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<p>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 &lsquo;The UK HE should develop an evidence and knowledge base on what works in TEL to help universities, faculties and course&nbsp;teams make informed decisions, plus mechanisms to share and discuss practice&rsquo;.&nbsp; Yet a recent ALT Jiscmail discussion highlighted several of these reasons for why this&nbsp;recommendation presents a wicked challenge:</p>

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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Commercially sensitive and not for publication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&rsquo;t scale to enterprise</li>
<li>Evidence can&rsquo;t be &nbsp;&lsquo;transferred&rsquo; into different contexts /students</li>
<li>Focussed more on particular technologies than the learning</li>
<li>Pedagogical (&amp; thus TEL/Education Technology) research being undervalued by the REF</li>
<li>Practitioners don&rsquo;t always mean what they say when they ask for evidence</li>
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<p>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.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Session Recording</strong></p>

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

<div style="background: rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 5px 10px; text-align: center;"><strong>*** Registration is now closed ***</strong><br />
For any urgent matters please email <a href="mailto:helpdesk@alt.ac.uk">helpdesk@alt.ac.uk</a>.</div>

<p style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px;">OER17 presents an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on <strong>The Politics of Open</strong>. What are our current key challenges and strengths  – locally, nationally, and  internationally?  What are our priorities – in terms of political governance, organisational and personal politics?  What are the changes that we want to effect together? The conference will be chaired by social and educational technologist and Wikimedia UK Trustee Josie Fraser, and Alek Tarkowski, Director of Centrum Cyfrowe, co-founder and coordinator of Creative Commons Poland.</span></p>

<p style="line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 21.6px;">To find out more about this event visit <a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/">https://oer17.oerconf.org/</a> where you can subscribe to updates or follow #oer17 </span></p>

<p style="line-height: 20.8px;">You can now view the programme for the conference at <a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/programme/">https://oer17.oerconf.org/programm...

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<p>The session will offer practical advice on how to submit proposal for ALT&#39;s Annual Conference 2017. So join us, whether you are a first time presenter or a seasoned participants from research or practice in any sector.</p>

<p>This webinar is free to attend and open to all.</p>

<p>This webinar will be run using Blackboard Collaborate. Please check your connection prior to the event and refer to our <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs">webinar FAQs</a> for further questions. </p>

<p>The link to access the webinar is: <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&amp;password=M.FB6C1BAB63BD88...

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<p>Annual Conference 2017: Call for Proposals now open</p>

<p>The 24th ALT Annual Conference takes place from 5 to 7 September 2017 in Liverpool. The theme this year is ‘Beyond islands of innovation – how Learning Technology became the new norm(al)’. The Conference is chaired by Peter Alston and Professor Helen O’Sullivan, both at the University of Liverpool.</p>

<p>The Call for Proposals is now open: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall&am... href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall" target="_blank">http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall</a>. You can view it as a Google Doc or download a PDF.</p>

<p>Conference themes:<br />
- Empowerment in Learning Technology: supporting students through staff/student partnerships, students as influencers, developing skills and supporting staff at all levels;<br />
- Learning Spaces: impact of Learning Technology on the physical and the virtual, strategies for enabling innovation, effectively managing change;<br />
- 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;<br />
- 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;<br />
- Wildcard: you are free to contribute any aspect of your research, practice or policy work.</p>

<p>Key dates</p>

<p>Call for Proposals announced in early February 2017</p>

<p>Submission system opens in late February 2017</p>

<p>Webinars for potential authors: March 2017</p>

<p>Deadline for submissions is Midnight GMT, Monday 20 March 2017</p>

<p>Notification of acceptance: May 2017</p>

<p>Register to attend: May 2017</p>

<p>Webinar for accepted authors: August 2017</p>

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<p>Proposals for different session formats:</p>

<p>You can submit proposals for one of the following:</p>

<p>- Posters (displayed in print and online)</p>

<p>- 5 minutes: Lightning talk, usually a presentation</p>

<p>- 20 minutes: presentation with time for questions or a brief discussion</p>

<p>- 40 minutes: research presentation, technical demonstration or discussion, all with an interactive element for participants</p>

<p>- 1 hour: workshop or panel discussion, fully interactive format.</p>

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<p>Please see the full Call for further information and guidance on how to submit your proposal. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en-GB&amp;q=http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall&am... href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall" target="_blank">http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall</a></p>

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<p>This session is designed to provide information and support to CMALT holders interested in acting as CMALT assessors. Assessing CMALT portfolios helps you to</p>

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<li>Keep up to date with current practice</li>
<li>Continue your professional development and expand your skill-set as a peer assessor</li>
<li>Contribute to the development of the scheme</li>
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<p>The session will provide an overview of the assessment criteria, advice on how to complete an assessment and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.</p>

<p>Presenter: Adam Warren, University of Southampton</p>

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