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		<title>Notes from VLE Selection Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last term we had the first event for the VLE Selection Project, phase 1, in which we gather requirements from around QM.
It was called &#8220;What I Wish I Could do in Blackboard, but Can&#8217;t&#8221;.  Thanks to all who attended &#8211; it was a really useful session and a good snapshot of some of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Accessing Alt-J (E-Learning Journal)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our membership of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), we have access to the Journal ALT-J, about research in learning technology.
We&#8217;ll get hard copies at the E-Learning Unit which you can browse in the E-Learning Studio, but you can also access it online.
You can access the journal from www.informaworld.com.  Click &#8216;Sign [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ve joined ALT&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve joined the Association for Learning Technology as an organisational member, so everyone at QM gets some benefits.
ALT is the primary professional and scholarly association for learning technology in the UK (see their website here).  They also run the biggest annual conference about all matters e-learning, ALT-C, which is running this September in Nottingham. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some events, a conference, JISC funding news</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of things from the world of e-learning to draw to your attention:
ALT-C, the annual major e-learning conference in the UK, will be held this year in Nottingham.  The theme is &#8220;Into something rich and strange&#8221; &#8211; making sense of the sea-change&#8221;.  Google and Yahoo will be among those presenting.
If you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New TechDis Leaflet About Accessibility</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/reviews/new-techdis-leaflet-about-accessibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbrenton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[TechDis (the accessibility service run by JISC) recenty published a leaflet called &#8216;Informing Policy, Improving Practice: making the student experience more inclusive through technology&#8217; (link).
Not a snappy title, but a useful publication for anyone interested in accessibility and e-learning. It&#8217;s an overview of some of the resources and services offered by TechDis, including links to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Small Grants from ESD &#8211; Applications still welcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ESD run a small grant scheme.  The deadline officially expired last week, but if anyone has a natty idea for an e-learning project and wanted to put in a short (2 sides) application this week, it would happily be considered. 
The Small Grants for Educational Developments Fund for 2009/10 offers up to £2,500 each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Discipline-focused Learning Technology Enhancement Academy 2009</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/news-and-events/discipline-focused-learning-technology-enhancement-academy-2009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a new iniative from the Higher Education Academy, to encourage departments/disciplines in their use of technology-enhanced learning (the currently fashionable term for what we&#8217;ve known as &#8216;e-learning&#8217;).
&#8221; Beginning in October 2009, the Academy is introducing a discipline-based organisational
development programme as part of its Enhancing Learning through Technology (ELT)
programme. Participating subject departments in HEFCE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding, Awards and Fellowships from the CDE</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/news-and-events/funding-awards-and-fellowships-from-the-cde/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/news-and-events/funding-awards-and-fellowships-from-the-cde/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2009 14:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Centre for Distance Education is an organisation which exists to support the development           of programmes, networks and expertise in distance learning throughout the University of           London.
They&#8217;ve recently announced information about their Teaching and Research [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What About Wikis?</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/introducing/what-about-wikis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbrenton</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Introducing...]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wikis are a sort of social software, which allow you create a website where other people can easily edit and add content.
You may be thinking about using a wiki to support your course, to share information with colleagues, or, for example, as a repository for service information of some kind.
Wikis can be very useful and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online Survey software available to all QM members</title>
		<link>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/news-and-events/online-survey-software-available-to-all-qm-members/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esddelu.org.uk/news-and-events/online-survey-software-available-to-all-qm-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:20:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sbrenton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can now build your own online surveys and questionnaires through the College-wide licence for the Bristol Online Surveys (BOS) software.  This is widely used in HE and is found to be a good tool for online surveys.

Your surveys will:

have a web address starting https://surveys.qmul.ac.uk/
give you control over what to build, when to release, [...]]]></description>
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