Katy Jordan
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First name:
Katy
Last name:
Jordan
Brief Bio:
Katy Jordan is a PhD student at The Open University, UK. She is interested in digital scholarship and the ways that the internet is changing Higher Education.
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Recent Content
CfP European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning (EC-TEL)
This year, the European Conference on Technology-Enhanced Learning will be held in Lyon, France, from the 13th to 16th September. The conference currently has a call for papers out on a wide range of topics around the technology and pedagogies in relation to technology-enhanced learning, and their...
Lyon
FranceBlog Post / Teaching & Learning Practices
Networked Learning Conference hot seats: Massive Open Social Learning now live!
CfP: 2016 Networked Learning Conference
The tenth International Networked Learning Conference will take place at Lancaster University, UK, 9th-1tth May 2016. A call for papers (full papers, short papers, or symposia) is currently active; the deadline for submissions is 5th October 2015. The call lists the following conference themes:...
Call for Chapters: Research 2.0 and the Impact of Digital Technologies on Scholarly Inquiry
There is currently a call open for chapter proposals for a forthcoming book on ' Research 2.0 and the Impact of Digital Technologies on Scholarly Inquiry ', edited by Antonella Esposito (University of Milan, Italy). The call for chapter proposals closes on June 15th, 2015. Full details about the...
‘How to be a Successful Digital Academic to Boost your Career’ Google Hangout
This event is a free Google hangout, hosted by academic jobs website jobs.ac.uk . It is an hour long and will take place on January 27th (tomorrow!) at 12 noon, UK time. The session will address the following issues: How to blend digital tools into your current work and conferences How to manage...
UK
Live later today: 'The Future of Technology in Education: What needs to change in 2015?'
This event will be streamed live from the Open University (UK) this evening. It is an hour long and starts at 6.30pm UK time (1.30pm EST). It is the first of an exciting new series of talks from the OU called 'Open Minds', which will 'showcase the University’s thought leadership in learning and...
Milton Keynes
UKBlog Post / Teaching & Learning Practices
On programmatic research and PhDs by published work
CfP: International Conference on Web & Social Media (ICWSM) 2015
In 2015, the International Conference on Web and Social Media will be coming to the UK. It will take place in Oxford, from May 26th to 29th. This interdisciplinary conference spans Computer Science and Social Sciences. A call for papers is currently open, with deadline in January 2015 for abstracts...
Oxford
UKCfP: OER15 Conference
The 2015 Open Educational Resources (OER) Conference will take place in Cardiff, Wales, on the 14th and 15th April next year. The conference focus is 'Mainstreaming Open Education' , including the following themes: Impact Research Open Education across Languages and Cultures Learners and Other...
United Kingdom
Blog Post / Technology, Networks & Sciences
Exploring network structure in academic social networking sites
Blog Post / Teaching & Learning Practices
Introduction: Rebooting my online academic self
CFP - Society for Research into Higher Education Conference
A call for papers is currently out for the SRHE Annual Research Conference, on the theme of 'Inspiring future generations; embracing plurality and difference in higher education'. The conference will take place 10th-12th December 2014, in Newport, Wales. The deadline for submissions is 27th June...
Newport
UKDigital Scholarship Day of Ideas: ‘Data’
This one-day event will be webcast from the University of Edinburgh, College of Humanities and Social Science. It will take place on 14th May 2014, from 9.30am to 5.15pm (UK time). ‘Data’, according to boyd and Crawford, ‘is increasingly digital air’. But what do we mean when we speak of ‘data’?...
UK
The Impact of Open Textbooks on Students and Educators
The OER Research Hub (OERRH) has been working with both OpenStax College and Siyavula over the past year to examine the impact of open textbooks on educators and students. Siyavula open textbooks are aimed at K-12/school students and ca. 10 million copies of Siyavula textbooks have been distributed...
United States
Open Educational Resources and Localisation: Adapting OER for Local Contexts
Free webinar *this morning* - 10.30-11.30 UK time. OER and Localisation: Adapting OER for Local Contexts Arguably, the benefits of OER are greatest in low- and middle-income countries, where they have the potential to increase access to learning for those who may otherwise be excluded. However, for...
UK
