Association for Learning Technology - Weekly News Digest 350, 24 March 2016
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Table of Contents
1. News from ALT
2. ALT and ALT member events
3. News
4. Events
5. Calls for proposals
6. Job vacancies
7. #altc blog
8. Research in Learning Technology
1. News from ALT
1.1 Annual Conference Call for Proposals - deadline extended to 30 March 2016
The call for proposals for this year’s ALT Annual Conference is now open and the deadline has been extended to 30 March 2016.
If you haven’t submitted a proposal before or would like further information about the call including tips for submissions we’ve recorded ‘Everything you wanted to know about submitting a proposal for #altc but were afraid to ask‘: http://go.alt.ac.uk/ALT2016-Call-Help
View the full call at http://go.alt.ac.uk/1TGvzeO
1.2 Annual Conference Keynotes Announced: Josie Fraser, Ian Livingstone CBE and Lia Commissar
Josie Fraser is a UK-based Social and Educational Technologist. She has worked with government, schools, further education providers and universities, promoting and developing the effective and innovative use of ICT and e-learning policy and practice in the UK and internationally. http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Uc0Sj5
Ian Livingstone co-founded iconic games company Games Workshop, launching Dungeons & Dragons in Europe, and also co-authored the multi-million selling Fighting Fantasy gamebook series. http://go.alt.ac.uk/1UO8qaq.
Lia Commissar joined the Wellcome Trust in 2014 to lead the innovative £6 million ‘Education and Neuroscience Initiative’ following a long-standing interest in this area.http://go.alt.ac.uk/22HzPgW
1.3 Membership fees frozen and member benefits enhanced in 2016
The Association's membership fees won't increase in 2016 across any categories of membership. Fees will remain at the 2014 level for the second year running in recognition of the difficult economic circumstances many individuals and member organisations are facing.
We continuously aim to enhance the benefits our members receive. For example the email news digest changed its publication recently from fortnightly to weekly, responding to demand from members for more frequent news and job adverts. Also enhancing ALT's membership offer is the online winter conference at which only members are able to lead sessions and showcase their work.
1.4 CMALT portfolio sharing initiative launched. This month we are launching a new CMALT initiative to enhance the CMALT Holder register https://www.alt.ac.uk/certified-membership/cmalt-holders.
We are thus inviting CMALT holders to submit information about their portfolio and to opt to provide a link to an openly accessible version of it.To participate please complete the form at http://goo.gl/forms/xVDo14xO1d by Friday 29 May 2016.
1.5 Call for Expressions of Interest to Chair the #OER17 Conference
We are seeking experienced Co-Chairs for the 2017 Conference Committee of the 8th OER Conference, who will play a major role in planning and facilitating the conference in 2017. For information about previous OER conferences please visit https://oer16.oerconf.org/.
1.6 Findings from the Association for Learning Technology Annual Survey 2015
The second report of Findings from the ALT Annual Survey, launched in December 2014, has been published. http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Rsea4v
2. ALT and ALT Member Events
2.1 Last chance to book for OER16: Open Culture, Edinburgh, 19-20 April 2016
The 7th Open Educational Resources Conference, OER16: Open Culture, will be held on the 19th-20th April 2015 at the University of Edinburgh. Chaired by Melissa Highton and Lorna Campbell.
Register now at http://go.alt.ac.uk/OER16-Registration
More information at https://oer16.oerconf.org/
2.2 FELTAG SIG webinar: Summary of Skills Funding Agency actions from the FELTAG report 12 Apr 2016 12:30 to 1:30 PM
For this webinar organised by ALT's FELTAG Special Interest Group we welcome Stephen Nichols, Policy Implementation Manager, Skills Funding Agency who will provide a summary of Skills Funding Agency actions from the FELTAG report. http://go.alt.ac.uk/1ZvPyOi
2.3 Blended Learning Essentials: Meet up for Digital Champions at Loughborough College
15 Apr 2016 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM
This face-to-face event is kindly hosted by Loughborough College and is for Digital Champions and college partners of the Blended Learning Essentials course. The event will provide an opportunity for Champions to discuss their role, how best they can continue to support the course, and to give feedback. Refreshments will be provided.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Wg8iPs
2.4 ALT Scotland: Sharing Stories enablers and drivers for Learning Technology in Scottish Education:7 Jun 2016 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM Dundee and Angus.This is an event organised by the ALT Scotland Members Group. Bringing together Members from across Scotland. The event is designed to bring together practitioners from across sectors to share experiences of current and emerging practices in encouraging engagement with learning technology, highlighting the key enablers and drivers. To help with the organising we’ve set up a Google form for proposals at http://goo.gl/forms/yWfJLaFHPO
2.5 Playful Learning Conference, Manchester, 13-15 July 2016
ALT Games and Learning SIG (GLSIG) Officers Alex Moseley and Nicola Whitton are co-chairing this conference pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults. Playful in approach and outlook, yet underpinned by robust research and working practices, it aims to provide a space where teachers, researchers and students can play, learn and think together. A space to meet other playful people and be inspired by talks, workshops, activities and events.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1llHRM8
3. News
3.1 Revised approach to quality assessment in higher education
HEFCE has today published a revised operating model for quality assessment in higher education in England. It heralds the next phase of the Quality Assessment Review initiated by DELNI, HEFCE and HEFCW in October 2014 as part of each funding body’s statutory responsibility for quality assessment in higher education http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Sj1XlH
3.2 Association of Colleges (AoC) and Centre for Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE) project on localism in Further Education has published its first research paper: ‘FE and Localism in the Context of Wider Debates Concerning Devolution’
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1PbN4D4
3.3 Research in Learning Technology, the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), has just published the following:
"Fostering postgraduate student engagement: online resources supporting self-directed learning in a diverse cohort" by Luciane V. Mello
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Sj6x3t
4. Events
4.1 Jisc Change Agents’ Network Meet up for Staff and Students, University of Lincoln, 2 June 2016
Building on the success of the previous Jisc CAN face to face networking events, University of Lincoln is hosting a 1 day ‘meet up’ event for staff and students across the UK who are working in partnership on curriculum innovation projects in UK further education and skills and higher education. http://go.alt.ac.uk/1R82eW3
Register at http://go.alt.ac.uk/1psmz1c
4.2 New PebblePad launch event, The Studio Birmingham, 5 April 2016
This event will help those in both operational and pedagogical roles get up-to-speed with what the latest version of PebblePad has to offer, and gain insight into (and provide ideas on) our future direction of travel. http://bit.ly/1T8PhB7
4.3 Educational Technology and Education Conferences for January to June 2016
Clayton R Wright has circulated an updated version of his thorough listing of conferences and, as with previous updates this is now on the ALT Open Access repository at
http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2362/
5. Calls for proposals
5.1 World Conference on Computers in Education 2017 (WCCE 2017), Dublin, Ireland, 3rd – 6th July 2017 Call for papers now open, full call available at http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Luyt4R
More information about the event at http://www.wcce2017.com/
5.2 The Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) is now inviting research contributions to the 2016 SRHE International conferences.
SRHE International Research Conference: December 7 to 9 2016
SRHE Newer & Early Career Researchers Conference: December 6 2016
The deadline for paper submissions for both conferences is Friday 24th June 2016
www.srhe.ac.uk/conference2016
6. Job vacancies
6.1 ATEL (Adaptive Technology Europe Limited)
Lead Assistive Technologist
Reference Number ATEL/001/2016
£40,000 - £45,000 plus benefits
Full Time
Closing date 25th March 2016
Informal Enquiries to: 0161 711 0930
Please contact [log in to unmask] for a copy of the Job Specification.
6.2 Isis Enterprise, the innovation consulting company at the University of Oxford, is seeking an expert in LMS/VLE best practice at higher education institutions in the Middle East. The expert should ideally have previous experience selecting and implementing learning technology for HEIs, knowledge of the leading players and platforms, and an awareness of deployment, integration, and cost considerations. The expert would be engaged by Isis Enterprise on a consulting and/or advisory basis (depending on expertise), over the next 2-3 months.
Interested parties should please contact Britta Wyatt at [log in to unmask], including details of your previous experience with HEI LMS/VLE in the Middle East, and your availability in the next 2-3 months.
6.3 Durham University
Computing & Information Services
Learning Technologist
Ref: 1483
£31,656 to £37,768 Grade 7
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 28 March 2016
Informal enquiries to Dr Malcolm Murray: [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Mr9ESg
6.4 University of Warwick
Centre for Professional Education
Senior Academic Technologist
Ref: 73424-036
£38,896 - £46,414 pa
Full time
Closing date: 31 March 2016
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1nzi9Ef
6.5 York St John University
Academic Development
Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor
Ref: 011-16
£23,619 - £26,537
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: Friday 01 April 2016
Informal enquiries to Phil Vincent ([log in to unmask])
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1XPrTXD
6.6 University of Sussex
Technology Enhanced Learning
Learning Technologist
Ref: 669
£28,143 - £31,656
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 1 April 2016
Informal enquiries to Dr David Walker, Head of Technology Enhanced Learning [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1XzLpr3
6.7 Imperial College London
ICT
E-learning Technical Specialist
Ref: SS 2016 018R TAA
£34,720 – £42,830
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 4 April 2016
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1R9mFB6
Informal enquiries to Mrs Sue Pritchett [log in to unmask]
6.8 University of Edinburgh
Learning, Teaching & Web Services
E-Learning Systems Developer
Ref: 35709
£31,656 - £37,768
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 6 April 2016
Informal enquiries to Pat Fleury ([log in to unmask])
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1XPsfNS
6.9 John Wiley & Sons
Wiley Education Services
Instructional Designer
Ref: 6202
£36k-£41k depending on experience and qualifications
Full time
Closing date: N/A
Informal enquiries to Andrew Doig, [log in to unmask]
http://go.alt.ac.uk/1Rzi4s1
6.10 University of Edinburgh
Learning, Teaching & Web Services
Learning Technology Advisor (Virtual Learning Environments (VLE))
Ref: 35788
£31,656 - £37,768
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 8 April 2016
Informal enquiries to Jo Spiller ([log in to unmask])
http://go.alt.ac.uk/25nuU76
7. For latest posts, visit the #altc blog
https://altc.alt.ac.uk/blog/
8. For latest articles, visit Research in Learning Technology http://go.alt.ac.uk/RLT_Journal
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