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| Talis launches angel fund for Open Education at Association for Learning Technology’s confTalis, a sponsoring member of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), launched the Talis Incubator for Open Education at the ALT Conference in September
By: Association for Learning Technology Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive for ALT, comments, “We’re delighted that Talis is launching this constructive scheme at the ALT conference, and we want to see it succeed. We are particularly pleased that Talis will be consulting conference participants on the long term shape of the scheme, and that it will be using the ALT Open Access Repository to host the scheme’s output.” Potential projects that could be funded under the scheme include: • Creation and publication of Open Education Resources for others to use • Creation of a new (or extension of an existing) open source software tool allowing educators to author content • Creation of datasets related to the field of Open Education - for example, you could curate or publish data relating to all open syllabi as linked open data • Conducting a research study of how Open Assessment could be applied to a particular subject area and submitting this to a relevant conference • Working towards the creation and adoption of open standards and frameworks that support the adoption of Open Education. The scheme runs for 12 months, and awards will be made to successful applicants in two rounds during the year. Talis is currently pulling together a review board of people from the Open Education community to review submitted project proposals, ensuring the community has a significant voice in choosing successful applicants. Talis’ review board includes the likes of David Wiley, arguably the most influential person in open education and Andy Lane of Open Learn, more information can be found at: http://www.talis.com/ As a sponsoring member of the Association for Learning Technology, Talis officially launched the scheme at ALT-C 2009, 8-10 September, Manchester (UK). Talis ran a consultation session on the first day, Tuesday 8th September where details of the scheme were discussed and feedback gained from the community. - ends - Notes to editors: The keynote speakers for ALT-C 2009 were: • Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor Designate of the Open University, formerly General Manager responsible for product management, marketing and business development for the Worldwide Education Products Group at Microsoft. • Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USA and active in research in new media, particularly digital media. • Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada. He teaches and advises students in the world's largest Masters of Distance Education program at Athabasca University and is active in research in the field of distance education, and elearning. Keynote and invited speakers’ speeches can be seen via Elluminate technology at www.alt.ac.uk For media information on ALT, images, or to apply for a press pass for ALT-C 2010, please contact: Catherine Dhanjal, TheAnswer Ltd Tel: 01883 650434 or 0794 166 9925 Email: Catherine.dhanjal@ TA569 # # # About ALT ALT (the Association for Learning Technology) is a professional and scholarly association which brings together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology. There are over 200 organisational members from higher and further education institutions, private and public sector organisations and over 500 individual members. Sponsoring members include Becta, JISC, HEFCE, Sun, the Scottish Funding Council, Adobe, and the Learning and Skills Council. Association for Learning Technology, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP Tel: +44 (0)1865 484 125 Fax: +44 (0)1865 484 165 Email: admin@alt.ac.uk URL: http://www.alt.ac.uk/ ALT is a Registered Charity in the UK, number: 1063519 End
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