Early bird registration is open for the ALT Annual Conference 2019 which will seek to confront and challenge established assumptions, approaches and accepted truths in relation to key dimensions of digital education. ALT Members receive a minimum of 20% discount on ALT Conference fees. If you are not already a member you can join as an Associate Member and receive the discounts if your organisation holds an Organisational Membership or join ALT as an individual member at the time of booking for only £55 and receive the membership discount. More information about the conference and registration fees is available on the ALT Annual Conference 2019 website.

NEW - ALT participation in the Creative Commons Global Summit 2019

This year ALT is represented at the Creative Commons Global Summit for the first time as part of a partnership between ALT and Creative Commons for the OER19 Conference, which took place in April. ALT’s senior staff team, Maren Deepwell and Martin Hawksey attend the Summit as speakers ‘Reporting the critical and global perspectives from OER19’. See here for further details of the event including slides.

Webinar: Equality in Learning Technology: New insights from ALT's Annual Survey, 15 May, 12:30 - 13:30, Online

Equality is for everyone and we all have a role to ensure that we promote equality within the field of Learning Technology. As part of this webinar Dr Maren Deepwell and Martin Hawksey will explore equality as a challenge for Learning Technology professionals and discuss the new findings from ALT’s Annual Survey. Find out more about this event and register.

ALT Scotland Annual Gathering, 19 June 2019, City of Glasgow College, City Campus

This ALT Scotland event will bring practitioners together from across sectors to share their experiences of strategy, practice and policy in learning technology. The day will be hosted by City of Glasgow College (City Campus). This event is free to attend. Visit the event page for a draft agenda and to register.

ALT East of England Members Group meeting: Gamification - practice and pedagogy, 15 May 2019, 11:00 - 16:00

Come and learn about gamification and discuss best practice at the next ALT East England meeting. UEA will be sharing their work, and we’re also looking for members to share ideas, debates or what you’ve been doing along related themes (whether issues in gamification or game-based learning such as simulations, virtual and augmented reality, role play, scenarios etc.). A call for speakers is open until 29 April 2019. More information on submitting a session and/or registering for this meeting can be found on this event page.

ALT North West England Members Group meeting - #ALTNWESIG 2019, 22 May 2019, 12.30 - 16:30

The next ALTNWESIG meeting will take place at the University of Lancaster. Big thanks to Steve Powell and his team for agreeing to feed, water and accommodate us once again. This 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 contact Alex Spiers (a.spiers@lipa.ac.uk). Places are limited, so please book early via Eventbrite. If you have any dietary requirements please contact s.powell@lancaster.ac.uk

ALT Northern Ireland Members Group Annual Event 2019, 29 May 2019, 10:00 - 14:00

The ALT NI Committee is pleased to announce the date for this year’s Annual Event, 29 May 2019. This year the format will include shared experiences from our members, and abstracts are being accepted until 12 April. Full details are available via the event page.

2. News, events and calls for proposals

EMBED Intensive Training Seminar in Blended Teaching and Learning, Glasnevin Campus Dublin City University 9, Dublin, Ireland, 4-7 June 2019

The training seminar will be an opportunity to learn about state of the art of blended teaching and education and to apply new concepts on the current context of your university. Participants will further generate feedback on the multidimension maturity model for course design as developed by the consortium (micro) and on the institutional strategies needed in order to implement it (meso). You will also learn about the monitor to assess the maturity of blended and online educational practices at universities. The monitor is conceived as a multi-layered instrument with dimensions and indicators that were newly developed or adapted from previously validated instruments. Its goal is to grasp in detail practices and conditions for blended learning. All instruments are piloted across different institutions, programmes and courses. Participants may think of using Erasmus+ staff training budget for the travel costs. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2JBGl7Y

SHEILA (Supporting Higher Education to Integrate Learning Analytics) Framework

The SHEILA (Supporting Higher Education to Integrate Learning Analytics) project (http://sheilaproject.eu/) recently launched a web tool to assist institutional policy and decision makers to develop learning analytics specific policy and strategy. This tool is a repository of the collective experience of learning analytics deployment in 89 institutions across 26 European countries. It incorporates the perspectives of managers, teachers, students, and learning analytics experts. This interactive tool allows users to download their framework in a PDF file or share the web link with others for collaborative editing or viewing only. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2W7rHw9

Educational Technology & Education Conferences, #41, June to December 2019, Clayton R. Wright

“The 41st edition of the conference list covers selected professional development opportunities that primarily focus on the use of technology in educational settings and on teaching, learning, and educational administration” compiled by Clayton Wright (via Stephen Downes) https://go.alt.ac.uk/2HifTgU

Echo360 European Community Conference, University of Edinburgh, 4 - 5 June 2019

Registration is now open for the 2019 European Community Conference. Get a front row seat to hear from fellow academic and technology leaders about best practices, innovations in the classroom and new ways to use video, active learning and student learning data to drive change. We will also be offering a sneak peek into the Echo360 roadmap, with plenty of time to talk to Echo360 leadership and influence future features and functionality: https://go.alt.ac.uk/2UvSvVJ

3. Jobs

NEW - University of the West of Scotland - Online Learning Specialist

Education Futures

Ref: REQ000742

£36,261 - £43,266

Full time

Closing date: 27/05/2019

Informal enquiries to lee.ballantyne@uws.ac.uk

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2W7rXeB

NEW - University of Edinburgh - Deputy Disability Information Officer

Information Services

Ref: 047703

£27830-£32236

Full time

Closing date: 15 May 2019

Informal enquiries to Viki Galt, viki.galt@ed.ac.uk

https://go.alt.ac.uk/1d0uIfw

NEW - Manchester Metropolitan University - E-Learning Developer

Apprenticeship Unit

Ref: 1795

£30,395 - £34,189

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 29 May 2019

Informal enquiries to Osman Javaid, osman.javaid@mmu.ac.uk, 01612472286

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2W3UmSq

NEW - SOAS - Learning Designer

Widening Participation

£350 per day

Temporary

Closing date: 31st May 2019

Informal enquiries to Renata Albuquerque ra40@soas.ac.uk

University of Reading - Senior TEL Advisor

Centre for Quality Support and Development

Ref: SRF28505

£40,792 - £50,132

Full time, Part time, Temporary

Closing date: 24 May 2019

Informal enquiries to Vicki Holmes, v.holmes@reading.ac.uk

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

Swansea University - Senior Academic Developer

ISS/SALT

SD01840

£34189 to £39609

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 19-May-2019

Informal enquiries to Simon Gibbon, SALT Development Manager, s.gibbon@swansea.ac.uk or Sean Cahill, Project and Change Manager, s.p.cahill@swansea.ac.uk

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2ZHhTI1

Swansea University - Academic Developer x7

ISS

SD01839

£29515 to £33199

Full time, Temporary

Closing date: 19-May-2019

Informal enquiries to Simon Gibbon, SALT Development Manager, s.gibbon@swansea.ac.uk or Sean Cahill, Project and Change Manager, s.p.cahill@swansea.ac.uk

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

PebblePad - Product Manager & Team Leader

Product Design Team

PM1804

£38,000-£52,000

Full time, Permanent

Closing date: 15 May 2019

Informal enquiries to Toni Lavender toni@pebblepad.co.uk 01952 288300

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2ZL8peW

Royal Veterinary College - Learning Technologist

Directorate of Learning and Wellbeing

PSD-0096-19

£34,650 - £44,315

Full time

Closing date: 14 May 2019

Informal enquiries to Mr Craig Daraz, Digital Learning Manager (cdaraz@rvc.ac.uk)

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

University of Sydney - Researcher - Learning Technology and Innovation (LTI)

Business School

821/0419F

approx £42500 - £50600 plus pension, loadings and relocation

Full time, 3 year contract

Closing date: 30th May 2019

Informal enquiries to peter.j.bryant@sydney.edu.au

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

University of Sydney - Senior Lecturer Educational Development

Business School

823/0419F

£69000 - £80000 approx plus pension, loadings and relocation

Full time, 3 year contract

Closing date: 2nd June 2019

Informal enquiries to peter.j.bryant@sydney.edu.au

https://go.alt.ac.uk/2IN1Bbd

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

#ALTC Blog

Being part of ALT Scotland - 07 May 2019 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2HhfkUC
Any technology is educational technology? - 17 April 2019 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2V1a29r
Book review: ‘Conceptualising The Digital University – The intersection of policy, pedagogy and practice’ - 17 April 2019 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2V4hksU
OER19: It Was Emotional - 15 April 2019 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2UZtYJM

Research in Learning Technology

Beacons: A tool for 21st Century teaching and learning?
Charles Atherton - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2VBPTTv
Using a handwriting app leads to improvement in manual dexterity in kindergarten children

Christi Butler, Ricardo Pimenta, Jodi Tommerdahl, Chadwick T. Fuchs, Priscila Caçola - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2UyinAv

Animating student engagement: The impacts of cartoon instructional videos on learning experience

Chelsea Liu, Philip Elms - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2UrpoDa

Construction and evaluation of a web application for the educational process on Normal Distribution considering the science of data and machine learning

Ricardo-Adán Salas-Rueda - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Uw5dDX

The ALT News Digest is published on Mondays. Deadline for submissions 5pm Friday. Submit your items via https://www.alt.ac.uk/news/alt-news-digest

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