{"id":1916,"date":"2012-09-07T13:05:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1916"},"modified":"2015-08-20T11:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-08-20T10:36:27","slug":"in-this-edition-issue-28-july-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2012\/09\/in-this-edition-issue-28-july-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"In this edition, Issue 28, July 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Massive Online Open Courses being a popular topic of late, the <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1961\">MSc in E-learning Team from the University of Edinburgh talk about their steps into the world of MOOCs with the launch of their E-learning and Digital Cultures course on Coursera<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We have three reviews of events that took place in June:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1924\">Michelle Hyland from JISC RSC North West summarises their &#8216;All the fun of the (technology) fair&#8217; event.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=2013\">Tim Seal from SCORE, Open University reviews the UNESCO 2012 World Open Education Resources Congress<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=2047\">Gr\u00e1inne Hamilton from JISC RSC Scotland reports on the Scottish Mobile Learning Day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Find out more about the ALT Special Interest Groups (SIGs):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1918\">Shirley Evans provides an update on the work of the Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group (ILSIG)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=2088\">The M25-Learning Technology group have just become an ALT Regional Interest Group. Julie Voce and Mimi Weiss Johnson provide an overview of the group and an update from the July meeting.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, we find out what it&#8217;s like to be <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.alt.ac.uk\/?p=1964\">ALT&#8217;s Chief Executive as Maren Deepwell provides an insight into a week in her life<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to contribute an article to the ALT Newsletter, please see our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/sites\/default\/files\/assets_editor_uploads\/documents\/guidelines_for_altn_authors_2009.pdf\">submission guidelines <\/a>or send an enquiry to <a href=\"mailto:j.voce@imperial.ac.uk\">Julie Voce<\/a> (Acting Editor).<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\">Julie Voce<br \/>\nActing Editor, ALT Newsletter<\/p>\n<p class=\"note\">If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/get-involved\/membership\">join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)<\/a> as an individual member, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Massive Online Open Courses being a popular topic of late, the MSc in E-learning Team from the University of Edinburgh talk about their steps into the world of MOOCs with the launch of their E-learning and Digital Cultures course on Coursera. 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