Newsletter : July 2010
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Learning Nexus
Creating e-learning together
Two of the leading players in e-learning have joined forces to become more responsive to the demands and challenges of the learning and development landscape. Ivy Learning Services and Learning&Safety4Business amalgamated and are now Learning Nexus.
The creation of Learning Nexus is good news for new and existing customers as our combined expertise will mean that our teams across the UK can offer a wider, yet still competitive range of e-learning solutions for our clients.
Key areas of expertise are: bespoke e-learning, learning management systems, and some of the very best generic e-learning in IT, management skills and health and safety. Find out more at www.learningnexus.co.uk
Our team in Scotland are: Debra Hicks (Regional Manager), Debbie Fairman (Customer Support Manager) and Shona Smart (Marketing Co-ordinator) and can be contacted on 0131 516 8460.
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Thanks to our partners, JISC, the University of Abertay, the presenters and delegates at our Game to Learn Conference in Abertay in April. From all accounts, we had a good time - we each had a couple of interesting conversations and we learned a thing or two as well. And we made nearly £12K for the eLearning Alliance at the same time. This is a success by any measure, so thanks to all who made it happen.
We’re now in the final throes before the AGM on 1st September, when many of us – including myself as Chair and Martyn as Vice Chair - will step down from the Board. We’re building on the successful formula of last year’s AGM, and having taster sessions – this time from Learning Nexus, Scot-Ed Consultancy, learnPro and Screenmedia who will highlight what’s new or emergent in the elearning marketplace and hopefully stimulate your appetite for more. And of course, we’ll be reporting on the successful year passed, and electing a new Board. We hope many of you will come along and join in the chat on the day, but if you can’t make it, you can still vote in the Board Election. And why not give some thought to putting yourself forward for election? Speak to Audrey if you want to find out more. Looking forward to seeing you again soon.
Margaret McInulty, Megaflow Associates, Chair of the eLearning Alliance
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Technology Playpen News (www.techplaypen.net)
The Playpen is the eLA’s growing Community of Practice site that allows us to share knowledge, practice and resources; providing a further option for suppliers to showcase their material via the Moodle Playpen (VLE), as well as allowing those developing content with the Special Interest Groups(SIGs) to collaborate and share their courses.
We now have 29 online courses for evaluation and would like to thank Cylix (www.cylix.co.uk) for their recent contributions, adding to the content already supplied by Learning Nexus and Safety Media. Would you like to join them in showcasing your company whilst benefiting from free advertising?
- With the aim of increasing transparency and sharing knowledge, the SIGs are using the Playpen to upload minutes to the Toybox repository, as well as using the Babble forums – so if you want to keep abreast of what is happening in each community – take a look!
- Stuart is organising a facilitated interactive session on the Playpen for SLAeLN members over the coming month – if your SIG is interested in a similar session then please contact him directly.
- A new ‘Live Chat’ feature in now available so that you can communicate with other online users, and a chat room is on its way…
- We are increasingly adding useful Open Source system to the Playpen for evaluation. Account details and links can be found in the Activity Centre.
- Looking for an excellent free survey / questionnaire creator? Try Lime Survey, which is now available on the Playpen.
Things that you can do to the Playpen:
- All - Contribute to the Babble discussion forums, share knowledge and help each other out.
- All – update your searchable Keepsake profiles to tell us what you’re a doing, what you are using and what expertise you have / can share
- eLA Workshop Facilitators – upload your presentations to the Toybox and we make these available for those that could not attend. Why not setup a Babble discussion forum so that you can answer questions and create a community buzz leading up to and post the event!
- Suppliers – showcase your content and ask your customers for their case studies, celebrating success!
- SIG’s - use the Playpen to distribute templates, share courseware and materials , business cases, case studies and anything else!
Technology Playpen: Come in, share, play…
If you are a member of the eLearning Alliance and don’t yet have an account, then please contact Stuart. Stuart.hiles@hotmail.co.uk
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V3 Environment from Video 3 Technologies
A reminder to everyone that the V3 Environment is available through the Members area on the eLearning Alliance website at www.elearningalliance.org. If you have forgotten your username and password, simply email Audrey. Try it out - why not book your next online meeting here?
Welcome New Members
Edexcel
Forth Valley College
James Watt College
learnPro
NHS Tayside
Cylix specialises in developing highly interactive and engaging e-learning solutions. In addition to bespoke development services, the company offers a range of highly cost-effective readymade courses covering critical areas of regulatory compliance, including equality and diversity, health and safety, and data protection. These are already being successfully deployed by dozens of major organisations, amongst them Angus Council, Aberdeen City Council and Edinburgh’s Telford College. For further information, please visit Cylix’s website at http://www.cylix.co.uk.
Flow Hospitality Training Ltd. Is an online training company providing an innovative approach to training for the hospitality industry. Developed in association with Montpeliers (Edinburgh) Ltd, the Flow package contains a programme of 10 online modules which cover all the fundamental areas of service and legislative training for staff working in hospitality, from customer service skills to health and safety training. Their licensing training, PLH Online, aids managers in becoming qualified Personal License Holders, quickly and conveniently. Flow’s training modules allow staff in the busy hospitality industry to train at a time, pace and place to suit both themselves and the businesses, and to a consistent, quality standard.
For further information please visit our website www.flowhospitalitytraining.co.uk or contact our Sales Team on 0844 445 7119
The Highland Council covers the largest geographical area of any local authority in Scotland. Inverness - the capital of the Highlands - is one of the fastest growing communities in the UK.
Through the use of new technology the Council is continually modernising the way that it operates and delivers services.
The Council employs over 9000 fte members of staff across its vast area and a regular review system encourages a focus on staff development. The Council’s Employee Development team are currently developing the e-Learning opportunities available to staff with an increasingly wide range of courses to choose from.
Formed in 2001, Tidalfire is an Adobe Authorised Training and Solutions Partner. Working from locations in Edinburgh and Glasgow, Tidalfire provides training and consulting services on Adobe's suite of software applications including Flash, Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Acrobat. Additionally, through Tidalfire’s Interact Projects division, services in the training and development of solutions based around eLearning technologies such as Adobe Captivate, Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro and Adobe Presenter are delivered. Tidalfire provides experience in software tools for eLearning and mobile learning to organisations globally.
Forthcoming eLA Events
26 August - Scottish Local Authorities Special Interest Group Meeting, Dundee City Council
30 August - Teaching you to udutu Workshop - Edinburgh's Telford College
31 August – NHS Special Interest Group Meeting - NHS Education for Scotland, Edinburgh
1 September – eLearning Alliance AGM and Taster Workshops
3 September – eAssessment Scotland 2010 Marking the Decade - Dundee
15, 16 September – networking meeting sponsored by Learning Pool – Glasgow/Edinburgh (TBC)
29 September – HE/FE Special Interest Group meeting on eAssessment – ICC, Glasgow
October – networking meeting sponsored by Learning Nexus – (TBC)
5 October – European Funding event on how to apply for bids – Anne McNeill
November – Workshop run by Screenmedia
11 November – NHS Special Interest Group Meeting
25 November - Scottish Local Authorities Special Interest Group Meeting, Perth & Kinross Council
On 16 July Margaret McInulty, Megaflow Associates, Chair of the Board and Sandra Dunlop, Learning & Professional Development Manager from the State Hospitals Board for Scotland will be presenting to the NHS Education for Scotland Board on eLearning Strategy Review.
Put in your diaries 23 March 2011 – the eLearning Alliance Conference 2011, ‘Technology on a Shoestring’. It is being run in partnership with JISC Regional Support Centre, Scotland S&W.
For details on how the Alliance can help you to run a workshop, go to www.elearningalliance.org in the members area under 'Opportunities'. Alternatively, email Audrey.
It is important that at our members’ meetings we offer topics of interest. Please feel free to let us know of any topic that interests you, if you can recommend speakers, or indeed, if you would like to share any special knowledge or experience of your own. Please get in touch with Audrey with your suggestions.
We are always looking for sponsors and venues. If you can help, please get in touch with Audrey.
Vacancies - If you are interested in advertising a job vacancy, please email Audrey for details.
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- Google Research Awards call
Eligibility: Full-time faculty members from universities worldwide may submit proposals describing the research they wish to pursue. Tentative deadlines: August 15th, and December 15th of each year.
Public Contracts Scotland – This portal gives free access to contract opportunities in Scotland
Leonardo Opportunities
Grundtvig Opportunities
Transversal Opportunities
eris@ - The European Regional Information Society Association - European events and tenders
CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2010: Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP)
News, Topics of Interest and Publications
2010 Sector Skills Assessment Survey (Lifelong Learning UK)
Allen Interactions' Innovative e-Learning Solution with Motorola Garners ... (PR Web)
Blackboard system upgraded to version 9.0 (The Agora)
Brightwave share e-learning best practice at E-Access '10 - Technology for All (Training Press Releases)
Class-room Training gives better ROI than e-learning/self learning as per 88 ... (PR Urgent)
DIY Webcam Close-up (JISC)
Education institutions advised to partner to access cheap broadband (New Vision)
Effective e-learning? Multi-tasking, distractions and boundary management by graduate students in an online environment (ALT)
E-Learning Market Update (June 2010) (Kineo)
Free Brightwave Public Sector Event in Glasgow : 16th September: Delivering Change with E-Learning 2010 (Brightwave)
Free Web-based Office Applications now Available from Microsoft (JISC)
“Game to Learn” conference brings eLearning experts from across Scotland to Abertay (University of Abertay)
Health Insurance for Your Career and Your Company (IT Jungle)
How to engage learners through your social media presence (TrainingZone.co.uk)
How to fail spectacularly with elearning (TrainingZone.co.uk)
How to turn staff into social media superheroes (TrainingZone.co.uk)
Improving public sector efficiency: good practice checklist for local authorities (Audit Scotland/Northern Ireland Audit Office/Wales Audit Office)
iPads Revolutionize Learning in the IMD Classroom (Checkpoint eLearning)
JISC Awards: Green Computing & Outstanding ICT (JISC)
Loquendo TTS Packs Multilingual Feature in Adobe Captivate 5 (TMCnet)
M Learning: tips for success (TrainingZone.co.uk)
Microsoft creates Office plug-in for Moodle (www.synergy-learning.com)
Moodle 2.0 Setting the Standard for eLearning (PRLog.Org )
MoodleMoot UK 2010 (ALT)
Medical students' perceptions of video-linked lectures and video-streaming (ALT)
Moodlerooms chalks up $7.15M for e-learning tech (TechJournal South)
New book: Macdonald, J. & Creanor, L. Learning with online and mobile technologies. A student survival guide. (London, Gower) http://www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089305
New right to request time off for training in the UK (Checkpoint eLearning)
Oddcast Widgets: Putting YOU in the Movies (JISC)
Pest control goes online in West Dunbartonshire (Improvement Service)
Powerful mobile devices continue to contribute to education (Checkpoint eLearning)
Radical efficiency: different, better, lower cost public services(NESTA)
Recreating the live training experience online (Brightwave)
Safety Media launches E-Learning health and safety training solution for SME ... (Industry Today)
Selling eLearning to management (TrainingZone.co.uk)
Pros and cons of training in the cloud (TrainingZone.co.uk)
SQA e-Assessment Update (JISC)
Synergy Learning has teamed up with Schools ICT to offer ZiLink integration with Moodle (www.synergy-learning.com)
The New 5.5 Generation of iSpring Products Supports BlackBoard LMS (PR Newswire)
Towards Maturity 2010 Learning Technology Benchmark Launch (Towards Maturity)
Tweet! Tweet! Tweet! (SUN-TIMES MEDIA)
Typing compared with handwriting for essay examinations at university: letting the students choose (ALT)
Vodafone launches ECampus (Gulf Times)
Disclaimer - These articles are obtained from various publicly available resources. The eLA would like to point out that it takes no responsibility for the content of any of the articles featured in this section.
Member and Partner Events
We have a reciprocal agreement with the following organisations which means that the Alliance members can attend their events at their members’ rates:
- Association of Learning technologies (ALT)
- The British Institute for Learning and Development
- eLearning Network
- Quality Scotland
- ScotlandIS
If you are a member and you have an event you want published, please email Audrey with the details for the next newsletter.
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Industry Events, Seminars and Conferences – UK, Abroad and Online
eLearning Conferences Worldwide
eLearning Events in Europe
20 July 2010 Online
Advising Students Online: Crafting a Program for Your School
20 - 23 July 2010 USA
Emerging Technologies for Online Learning Symposium
4 August 2010 Glasgow
Glasgow Technology Network - iPhone App Development
4 - 8 September 2010 Glasgow
Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2010
7 – 9 September 2010 Nottingham
ALT-C 2010 - 17th International Conference
15 September 2010 Glasgow
Meet the Buyer, Glasgow City Council
16 September 2010 Glasgow
Delivering Change with E-Learning 2010
16 - 18 September 2010 South Korea
e-Learning Week 2010 Conference
22 – 23 September 2010 Glasgow
Scottish Learning Festival 2010
27 – 28 September 2010 Barcelona
SE@M 2010, the 4th international workshop on Search and Exchange of e-le@rning Materials
28 -29 September 2010 Birmingham
World of Learning Conference and Exhibition
30 September 2010 Edinburgh
ScotSoft 2010
12 – 15 October 2010 Canada
e-Learning: the horizon and beyond
2 November 2010 Glasgow
Love Me Tender
10-11 November 2010 Shrivenham
e-Assessment in Practice
15-17 November 2010 Madrid, Spain
third Annual Edition of ICERI 2010 (International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation)
25-26 November 2010 Brussels
Media & Learning 2010 Conference
29 - 30 November, 1 December 2010 Perth, Australia
IADIS International Conference on International Higher Education 2010
1 – 3 December 2010 Berlin
Online Educa Berlin
Suggestions
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