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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.8px;">ALT&#39;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.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.8px;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The Communications and Publications&nbsp;Committee&nbsp;</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">leads the development of ALT&#39;s communication strategy and publications.</span></p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 20.8px;">You can find out more about the Committee&nbsp;and their members on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/who-we-are/publications-committee" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" title="Link to CPX page">our committee pages</a>. You can read the&nbsp;minutes from previous meetings on&nbsp;the committee&nbsp;<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>.&nbsp;</p>

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<h2>Digital literacies in action</h2>

<h3>The Learning Lab:  Making use of emerging technology to support digital literacy-in-action</h3>

<h4>Presenter: Joy Howat, Team Leader, Learning Technologies, Dundee and Angus College</h4>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Learning Lab at Dundee and Angus College is an innovative space enabling staff and learners to explore new ways of learning and teaching with technology. It is a facility which ensures that the college is at the forefront of how we might make use of emerging technology to support student success by engaging staff and students in hands-on learning. </span></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">The webinar will cover how Dundee and Angus College are supporting 21st century learning through the Learning Lab, and give examples of how this prepares students for employment and life-long learning in a world which is becoming increasingly reliant on being digitally literate. Joy will explain the background to how the Learning Lab came about, what has been achieved and the key experiences for users, which include: </span></p>

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<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Interacting and experimenting with innovative and emerging technologies</span></li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exploring and learning how to apply technologies for learning </span></li>
<li><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Sharing ideas and knowledge that promotes student success </span></li>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">The session will include some examples of the impact the Learning Lab has had on student experiences to date and how it has engaged students. Joy will discuss how the college hopes to build on the success of the Learning Lab, how it will play an important role in the development of a digital strategy for the college, and will share some advice based on experiences at the college.</span></p>

<p><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Webinar <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-01-24.0427.M.EB4E5EDF801C5A9... and <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/fil... are now available</span></font></p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/fil... FELTAG Manifesto</a> (pdf)</span></p>

<div style="background:#eee;border:1px solid #ccc;padding:5px 10px;"><strong>Update: </strong>This event is now complete but you can <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-11-21.0504.M.3FA8CD996D641A2... the recording</a>.</div>

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<p>This webinar, run jointly with Jisc, will enable ALT members to engage with the ongoing consultation for Jisc&#39;s next phase of the co-design project.&nbsp;It will support support one of the six co-design&nbsp;six challenges&nbsp;on which Jisc are currently consulting:&nbsp;How we can use data to improve teaching and learning?</p>

<p>This webinar is a chance for the higher and further education&nbsp;communities to be briefed on what has been said about this challenge so far&nbsp;and give their input.&nbsp;Sarah Davies,&nbsp;head of higher education and student experience, and&nbsp;Ruth Drysdale, senior co-design manager, will give their&nbsp;synthesis of the consultation discussions and ask attendees to provide feedback and add any additional points.</p>

<p>Sarah Davies is head of higher education and student experience at Jisc. She has worked in technology-enhanced learning for more than 20 years and currently leads Jisc&rsquo;s work to support learning and teaching in higher education. She has managed significant change and research and development projects in a number of areas of technology-enhanced learning, including digital literacies, learning environments, and assessment, and has also provided consultancy to universities in these areas.</p>

<p>Ruth Drysdale joined Jisc in 2009 and has since supported universities&rsquo; innovative use of technology to improve the student experience. Prior to Jisc, Ruth worked at UWE, Bristol and in IT departments for various commercial organisations.</p>

<p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">The next meeting of the ALT Wales group will take place online, and&nbsp;is provisionally scheduled for Thursday 8 December, 3-4 PM. The meeting will discuss committee membership and group strategy going forward.</span></p>

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