The Call for Proposals for ALT’s Annual Conference 2019 is now open. Submit a proposal and contribute to the critical dialogue we seek to foster on technology in education and its political, social and economic context. The conference takes place 3-5 September 2019, University of Edinburgh. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XsIZ4F

1.2 Findings from the 2018 ALT Annual Survey

The report and data from the fifth ALT Annual Survey have now been published: https://go.alt.ac.uk/Survey2018

1.3 Open Education Week, 4 - 8 March 2019

Open Education Week was founded in 2013 by the Open Education Consortium to raise awareness and showcase impact of open education on teaching and learning worldwide. Events are taking place globally and across time zones throughout this week. ALT’s Chief Executive, Maren Deepwell, will be speaking about OER in the UK context as part of the Creative Commons Network web-a-thon, at 16.30GMT on Tuesday 5 March: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Ev8Ik1 and ALT’s Open Education SIG (OESIG) will be hosting a webinar with Shona Whyte on 'Adopting open practices in schools’ at 09.30 GMT on Wednesday 6 March https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SGw8YT.

1.4 OER19 Conference: Recentering Open 10/11 April, Galway. Register Now

The conference will be co-chaired by Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin.

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NcRBaL

1.5 International Women’s Day, 8 March 2019

International Women’s Day is on Friday 8 March. The theme for the 2019 campaign is #BalanceforBetter: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/. ALT’s Maren Deepwell and Martin Hawksey will be keynoting on ‘Promoting Equality: from professional practice and organisational culture to personal commitment’ at the University of the Highlands and Islands’ International Women’s Day event: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2EtwvAV

1.6 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Awards now open for entries until 25 March 2019

Celebrating excellent research and practice in Learning Technology the awards are open for entries in the following categories: Learning Technologist of the Year (individual); Learning Technologist of the Year (team); and Learning Technology Research Project of the Year - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2DYUHfu

2. News, events and calls for proposals

2.1 #ALTNWESIG 2019 - Meeting of the ALT North West England Members Group, 6 March 2019

This event is taking place at Liverpool John Moores University on Wednesday 6 March 2019 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. See full details at https://go.alt.ac.uk/2MUEV84

2.2 Open Education SIG webinar - Adopting open practices in schools: A CALL teacher education study, Wednesday 6 March, 9.30AM

An opportunity to hear about open practices in education and to discuss barriers to adoption as part of Open Education week 2019. Join at 09.30 GMT on 6 March: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2EvlyPf

2.3 Webinar: Women in the Open: Experiences, perspectives and approaches 8 March 19 1pm

Women are leading and participating in great achievements in the Open Movement, and we have much more to contribute. Javiera Atenas, Frances Bell and Caroline Kuhn will facilitate speakers and other participants in exploring our topic during this free webinar. Watch out on @A_L_T, #femedtech and @okfnedu for speakers, each of whom will speak briefly on their Open Practice, leaving plenty of time for questions and comments. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Xkaey4

2.4 Submissions wanted: PressEDconf2019 - Deadline 8 March 19

PressEDconf19 is a WordPress conference which happens only on Twitter on April 18 2019.

Do you use WordPress in teaching, pedagogy and research? Great! Then check out the conference website: https://2019.pressedconf.org/

2.5 Course: The Unbundled University, the Market and Digital Technology, openly available on FutureLearn, 11 March 2019

This course is one of the outputs of an ESRC and South Africa National Research Foundation Newton Fund award, a collaborative research project between University of Leeds (PI Prof Neil Morris) and University of Cape Town (PI Prof Laura Czerniewicz). This research project explored the changing nature of higher education, as a result of digitisation and marketisation, and explored the growing abundance of unbundled educational provision and the partnerships between universities and external companies, including online platform providers and online program management companies. The course is based on the research findings. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XynmzB

2.6 MOOC - Using Technology in Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning, 11 March 2019

Research evidence can give teachers possible approaches to support their students’ learning. This four-week course explores case studies and research from expert teachers and leading academics on how technology can be used to support teaching and learning, and helps you reflect on how technology is currently used in your own context and compare the different ways it can impact learning and collaboration. See: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SkrorE

2.7 Call for Presenters - Poll Everywhere User Group event, 11 March 19

Presenters are sought for the next Poll Everywhere User Group event, 11 April 2019, University of Liverpool. This year’s theme is “Increasing Classroom Engagement”. If you have used Poll Everywhere to promote classroom engagement and want to share your experience with the group, we are looking for presentations of about 15 minutes in duration. Submit proposals at: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SXmqFH. Submission deadline: 11 March. Register: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2NaybTO

2.8 ALT West Midlands Group meeting, University of Warwick, Monday, March 18, 10.00 - 15.30

Join us for the next ALT West Midlands region meeting on hot topic 'Critical Digital Literacies' on Monday, March 18, at Warwick's Experimental Teaching Space. Places are limited. Find out more details and book your place: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2MTb2Fp

2.89Seminar - Promoting universal accessibility in higher education: The role of information technologies, University of Worcester, 25 March 2019

Keynote speaker, Professor Richard Jackson from the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College in Massachusetts. A case study from Ashiya Abdool Satar from UNISA, the largest online university in Southern Africa. Colleagues from the University of Kent, whose OPERA initiative won the Times Higher Education award for Outstanding Support for Students, will illustrate how a systematic approach to universal digital accessibility has transformed the student experience and impacted on students' learning outcomes. Full programme available from: cpd@education.ac.uk. To book: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Swkdgh

2.10 ALT Northern Ireland Annual Event 2019 - Abstracts accepted until 12 April

The ALT NI Committee is pleased to announce the date for this year’s Annual Event, 29 May 2019, Queen's University Belfast This year the format will include shared experiences from our members, and abstracts are being accepted until 12 April. For full details see http://www.altni.com/event2019/

2.11 Event - Use of Video in Higher Education: Theory and Practice, Said Business School, University of Oxford, 16 April 2019, 9.30 - 16.30

Collaborative symposium (unconference) bringing together researchers and practitioners who are interested in use of video in higher education. Submissions of discussion topics welcome.

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XgXR5T

2.12 Call for Proposals - Measuring Excellence in Higher Education: Approaches and their Impact, University of Wolverhampton, 11-13 September 2019

The HEIR conference is an international event attracting delegates from across the HE sector including: students, teachers, researchers, managers, data practitioners and institutional experts, quality professionals, educational developers, policy makers, digital service specialists, consultants, and all who share an interest in the future of education. Proposals are invited for presentation under one of three broad themes: 1. Defining and ‘measuring excellence’; 2. Critical learning and teaching environments; 3. Accountability, inclusivity & sustainability. Deadline for proposals: 26 April 2019. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2EtYFvO

3. Jobs

3.1 University of Warwick

Academic Technology, IT Services

Academic Technologist

101202-029

£30,395 - £39,609 per annum

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 05 March 2019

Informal enquiries to Kerry Pinny k.pinny@warwick.ac.uk

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Sinmoq

3.2 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Education

Educational Technology Support Analyst

657-19

£24,771 to £28,660 per annum

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 6th March 2019

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SjTd3s

3.3 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Education

Systems and Support Manager (Senior Educational Technologist)

058-19

£34,189 to £39,609 per annum

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 6th March 2019

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SgzgdD

3.4 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

Education

Learning Designer (Senior Educational Technologist)

001-19

£34,189 to £39,609 per annum

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 6th March 2019

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SmoRxn

3.5 King's College London

King's Online

Web Developer

G6/0317/19-AG

£37,412 to £44,015 per annum, inclusive of £3,223 per annum London Allowance.

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 17 March 2019

Informal enquiries to Louise Bennett, louise.bennett@kcl.ac.uk

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2GQfTWH

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

Learning about Hospital Ward Rounds with 360-Degree Video https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XcEcnL

What we have been up to… a strategic update from the Chair and Chief Executive of ALT https://go.alt.ac.uk/2S7UJdF

The PressED conference https://go.alt.ac.uk/2TrWrmD

DigiReady: Equipping our students for the modern workplace https://go.alt.ac.uk/2RPDxJ5

Maximising motivators for technology-enhanced learning for further education teachers: moving beyond the early adopters in a time of austerity https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XwPhA0

A causal loop approach to uncover interrelationship of student online interaction and engagement and their contributing factors https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XnZK0P

The role of crossing boundaries in collaborative open learning in cross-institutional academic development https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XfuUHz

Smart learning environment: Teacher’s role in assessing classroom attention https://go.alt.ac.uk/2RlaTzR

Understanding learner engagement on a blended course including a MOOC https://go.alt.ac.uk/2BHX6cX

Folk pedagogies and pseudo-theories: how lecturers rationalise their digital teaching https://go.alt.ac.uk/2GOU1Ls

The E-Design Assessment Tool: an evidence-informed approach towards a consistent terminology for quantifying online distance learning activities https://go.alt.ac.uk/2titv58

The ALT News Digest is now published on Mondays. Deadline for submissions 5pm Friday.

Please note that ALT’s postal address has changed to:

Association for Learning Technology (ALT)

PO Box 460

Bicester

OX26 9LW

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