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Fortnightly news Digest 304 - 1 August 2014

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Anna Davidge <[log in to unmask]>

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Association for Learning Technology

Fortnightly news Digest 304 issued on 1 August 2014

Please submit items for the ALT Fortnightly Digest, including job vacancies, via the form at http://goo.gl/LlJ3y. 

The deadline for the next issue of the Digest is 12.00 on Wednesday 13 August for the Digest to be issued on Friday 15 August 2014. 

Key links: http://www.alt.ac.uk/key-links

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 Call for Expressions of Interest to join ALT's Operational Committees
ALT wishes to fill several vacancies on its main operational committees. Read the full call at http://go.alt.ac.uk/VKaF4r

1.2 Call for Editors of the ALT Online Newsletter
ALT has issued a call for an Editor in Chief and two Deputy Editors of the ALT Online Newsletter. Read the full call at http://go.alt.ac.uk/1q3Gz9q

1.3 Putting teachers, trainers and their managers centre stage
Maren Deepwell's latest column for FE News
http://www.fenews.co.uk/

1.4 [Presentation] IWMW14 Hyper-ConnectED (ocTEL, Open Badges and the Personal Knowledge Graph)
Blog by Martin Hawksey 
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1saWiC0

1.5 Navigating the marvellous at #altc
Blog by ALT Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Catherine Cronin
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1pLwAPT

1.6 Further thoughts and discussion about rhizomatic learning, 27 July 2014
Blog by Jenny Mackness about her recent presentation at the ALT MOOC SIG event. 
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1qx4wBx

1.7 Responses to the ‘MOOCs – which way now?’ conference
Thanks to all who made the ‘MOOCs – which way now?’ conference a success. Session recordings are now available in video and audio-only formats
http://go.alt.ac.uk/XnWJ0o

1.8 Reusing Open Resources with a dash of learning analytics
Blog by Sheila MacNeill (ALT 2013 Learning Technologist of the Year) mentions the book, Reusing Open Resources. It includes a chapter on Analytics for Education written by Lorna Campbell, Martin Hawksey and Sheila MacNeill 
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kaL9jj

1.9 Student Response Systems, 29 July 2014
List of student response systems collated from various sources - that began by posing questions to the Alt-members forum, so many of those listed are suggestions / recommendations from members
Blog by learning technology development at the University of Sheffield
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1nYOyml

1.10 Confusing terminologies: #e-learning, learning technologist, educational technologist,…discussed by @A_L_T members
Fawei Geng's blog discusses a thread on the ALT mailing list re the evolving terminologies used in education field related to both the (e) learning activities and (e) learning support professionals.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1qx5bCO

1.11 Who uses MOOCs and how? 22 July 2014
ICEF Monitor article cites work by Diana Laurillard, Chair of ALT
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kpY95a


2. ALT Events 

2.1 altc2014 Riding Giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave, Monday 1 - Wednesday 3 September 2014, University of Warwick, UK
Registration is open for ALT’s annual conference. ALT members get a 20% discount on all conference fees. 
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1iNlho1


3. News

3.1 Invitation to join the new Immersive Learning Research Network
An international group of researchers, learning organizations, and teaching practitioners have announced the formation of a worldwide interdisciplinary effort to better define, share, and promote the emergent and practical means for learning in digitally-enhanced “immersive” contexts. The Immersive Learning Research Network, or iLRN, invites developers, educators, researchers, and business professionals working to join and collaborate to develop the scientific, technical, and applied potential of immersive learning. 
http://immersivelrn.org/

3.2 iPad Research Study Animation
A short animation based on a research study funded by British Educational Research Association (BERA) which evaluated how academics at the University of Huddersfield used their iPads for academic practices (teaching, research and animation). 
https://vimeo.com/101283549 

3.3 Strategies to improve the quality of Initial Teacher Education
How can we equip practitioners to actively  embed technology in an evolving culture of  blended learning? Publication by The Education & Training Foundation. Draws on the  ‘learning technology’ definition given by ALT (see page 5)
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kaLfHJ

3.4 Wikimedia at the heart of open education, 17 July 2014
Wikimedia post was written by Dr Martin Poulter mentions ALT's OER Special Interest Group.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1ocL3Yd

3.5 Reusing Open Resources: Learning in Open Networks for Work, Life and Education, 30 July 2014
Lorna M Campbell blogs about her contribution to the new publication Reusing Open Resources: Learning in Open Networks for Work, Life and Education edited by Allison Littlejohn and Chris Pegler
http://go.alt.ac.uk/UFhqmU

3.6 ALT Ambassador Dame Wendy Hall, Radio 4, 1 August 2014
Fellow of both the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society, Dame Wendy fought long and hard to prove that her type of web science was highly significant and here to stay. Interview on BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs. 
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1rVUUEE

3.7 Reimagine education competition
The global awards for innovative higher education pedagogies enhancing learning and employability: In an effort to learn about new, innovative pedagogical approaches, the Wharton SEI Center for Advanced Studies in Management and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), a global provider of specialist higher education and career information and solutions, have partnered together to launch the “Reimagine Education” Awards. We are seeking submissions from educators around the world who are willing to describe how they are exploring new ways of teaching, learning and delivering educational content. The most innovative approaches will be considered for awards and monetary prizes.
http://www.reimagine-education.com/


4. Events 

4.1 GCU Games On, 16 July to 8 August 2014
GCU Games On is an open online event to celebrate, explore and share experiences during the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. Instructors include Jim Emery, Linda Creanor and Sheila MacNeill. The course is run by Glasgow Caledonian University.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1jOY7DK

4.2 Eden Workshop: Challenges for open and distance learning in 21st century, 27-28 October 2014, Oxford
European Distance and E-learning Network in collaboration with The Open University, UK announced its Eighth Research Workshop
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1saXKV8


5. Calls for proposals

5.1 Call for contributions: WebPA event: Friday 29 August 2014 at QMU, Edinburgh
The next WebPA Event will be held at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh on Friday 29 August 2014. WebPA is a tool to support the peer assessment of team activities. This event will include a number of presentations and updates about WebPA. Registration details to follow. The WebPA SIG will be held after the Event.
If you would like to present at this Event, please contact Susi Peacock – [log in to unmask] 
 

6. Funding calls

None this issue.


7. Open Educational Resources

None this issue.
 

8. Job vacancies

8.1 The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Educational Development Centre
Instructional Design Specialist (several posts)
Full time
Closing date: 29 August 2014
Informal enquiries to Mr Ian Brown, [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1nRA4Uy

8.2 The University of York
E-Learning Development Team
E-Learning Training Assistant
3755
£24,057 - £29,552
Full time
Closing date: 7 August 2014
Informal enquiries to Dr Richard Walker: email [log in to unmask]; tel 01904 321138
http://tinyurl.com/ELTApost

8.3 Brighton & Sussex Medical School
Division of Medical Education
Learning Technologist
Ref 758
£30,728 to £36,661
Full time
Closing date: 22 August 2014
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1rVVL8z


9. Current articles from the ALT Online Newsletter

The newsletter website is at: http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/

Latest Articles
“Moving towards learner autonomy – Stephen Downes on personal learning in a networked world”, Sonja Grussendorf
http://go.alt.ac.uk/UFfivw

“Open and online but not a MOOC, GCU Games On – an alternative model for online engagement?”, Sheila MacNeill
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1nRw869

“ALT Learning Technologist of the Year: I’ve looked at things from both sides now”, Sheila MacNeill
go.alt.ac.uk/1tQAy1h 

“What is the problem for which MOOCs are the solution?”, Diana Laurillard
http://go.alt.ac.uk/TTr9Wq

“Online Learning: Developing Trends”, Joanna Stroud
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1zcJHBB

“GEUG14: Google Apps for Education European User Group”, Martin Hawksey
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1mqOE5E

For information on how to submit an article to the Newsletter email [log in to unmask]


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:

“Questions of quality in repositories of open educational resources: a literature review, Javiera Atenas and Leo Havemann
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1kpXfpd
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.20889

“Learning from the early adopters: developing the Digital Practitioner”, Liz Bennett
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1naoIFX
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.21453

“Taking over someone else's e-learning design: challenges trigger change in e-learning beliefs and practices”, Karen M. Scott
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1saVBst
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.23362

“A tale of two doctoral students: social media tools and hybridised identities”, Liz Bennett and Sue Folley
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1gHupP5
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.23791

“A portal of educational resources: providing evidence for matching pedagogy with technology”, Nicoletta Di Blas, Alessandro Fiore, Luca Mainetti, Roberto Vergallo, and Paolo Paolini
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1uYBQpc
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.22906 


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The digest returns on 15 August 2014. All items for inclusion in the next issue should be submitted using the form at http://goo.gl/LlJ3y by 12.00 noon on Wednesday 13 August. This issue was compiled by those who submitted content for it, and very lightly edited by Anna Davidge.
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Disclaimer. Reasonable care is taken to ensure that the ALT Digest is accurate. But ALT does not vouch for the accuracy of information provided on 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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