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<p>This year’s theme: Shared Experience, Different Perspectives</p>
<p>The long-term impact of the last year and the ongoing pandemic is hard to imagine. Fully online and blended learning have become everyone’s business; all educators, learners, managers, senior leaders and policy writers have been drawn into the world of learning technology. The response from everyone has been phenomenal. This year’s Annual Association for Learning Technology Conference provides an opportunity to bring us all together to reflect on the shared experience from our different perspectives. How has it challenged us? Where have we succeeded? What lessons have we learned? What might the future look like?</p>
<h2><a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2021/">Explore the conference topics</a></h2>
<h3>About the Conference</h3>
<p>The ALT Annual Conference is the UK’s main conference for Learning Technologists and one of the largest conferences of its kind. It is held over three days every September, providing a valuable and practical forum for practitioners, researchers, managers and policy-makers from education and industry to solve problems, explore, reflect, influence and learn.</p>
<p>This year’s Annual Conference of the Association for Learning Technology will take place 7-9 September 2021. As the leading professional body for Learning Technology in the UK, ALT brings together professionals to disseminate research, share practice and develop policy since 1993.</p>
<p>This year’s event will take place online and we are looking forward to welcoming hundreds of participants from the UK and across the globe.</p>
<p><strong>Cancellation policy</strong></p>
<p>Cancellations made in writing on or before 21 July 2021 will be eligible for a full refund minus a £25 cancellation fee. Cancellations made after 21 July 2021 will not receive a refund. Substitutions are allowed if made in writing (email <a href="mailto:enquiries@alt.ac.uk">enquiries@alt.ac.uk</a>) before 12 August 2021.</p>
<p><em>Workshop provided by the ALT ELESIG </em><br />
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<strong>Pressenters: </strong>Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation, and Dr Heidi Singleton Department of Nursing Sciences, Bournemouth University<br />
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The challenges of embedding digital technologies in learning, teaching and assessment are complex, and rethinking the roles of educators has been at the foreground of recent Educause New Horizon expert panel reports. The most recent Jisc Student digital experience insights survey (2020) report highlighted that only 20% of students have experiences of simulation. The challenges of scale seem insurmountable – however, in this session we suggest some low-tech solutions, and invite participants to come along bringing their mobile phones and a google cardboard headset. We will discuss some of the barriers and solutions to changing practice, drawing upon the findings of the ‘State of XR and Immersive Learning Outlook Report (2020).<br />
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<a href="https://drdebbieholley.com/">Find out about Debbie’s Learning and Teaching work</a><br />
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You can follow Debbie on twitter @debbieholley1 and Heidi @blueprintteach<br />
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<p>ALT’s members are invited to attend this year’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held online at 10am (BST) on 15 June 2021. The AGM will be open to all and all eligible Members will receive joining instructions the week prior to the AGM.</p>
<p>The Agenda for the AGM will be issued at least two weeks prior to the meeting. All papers for the AGM and related information will be published on our dedicated <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/agm">Annual General Meeting page</a> and circulated to those registered to attend.</p>
<p>Registrations will remain open until 15 June 2021 for observers.</p>
<p>The online AGM will run in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. If you have not used Collaborate Ultra before, it may be helpful to consult <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs">our webinar FAQs</a>. </p>
<p>This webinar is part of our 2021 CPD webinar sessions. Participants will earn an ALT CPD Open Badge which can be used as evidence towards accreditation via one of the pathways in ALT’s CMALT framework. </p>
<p>If you missed a previous CPD webinar, recordings are available over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxoWy14N6f8tFKcS0upwrA9PAvwyemw5c...
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<strong>Tom Langston and Stuart Sims</strong></p>
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Since the start of the pandemic, teaching through web conferencing tools like Zoom has ushered in new challenges around student engagement. Lectures populated by just names or boxes and silent or empty breakout rooms. In-class teaching may feel like the engagement is higher as it is easier to gauge the reaction of the class. But is anyone actually listening? The advent of solely online teaching has arguably only highlighted a problem that was already there.<br />
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The aim of this session is to look at how we might tackle engagement, both digital and “analog” going forward. In what ways can we approach discussions with our students proactively rather than reactively? The aim should not be about trying to find out why something has not worked but rather implementing a structure that is relevant to everyone participating in the class.<br />
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Using Audience Response Tools to structure co-creative discussion around engagement and expectations is a solution to resolving the problem collaboratively. Structured engagement opportunities create a set of shared expectations and responsibilities for both students and staff. This makes transparent both why we teach in the way we do and what benefits students will gain from engagement. The expectations that should be considered are not just what we as educators think our students should do, but also the students' expectations towards us and each other.<br />
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This session will share some practical guidance on how to structure such discussions and how to facilitate a conversation when people may not want to turn on their camera or unmute their microphones.</p>
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<p>These weekly webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to copyright and online learning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning.</p>
<p>The webinars are free to all and aimed at those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. We have <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli... a page full of resources</a> and the original blog post that led to us starting this series on <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli..., Fair Dealing and Online Teaching in a time of Crisis</a>.</p>
<p>No registration is required to join these events which will be hosted in the following <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Blackboard Collaborate classroom</a> and are listed on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events">ALT website</a>.</p>
<p>All webinars take place in the same Blackboard Collaborate classroom at 11-12pm BST.</p>
<p>These weekly webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to copyright and online learning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning.</p>
<p>The webinars are free to all and aimed at those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. We have <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli... a page full of resources</a> and the original blog post that led to us starting this series on <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli..., Fair Dealing and Online Teaching in a time of Crisis</a>.</p>
<p>No registration is required to join these events which will be hosted in the following <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Blackboard Collaborate classroom</a> and are listed on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events">ALT website</a>.</p>
<p>All webinars take place in the same Blackboard Collaborate classroom at 11-12pm BST.</p>
<p>EVENT POSTPONED - This webinar will be rescheduled on a later date (tbc). The next Copyright and online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic will take place on 7th May 2021. </p>
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<p>These weekly webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to copyright and online learning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning.</p>
<p>The webinars are free to all and aimed at those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. We have <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli... a page full of resources</a> and the original blog post that led to us starting this series on <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli..., Fair Dealing and Online Teaching in a time of Crisis</a>.</p>
<p>No registration is required to join these events which will be hosted in the following <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Blackboard Collaborate classroom</a> and are listed on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events">ALT website</a>.</p>
<p>All webinars take place in the same Blackboard Collaborate classroom at 11-12pm BST.</p>
<p>These weekly webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to copyright and online learning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning.</p>
<p>The webinars are free to all and aimed at those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. We have <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli... a page full of resources</a> and the original blog post that led to us starting this series on <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli..., Fair Dealing and Online Teaching in a time of Crisis</a>.</p>
<p>No registration is required to join these events which will be hosted in the following <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Blackboard Collaborate classroom</a> and are listed on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events">ALT website</a>.</p>
<p>All webinars take place in the same Blackboard Collaborate classroom at 11-12pm BST.</p>
<p>These weekly webinars hosted by the Association of Learning Technology (ALT) started on Friday 20th March in response to queries largely from those in higher education related to copyright and online learning following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift to online learning.</p>
<p>The webinars are free to all and aimed at those interested in talking about copyright challenges at the current time and how we can address them. We have <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli... a page full of resources</a> and the original blog post that led to us starting this series on <a href="https://copyrightliteracy.org/2020/03/18/copyright-fair-dealing-and-onli..., Fair Dealing and Online Teaching in a time of Crisis</a>.</p>
<p>No registration is required to join these events which will be hosted in the following <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Blackboard Collaborate classroom</a> and are listed on the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events">ALT website</a>.</p>
<p>All webinars take place in the same Blackboard Collaborate classroom at 11-12pm BST.</p>
<p>This webinar is part of our 2021 CPD webinar sessions. Participants will earn an ALT CPD Open Badge which can be used as evidence towards accreditation via one of the pathways in ALT’s CMALT framework. </p>
<p>If you missed a previous CPD webinar, recordings are available over on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxoWy14N6f8tFKcS0upwrA9PAvwyemw5c...
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<strong>Shahrzad Ardavani</strong></p>
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Within the discipline of TESOL, there is an enduring focus on the differences of Native English-Speaking Teachers (NESTs), and Non-Native English-Speaking Teachers (NNESTs), their strength and weaknesses, dating back to the pioneering work of Medgyes (1994), who viewed these two groups as ‘two different species’. What is to be the role of this dichotomy within an online environment of a MOOC-based CPD? This research attempts to answer this question by applying Holiday’s theoretical framework of small and large cultures in an investigation of NESTs and NNESTs lived experience whilst reflecting on their interaction, involved in cooperative learning. To this end, the data on six in-service ELTs were collected using Hermeneutic phenomenology. The analysis indicates that the dichotomy of NESTs and NNESTs were largely redundant for participants.</p>
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