Association for Learning Technology
Fortnightly news Digest 317 issued on 20 February 2015
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The deadline for the next issue of the Digest is 12.00 on Wednesday 4 March 2015 for the Digest to be issued on Friday 6 March 2015.
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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 warmly welcomes the following organisations as new Organisational Members:
University Campus Suffolk (http://www.ucs.ac.uk/)
Bishop Burton College (http://www.bishopburton.ac.uk/)
1.2 ALT Annual Conference 2015: sponsorship & exhibition opportunities
For detailed information about opportunities for sponsorship & exhibition at the 2015 ALT Annual Conference please download the prospectus at
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1pWh5nJ
1.3 ALT Annual Conference 2015: Call for Proposals
The call for proposals for the ALT Annual Conference 2015 has been issued at http://go.alt.ac.uk/16ykU0u
1.4 Call for Expressions of Interest to Chair the OER16 Conference
We are seeking experienced Co-Chairs for the 2016 Conference Committee of the 7th Open Education Conference, who will play a major role in planning and delivery of the conference in 2016 http://go.alt.ac.uk/1EAE5T8
1.5 ALT Annual Conference 2015: First two keynote speakers announced! http://go.alt.ac.uk/1zNHRU8
2. ALT Events
2.1 Join us for the ALT Annual Conference 2015 'Shaping the future of learning together', taking place from 8 – 10 September 2015 at the University of Manchester.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1pWh5nJ
2.2 ALT Annual Conference 2015: Webinar for authors, Tuesday 3 March 2015, 12:30 GMT
This free webinar is designed to provide information and support to authors looking to submit a proposal to the ALT Annual Conference 2015. It will provide an overview of the submission process, advice on how to structure your abstract, and a look at the criteria for review.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1zn3cox
2.3 A Preview of OER15: Mainstreaming Open Education, Tuesday 10 March 12.30 GMT
Two members of the planning committee will offer their personal perspectives on the key issues being raised in this year’s conference
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1vgnQu1
2.4 Living and learning in the open: Supporting and developing open courses, Thursday 12 March 2015 1:15
In this free webinar Martin Hawksey talks about the development of the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL). As part of this we explore how ALT Members supported the design, development and running of the course as well as the technical challenges of facilitating a distributed learning experience and in particularly helping learners make connections to knowledge and people in an open learning space.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1yXjSYZ
2.5 OER15 'Mainstreaming Open Education', 14 – 15 April 2015, Cardiff UK
An International Conference organised by a volunteer committee from the Open Education Community. OER15 is hosted by OER Wales Cymru, Universities Wales and the Association for Learning Technology and will focus on ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’.
For more details please visit the OER15 website http://oer15.oerconf.org
Register at http://go.alt.ac.uk/1vHgv07
3. News
3.1 Crowdsourcing the UK constitution - an innovative learning and digital citizenship project
LSE has embarked on a new learning project to crowdsource the UK constitution. For 10 weeks the project invites you to share your views and ideas on what should be in a new modern written UK constitution. You will be able to submit content, vote ideas up or down and question the experts. Your ideas and discussions will count.
http://constitutionuk.com
3.2 Use of Blogs in HE - Seeking Staff as Interviewees
Following a call a few months ago for student participants this PhD study now needs staff who would be willing to spend an hour sharing their experiences of using blogs within teaching with HE students. If you would be willing to give your time to be interviewed in the next couple of months please email [log in to unmask] Interviews will be arranged to suit you and will either be conducted in person or via Skype. Your help is very much appreciated. Thank you also to everyone who distributed, tweeted or completed the student survey which is also still on going.
4. Events
4.1 Internationalising Higher Education Conference 2015, 22 April 2015, University of Salford, Manchester
The Internationalising Higher Education Conference 2015 will provide delegates with the opportunity to discuss and debate the current and future landscape of international Higher Education and consider the new opportunities that are currently emerging. Delegates will discuss opportunities available to work with international partners and develop global employability skills for both home and international students and will hear a number of different perspectives and best practice case studies as to how this can be achieved.
ALT Members can book for the reduced fee of £99, use discount code ALT10 or email [log in to unmask]
www.salford.ac.uk/spd
4.2 Spotlight on Digital Capabilities, 3 - 4 June 2015
UCISA invites you to book your seat for the summer Spotlight on Digital Capabilities event, where the skills needed by students/staff, that maximise engagement with technologies, take centre stage. The programme features a mix of plenaries and workshops, with headliners from both industry and education, and highlights from the UCISA Digital Capabilities Survey 2014 and Digital Literacies programmes from Jisc.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1xJb7PW
4.3 Talis Insight 2015, 15 - 16 April 2015, ICC Birmingham
This free, two-day event will bring together Learning Technology and Library professionals working in Higher Education. Confirmed speakers include David White, Sheila MacNeill, Mark Stubbs, Richard Maccabee, Niall Sclater and Adam Cooper. http://insight.talis.com/alt
4.4 Blackboard Teaching & Learning Conference, Liverpool 15 -17 April 2015
Bringing together course designers, teaching and learning professionals and technical experts from higher and further education institutions, this year’s conference will be the premier opportunity to network, share your experiences, and learn new ideas on the trends and future of eLearning. Early Bird Registration ends March 13.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/16ylxHn
4.5 LSE LTI NetworkEDGE seminar, Wednesday 25 February 17:00 GMT
Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE will presenting ‘Developing social media literacy: How children learn to interpret risky opportunities on social network sites’.
Email [log in to unmask] to reserve a place. All our talks are live streamed for those who can’t attend and a link to the live stream will be available on the LSE LTI blog:
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1yR1sCG
4.6 Developing Leaders for a Digital Age: Online Course, 2 - 24 March 2015
This course is aimed at FE leaders and decision makers with responsibility for the learning experience, the curriculum, and the digital learning environment. We hope that through your participation in the course, you will make better decisions for your college in an environment of increasing digital dependence and in response to rising student expectations of their digital learning experience. The course will be based around webinars and online resources and will follow an action learning approach.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1A5SyGD
5. Calls for proposals
5.1 APT Conference 2015 “Flipping the Institution: Higher Education in the Post Digital Age”
Contributions are invited from practitioners, researchers, students and employers in all education and training sectors. These may be in the following formats: case study; practitioner-led inquiry; research paper/work in progress; developmental/research project report, and posters.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1B0ik0j
5.2 Call for Papers - Immersive Learning Research Network Conference iLRN 2015, deadline 1 March 2015
The objective of the conference is to uncover and discuss emerging trends and technologies, best practices, successful products and services within an international and interdisciplinary community. All accepted full papers will be published with IOS Press. All other accepted contributions will be published as online proceedings linked to an ISSN number. Selected papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of the Transactions of Future Intelligent Education Environments journal (TOFIEE).
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1BRPt9Z
5.3 Call for papers - Symposium on Future Intelligent Educational Environments and Learning, deadline 23 March 2015
The Symposium focuses on creating educational environments that are friendly, smart or intelligent, open, personalized, and can seamlessly support anytime anywhere learning or training. We welcome all papers that relate to the application of new smart and intelligent approaches to teaching, learning, or training.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1CVC9Fp
6. Funding calls
None this issue
7. Open Educational Resources
None this issue
8. Job vacancies
8.1 Manchester Metropolitan University
Learning & Research Technologies
Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor (Maternity Cover)
£28,695 - £32,277
Full time, Temporary
Closing Date: 27 February 2015
Informal Enquiries: [log in to unmask] 0161 247 3443
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1uXju5D
8.2 University of Reading
Centre for Quality Support and Development
Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor
SF03539
£28,695-£37,394
Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 4 March 2015
Informal Enquiries: [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1EG1chO
8.3 University of Oxford
IT Services
Learning Technologist: 2 posts
117049
£30,434 - £37,394
Temporary
Closing Date: 9 March 2015
Informal Enquiries: [log in to unmask]) or [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/17MbzmS
8.4 Imperial College LondonICT
E-learning Support Specialist
SS 2015 046 TAA
£34,270 – £42,380
Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: 9 March 2015
Informal Enquiries: [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1vgyAJ4
8.5 Prospects College of Advanced Technology
Digital Learning Fellowship
£60,000-70,000
Closing date: 3 March 2015 at 12:00PM
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]
http://www.procat.ac.uk/careers
9. Current articles from the ALT Online Newsletter
The newsletter website is at: http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/
Latest articles:
“Meet the Editors”, Meet the ALT Online Newsletter Editorial Team!
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1DImkR4
“Perspectives on BETT 2015” Manoj Singh, Richard Chantler, Yousef Fouda
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1AzqCwO
“OER: A languishing teenager?”, Vivienne Rolfe
http://go.alt.ac.uk/17SSq2O
More Than Blended Learning, Malcolm Ryan
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1yX3wsX
“Credo Digital Award for Information Literacy 2015”, Nigel Morgan
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1yLNx1G
“Learning Analytics: Threats and opportunities” Martin Hawksey
http://go.alt.ac.uk/15Mkcw9
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:
"Critical connections: personal learning environments and information
literacy" by Alison Hicks and Caroline Sinkinson
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v23.21193
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1IJv1vz
“Aspects of openness in education”, Meg O’Reilly
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.26324
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1zWejo4
“Using social media to engage and develop the online learner in self-determined learning”, Lisa Marie Blaschke
DOI: 10.3402/rlt.v22.21635
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Au879x
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