November 09, 2008
ALT-J have a call out for a special issue on mobile and contextual learning which will be relevant to some Emerge projects as we near the BR and dissemination phases. See ...
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June 19, 2008
The ELESIG Summer Symposium provides an opportunity for the Experiences of E-Learning Special Interest Group to come together for a night and a day to further develop itself and plan for its sustainability. The programme for the event has emerged from conversations and suggestions from members and will include sessions to showcase outputs of the ELESIG subgroups, develop and ...
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March 25, 2008
'Experiencing Emerge', the report of seven interviews with Emerge members about their experiences of being part of the Emerge community, is now available from the Appreciative Inquiry part of the Moodle site. You'll see that is based on a collection of 'stories' from community members which is part of our AI approach. If you'd like to share your own ...
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March 14, 2008
Members of EMERGE might be interested in a short online staff development course on 'Evaluating e-learning' run by Oxford Brookes University. It will run 14 May - 13 June. You can find details from ...
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March 07, 2008
We launched the ELESIG network yesterday with a f2f event and an online community. ELESIG is a special interest group for those researching learners' experiences of e-learning. Yesterday we discussed the impact of learner experience research on national policy, the role of institutions, developing e-literacies, typologies of e-learners and research methodologies. You can get the bare bones of the ...
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February 11, 2008
The first meeting of the ELESIG group will be on 6 March in Birmingham. The group is for those interested in evaluations of learners experiences of e-learning. Flyer and registration form attached. Please distribute to any other groups you think might be interested.{{file:254}} ...
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January 17, 2008
Emerge members might be interested in the vacancy for the ELESIG community lead. It's 15 days work over 6 mths, starting immediately, to lead a network of people interested in evaluating learners' experiences of e-learning. Details of the project and the post are available from ...
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December 13, 2007
Are you involved in producing, sharing or using e-learning research? If so, we'd like to hear from you.The Higher Education Academy, in collaboration with the JISC and HEFCE, are preparing to launch an e-learning Research Observatory.The survey is part of a consultation process with people who produce, share and use research about e-learning.You can complete the survey completing ...
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September 25, 2007
We have a full day planned for the 9 October event in Birmingham with guest speaker Glynis Cousin talking about her work on taking a community of practice perspective on designing for networked learning. There will also be activities to help us plan how to take Emerge forward to the next phase. The full programme is here and you ...
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September 24, 2007
In preparation for the 9 October 'Future of Emerge' event, I'm looking for 'nuggets' of where you've seen or heard of Emerge being used well by its members. Examples might be:- a project team who've used their elgg profile well to keep in touch/share their work- a moment of enlightenment in a UIDM surgery consultation- sparking off ideas with ...
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