You can also attend the event online, if you can't make it face-to-face. Contact [log in to unmask] for further details about attending online.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gPa6Pi
4.6 Online course: Successful Supervising, Oxford Brookes University, 5 March - 4 April 2014.
Successful Supervision’ aims to enhance your repertoire of skills for supporting students who are working on extended research projects, such as theses and dissertations. The main topics covered are: monitoring students’ progress, cross-cultural awareness, research ethics, academic writing, and the supervisory relationship.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1fbdzV4
4.7 MOOC: Teaching Online Courses 10 March - 4 May 2014 (with a two week break for Easter)
FSLT, Teaching Online relies on sharing knowledge with your peers. Through the course you may also form and strengthen your professional support network of teachers in higher education. Teaching Online Courses is an open online course. You can take it for free, or for a fee you can register for assessment and formal credit. It has been validated by Oxford Brookes
University as a 10 M-level credit module within the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching in Higher Education (PCTHE).
http://go.alt.ac.uk/19RME0G
4.8 HEA STEM (Computing) Seminar, University of Derby, Friday 21 February 2014.
The University of Derby is hosting an HEA STEM Thematic Workshop/Seminar focusing on innovative teaching, assessment and feedback approaches for large-scale Engineering and Computing classes.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1lYHYq4
5. Calls for proposals
5.1 First Call For Special Tracks and Workshops, 4th European Immersive Education Summit, Vienna, Austria. 24th - 26th November 2014.
The Summit will be organized by and hosted at the University of Applied Science BFI Vienna in conjunction with Graz University of Technology. We are happy to announce the first call of special tracks and workshops of the E-iED 2014 Summit.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kcmrh8
5.2 Call for Proposals for the DEANZ 2014 Conference, New Zealand. Deadline for submission extended to: Friday 21 February 2014.
DEANZ14 is the premier conference in Aotearoa New Zealand for leaders and practitioners involved in open, flexible and distance learning. The conference will be relevant to tertiary and secondary educators, including librarians, and those company trainers seeking professional and organisational development that DEANZ supports. Non-refereed papers, digital posters, workshops, round tables, exhibitions and refereed papers are all invited for the event.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1e3jp6o
5.3 EFMD Higher Education Research Conference, 15 – 16 May 2014.
Deadline for submissions: Monday 21 February 2014.
EFMD is organising its third Higher Education Research Conference which will be hosted by Stockholm University School of Business.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/KP5V7c
5.4 Ideas in Mobile Learning Symposium and MobiLearnFest , Watershed, Bristol UK 6 - 7 March 2014
The Ideas in Mobile Learning symposium invites either 'ideas' abstracts or 'ideas' for the mobiLearnFest public engagement component of the Symposium around the broad themes of ‘innovation, creativity and sustainability’ for mobile learning.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/LPyMt0
6. Funding calls
None this issue.
7. Open Educational Resources
None this issue.
8. Job vacancies
8.1 Regent’s University London
Learning Resources
Learning Technology Content Developer
RC14/010/LRES
£24,480 - £26,000
Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 10 February 2014
Informal Enquiries to: Bryony Bramer, [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1fu2Hjg
8.2 University of Warwick
Warwick Business School
eLearning Consultant
74610-014
£37,756 - £45,053
Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 14 February 2014
Informal Enquiries to: Ray Irving, [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1ephz67
8.3 University of Leeds
SDDU
Staff Development Officer/Learning Technologist
CSSDD0023
£30,728 - £34,565 (pro rata)
Part time
Closing date: 16 February 2014
Informal Enquiries to: James Little, [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kSPm7K
9. Current articles from the ALT Online Newsletter
The newsletter website is at: http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/
Latest Articles
Article - “ebooks for Teaching and Learning”, Hayley Atkinson
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1bqK79o
Article – “Chief Executive’s Report”, Maren Deepwell
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1dqgMLY
Article – “#Bett2014: Another year another BETT show”, Tim Seal
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1fuwfgH
Article – “Three Days at #Bett2014”, Joe Wilson
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kSGBdI
Article – “RIG update: M25 Learning Technology Group and MUGGL”, Leonard Houx.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/Mt08FE
10. Current articles from our peer-reviewed Open Access journal
Research in Learning Technology
The journal website is at: http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/
Latest articles:
Editorial- “Research and Literacies in a Digital Age”, Norm Friesen, Lesley Gourlay, Martin Oliver
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gPDGUY
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21.23834
Article - Textual practices in the new media digital landscape: messing with digital literacies, Lesley Gourlay, Mary Hamilton, Mary Rosalind Lea
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1iwHUNZ
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21.21438
Article - The five resources of critical digital literacy: a framework for curriculum integration, Juliet Hinrichsen, Antony Coombs
http://go.alt.ac.uk/LTGylK
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21.21334
Article - Capturing the sociomateriality of digital literacy events, Ibrar Bhatt, Roberto de Roock
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1fyFNqW
DOI:10.3402/rlt.v21.21281
Article – Scholarly, digital, open: an impossible triangle?, Robin Goodfellow
http://go.alt.ac.uk/MuQJx8
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21.21366
Article – Multimodal profusion in the literacies of the Massive Open OnlineCourse, Jeremy Knox, Siân Bayne
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1e5V7bP
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v21.21422
Article – The habitus of digital scholars, Cristina Costa
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1c6J26B
DOI: 10.3042/rlt.v21.21274
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