Changing the Learning Landscape is a partnership between Higher Education Academy (HEA), the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), JISC, the National Union of Students (NUS) and the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education (LFHE). 

The CLL offers a number of opportunities for staff to explore the use of technology in learning and professional development includinf workshops, online resources and funding opportunities.

For more information see http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/cll

You can also follow CLL on Twitter (#cll1213) ...

Yn ddiweddar cyhoeddodd yr Academi Addysg Uwch y cylch diweddaraf o Grantiau Datblygu Dysgu. Am fwy o wybodaeth gweler: http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/tdg/departmental ...

The Higher Education Academy has recently announced the latest round of Teaching Development Grants. For further information see http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/tdg/departmental ...

We have had the following information from the Higher Education Academy about grants available to develop your teaching. Please see http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/funding for details. ...

The following information has been made available on the HEA Wales website. The HEA is offering funding to help university staff travel as needed to attend HEA-sponsored events.

You can access the webpage and application forms on the Academy Wales website. ...

We have received the following announcement from the Higher Education Academy, which may be of interest to staff.

Teaching Development Grants

The Higher Education Academy is offering bid-based development grant funding to stimulate evidence-based research and encourage innovations in learning and teaching that have the potential for sector-wide impact.

Over the next year there will be a total of £1.5 million of funding available for individual grants, departmental grants and collaborative grants. ...

New Funding Available from the Higher Education Academy

We have received the following announcement from Rachel Thomas, HEA Project Officer (Wales and Northern Ireland). Please note the 13 May 2011 dealine.

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HEA Wales is delighted to announce two new initiatives.

Enhancement Fund 2011

We are please to invite applications to the Learning and Teaching Enhancement Fund for Wales for up to £2,500 per proposal. This is an open call and proposals are welcome any time up to Friday 13 May 2011. Further information is available in the call document at http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources/detail/ourwork/nations/wales/Enhancement_Fund_call_english.

Travel Fund 2011

This new initiative, launched by HEA Wales in the 2010/11 academic year, is aimed at encouraging the exchange and dissemination of good practice, at the discipline level, throughout the UK. It is specifically aimed at enabling staff and students at Welsh HEIs to engage with colleagues from other parts of the UK and to support their institution's priorities and developments in learning and teaching. For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/wales/events/travel-fund.

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Nigel Thomas,a member of staff in Information Services at Aberystwyth University, is visiting Melbourne University to work with Prof. Peter Jamieson on learning and teaching space design.

Read more about Nigel's visit (which is partly funded by the Gwella e-Learning Travel Fund) on his blog at http://learningteachingspaces.blogspot.com/ 

Call for MEL SIG funded Digital Media Case Studies

Media Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MEL SIG) are looking to generate a pool of inspirational meterials that demonstrate how digital media is being used to enchance learning in UK higher education, including:

• student assignments;
• podcasts involving staff, students, experts and public;
• media enhanced feedback;
• small media interventions such as announcements, commentaries, revision notes, audio FAQs etc

Proposers are invited to submit a brief proposal for a £250 honoririum.  The closing date for submissions will be 31st January 2011. 

For further information and application details see: http://ppp.chester.ac.uk/index.php?title=Case_Studies

In February, 2010, the E-learning Team applied for funding from JISC TechDIS under the Heat4Wales? project to evaluate two different methods of capturing audio and image digitally to see which is most effective in enhancing accessibility for students with different needs. We were successful, and the project will begin in May 2010.The technologies we are evaluating are the Pulse SmartPen and the HD Flip digital camcorder (see images below). Please see HEAT4Wales item under Case Studies for more details.