Due to the global pandemic, ALT will hold an Online Summer Summit this year - bringing together Learning Technology practitioners, researchers and policy makers to share strategies for the next academic year and the new challenges now facing us. Find out more - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2WTWhrf

Register for the ALT Annual General Meeting 2020

ALT’s members are invited to attend this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held online at 10am (BST) on 24 June 2020. The AGM will be open to all and Members and observers can register via https://go.alt.ac.uk/2ZYSb4e

Seeking input from ALT Members for UUK

Are you supporting international students with Learning Technology? ALT are seeking input from Members on behalf of Universities UK (UUK), in a call for case studies. Find out more here: https://go.alt.ac.uk/3ddggIn

Last Week’s Top @A_L_T Tweet

[ALT News] Are you supporting international students with Learning Technology? - We are seeking input from ALT Members for UUK #altc - 28 May, 2020

2. News, events, courses and calls for proposals

The CCGame Project eSymposium 2020 - online, 18th June, 14:30 (Hong Kong Time)

Register now via the link below for the eSymposium 2020 of the CCGame Project – a half-day online event (afternoon in Hong Kong; morning in UK) with the theme “Gamified Teaching and Learning for Heightening Students’ Multicultural and Multidisciplinary Competencies”. In addition to the talks by renowned speakers, students who had participated in the Project would share how they had overcome the challenges to achieve the goals of their virtual teams. For enquiries, please write to chtl@hkbu.edu.hk. https://go.alt.ac.uk/3gsYSkY

Managing Change - Challenging Existing Practice, 11 June, 11:00-15:00 BST

Register now via Eventbrite for our online event about managing change, especially relevant during the Covid-19 pandemic where everyone has needed to adapt to online teaching delivery and support. This event has been jointly organised between ALT East England and the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ Group and will feature short presentations and workshops discussing ideas, case studies and research into learning technologies for managing change. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XuIasD

ALT West Midlands online meeting - Tuesday, 2nd June, 12:00-14:00 BST

Join us for presentations and discussions on experiences of 'The New Normal' for learning technologists. You can find out more, view the provisional agenda and sign up for the meeting on the Eventbrite page. https://go.alt.ac.uk/2WQXEs8

3. Jobs

Members Directory: a directory of consultants and commercial services, connecting those who have expertise with those who need additional input. You can add yourself to the directory here and access the full list here.

NEW - University of Edinburgh - Learning Technology Service Co-ordinator

Information Services Group
Ref: 052198
£28,331 to £32,816
Full time, Temporary
Closing date: 12 June 2020
Informal enquiries to mark.findlay@ed.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XCIPZh

University of Edinburgh - eLearning Systems Developer

Learning, Teaching and Web Services
Ref: 052199
£33,797 to £40,322
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 15 June 2020
Informal enquiries to andrew.millington@ed.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/2TDn0aQ

PebblePad - Learning Technologist

Implementation and customer success
£28,000 - £35,000
Full time, Part time, Permanent, Temporary
Closing date: 12 June 2020
Informal enquiries to Iain Griffin iain.griffin@pebblepad.co.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/2SIKbQu

University of Edinburgh - Learning Technology Support Officer

Information Services Group
Ref: 052131
£28,331 to £32,816
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 04 June 2020
Informal enquiries to stuart.nicol@ed.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Lzb8Ca

London School of Economics and Political Science - Learning Technologist (2 posts)

Eden Centre for Education Enhancement
From £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive of London allowance with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 03 June 2020
Informal enquiries to Athina Chatzigavriil, A.Chatzigavriil@lse.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/3bGVIq3

London School of Economics Political Science - Learning Technology Systems Specialist

Eden Centre for Education Enhancement
From £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive of London allowance with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 03 June 2020
Informal enquiries to Chris Fryer, c.j.fryer@lse.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/3bG3twB

Leeds Beckett University - Instructional Design Support Officer

Distance Learning Unit
Ref: REQ0000364
£25,941 - £30,046
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 22 June 2020
Informal enquiries to Sara Thornes - s.l.thornes@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
https://go.alt.ac.uk/2xLXGI0

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

#ALTC Blog

NEW - Chief Executive Officer’s Report, June 2020 - 1 June 2020 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/3eEPpW8
NEW - Audio-visual event report – Technology-enhanced, active collaborative learning - 27 May 2020 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2XCKn5x
Compatibility in lockdown! - 25 May 2020 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/3gxGMhQ
Leading teams in learning and teaching: how to manage conflict - 14 April 2020 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2VFyj2k
When the VLE becomes your campus: some thoughts on engaging learners online - 14 March 2020 - https://go.alt.ac.uk/3d2TFyv

Research in Learning Technology

Peer-graded individualised student homework in a single-instructor undergraduate engineering course
Olivier Cleynen, Germán Santa-Maria, Mathias Magdowski, Dominique Thévenin - https://go.alt.ac.uk/3dQJtIU
Co-creation of knowledge using mobile technologies and digital media as pedagogical devices in undergraduate STEM education
Jorge Reyna, Peter Meier - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2y1Rtrn
EDITORIAL: Special collection on mobile mixed reality 2019 update
Thomas Cochrane, Vickel Narayan, James Birt - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2LqRkRr
Holographic teaching presence: participant experiences of interactive synchronous seminars delivered via holographic videoconferencing
Nai Li, David Lefevre - https://go.alt.ac.uk/3c83muF
Learner skills in open virtual mobility
Kamakshi Rajagopal, Olga Firssova, Ilse Op de Beeck, Elke Van der Stappen, Slavi Stoyanov, Piet Henderikx, Ilona Buchem - https://go.alt.ac.uk/2UAKIEq

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