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Weekly News Digest - Issue 478 , 19 October 2018 Welcome to this week's news digest. In this edition: Updates for Members News, events and Calls for Proposals Jobs New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology 1. Updates for Members 1.1 Call for Editors for ALT's Open Access journal Research in Learning Technology https://go.alt.ac.uk/2O0bLI0 (Closing date: 31 October 2018) 1.2 (Online Webinars) Setting up the new ALT Assembly All Members are welcome to this monthly webinar to help set up the new ALT Assembly: Wednesday, 7 Nov 12:30 to 1PM Details and link: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NX0jfT Wednesday, 5 Dec 12:30 to 1PM Details and link:  https://go.alt.ac.uk/2OGaeE3 Wednesday, 9 Jan, 2019 - 12:30 to 1PM Details and link: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NVA75E Wednesday, 13 Feb 2019 - 12:30 to 1PM Details and link: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2xqlc9N Back to top 2. News, events and calls for proposals 2.1 ‘Learning with Technology’ seminar, Oxford Brookes University, 23 October 2018 This seminar is part of an EU-funded Marie Curie project funded by the EU. We very much hope that we will be able to benefit from your expertise by receiving feedback from you on the learning approach and tool that were developed as part of this project. A certificate of participation in H2020 MSCA project as expert will be provided. The seminar will be repeated 13 November 2018. Find out more at https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QRA8Fe and https://go.alt.ac.uk/2JWQB7f or contact [log in to unmask] 2.2 ALT Webinar: Reaching Out to Rural Africa, Wednesday 24 October, 13.00 - 14.00 In this webinar three researchers, Caroline Kuhn, Dominic Kimani, and John Traxler discuss their perspectives on a workshop that took place in Kenya in June of this year, funded and supported by the British Council Researcher Links programme. The workshop focus was the exploration of innovative and appropriate social science methodologies to develop learning technology systems and support for rural African communities. To register: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QGB9zW 2.3  "We Are Our Choices": Learning to Make Good Decisions, London, 24 October 2018 This WAVES Network event includes keynote presentations from Diana Laurillard and James McGee. The day will share and explore how Scenario-Based Learning is being used and delivered with Virtual Scenarios, and ends with a Networking Reception on the rooftop bar. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2wbP4WS 2.4 #ALTNWESIG 2018, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1 November 2018 ALTNWESIG is a community-led event, created by you and for you. So if you'd like to suggest a topic, present a case study, lead a discussion, or ask the group to help solve your problem, please do contact Alex Spiers at [log in to unmask]. The programme will cover topics including the Learning Tracker App, Use of Video for Support, Members Contributions, and ALTNWESIG news, with a Welcome from Prof. Mark Stubbs, Head of Learning and Research Technologies. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QWMNH0 2.5 Getting Started with CMALT webinar, 1 Nov 2018, 12:30 - 13:30 The webinar is for candidates registered for CMALT and planning or working on their portfolios, and will cover the structure of the CMALT portfolio, frequently asked questions, and the submission and assessment process. There will be an opportunity to ask questions. Register: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Q4BxYJ 2.6 Call for Participation the SOTEL Research Cluster and Symposium The SoTEL NZ Research Cluster is a support network and the SoTEL NZ Symposium as a showcase and networking event for groups of educators exploring the scholarship of technology enhanced learning: https://sotel.nz. The research cluster is open to new groups beyond NZ, and the 2019 Symposium call for participation is now open. Call closes 12 November 2018. To find out more, please contact Dr Thom Cochrane ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Vickel Narayan ([log in to unmask]). 2.7 Panopto Conference on Video Learning, Central London, 14 November 2018 Panopto's one-day conference will bring together over 200 delegates from universities and education-focused organisations to share best practices, network, and learn about all the latest developments in video for learning. Speakers include Canadian researcher Dave Cormier, Eric Burns, co-founder and CEO of Panopto, Inés Dawson, a PhD student and science communicator, and representatives from many HE institutions across the UK and Ireland. Register at: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QXZJMZ 2.8 ALT M25 LTG Special Learning Design Workshop - 20 places only, 16 November 2018 Dr Maria Toro-Trononcis (Head of Academic Research and Quality at Cambridge Education Group, formerly Head of e-Learning at Imperial College’s School of Medicine), will run a small, highly practical Learning Design Workshop 9:00-13.00, 16 Nov. If you are a Learning Technologist in an M25 University, interested in this area, please register below. To offer the widest opportunity to institutions, only 2 people from any given institution will be allowed to attend: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QXRXT5    2.9 EMLT Microsoft Office365: Moving beyond the office and into the classroom, University of Derby, 28 November 2018 Workshop event looking at exploring how Office365 can be used in education run by Microsoft Specialist Alan Crawford. Wednesday 28 November 2018 12:00-16:00, University of Derby. More details and booking information at https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QWQnkq 2.10 ALT West Midlands meeting, Aston University, 28 November 2018 The topic of this meeting is ‘Working Together to Design Modules’. This meeting will be an opportunity to share and discuss the processes that we use to engage with academic staff when helping them design modules and activities that make good use of learning technologies. The format will be a series of short 10-minute presentations followed by round-table discussions under Chatham House rules, allowing us to dig into some of the challenges and hopefully find some innovative solutions. There will also be a longer activity based on the ABC Learning Design method developed by UCL and now extensively used at Aston. Registration is free, but places are limited https://go.alt.ac.uk/2J4SRe5 2.11 ALT Online Winter Conference 11 - 12 December 2018 - Registration now open Registration is free and gives you access to amazing sessions delivered by experts from around the globe: http://ow.ly/Luf850jjOvl   2.12 Call for Proposals: Fail, Fad or Future? The 19th Annual Durham Blackboard Users Conference: 7 - 9 January 2019 Registration and the Call for Papers are now open. The challenge for learning technologists and lecturers alike is to separate the long-lasting solutions from the lemons. Which tools and approaches should you invest your time, reputation (and money) in? Some will be short-lived fads (think Second Life), some may fail from the start (Sinclair C5), but others might turn out to be the future of learning. How do you tell?  Is it wrong to experiment with a fad or failure? We encourage you to submit your stories of using technologies that you think are a fad, a failure or the future and share what you've learnt from doing this. #durbbu. Deadline for proposals: 30 Nov 2018: https://tinyurl.com/durbbu19   2.13 OER 19: Recentering open: Critical and global Perspectives - Call for proposals open OER19, 10 - 11 April 2019, National University of Ireland, Galway. The Call for Proposals is now open. Deadline for submissions: 1 December 2018 https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QWykef Conference website: https://oer19.oerconf.org/  Back to top 3. Jobs 3.1 University of Cambridge UIS Learning Technologist VC16821 £30,395 - £39,609 Full time Closing date: 19 October 2018 Informal enquiries to Mark Chaney [log in to unmask] https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NNRqGc 3.2 University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education Senior Manager Digital Pedagogy 137159 £47,263-£54,765 Full time, Fixed Term for three years Closing date: 19 October 2018 Informal enquiries to Zoe Ford [log in to unmask] 01865 280152 https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NPDUSz 3.3 RVC Learning and Wellbeing Learning Technologist PSD-0201-18 £34,650 - £44,315 Full time, Permanent Closing date: 2 November 2018 Informal enquiries to Craig Daraz - [log in to unmask] https://go.alt.ac.uk/2OlYJVV 3.4 University College London Digital Education Digital Education Services Specialist 1757698 £43,884-£51,769 Full time, Permanent Closing date: 7 November 2018 Informal enquiries to Fiona Strawbridge, [log in to unmask] https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QXW3uF 3.5 King's College London IT Solutions Senior Education Solutions Analyst £42,036 - £50,132 plus plus £3,223 London Weighting Full time, Permanent Closing date: n/a Informal enquiries to Matt Couzens, [log in to unmask] https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Ns9vJV Back to top 4. New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology Reflections on ALT-C 2018: Learning Technology through the lens of Critical Pedagogy https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QRImgA   Important New Accessibility Regulations https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QKWxUU   Political and Critical – an invitation to share experience https://go.alt.ac.uk/2zSHHWR     Using Mahara to Supervise Thesis students https://go.alt.ac.uk/2ydKuYq   ALTC 2018: To student data, and beyond! https://go.alt.ac.uk/2pqlh92   Teacher self-efficacy in online education: a review of the literature https://go.alt.ac.uk/2J6PlzI   Are students getting used to Learning Technology? Changing media usage patterns of traditional and non-traditional students in higher education https://go.alt.ac.uk/2OjK0uL   Teaching movement science with full-body motion capture in an undergraduate liberal arts psychology class https://go.alt.ac.uk/2QugmQ1   How a MOOC can effectively facilitate student transitions to an online distance postgraduate programme https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NY5Dj9   Professional development of teachers acting as bridges in online social networks https://go.alt.ac.uk/2BIaO1S   Please note that ALT’s postal address has changed to: Association for Learning Technology (ALT) PO Box 460 Bicester OX26 9LW   --- Disclaimer. Reasonable care is taken to ensure that the ALT Digest is accurate. 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