Events

Already a CMALT holder? In this session find out more about the requirements for Senior CMALT, how to demonstrate impact, and how you could use your existing CMALT portfolio to support your application.

Are you struggling to get your organisational colleagues to engage in a new initiative, technology or process? Want to get suggestions or feedback from a wide network of learning technology professionals? Come along to The Coffee Break to talk through your innovation challenges or simply to network. After all, a problem shared is a problem halved (or maybe solved.)

We noticed that many ALT members engaging in its JiscMail groups were hitting blockers when trying to introduce new ways of working or different technologies.  Members reported challenges around engagement of colleagues, making the case for change and securing senior level buy-in. And so the idea for the Coffee Break was born. 

Ever considered submitting a blog to #ALTC?  Not sure what to write about or how to get started? Join members of the #altc blog team for this webinar who will give some practical guidance on getting started with blogging.

Dr Manish Malik from Canterbury Christ Church University and Chair of the ALT South Group will lead the ALT South #TechThursday event on Thursday 27th February. Discover the rigour of systematic reviews and how they can inform your teaching & learning practice as well as engineering education research agenda (or get started with it). This webinar offers a deep dive into the process along with the exciting chance to contribute to some existing projects. The talk is open to everyone.

We are delighted to announce the 75th Copyright and Online Learning webinar will be taking place on Friday 14th February at 11am.

Ami Pendergrass of the University of Plymouth will be joining us to speak about findings from her masters’ thesis on open access and rights retention policies. Drawing on her findings and 20 years of experience in policy development and change management, she will provide tips and strategies to support library professionals in improving both current and future policy development and implementation.

Ami is a recent graduate of the Master’s in Library and Information Science programme at City, University of London, She previously worked for two years with Northamptonshire public libraries and the Delapré Abbey Heritage site on special collections management and strategy projects. Prior to transitioning into the field of information science, Ami built a distinguished career as a lawyer and HR/operational lead.
How to join: The webinar will start at 11.00am and you can access it via the usual Blackboard Collaborate link. A recording will be available afterwards on the ALT YouTube channel along with recordings of all our other webinars. Further details are available here.

The ALT Independent Consultancy and Career Pathways Special Interest Group is organizing an 'Unconference' and would like to encourage anyone who is interested in or is a practitioner of Independent Consultancy or would like to discover/understand different Career Pathways of professionals in the field of Technology-Enhanced Learning. Once you have registered your attendance, we will send you a link to a Padlet to collect topics that you would like to discuss.

The approval of institutional policies on how to use generative AI (GenAI) tools ethically to support learning, along with the publication of reference frameworks for developing the AI competencies and literacy of staff and students, is pushing the HE sector to rethink assessment strategies. These strategies aim to support the introduction of GenAI while fostering the development of new AI competencies and rethinking pivotal assessment concepts such as academic integrity, intellectual authorship, and the very purpose of assessment.

In this webinar, Mari Cruz García Vallejo explores various approaches to integrating GenAI into assessment. She also proposes a step-by-step design guide to effectively integrate GenAI into authentic assessment. This webinar primarily focuses on curriculum development and is aimed at teaching staff in the HE and FE sectors, as well as professional staff who support assessment and teaching.

During the webinar, participants will be introduced to key concepts such as:

What is AI literacy, and what are AI competencies?
The role of learners in assessment.
What is authentic assessment exactly?
A step-by-step method to design authentic assessment that integrates GenAI.
 

About the facilitator:
Mari Cruz García Vallejo (SFHEA, SCMALT, MSc, MEng, ITIL, Cllr) is a digital education consultant and a senior fellow at Advance HE. She researches and teaches on generative AI to support learning and teaching in higher education. As a digital education consultant, Mari Cruz has collaborated with several universities in Europe and the UK, including Heriot-Watt University, the University of Edinburgh, Dundee Medical School, and Nicosia Medical School. She currently teaches Generative AI at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) and is a contributor to the AI Pedagogy Project at metaLAB(at)Harvard. She blogs on Substack @maricruzgarciavallejo.

As part of Ufi’s Week of VocTech, join us for this #AmplifyFE webinar showcasing case studies of AI excellence in the sector. Chloë and Lynne will be discussing some amazing projects which have made innovative use of AI with a focus on learners who are impacted most by the digital divide. We will be highlighting work from our 2024/25 Insights research case studies, including:

• Deb Millar’s work at Hull College with the ‘AI Translate’ project for ESOL learners
• Pete Dunford’s action research encouraging Bridgend College learners to leverage AI
• Alison Brown’s innovative practice with Novus prison learners using AI prompt craft.
• We’ll also be inviting you to share your AI pedagogy success stories and explaining how you can use the #AmplifyFE community spaces to shout about your innovative practice.

ALT will be hosting our first ever CMALT Week in 2025, from Monday 28 April 2025 to Friday 2 May and will feature a whole host of CMALT themed events.

Highlights include one to one sessions with assessors for personalised portfolio support, various webinars that dive deep into different aspects of CMALT, and a plethora of blog posts and social content to keep you inspired and informed.

More details to be announced shortly.

Dr Manish Malik from Canterbury Christ Church University and Chair of the ALT South Group will lead the ALT South #TechThursday event on Thursday 30 January. He will present the results from an evaluation of a GenAI literacy session grounded in viewing GenAI as a “mind” (albeit without emotions and consciousness) and a tool in your hands at the same time (bit of balance is good here). The research identified metaphors such as mind-surfing, mind-mending, mind-bending, when using the tool in a specific or unexpected way. Everyone welcome to join.