ELESIG Scholar Scheme

Are you looking for a way to support your emerging research practice in the area of digital education, or perhaps you might be interested in sharing your experience to support someone else who is just beginning on that journey. The Scholar Scheme is an innovation mentoring scheme to bring those with experiences and skills to […] View Article

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Reflections on ALT-ELESIG Scotland meeting ‘What do our learners want and need from technology enhanced learning and teaching?’

Another ALT-ELESIG Scotland event, another family birthday, which, if you are organising meetings is a really good way to remember the date both before and after the meeting, and absolutely not a way of avoiding any birthday celebrations. Before we delve into more detailed reflections, overall, at the meeting there was a real drive to […] View Article

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Call for Officers of the ALT ELESIG Organising Committee

Background ALT ELESIG advocates for the theory and practice of researching learners’ experience in the context of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), formerly referred to as e-learning. Established in 2008, ELESIG (Evaluating Learners’ Experiences of e-learning Special Interest Group), has raised the importance and profile of learner experience research nationally and internationally with the help of its […] View Article

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Tips on getting published in an academic journal: ‘Editor and Author Meet Up’ webinar

This blog post reviews the recent “ALT ELESIG Editor and Author Meet Up” webinar which invited editors from four academic journals to talk about their journal’s policies, procedures, feedback processes and their own experiences of submitting. The aim of the session was to help demystify and help humanise the process of submitting articles to journal. Editors know from their own experiences some of the […] View Article

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ALT ELESIG: The ‘Scale up challenge’: simulation for authentic learning

Last month we were joined by Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation, and Dr Heidi Singleton Department of Nursing Sciences, from Bournemouth University. The challenges of embedding digital technologies in learning, teaching and assessment are complex, and rethinking the roles of educators has been at the foreground of recent Educause New Horizon expert panel reports. […] View Article

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Webinar 14th April 1-2pm – The use of learning design within the virtual learning environment to promote students’ metacognitive skills

Our next webinar is on Wednesday 14th April 2021 1.00pm – 2.00pm. Use this link to book your place. Title: The use of learning design within the virtual learning environment to promote students’ metacognitive skills Speakers: Drs James Matthews, Crystal Fulton and Emma O’Neill, are UCD Fellows in Teaching and Academic Design and came together to […] View Article

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Webinar 24th March 2021: How are students experiencing learning online? What the data from our digital experience insights 2020-1 student surveys is telling us

Notes from ELESIG 2021 Webinar Series: second webinar on Wednesday March 24th 2021, 1pm – 2pm with presenters: Sarah Knight, Head of data and digital capability, Jisc Ruth Drysdale, Senior consultant, data and digital capability, Jisc Highlights With the continued pandemic, and the requirement of students in further and higher education to continue to learn […] View Article

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