Welcome to this week's news digest. In this edition:

1. Updates for Members
2. News, events and Calls for Proposals
3. Jobs
4. New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology

1. Updates for Members

 

This week Members marked the launch of the ALT Members Group in Northern Ireland, celebrated Open Education Week and contributed a session on CMALT to the Jisc Digifest.

1.1 Register now for OER18: Open to All

Full programme now online and registration closes 29 March. OER18 is the 9th annual conference for Open Education research, practice and policy, taking place 18 – 19 April 2018, Bristol, UK. http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oZkYSe.

1.2 Extended deadline: ALT Annual Conference 2018: Call for Proposals
The call for proposals for ALT’s 25th Annual Conference has been extended to 26 March 2018.
http://go.alt.ac.uk/2C2mFr3

1.3 Findings from 2017 ALT Annual Survey

The report and data from the fourth ALT Annual Survey have now been published and shared openly in the ALT Repository.

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2FbrS0T

 

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2. News, events and calls for proposals

2.1 #OER18 Open to all - preview webinar, 9 March 2018, 13.00 - 14.00

Join conference Keynote Lorna Campbell for a preview of the OER18 Conference (Bristol, 18 - 19 April 2018). http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CphxIY

2.2 Ten video trends you should know about to enhance the student learning experience – new research shared by Panopto

Video has quickly become a dominant learning and communications medium. Panopto, a provider of video management, lecture capture, and flipped classroom software for the education market, recently commissioned new research in partnership with youth trend experts Voxburner to find out what students think about technology and video for learning. More than 500 university students, from 135 different UK higher education institutions from across the HE sector, took part. Responses are presented in an infographic which can be downloaded at: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oYalza

2.3 Research and Innovation in Distance Education and E-learning Conference 2018, Senate House, London, 16 March 2018

Registration is now open for this annual one-day event. The theme is Learning Design: Integrating Learning, Teaching and Student Support; the event explores new directions and developments in distance education and technology-enhanced learning. With a strong research focus, it incorporates outputs from the CDE’s programme of Teaching and Research Awards. The programme features seminars  and workshops around the themes of  learning design, assessment, learning analytics, OERs and open educational practice, MOOCs and serious games. http://go.alt.ac.uk/2GYvcKI

2.4 Change Agents’ Network Conference, Winchester, 19 - 20 April 2018

The CAN Conference programme, held this year at the University of Winchester, is now available http://bit.ly/2CjnHPC. The theme is ‘Staff-student partnerships in an age of change', and bookings close on 23 March, with a choice of attending one or both days - http://bit.ly/2F6sdSe

2.5 Intelligent Campus Community Events: Sheffield Hallam University, 23 March 2018; University of Glasgow, 10 April 2018

The community of practice gives people an opportunity to network, share practice, hear what various institutions are doing and what Jisc is doing in this space. These events are free to attend and lunch will be provided. The first of the community events is taking place on 23 March 2018 at Sheffield Hallam University: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2C07gHA. The second takes place 10 April 2018 at the University of Glasgow: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2BZ9PK5

2.6 ELESIG Webinar: Using the Jisc tracker to research students' experiences of e-learning, 27 March 2018, 12.00 - 13.00 BST

Presented by Helen Beetham, consultant. The Jisc 'Digital student experience' survey has been developed over three years, first through research reviews, original research and consultation with students, and subsequently through extensive user trials (ca 30k student users) and factor analysis of the survey instrument. The volume and quality of data collected offer huge opportunities for research into the learner experience, nationally and internationally. Which of those opportunities are valid and valuable? What kind of research questions can (and should) be asked?

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oZi13W

2.7 Call for Proposals: SOAS 2018 Learning and Teaching Conference: Motivating and transforming learning throughout the student journey

Learning and Teaching Development at SOAS invites proposals for presentations, poster presentations and lightning talks at its learning and teaching conference, 8 June 2018: Motivating and transforming learning throughout the student journey. Contributions from staff and students. Themes: Collaborative learning; Critical and reflective thinking to raise attainment; Decolonising the learning experience; Global and intercultural learning; Independent learning; Improving career outcomes.
Submit an abstract in no more than 300 words to [log in to unmask]. Submissions deadline: 27 March 2018. http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oLmF5M

2.8 Call for Proposals: ECTEL 2018

Call for papers for European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning, University of Leeds, September 2018. Deadline for proposals: 8 April 2018. Information on conference themes, submission guidelines, and registration: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oDJdoO

2.9 Second Call for Proposals: Academic Practice and Technology (APT2018) conference, University of Greenwich, 3 July 2018

‘An uncertain future: Adapting academic practice for an evolving digital world’, will showcase emerging and evolving academic practice with educational technology. Contributions welcome from academic practitioners, researchers, technologists, librarians, professional services staff and student-staff partnerships. Deadline for proposals: 13 April 2018

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2BfKhIn

2.10 Digital Apprenticeships community event, Portsmouth, 19 April 2018, 10.00 - 16.00

If you're working in the area of apprenticeships and are interested in how digital can improve the whole apprenticeship journey, Jisc invite you to join this digital apprenticeships community event, focusing on degree apprenticeships. The event will give you an opportunity to network, share practice and hear what Jisc - and various organisations - are doing in this space. You'll also have the opportunity to discover more about Jisc’s digital apprenticeships project and emerging toolkits in this area: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oZeym6

2.11 Call for Proposals: 17th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2018), Chicago, 11-14 November 2018

IAmLearn and Concordia University Chicago invite submissions for the 17th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2018). This year’s conference theme is “Mobilized Learning: Pedagogical and Technological Innovations for Teaching and Learning.” Full details on submission categories, and access to the EasyChair submission portal for mLearn 2018 at http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oZOl73
Deadline for submissions: 30 April 2018

2.12 UCISA Spotlight on Digital Capabilities conference, Warwick, 15 - 16 May 2018

Registration now open for the fourth Spotlight on Digital Capabilities conference. This year’s theme is ‘from theory to action’. You will hear experiences from those working across and outside the HE and FE sectors. How have they improved digital capabilities, engaged staff and students in their skills development and instigated change at their institutions? The conference will be held at the Radcliffe Conference centre in the heart of the University of Warwick. View the programme on the conference pages: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2HU4DXG

2.13 Call for Proposals: ePortfolios and More: The developing role of ePortfolios within the digital landscape, Dublin City University, 23 - 25 May 2018

Seminar proposals of no more than 250 words invited. Full details: http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oVAxdA

 

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3. Jobs

3.1 Edinburgh Business School

Programme development project team
Digital Media Producer
IRC13771
£33,000 – £38,000
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 9 March 2018
Informal enquiries to Stuart Allan, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CPaB8s

3.2 University of Southampton

Digital Learning Team in iSolutions
Senior Learning Designer
978318JF
£37,706 to £47,722
Full time
Closing date: 14 March 2018
Informal enquiries to Stephan Caspar, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CPVkUY

3.3 London Business School

Executive Education
E-Learning & Systems Support Leader
£35,000 - £40,000
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 19 March 2018

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2Ic5Olb

3.4 City, University of London

Learning Enhancement and Development
Educational Technologist
60025273
£36,613 to £42,418
Full time, Fixed-term (2 years)
Closing date: 21 March 2018
Informal enquiries to Julie Voce, [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CToId2

3.5 Wiley

Wiley Education Services
Learning Technologist
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 30 March 2018
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2HDWVk3

3.6 Wiley

Wiley Education Services
Learning Developer
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 30 March 2018
Informal enquiries to [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2HBZxyV

3.7 London Business School

Executive Education
Senior Technology Manager
£35,000 - £40,000
Permanent
Closing date: 2 April 2018

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2nYyyWo

3.8 Online Education Services

Academic
Academic Lead
AL1
£80,000 - £120,000
Full time
Closing date: 20 April 2018
Informal enquiries to Valerie Fronimakis - [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2I95dkm

3.9 Online Education Services

Academic
Head of Learning Design
HLD1
£80,000 -£120,000
Full time
Closing date: 23 April 2018
Informal enquiries to Valerie Fronimakis - [log in to unmask]

http://go.alt.ac.uk/2IcemZi

 

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4. New publications from #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology

Edtech Start Up Guide http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CPVThy

 

Chief Executive Officer’s Report, February 2018 http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CBZFee

 

LTHEchat – The story of a Community of Practice through Twitter http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CBrbsg

 

Quality Assurance of MOOC-based curricula: a project report from Kiron http://go.alt.ac.uk/2CDuzCV

 

Digital literacy: a Palestinian refugee perspective http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oYWNTJ

 

UK higher education institutions’ technology-enhanced learning strategies from the perspective of disruptive innovation http://go.alt.ac.uk/2oXlPTx

 

ResearchGate and Academia.edu as networked socio-technical systems for scholarly communication: a literature review http://go.alt.ac.uk/2Czw9FP

Investigating digital native female learners’ attitudes towards paperless language learning http://go.alt.ac.uk/2o12NM3

 

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