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Start Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

‘Using digital tools and technologies for assessment’ is the topic for the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/special-interest-and-members-groups/alt-... title="Link to West Midlands Members Group page">ALT West Midlands Members Group</a>’s third meeting on 21 June at 10.00 at University of Worcester in the award winning Hive building (directions here <a href="http://www.worcester.ac.uk/your-home/hive-getting-to-the-hive.html" target="_blank" title="Link to University of Worcester directions">http://www.worcester.ac.uk/your-home/hive-getting-to-the-hive.html</a>).

Using TEL in the assessment process can give us an enhanced ability to provide differentiated tasks, grade them and provide personalised feedback in a timely way. E-assessment can also allow us to explore collaborative group and peer assessment possibilities in creative ways. During and after the assessment itself, technology can help us to analyse results and get a clear understanding of learner progress and where support and challenge is needed.

The Summer meeting will explore some of the wide array of technological and pedagogical options open to teachers as they perform and evaluate assessment of and for learning.

To register for the event, please follow this link: <a href="https://altwm.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank" title="Link to Eventbrite booking form">https://altwm.eventbrite.com</a>.

We are encouraging members to offer presentations (10 mins), lead discussions or contribute to a Pecha Kucha at the meeting – to express your interest in presenting a segment, please follow this link: <a href="https://goo.gl/forms/M40k64GkhEEsVG9v2" target="_blank" title="Link to submissions form">https://goo.gl/forms/M40k64GkhEEsVG9v2</a>. Closing date for proposals is 5.00 pm on Friday 9 June 2017.

Title: ALT West Midlands Members Group meeting

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_313_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 313

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=313

Start Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 09:00:00 +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 and will the opportunity to visit see their new campus which incorporates technologically advanced open and inspiring learning and teaching environments.

For more information or to get involved join the <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>.

Draft Agenda:

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10:00 - 10:30
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Registration and Coffee
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10:30 - 10:45
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Welcome from ALT Scotland SIG Co-Chairs 
ALT Strategy Update from Maren Deepwell CEO, ALT
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10:45 - 11:15
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Institutional strategic developments on digital learning - Linda Creanor Glasgow Caledonian University
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11:15 - 11:35
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Procurement and APUC
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11:35 - 11:55
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Lightning Strike - Short presentations from the sector

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Correy Murphy, GSA - transition to Canvas
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Marion Kelt, GCU -  Online copyright advisor
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Lesley Diack, RGU - development of mobile app to educate carers on medication adherence
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Martin Hawksey, ALT - Celtic Connections - ILTA EdTech2017, Sligo, Ireland - event highlights
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12:00 -1215
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The Natter - Open Floor/Update from colleagues
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12:15 - 13:15
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Lunch
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13:15 - 13:35
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Lecture recording policy at University of Edinburgh
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13:35 - 13:55
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Lecture recording practice at University of Glasgow
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13:55 - 14:15
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Open Education Policy and Practice - Joe Wilson
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14:15 - 1500
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Break - College Tour (TBC)
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15:00 - 15:30
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Jisc Scotland in 2017 and beyond – an update, Jason Miles-Campbell
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15:30 -15:45
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Closing Remarks
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Title: ALT Scotland: Sharing Strategy, Practice and Policy in Learning Technology

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_312_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 312

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=312

Start Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

This webinar is an opportunity to discover some of the work the Mozilla Foundation are doing developing curriculum for web literacy as well as privacy and security on the internet. This work is being conducted as part of Mozilla Learning, which rallies and connects leaders who want to advance the promise of the internet for learning in a networked world.

<div style="text-align:center"><a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-05-23.0601.M.B7730A5EE1BF7CB... style="background-color: #079948; color: #ffffff !important; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Roboto', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 30px; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; width: 200px;" target="_blank" title="Join webinar">Watch  Recording</a></div>

<h2>Presenter - Chad Sansing</h2>

This session will be led by Chad Sansing, who works as a curriculum developer for the Mozilla Foundation and contributes to teaching and learning projects across the organisation. Prior to working at Mozilla, Chad taught English, social studies, and technology for 14 years in middle school classrooms serving 11- to 13-year-olds. He is especially interested in using offline play and other forms of performance as ways to build meaning and relevancy in learning about the web.

Title: Developing communities and curriculum around web literacy and internet health

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_311_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 311

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=311

Start Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Description:

This is a joint event between the FELTAG SIG and the Open Education SIG as part of the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/alt.ac.uk/files/FELTAGSIGautumnandwinterwebi... SIG webinar series 2017</a>,

Presenters

Peter Kilcoyne (Heart of Worcestershire College)

Alistair McNaught (Jisc)

Promises and lies - The role of open educational resources in inclusive practice. 
 
The promise of open educational resources is attractive - a cornucopia of free resources, alternative explanations, different media, different levels; a true digital diversity in which the varying needs of different learners can be addressed. 
But how trustworthy are the promises? Alistair McNaught, explores five common 'digital deceptions' that undermine digital diversity, deceptions that are easy to spot and easy to rectify if digital capability included more focus on basic good practices. 
 
Such practices, sometimes referred to as Open Educational Practices need to be more clearly identified and signposted.  For students, the need to turn their 'tech savvy' knowledge into sound digital literacy is accepted as a discrete ability and as a part of the 'employability' mind-set that is now fully explored and understood. For teachers, being able to use technology for purposeful pedagogy, articulating great teaching through technology, rather than simply using technology for its own sake requires a confidence and depth of understanding of both the affordances of the technology and the experiences it supports.

View a <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-06-15.0531.M.39572659483D2F3... of the webinar

<a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&q=https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oesig/2... href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oesig/2017/06/05/promises-and-lies-the-role-of-op... rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oesig/2017/06/05/promises-and-lies-the-role-of-open-educational-resources-in-inclusive-practice/</a>

For more information on the FELTAG SIG see <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/special-interest-and-members-groups/felt...

For more information on the Open Education SIG see <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/special-interest-and-members-groups/open...

Title: Promises and lies - The role of open educational resources in inclusive practice - A joint FELTAG and Open Education SIG webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_310_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 310

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=310

Start Date: Mon, 22 May 2017 11:30:00 +0000

Description:

ALT's activities are led by three main operational committees, each of which is chaired by an ALT Trustee, and supported by a member of the ALT staff team.

The Membership Development Committee has oversight of all ALT's member services for individual and organisational members.

You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/who-we-are/operational-committees" title="Link to FE committee page">our committee pages</a>. You can read the minutes from previous meetings on the committee <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/central-executive-co... page</a>.

Title: Meeting of the Membership Development Committee

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_308_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 308

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=308

Start Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2017 08:00:00 +0000

Description:

Late registration: If you still need to register, please complete this <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7LgMKjv_GFtaUlVOERGcTRXQVU/view?usp=sh... title="Link to download registration form">late registration form</a> and we will do our best to accommodate you.

The conference provides an international platform for Learning Technology research, practice and policy work from across sectors.

The themes for the conference are:

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<li>Empowerment in Learning Technology: supporting students through staff/student partnerships, students as influencers, developing skills and supporting staff at all levels;</li>
<li>Learning Spaces: impact of Learning Technology on the physical and the virtual, strategies for enabling innovation, effectively managing change;</li>
<li>Moving from the practical to the ‘publishable’: reporting from the forefront of innovation and research, policy and strategy fit (or not) for what’s ahead, sharing practice and scaling up Learning Technology through large scale institutional projects;</li>
<li>At the forefront of innovation: ethical implications of ‘data’ for learning and teaching, making use of data in assessment, the hype around AI, machine learning and learning analytics and what’s beyond;</li>
<li>Wildcard: you are free to contribute any aspect of your research, practice or policy work.</li>
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The conference will be chaired by <meta charset="utf-8" />by Peter Alston, Lecturer in Learning Technology in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Liverpool and Helen O’Sullivan, Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Online Learning at University of Liverpool.

For more information about the conference visit <a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2017/" title="Link to conference site">https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2017/</a>

Title: ALT Annual Conference 2017

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_307_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 307

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=307

Start Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

ALT's main publication, <a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/zrlt20/current" target="_blank">Research in Learning Technology</a> is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal devoted to research and good practice in the use of learning technologies.

See the full <a href="http://researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/about/editorialTeam" style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;" title="Link to the Editorial Board">Editorial Board</a>.

Title: Meeting of the RLT Editorial Board

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_305_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 305

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=305

Start Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

Title: Meeting of the RLT Editorial Board

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_304_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 304

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=304

Start Date: Thu, 25 May 2017 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

ALT's activities are led by three main operational committees, each of which is chaired by an ALT Trustee, and supported by a member of the ALT staff team.

The Further Education and cross-sector engagement Committee works to help ALT strengthen and extend its services across the different learning and training contexts, including FE colleges, adult and community learning providers, specialist colleges, LEAs, voluntary sector providers, schools and work-based training providers, within a framework provided by: the ALT Constitution and Strategy; policies decided from time to time by the Central Executive Committee; and the ALT budget.

You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/who-we-are/operational-committees" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" title="Link to FE committee page">our committee pages</a>. You can read the minutes from previous meetings on the committee <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/central-executive-co... style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;">minutes page</a>.

Title: Meeting of the Further Education and cross-sector engagement Committee

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_303_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 303

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=303

Start Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2017 12:00:00 +0000

Description:

The <a href="http://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Hepi_Rebooting-learning... target="_blank">Jisc HEPI paper</a> gave several recommendations, including ‘The UK HE should develop an evidence and knowledge base on what works in TEL to help universities, faculties and course teams make informed decisions, plus mechanisms to share and discuss practice’.  Yet a recent ALT Jiscmail discussion highlighted several of these reasons for why this recommendation presents a wicked challenge:

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<li>Traditional research model is too slow, so more variables</li>
<li>Commercially sensitive and not for publication</li>
<li>TEL pilots often small samples and don’t scale to enterprise</li>
<li>Evidence can’t be  ‘transferred’ into different contexts /students</li>
<li>Focussed more on particular technologies than the learning</li>
<li>Pedagogical (& thus TEL/Education Technology) research being undervalued by the REF</li>
<li>Practitioners don’t always mean what they say when they ask for evidence</li>
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Join our webinar to discuss further why staff are asking for a TEL evidence base, what the barriers are and how this could be developed. The webinar will be led by ALT Trustee James Clay. It is free to attend and open to all.

Session Recording

A recording of the session can be accessed from <a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/2q9NsZj">http://go.alt.ac.uk/2q9NsZj</a>

Title: ALT webinar: Show me the evidence

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_302_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 302

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=302

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