Accessibility is so important and can't be ignored, yet so often we see inaccessible documents and presentations being used. Integrating accessibility tools not only benefits those students and staff who really need it, but make the experience of navigating and using documents take up less cognitive load for everyone! In this session Stephen Taylor will introduce you to some quick accessibility fixers you can start applying, why you should apply them, and how they will benefit everyone. 

Want to learn more about the Digital Learning Design Apprenticeship? This webinar is for anyone who wants to find out more whether you are an employer, learner, or would just like to learn more!

We will welcome Hazel Cray and Matt Bishop from Crosby Training, and Sarah Harris and Frazer Worthington from LDN Apprenticeships, just two of the providers who are currently offering this programme. They will delve into what the DLD apprenticeship is, how it benefits learners and employers, and how you can get involved. We will also hear from some current DLD learners and find out more about their experience so far. 

What is the Digital Learning Design Apprenticeship?

Launched in September 2023, this Level 5 apprenticeship is designed to equip learners with the skills and knowledge needed to become successful digital learning designers. Digital learning design is a rapidly evolving field, with new trends and technologies emerging all the time. ACMALT is mapped to the standard and all apprentices who successfully complete the endpoint assessment will automatically be eligible to become an Associate Certified Member.  

Join AmplifyFE on 13 December from 12.00 - 12.30 for their next webinar: Alternatives to Twitter - BlueSky, LinkedIn, Threads find out how to make the most of these platforms. More details to be announced shortly. 

Join us for an engaging M25 Winter Meeting, which will focus on UX/UI design. We will learn how research drives the design process, techniques to identify genuine user needs and dispel assumptions, and how to benchmark and improve your systems. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills, follow up on discussions with participants, connect, and collaborate.

We're excited to invite you to our next meeting, taking place on May 22nd at Edge Hill University. This meeting is set to be a dynamic and informative session, with talks on a variety of topics.

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s on the agenda:
1. Digital Assessments: Innovations and Challenges
• Discuss the challenges and best practices for implementing digital assessments in educational settings and learn from case studies.
• Interactive Q&A session with experts in the field.

2. Creating Custom GPT Models: An Educator’s Guide
• Introduction to Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) and their potential in education.
• Step-by-step guide on creating custom GPT models tailored for educational purposes.

3. Networking Sessions
• Opportunity to connect with fellow educators and technology enthusiasts.
• Share experiences, collaborate on projects, and discuss innovative ideas.
• A mix of structured and informal networking activities to maximize engagement.

This meeting promises to be a great platform for learning, sharing, and networking. We look forward to seeing you there and engaging in these exciting topics together!

The meeting will be in the Business School (Building 16, ref E4 on the map), room B005 (ground floor). Further information on travelling to campus can be found here, including free bus from Ormskirk Centre next to the train station. https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/locations/

With traditional assessment coming under increasing scrutiny in reliably measuring genuine student understanding and competency, this event shares approaches for utilising learning technologies to: - encourage students to apply their knowledge in meaningful contexts through real-world tasks and problem-solving, - develop essential competencies to prepare them for the complexities of a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Details will shortly be announced for our Annual Winter Summit, which will take place on Tuesday 10 December 2024. Save the date now to make sure you don't miss out on this full day online event.
 

Every week there is another mind blowing innovation in AI capabilities with applications in education. The trick is not to think about each new shiny thing as a solution, looking for a problem. Join Ioannis Glinavos in this presentation, where we will discuss how to use AI enhanced applications to solve our existing problems, and explore how AI tools can help us make our work easier and expand the quality of educational content we provide to our students. We focus on two concrete examples, streaming avatars and AI assistants.

The ALT Assembly meets regularly online and also holds annual face-to-face meetings, usually at ALT's Annual Conference each September.

Agenda: Assembly meetings actively contribute to ALT's current strategic priorities, focused on consulting you, our active Members, on new developments. Thus each meeting will be chaired by a Trustee and focus on a specific theme or topic. Members and Special Interest Groups will be invited to share updates from their groups.

• Link to join the meeting
• ALT Assembly Terms of Reference (2020)

The meeting will run in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. If you have not used Collaborate Ultra before, it may be helpful to consult our webinar FAQs at https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs. 

If you have any specific questions about the ALT Assembly please contact enquiries@alt.ac.uk

The next in our 2024 CPD Webinar Series will be facuilitated by Sarah Chesney, Lancaster University. 

Reflecting on your professional practice is essential part of self-improvement, but demonstrating this reflection for professional recognition can be challenging. Even if you regularly review your practice, articulating this in a portfolio may not be straightforward. This workshop provides practical prompts and guidance to help you effectively incorporate reflection into your professional recognition claim. 

Luis Neves is an associate professor at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. After a career as a researcher and lecturer in structural and bridge engineering, Luis became the Digital Learning Director of the Faculty of Engineering in 2020 and, since then, has been fully dedicated to enhancing students' digital experience in HE. Following a period focused on adapting learning to the constraints of the pandemic, Luis became Product Owner and later Director of Product and Operations at the University of Nottingham Online. In this role, Luis has designed and implemented a new online learning ecosystem for the University of Nottingham, providing students with an integrated end-to-end experience focused on simplicity, accessibility and ease of use, allowing students to focus on their learning experience.  

This webinar will describe the University of Nottingham Online's journey in designing, developing, and implementing an online learning ecosystem. In particular, we will discuss how we formed an internal multi-disciplinary team, including pedagogic, technology and user experience experts, and partnered with external providers to go from zero to a working ecosystem in 12 months. We will discuss our vision of a learning ecosystem, how we co-created a set of requirements with our providers and how we embraced agile ways of working to implement the ecosystem. We will also discuss how we created a culture of cooperation and open discussion with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and how that culture allowed us to take risks, learn from errors and improve faster.

Join us for an engaging discussion on "Assessment for Employability." We will explore topics such as authentic assessments, practice-based assessments, and how metrics in further and higher education influence employability outcomes.

This event will have an open discussion format. After a brief introduction, we invite you to share your thoughts or examples related to assessment for employability. There’s no need for formal slides—just bring your ideas and best practices to this informal conversation. Please note that the session will not be recorded. This session is exclusively for ALT members. As part of our ongoing series on assessment for employability, a follow-up event will be held at Milton Keynes College on 27 March.

This webinar is for existing Associate, CMALT and Senior Certified Members only.

This webinar is for existing certified members who are considering becoming a CMALT assessor or existing CMALT assessors looking for a refresher. In the webinar we will explore:

• The CMALT Framework
• The assessment process
• Ethical considerations & The Wider Context
• Assessing Senior CMALT
• Feedback and outcomes
• CMALT Peer Review System: a practical guide 
  • Round One
  • Round Two

Accessibility is so important and can't be ignored, yet so often we see inaccessible documents and presentations being used. Integrating accessibility tools not only benefits those students and staff who really need it, but make the experience of navigating and using documents take up less cognitive load for everyone! In this session Stephen Taylor will introduce you to some quick accessibility fixers you can start applying, why you should apply them, and how they will benefit everyone. 

Interested in getting further into using AI tools for online courses but not sure where to start? In this session, Leonard Houx, Director of Learning Design at Cambridge Education Group, will show ideas for using free AI tools to conceive, strategise, and deliver and analyse your online courses.

Speaker: Leonard Houx is the Director of Learning Design at Cambridge Education Group. He is a fellow of the Centre for Online and Distance Education, a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Association and a former Director of the Learning Network. He has written about online learning for the Financial Times, Times Higher Ed, and Guardian.