Welcome to Write-TEL (Writing for Publication in Technology-Enhanced Learning).

ORIGINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The purpose of Write-TEL is to provide Edinburgh Napier colleagues with a supported, developmental opportunity to write for publication in the area of technology-enhanced education. Write-TEL is aimed primarily at colleagues who feel they are doing good work in the area of technology-enhanced learning, teaching and assessment that they would like to disseminate more widely via a peer-reviewed conference submission, journal article, or other peer-reviewed published output.

New to writing for publicaton in TEL? That's no problem, as Write-TEL is intended to take you through every stage of the writing for publication process including:

• Preparing to Write for Publication
• Writing for Your Chosen Outlet
• Drafting and Review
• Prepating for Submission

Format and support Write-TEL will comprise a series of four online ‘writing for publication’ workshops (one each month), and associated one-to-one and peers support activities, starting in early April 2011 and concluding early July 2011 with the final preparation of a submission for your chosen journal or peer-reviewed conference.

The Write-TEL online workshops will be led by Dr Nicola Whitton, Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.  Nicola is the author of Learning with Digital Games: A Practical guide to Engaging Students in Higher Education (2009, Routledge), a reviewer for several TEL journals and conferences, and a previous proceedings editor for the Association for Learning Technology Conference. The workshops will be facilitated by Dr Keith Smyth.

What's in it for you?

By taking part in Write-TEL, you can expect to benefit through:

• Participating in four online workshops designed to engage you in every aspect of writing for publication in technology-enhanced learning. The workshops will support you in actually writing a paper for submission to a chosen outlet, as well as equipping you to take your writing for publication in TEL to the next stage beyond the end of the course itself
• Having dedicated one-to-one guidance and support for drafting, reviewing, and writing your paper at key points before, during and at the conclusion of the four workshops  
• Enriching and broadening your own knolwedge of TEL through the sharing of experiences with other Write-TEL participants, and through being engaged in exploring key journals in the field  
• Coming out of Write-TEL with a completed paper ready for submission to your chosen peer-reviewed outlet, and with a plan for continued authoring in the area of TEL

What's expected of me?

Participants in Write-TEL will be required to participate in the following four online workshops, all of which will take place in an ElluminateLive virtual classroom:

• Preparing to Write for Publication (Friday April 1st, 2.00-3.30pm)
• Writing for Your Chosen Outlet (Friday May 6th, 2.00-3.30pm)
• Drafting and Review (Friday June 3rd, 2.00-3.30pm)
• Preparing for Submission (Friday July 1st, 2.00-3.30pm)

You will also be expected to take part in a small number of online activities, including peer feedack on the work of colleagues, that will take no more than 90 minutes each week on average.

Part of the activity time outlined above will be used to produce a case study of TEL practice for publication in the Edinburgh Napier LTA Resouce Bank.

Interested?

If you would like to register to take part in Write-TEL, please e-mail Keith Smyth (k.smyth@napier.ac.uk) a short (200 to 300 word) outline of the proposed focus for a paper you would like to produce through participating in Write-TEL.  This could cover TEL approaches that you are using to support your students on a particular programme or module,  or to meet wider learner support needs. 

Alternatively you may want to write up a broader TEL initiative you have recently been or are currently involved in, for example a small research project or evaluation.

Expressions of interest are welcome from Academic as well as Professional Services colleagues.

The deadline for submitting short proposals to register your interest is Friday 18th March.

Please contact Keith (k.smyth@napier.ac.uk) if you have any queries about Write-TEL.

Write-TEL is funded through a Teaching Fellowship Grant.

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