Manchester Metropolitan University

We have a vacancy for an L/SL in Learning Technologies here in the Learning and Teaching Unit (soon to be the Centre for Learning and Teaching) here at MMU. Full details are available on the HR website.

The outline description of the post reads:
Working in the newly formed Centre for Learning and Teaching you will work to support the University’s Managed Learning Environment initiative, with a current focus on establishing a new e-learning platform across the institution. You will be expected to make a major contribution to Continuing Professional Development activity in the area of Learning Technologies.

An experienced academic developer, with a strong track record in supporting the development and implementation of e-learning systems and associated blended learning pedagogies, it is essential you have substantial experience of working with WebCT (CE6/Vista) or Blackboard.

Closing date: 5th January 2007

4-6 September 2007, Nottingham, England

First call for papers and abstracts

The online paper submission system for ALT-C 2007 is now open.

Please read the submission guidelines for Research Papers and for
Abstracts, and download the Research Paper Template if you wish to submit a
research paper.

Key deadlines:

Research Papers and Abstracts
- Submissions open: 8 December 2006
- Last date for Research Papers: 14 February 2007
- Last date for Abstracts for short papers, symposia, workshops,
demonstrations and posters: 28 February 2007

Booking by presenters
- Main presenter to book by: 9 June 2007
- All other presenters to book by: 29 June 2007

For any queries about submitting proposals to ALT-C 2007 please
contact Rhonda Riachi (rriachi@brookes.ac.uk)

For all other queries please contact Hayley Willis
(h.willis@brookes.ac.uk)

The new JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service website is now live.

“Regular users will find all of their old favourites there as well as some exciting new content, such as the video briefings on detection software, the role of academic misconduct officers and an FE perspective on plagiarism. More video content, from the 2006 conference in June, will be added in the coming months to build up what will be, we are sure, an extremely valuable resource for the community. “

4th Education in a Changing Environment Conference

University of Salford,
12-14 September 2007.

The conference focus is on five main themes that are key aspects of the changes affecting higher education. The conference will provide a forum for colleagues involved in research in these areas to present papers, workshops and posters and to discuss the implications of change in relation to their findings.

For further information please see the conference website.