Recommended external events | Events and conferences we think will interest the learning technology community at Oxford.

Free online Plagiarism Advice sessions

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Plagiarismadvice.org are pleased to announce free online training sessions starting from September. Sessions will take place on Wednesday afternoons at 1500 BST, starting on 15 September.

Each session will be delivered by WebEx and will last around 30-40 minutes. Sessions are aimed at those with teaching/lecturing and administrative responsibilities.

The sessions are intended to provide a basic overview of issues relating to plagiarism and will address the following topics:

Getting the message across to your students about plagiarism.
Identifying and tackling plagiarism.
How and why students plagiarise.
Designing plagiarism out of coursework.
Best practices for dealing with academic misconduct.
Institutional policies and procedures.

Click here to sign up for a session.

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E-learning debate 2010

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Melissa Highton

This house believes that technology-based informal learning is more style than substance.

Epic, a commercial E-learning company host an annual debate in Oxford at the Union.

Speaking for: Nancy Lewis, former Vice President, Learning IBM and Vice-President and Chief Learning Officer, ITT

Speaking against: Professor William H. Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies at University of Oxford and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute

Speaking against: Jay Cross, Chair of Internet Time Alliance, prolific writer, blogger, speaker, and person who first coined the phrase ‘e-learning’

Speaking for: Dr Allison Rossett, Professor of Educational Technology at San Diego University

Chair: Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC Technology Correspondent

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Open Ed 2010: OER: Impact and Sustainability.

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Melissa Highton

November 2-4, 2010, Barcelona
The Open Education Conference has been described as “the annual reunion of the open education family.” Each year the conference serves as the world’s premiere venue for research related to open education, while simultaneously creating the most friendly and energetic atmosphere you’ll find at any academic conference.

The 2010 conference venue is CosmoCaixa, designated Europe’s best science museum in 2006.

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Citizen cyberscience

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Melissa Highton

The London Citizen Cyberscience Summit is a great chance for scientists and citizens to learn about the latest breakthroughs in citizen cyberscience. It will be a unique opportunity to brainstorm about how new technologies can enhance citizen cyberscience. A bold ambition of the summit is to draft a citizen cyberscience manifesto, involving all the stakeholders in the field.

Who should go?
• Scientists, aspiring and established, amateur and professional, online or in the field.
• Citizens who care about the impact of science on society, and of society on science.

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JISC Online Conference

Posted on June 21, 2010 by Melissa Highton

JISClogo Bringing Innovation to Life . Online conference 23-26 November 2010
If you are a researcher, institutional manager or practitioner involved in technology-enhanced learning and teaching, This conference will be of interest to you. Delegates from further and higher education and from overseas are welcome. Proceedings take place in an asynchronous virtual environment which can be accessed wherever and whenever is convenient to you.

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UK Perspectives on Open Educational Resources

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Melissa Highton

Friday 23 July 2010, Holborn Bars, London, EC1N 2NQ

The Higher Education Academy and JISC would like to invite you to the Open Education Showcase: UK Perspectives on Open Educational Resources.

This free one day event will showcase how the UK is supporting innovative learning, teaching and assessment by enabling universities and colleges to share educational materials freely online.

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Developing Blended Learning Communities

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Melissa Highton

The 5th International Blended Learning Conference, 16th-17th June 2010.The Fielder Centre, University of Hertfordshire. Will feature two presentations from LTG: “Community Collections: Of the people, for the people, by the people” and “The more things change, the more they remain the same”.

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European LAMS Conference

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Melissa Highton

The 2010 European LAMS & Learning Design Conference will be held at Wolfson College, Oxford on 15th July and will be followed with a Design Bash on 16th July which will be co-hosted and sponsored by JISC and CETIS.

The focus of the 2010 European Conference is “Sharing Great Ideas”. Looking at technologies, applications and approaches that support sharing, collaboration and open access to knowledge and resources. What are the differing implications for individuals and organisations? the conference aims to capture the experience of those who have used LAMS & Learning Design and share some of the lessons learnt about Open Education in higher education, the K-12 sector, vocational and professional education.

Dr Liz Masterman will keynote, Melissa Highton will do the formal welcome from Oxford and Dr Jill Fresen will present about WebLearn. Please join us.

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Assessment events

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Melissa Highton

HEA Higher Education Academy are pleased to inform you about the following events taking place in March and April:

25 March, Higher Education Academy, York: Assessment Special Interest Group: Working with Students to Enhance Feedback - bookings now open
14 April, University of Hull: Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series: Peer assessment of group work – management and support via technology
14 April, University of Reading: Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series: Moving Forward Through Feedback: Enhancing Feedback Provision in the Digital Age
14 April, University of Hertfordshire: Evidence Based Practice Seminar Series: Explorations of Technology enhanced assessment; bringing learning from theory and practice

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ALT spring seminars

Posted on March 11, 2010 by Melissa Highton

“Mobile Enabling Technologies”
25 March 2010, University of Bradford,
Dr Christine Dearnley, Stuart Walker, John Fairhall and Jak Radice.
£100

“Podcasting in Learning and Teaching”
14 April 2010, Sheffield Hallam University
Graham McElearney of Sheffield University and Andrew Middleton of
Sheffield Hallam University.
£100

“Using Twitter in Higher Education”
4 May 2010, The National College, Nottingham
Matt Lingard, LSE; Tony McNeil, Kingston University; Alan Cann,
University of Leicester.
£115

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