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Start Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 15:00:00 +0000

Description:

Are you interested in a joint reflective practice presentation regarding graduate students’ learning about OER and openness? What this learning process is like from the point of view of an instructor – the observations, concerns, and celebrations that unfolds individually and collectively each time a student or class, synchronically or idiosyncratically learns about openness – whether face to face, blended or completely online environments?

In this webinar Connie Blomgren (Athabasca University), Elizabeth Childs (Royal Roads University)  and Clint Lalonde (BCcampus) provide the point of view of such perspectives and their experience of teaching graduate students ranging from instructional designers to K-12 teachers. Because of who these graduate students are, the presentation is also about how Elizabeth, Connie and Clint, personally and professionally, currently experience openness and participatory technologies, their perceptions of the barriers, and their hope in meeting the challenges of open education.

Our presenters will consider how making explicit open educational practices (OEP) enable graduate students to name what they do and how it fits within their developing digital literacies and pedagogy. The presentation offers an informal pulse-taking of what graduate students currently experience through their study of OEP (Cronin, 2017) and related research. These students will be able to share out their knowledge with colleagues and their own students, and thus support the growth of OEP with a sense of criticality and tempered optimism (Weller, 2010).

Despite the numerous benefits of OER (McGreal, 2017) and the inroads of BC Campus, ABOER and eCampus Ontario, there remains significant work to be done. Pockets of educators, at all levels, have yet to make a substantial difference affecting the awareness, use, and advocacy for OER. Vague understandings of OER textbooks is not enough.

The webinar will run in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, and we will issue joining instructions approximately three days prior to the event. Even if you are familiar with Blackboard, it is important that you check in advance that your system and connection are capable of handling a session. More support on using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is available from <a href="https://help.blackboard.com/Collaborate/Ultra/Participant">https://help...., and refer to the guidance at <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs">https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/... />

Title: OER19: Pockets of Educators

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_438_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 438

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=438

Start Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2019 08:30:00 +0000

Description:

This ALT Scotland event will bring practitioners together from across sectors to share their experiences of strategy, practice and policy in learning technology. The day will be hosted by City of Glasgow College (City Campus).

This is a free event which anyone can attend. If you'd like more infomaiton or would like to get involved find out about <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/special-interest-and-members-groups/alt-... style="line-height: 1.6em;" title="Link to ALT Scotland Group page">ALT Scotland Members Group</a>.

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09.30
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Tea & Coffee
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10.00
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Welcome
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Joe Wilson & Vicki Dale
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10.15
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ALT & annual conference update
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Sheila MacNeill and Martin Hawksey
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10.30
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Chatbots at Bolton College
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Aftab Hussain
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11.00
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New standards for FE lecturers
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Kenji Lamb
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Google, Glow and school space innovation
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Louise Jones & Michael Conlon
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E-portfolios across FE and HE – quick review
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Joe Wilson
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Panel: are E-portfolios fit for purpose?  
Who is using what for graduate apprenticeships?
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Martyn Ware, Joe Wilson and others
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Re-centering OER
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Lorna Campbell
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Future event/webinar planning
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Vicki Dale
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Plenary and close; feedback on suggestions and AOB
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Title: ALT Scotland: Annual Catch-Up 2019

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_437_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 437

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=437

Start Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

How would it help for you and your MIS people to take a fresh look at how data supports college business and the curriculum ?

Friday 15 May, at Croydon College, a pop-up Pro Monitor themed rOundtable. eTrackr colleges welcome too. 
Expect all the usual deep digging, hard questioning and open sharing, bringing MIS people into the conversation.

To find out more and to confirm a place email <a href="mailto:julian.bream@gmail.com?subject=Digital%20Innovation%20Roundtable"...@gmail.com</a>

The Digital Innovation Roundtable is a critical, reflective space for FE practitioners in the Greater London area to come together to discuss digital technology and education.

The Digital Innovation rOundtable:

<ul>
<li>A confessional place to share what works and what doesn't.</li>
<li>Where questions are often more important than answers.</li>
<li>Where you can test and explore how technology can work for your specific context. </li>
<li>You judge the right answer when you see it.</li>
<li>No pitches or vendors.  No bragging, BS or complacency.</li>
<li>Everyone's point of view is sought and valued.</li>
</ul>

Title: Digital Innovation Roundtable

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_435_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 435

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=435

Start Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

The Digital Innovation Roundtable is a critical, reflective space for FE practitioners in the Greater London area to come together to discuss digital technology and education.

The Digital Innovation rOundtable:

The next meeting is on Wednesday 26 June 2019 at Westminster Kingsway College, on the theme Empowering Advance Practitioners and Change Agents with Digital Confidence.

To find out more and to confirm a place email <a href="mailto:julian.bream@gmail.com?subject=Digital%20Innovation%20Roundtable"...@gmail.com</a>

Title: Digital Innovation Roundtable

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_434_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 434

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=434

Start Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 11:30:00 +0000

Description:

The next ALTNWESIG meeting will take place at the University of Lancaster. Big thanks to Steve Powell and his team for agreeing to feed, water and accommodate us once again. This is a community-led event, created by you and for you. So, if you'd like to suggest a topic, present a case study, lead a discussion, or ask the group to help solve your problem, please contact Alex Spiers (<a href="mailto:a.spiers@lipa.ac.uk">a.spiers@lipa.ac.uk</a>).  Places are limited, so please book early via Eventbrite: <a href="https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Uw3LBv">https://go.alt.ac.uk/2Uw3LBv</a> If you have any dietary requirements please contact <a href="mailto:s.powell@lancaster.ac.uk">s.powell@lancaster.ac.uk</a>

Title: ALT North West Members Group meeting - #ALTNWESIG 2019

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_433_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 433

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=433

Start Date: Wed, 15 May 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Description:

Come and learn about UEA and their work on gamification, and we’ll be discussing best practice in the area. We’re inviting the community to share ideas, debates or what you’ve been doing along related themes (whether issues in gamification or game-based learning such as simulations, virtual and augmented reality, role play, scenarios etc.).

Submit a proposal - [<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.... href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly... target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2THxByD</a>].

To register for the free event - [<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.... href="https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly... target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2U2AOOo</a>].

Hosted by the University of East Anglia and organised by ALT East England

Title: ALT East of England Members Group meeting: Gamification - practice and pedagogy

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_432_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 432

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=432

Start Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

The Digital Innovation Roundtable is a critical, reflective space for FE practitioners in the Greater London area to come together to discuss digital technology and education.

The Digital Innovation rOundtable:

The next meeting is on Wednesday 1 May 2019 at City and Islington College, on the theme Students taking responsibility for innovation.

To find out more and to confirm a place email <a href="mailto:julian.bream@gmail.com?subject=Digital%20Innovation%20Roundtable"...@gmail.com</a>

Title: Digital Innovation Roundtable

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_431_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 431

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=431

Start Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 10:00:00 +0000

Description:

This webinar is organised by ALT as part of our work with the Further Higher Education Digital AccessibilityWorking Group (FHEDAWG). Elizabeth Charles, Trustee of ALT, and Maren Deepwell, chief executive, will facilitate the session.

You can <a href="http://eu.bbcollab.com/recording/a720b0da51f04d1aac8ddb516092018d">view a recording of the session</a> and also <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/alt.ac.uk/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/f... the slides from this session (.pptx)</a>.

In this webinar Ben Watson and Daniel Clark of the University of Kent present a discussion accessibility and inclusivity in relation to the <a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/standards-guidelines/wcag/">Web Content Accessibility Guidelines</a> (WCAG) and Virtual Learning Environments. The session will give a brief overview of the regulations and the opportunities they present to embed inclusivity by design in virtual learning environments, and discuss some of the initiatives being explored at Kent (for instance setting up a specific working group, Blackboard Ally, web auditing, collaborating with GDS to create accessibility statements and partnerships with local authorities). The presenters would also like to seek feedback from participants about good practice in their own institutions, and hope this will present a good opportunity for colleagues to discuss the collective challenges we face as a sector and identify opportunities to share good practice and collaborate beyond institutional barriers to help all of our students.

Title: FHEDAWG webinar: Inclusivity by design in Virtual Learning Environments

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_430_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 430

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=430

Start Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 11:00:00 +0000

Description:

The next Teaching and Learning Conversation (TLC) is on Tuesday 2 April at 12:00 – 13:00 (60 minutes) with Dr Helen Webster, Head of the Writing Development Centre, Newcastle University.

This month’s TLC is titled ‘Working One to One: Authentically Student-centred Learning Development’. Learning Developers, Personal Tutors, Peer Mentors, Dyslexia Tutors, Librarians… Many of us work one to one with students to help them reflect on their learning and develop their academic literacies and wider study skills. Such work often aims to be person-centred, and Learning Development and allied professions are strongly rooted in common values of working in partnership with students through inclusive, emancipatory practice, values that are student-centred and aspirational rather than remedial or deficit. However, in the wider dominant teaching culture of our HE institutions, we are often placed in an implicitly hierarchical relationship with students, “giving advice and guidance”, at odds with these values. This session explores an alternative. It asks how the profession of Clinical Psychology, a branch of mental health practice, has also sought to move away from this ‘doctor knows best’ approach using the core skill of Formulation, and whether it could be adapted for Learning Development one to one practice. With a focus on equality, person-centred practice and co-created meaning, it is well aligned to Learning Development values.

Full details of this free and open TLC, and joining instructions, are available on the TLC website at: <a href="https://tlcwebinars.wordpress.com">https://tlcwebinars.wordpress.com</a>...

Title: Teaching and Learning Conversation webinar - Working One to One: Authentically Student-centred Learning Development

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_429_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 429

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=429

Start Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

The <a href="https://oer19.oerconf.org/">OER19 </a>Conference is nearly upon us and will take place at the National University of Ireland in Galway. It will focus on the following themes:

<ul>
<li>Back to basics – asking difficult questions about open education:
<ul>
<li>Why open?</li>
<li>Open for whom?</li>
<li>Whose interests are served?</li>
<li>In what ways has the open agenda been appropriated, and what are the implications of this?</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>The geopolitics of open education, bringing open in from the periphery</li>
<li>The open ecosystem: How is open education part of the broader ecosystem of “opens”?</li>
<li>What does it mean to illuminate open by considering context?</li>
<li>How can historical perspectives contribute to understanding the issues faced in the open education movement today?</li>
<li>Links between critical digital literacies, critical data literacies, and openness</li>
<li>What open business models are emerging? What are the paths to sustainability?</li>
<li>What are the risks and challenges to the open education agenda?</li>
</ul>

The Open Education Special Interest Group (#OESIG) is delighted to host this preview webinar with the Conference co-chairs<a aria-label=" Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin (opens in a new tab)" href="https://oer19.oerconf.org/about/meet-the-oer19-co-chairs/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank"> Laura Czerniewicz and Catherine Cronin</a> who will be joined by the <a href="https://oer19.oerconf.org/keynote-speakers/">keynote panel</a> <a aria-label="Caroline Kuhn (opens in a new tab)" href="https://twitter.com/carolak" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Caroline Kuhn</a>, <a aria-label="Taskeen Adam (opens in a new tab)" href="https://twitter.com/Taskeeeners" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Taskeen Adam</a>, and <a href="https://twitter.com/judyphalet">Judith Pete</a>. Come along and find out more about the plans for this exciting conference!

The webinar starts on Wednesday 20th March at 1pm UK (<a aria-label="time where you are (opens in a new tab)" href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=%23oer19+previ... rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">time where you are</a>).

Access a <a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/recording/b6e50d23c0ec4cafabe477c03d58f1fa">reco... of this webinar</a>.

Title: #OER19 preview webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_428_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 428

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=428

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