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Start Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 08:00:00 +0000
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<p><strong>Registration for this event is now closed. If you&#39;d like to be added to the waiting list, please email enquiries@alt.ac.uk.&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The context for the symposium are the major changes facing us across sectors, from area based reviews and development of apprenticeships in the Further Education system to how we demonstrate excellence in teaching and research in Higher Education. The key question we will be exploring is how policy and organisational culture can enable effective innovation in Learning Technology, innovation that goes beyond small pilots or islands of best practice. We will critically consider what common challenges (some concrete, here-and-now, some less tangible at present) we face, and how Learning Technology can help meet them.</span></p>

<p><strong><em>Agenda (draft)</em></strong></p>

<p><em>09.00&nbsp;Introduction and welcome from the Chair<br />
09.20 Panel &amp; discussion<br />
10.40 Break<br />
11.20 Panel &amp; discussion<br />
12.45 Closing remarks<br />
<i style="line-height: 1.6em;">13.00 Close</i></em></p>

<p><em><i style="line-height: 1.6em;">Confirmed speakers: Bobbie McClelland, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Kirstie Donnelly/Patrick Craven, City &amp; Guilds,&nbsp;Prof Neil Morris, University of Leeds, Peter Robinson/Peter Kilcoyne, Heart of Worcestershire College,&nbsp;Prof Martin Weller, Open University.&nbsp;</i></em></p>

<p>This symposium is organised by the Association for Learning Technology and we gratefully acknowledge the support from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in hosting the event.</p>

<p>It&rsquo;s free to attend but places are limited. ALT Members and in particular representatives from ALT Member organisations will be given priority where possible.</p>

<p>Summary proceedings from the symposium will be published openly and will inform the ALT Strategy for 2017-2020.</p>

Title: ALT Symposium - Learning Technology in Further and Higher Education
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_227_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 227
Start Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:30:00 +0000
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<p><span>ALT is piloting a monthly &#39;Community Call&#39; where we speak to ALT Members about their work. For our next call we speak with Paul Gormley (@<a href="https://twitter.com/pgormley123">pgormley123</a>)&nbsp;from the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA <a href="http://ilta.ie">http://ilta.ie</a>). &nbsp;</span></p>

<p><span>ALT and ILTA are both membership charities working to enhance learning technology knowledge and practices in education. ALT and ILTA undertake similar activities in their respective regions by: informing national policy through research activities and strategic consultation; developing partnerships with local and international agencies; managing online, peer-reviewed, open access journals; organising annual conferences; providing awards for innovation; and representing members nationally and internationally.</span></p>

<p><span>There are, and have been, considerable overlaps between the work of ALT and ILTA for some time, with members of each body contributing to respective activities such as attending national conferences and providing input to research activities. These synergies led to ALT (Maren Deepwell) &nbsp;and ILTA (Paul Gormley) signing a Memorandum of Understanding on March 4th 2014.</span></p>

<p><span>For this month&#39;s call we talk to Paul about ILTA, exploring the role of communities in sharing and building knowledge. We will also get a preview to ILTA&rsquo;s annual conference EdTech 2016 which is going to be held in Dublin 26-27 May 2016 <a href="http://ilta.ie/edtech/edtech-2016/">http://ilta.ie/edtech/edtech-2016/</...

<p dir="ltr"><span><span>We will be hosting this session as a Google Hangout On Air and you can watch the call from the <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c6n2nu589m5kboo9gj6lvpg6tpc">Google+ page</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOPu5SVazKw">YouTube Channel</a> or embedded in this page below. You can ask questions during the call from the <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/c6n2nu589m5kboo9gj6lvpg6tpc">Google+ page</a> or via Twitter by tagging it <a href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&amp;vertical=default&amp;q=%23altc">...

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Title: ALT Community Call: Paul Gormley (@pgormley123) on community and culture
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_226_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 226
Start Date: Fri, 06 May 2016 11:30:00 +0000
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<p>This webinar will give an overview of the Blended Learning Consortium. This is a group of more than 10% of UK Colleges, led by Heart of Worcestershire College, who are working together to co-develop and share high quality blended learning resources, for the sector by the sector.</p>

<p>The webinar will be led by Peter Kilcoyne and Peter Robinson of Heart of Worcestershire College.&nbsp;</p>

<p><strong>Peter Kilcoyne</strong>&nbsp;leads the team that won 2015 TES and 2014/15 AoC awards for their work in successfully&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.6em;">implementing blended learning across Heart of Worcestershire College and supporting other&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">colleges across the sector in implementing their own blended learning curriculum.</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Peter has been ILT Director at Heart of Worcestershire College (previously Worcester College of&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Technology) since 2006. Previous to this he has worked for Jisc as an ILT Curriculum Advisor and has&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">had 14 years&rsquo; experience working as a Lecturer and Manager in the FE and HE sectors.</span></p>

<p><strong>Peter Robinson</strong>&nbsp;is Assistant Principal for Higher Education and Standards at Heart of Worcestershire College. He started his career in Further and higher Education in 1994 after working in international trade, and has always been aware of the need for learners to develop independent learning skills, to help them secure long-term success in a constantly changing and evolving marketplace. Peter has taught at all levels in Further Education, and throughout his teaching career he has integrated the use of new learning technologies with pedagogical theory. In 2015, the Heart of Worcestershire College won both the Association of Colleges Beacon Award for the Use of Technology in Learning and the Times Educational Supplement for most innovative use of ILT in a further education setting. These two awards were given for the college&#39;s new blended learning model, which places ILT equitably alongside &quot;classroom-based learning&quot; for all full-time learners at the college, as part of their Study Programmes. As a result of this success and in line with the institution&#39;s values to collaborate and innovate, the college has now created a national Blended Learning Consortium. The BLC will create online learning materials and advance their use across the sector.</p>

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<p>A <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-05-06.0423.M.5ECE56C730FB318... of the webinar is now available</p>

Title: FELTAG SIG webinar: find out about the Blended Learning Consortium
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_224_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 224
Start Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 11:30:00 +0000
Description:

<p>You can now view the recording of the webinar via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-04-12.0348.M.294200AD96F3551... title="Link to recording">this link</a>. The slides are also available <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/fil... title="Link to presentation slides">here</a>.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Webinar information:</p>

<p>For this webinar organised by ALT&#39;s <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/special-interest-and-members-groups/felt... Special Interest Group</a> we welcome Stephen Nichols, Policy Implementation Manager, Skills Funding Agency who will provide a summary of Skills Funding Agency actions from the FELTAG report. We will have time for a brief Q&amp;A with Stephen before opening up the session to an open discussion for all participants facilitated by the Chair.</p>

<p>This webinar was originally due to run on 8 March, and had to be rescheduled due to technical difficulties. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.</p>

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Title: FELTAG SIG webinar: Summary of Skills Funding Agency actions from the FELTAG report
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_223_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 223
Start Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 09:00:00 +0000
Description:

<p>This is an event organised by the ALT Scotland Members Group. Bringing together Members from across Scotland the day will have the theme <strong>&#39;Sharing Stories: enablers and drivers for Learning Technology in Scottish Education&#39;</strong>. The event is designed to bring together practitioners from across sectors to share experiences of current and emerging practices in encouraging engagement with learning technology, highlighting the key enablers and drivers.&nbsp;The day will be hosted by Dundee and Angus College with the opportunity to visit their Learning Lab, an experimental space where staff and students can experience some emerging technologies including 3D scanners and printers, virtual reality, drones and more. &nbsp;</p>

<p>The draft programme for the day is included below:</p>

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<p><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">For more information or to get involved join the </span><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><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">.&nbsp;</span></p>

Title: ALT Scotland: Sharing Stories: enablers and drivers for Learning Technology in Scottish Education
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_222_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 222
Start Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:30:00 +0000
Description:

<p>Join OER16 keynote Catherine Cronin and members of the conference committee for a preview of the OER16 Open Culture Conference taking place at the University of Edinburgh on the 19th and 20th April. Catherine Cronin is an educator and researcher at the National University of Ireland, Galway. Her work focuses on open education, formal/informal learning, digital and network literacies, and digital identity practices Conference co-chair Lorna Campbell will give a brief introduction to the conference themes which include creating cultures of openness, converging and competing open communities, hacking, making and sharing, openness and public engagement, and innovative approaches to opening up cultural heritage collections for education. An exciting and eclectic range of keynote speakers has been lined up for the conference; Jim Groom, of Reclaim Hosting, ds106 and edupunk fame; Melissa Highton, Director of LTW, University of Edinburgh; Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies, University of Oxford; John Scally, Chief Executive and National Librarian at the National Library of Scotland; and Catherine Cronin, of the National University of Ireland, Galway. Catherine will be joining us to introduce some of the ideas and questions she&rsquo;ll be exploring as part of her keynote. Catherine will be asking &ldquo;If &lsquo;open&rsquo; is the answer, what is the question?&rdquo;, and exploring how we can broaden access to education in ways that do not reinforce existing inequalities. ALT Open Education SIG Co Chair Vivien Rolfe will also be on hand to talk about her personal experience of attending open education conferences and events, including the recent Hewlett Grantees OER Meeting.</p>

<p>The webinar ran in Blackboard Collaborate. A recording is now available here - <a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/1piDYZU">http://go.alt.ac.uk/1piDYZU</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

Title: OE SIG webinar: OER16 preview and publicity
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_219_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 219
Start Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2016 13:00:00 +0000
Description:

<p>Disabled students need access to resources that can be adapted to suit their needs along with successful interaction with assistive technologies. The provision of accessible materials is now a legal obligation. Can OER provide a solution for both students and institutions? The UKOER programme from 2009-2012 produced a huge range of teaching materials, many of which tried to incorporate accessibility features. But access audits have shown that the embedding of accessibility features has often been forgotten. This may have been due to the complexities involved with the process of releasing OERs or a lack of awareness about the ease with which some small adaptations can enhance use for all, not just for those with disabilities. This webinar will look at how materials can be released in an accessibility-friendly way with minimal effort. A culture of inclusive thinking, from purchases to personal practices, is good for everyone and all the more urgent with changes to disabled student allowances.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The webinar took place&nbsp;in Blackboard Collaborate. A recording is available to view here:&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/1M93DJX">http://go.alt.ac.uk/1M93DJX</a></p>

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Title: OESIG webinar: 'Transforming OER into accessible OER'
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_218_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 218
Start Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2016 12:30:00 +0000
Description:

<p>With the announcement of the retirement of the Jorum service, the UKOER community and indeed the international OER community have been interested to know what this will really mean.</p>

<p>This webinar will adress these questions by providing an update on the process to retire Jorum and also the status of its resources post-closure. An overview of the new Jisc Content and App&nbsp;Store and how this product will will deliver OER with a new approach&nbsp;will also be presented.</p>

<p><strong style="line-height: 1.6em;">Siobh&aacute;n Burke</strong><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;is the OER Service Manager for Jisc, running both the Jorum and Hairdressing Training services, working in the Learning, Teaching and Professional Skills team for 3 years. Previously,&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">Siobh</span><span style="line-height: 20.8px;">&aacute;n&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">worked for 6 years at the University of Manchester Library and had&nbsp;responsibility for delivering electronic resources to the entire university.&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p>The webinar took place in Blackboard Collaborate. A recording of the session is available to view here:&nbsp;</p>

<p><a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/21YzW7j">http://go.alt.ac.uk/21YzW7j</a></p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>

Title: OESIG webinar: What next for JISC and UKOER in a post-Jorum world?
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_217_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 217
Start Date: Thu, 03 Mar 2016 12:30:00 +0000
Description:

<p><span>ALT is piloting a monthly &#39;Community Call&#39; where we speak to ALT Members about their work. For next call we speak with &nbsp;John Couperthwaite (@<a href="https://twitter.com/johncoup">johncoup</a>) consultant at PebblePad and also active in a number of ALT committees. In this month&#39;s call, John will discuss how generating smart data about our learners is not enough. Smarter tools are required to help them, their tutors, supervisors and careers advisors, make better sense of how the data relates to the individual, including their attitudes to learning, academic accomplishments, life-wide interests and future aspirations. Examples of emerging practice in personal tutoring, research supervision and support employability will be introduced. We also talk about to John about his involvement in ALT&rsquo;s Membership Development Committee and his experiences of being involved in ALT as a consultant for commercial organisation.</span></p>

<p dir="ltr"><span>We will be hosting this session as a Google Hangout On Air and you can watch the call from the <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cgt0mi4nsggaeffee7jabbm3hr8">Google+ page</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EVTUWR8hR4">YouTube Channel</a> or embedded in this page below. You can ask questions during the call from the <a href="https://plus.google.com/events/cgt0mi4nsggaeffee7jabbm3hr8">Google+ page Q&amp;A</a> or via Twitter by tagging it #altc.</span></p>

<p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_EVTUWR8hR4" width="560"></iframe></p>

Title: ALT Community Call: John Couperthwaite on making sense of learning analytics
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_216_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 216
Start Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2016 12:30:00 +0000
Description:

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 19.44px;">This webinar is about the upcoming&nbsp;<a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-getting-started" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" title="Link to course page">Futurelearn course Blended Learning Essentials: Getting started</a>&nbsp;-&nbsp;A free course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning. The course starts on 7 March and is open to all.</p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 19.44px;"><strong>You can now access the <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-03-01.0501.M.A9FC63BB2B7F608... title="Link to Blackboard Collaborate Recording">recording</a> from the webinar or <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/A_L_T/bett-2016-blended-learning-essentials">view the slides</a>&nbsp;(this course preview was also presented at the Bett Show).&nbsp;&nbsp;</strong></p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 19.44px;">By the end of the course, you&rsquo;ll be able to:</p>

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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em;">use a range of effective blended learning practices and pedagogies to improve your learners&rsquo; experience and attainment</p>
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<li style="margin: 0px 0px 0.45em; list-style-image: none; background-image: none;">
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em;">understand how the many free and affordable technologies now available can enhance teaching and learning, and</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em;">approach new technologies with confidence, designing a pedagogical approach to make the best use of these tools</p>
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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 19.44px;">Come along to this free webinar and find out more from some of the creators of the course.&nbsp;</p>

<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; line-height: 19.44px;">The webinar will be run using Blackboard Collaborate 11. We will notify you of arrangements approximately three days prior to the webinar, giving you time to get your PC or Mac set up and tested, taking account of the guidance on the ALT web site at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;">http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs</a>.</p>

Title: Blended Learning Essentials: Getting started - course preview
Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_215_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk
ID: 215

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