Effective Practice in a Digital Age

The JISC publication 'Effective Practice in a Digital Age' is designed for those in further and higher education whose focus is on designing and supporting learning: academic staff, lecturers, tutors and learning support staff, facilitators, learning technologists and staff developers. Thew report argues that "What unites this diverse group is their interest in enhancing the quality of learning and teaching, and a curiosity about how technology can assist them."

Download a copy from here

Videos of the various case studies can be found on the JISC Resource Exchange

Learning Lab on Facebook

As an extension to the Learning Lab we’ve set up a Facebook group - swansealearninglab. It’s an open group so anyone with a Facebook account can join. If you don’t have or don’t want an account, you can still see the discussions and other activity without signing in.

In the group you can -

• use the Discussion Board
• comment on the Comment Wall
• see details up upcoming events Events - you'll need to sign for this.
• share links
• upload videos

You can find the group here.

Last chance to book - Structured personal tutoring

HEA Research Seminar Series 2009: Access and Success for All

Structured personal tutoring to engage undergraduate students on professional programmes

Swansea University, Room 231, Glyndwr building, School of Health Science

Wednesday 8 July, 12:00 – 16:30 (lunch included)

Drawing on the experiences of academics involved in personal tutoring and using cases from undergraduate professional health care programmes as exemplars, the seminar will examine the following key issues:

The challenges of personal tutoring in the era of mass higher education;

• Supporting and operationalising cultural change in personal tutoring in a research led institution;
• The aims and benefits of a structured approach to personal tutoring in professional healthcare programmes;
• The 'emotional labour' of personal tutoring.

Speakers:
Tessa Watts, Senior Lecturer
Angela Williams, Lecturer
David Gallimore, Tutor
Mike McIvor, Lecturer
Andrew Evered, Tutor

Bookings: Please email bookings to Jean Phillips
j.c.phillips@swansea.ac.uk

30 places available on first-come, first-served basis.

ALT-C 2009 : earlybird deadline approaching

ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change.
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK.

Earlybird rate available until Monday 6 July, midnight (BST):
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/registering.html

Presenters Registration deadline: 29 June *TODAY* Registrations close: 14 August

Conference fees: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/delegate_information.html
Accommodation details: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/accommodation.html
Social programme: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/social.html

Keynote speakers:
Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor Designate at the Open University, UK;
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USA;
Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada

Confirmed Invited Speakers include:
Jonathan Drori, Heather Fry, Diana Laurillard, Matthew McFall, David Kennedy, Richard Noss, Vanessa Pittard, Aaron Porter and David Price.

For more information, visit: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/ or call the ALT office: +44(0) 1865 484125.

New Episode of 'Tales from the Lab'

At the recent Excellence in Learning & Teaching conference David Gill asked delegates what they were expecting from the conference. You can find out what they said in the latest episode of the 'Tales from the Lab' podcast - http://learninglab.swan.ac.uk/podcast.html