Elesig 110313 welcome

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Welcome to ELESIG’s 5 th birthday party

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Welcome to ELESIG’s 5th birthday party

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Today – 306 members

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ELESIG exists, for its members, in order to:

• Communicate/stay in touch with the field of learners’ experiences of e-learning

• Disseminate in an informal, friendly setting

• Find out about advances in methodology

• Gain feedback on our own research projects from colleagues

• Network with other researchers

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Call for small grants

The grants scheme exists to

• help us build a shared repertoire of resources which will be of benefit to the community and the sector and which build on shared knowledge and practice about learner experience research

Grants of up to £750

DEADLINE 10 May 2013

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Call for small grants

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Call for small grants

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Call for small grants

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Webinars

• Steve Wheeler, University of Plymouth Theories for a digital age

• Ellen Lessner and Emma Proctor, Abingdon & Witney College, Evolving digital literacies –inductions to employment skills

• John Cook, University of West of England, Learning Layers project: how informal learning in the workplace can be supported by technologies

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Organising Commmitee

Rhona Sharpe, Oxford Brookes University (Chair)

Rae Bowdler, City University

Mark Childs, independent

Chris Hall, Swansea University

Peter Hartley, University of Bradford

Rob Howe, University of Northampton

Amanda Jefferies, University of Hertfordshire

Malcolm Ryan, independent

Helen Whitehead, University of Nottingham

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What do the Organising Committee do?

• Find contributory sponsorship to support ELESIG activities

• Administer Ning

• Administer the small grants scheme

• Organise webinars

• Support new subgroups

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Tweet #elesig and today, #elesigmoocs

Blog at elesig.net (Ning)

Bid for a small grant

Host an event

Organise a Twitter Chat

Form an interest group

What can you do?