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<p>This webinar is free to attend and open to all. This session will provide a preview of the Blended Learning Essentials Course starting on FutureLearn on 20 February 2017. </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&password=M.581E247F2F8D80...
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<p>Blended Learning Essentials 2017:</p>
<p>Incorporating digital learning into teaching is becoming ever more important in all areas of education. We are excited to announce that the well-received Blended Learning Essentials course for the Vocational Education and Training sector, commissioned by the <a href="http://www.ufi.co.uk/" target="_blank" title="Link to Ufi Trust website">Ufi Charitable Trust</a>, will be offered again this year. The course is designed to help those working in further education, skills training, vocational education, workplace learning, lifelong learning or adult education to understand the benefits of blended learning and how to make more effective use of technology to support learners.</p>
<p>What’s more, in addition to ‘Getting Started’ and ‘Embedding Practice’, two new courses have been added: ‘Developing Digital Skills’ and ‘Supporting Apprenticeships’. And, even better, the whole course is free!</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ufi.co.uk/news/blended-learning-essentials" target="_blank" title="Link to Ufi Trust press release">Read more</a> about this year’s Blended Learning Essentials course.</p>
<p>The course will be delivered on Futurelearn, the UK’s leading platform for delivering open courses. The aim is to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning.</p>
<p>The course will incorporate an accreditation route to <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/certified-membership" title="Link to CMALT page">CMALT</a>, ALT's peer-based accreditation scheme. Established in 2004, CMALT is one of the longest established accreditations specifically for practitioners seeking recognition for their skills and experience in the area of learning technology.</p>
<p>The course starts on 20 February 2017.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ufi.co.uk/news/blended-learning-essentials" target="_blank" title="Link to Ufi Trust press release">More information about the course and how to register.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/certified-membership/blended-learning-essentials-a... title="Link to CMALT and BLE">More information about the course and CMALT accreditation.</a></p>
<p>Webinar <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-02-16.0436.M.902A6C8D1C0A43F... target="_blank">RECORDING</a> and <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/A_L_T/blended-learning-essentials-35000-partic... target="_blank">SLIDES</a> are now available.</p>
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<p><meta charset="utf-8" />To celebrate <a href="https://www.openeducationweek.org/">Open Education week</a> we are delighted to be joined from Egypt by Maha Bali. Maha is Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning and Teaching at the American University in Cairo. International Director of <a href="http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/">Digital Pedagogy Lab</a>, Editor at the journal <a href="http://www.digitalpedagogylab.com/hybridped">Hybrid Pedagogy</a>, editorial board member of Journal of Pedagogic Development and Learning, Media and Technology. She is a <a href="http://www.chronicle.com/blogs/profhacker/author/mbali">Prof Hacker</a> blogger, <a href="http://dmlcentral.net/person/maha-bali/">DML Central</a> blogger, and co-founder of <a href="http://virtuallyconnecting.org/">virtuallyconnecting.org</a> and <a href="http://edcontexts.org/">edcontexts.org</a>. She considers herself an open and connected educator, learnaholic and writeaholic.</p>
<p dir="ltr">You can <a href="https://twitter.com/Bali_Maha">follow Bali_Maha on Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>Maha will be <a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/news/announcing-our-first-keynote-speaker-for-... a keynote at OER17 in April</a> and her preparation for this has been happening through her blog, <a href="http://blog.mahabali.me/blog/">Reflecting allowed</a>. Her presentation will offer her personal perspectives on the this process giving us the opportunity to consider how open practice supports open education.</p>
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<p><meta charset="utf-8" /><b id="docs-internal-guid-d4bff4d6-dfec-9b44-8c7e-49f0f832acac"><a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/#gref">OER17</a> </b>presents an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on The Politics of Open. 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.</p>
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Conference Co-Chair <a href="https://oer17.oerconf.org/news/meet-the-co-chairs-for-oer17-josie-fraser... Fraser</a> joins us today to provide a preview of the conference and share the ways in which all can participate and engage with the future of education.</p>
<p>A <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-03-09.0502.M.28EF90AE5D61F41... of the webinar is now available to watch.</p>
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<p>This webinar is free to attend and open to all. The session will explore the new ALT Strategy 2017-2020 and set out priorities for the coming year. Led by Trustees and the chief executive, Maren Deepwell, we will share the result of the consultation process with Members and highlight related results of ALT's Annual Survey. </p>
<p>You can explore the <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1mb9I-9fvaKxEBwEtDxQc3zap8Mno9kR5... title="Link to strategy slide show">strategy slides</a>, download the <a href="http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2370/" title="Link to download the strategy PDF">full text in PDF</a> or <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XMmWF6EANKr24ZDndn2EcBKOkmXa4rxeF4Ck... title="Link to the strategy Google doc">Google docs</a>. Visual content is available on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/picsfromalt/albums/72157680906562335" title="Link to the strategy images on Flickr">Flickr</a>.</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&password=M.FF65DD854F5528...
<p>Webinar <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-03-02.0445.M.6A5B27019069F2D... target="_blank">RECORDING</a> is now available. </p>
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<p>The Central Executive Committee consists of the Trustees of the Association and is the overall governing body. This Committee meets three times a year face to face and monthly online. </p>
<p>You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/central-executive-co... title="Link to 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... title="Link to committee minutes">minutes page</a>. </p>
<p>The Central Executive Committee consists of the Trustees of the Association and is the overall governing body. This Committee meets three times a year face to face and monthly online. </p>
<p>You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/central-executive-co... title="Link to 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... title="Link to committee minutes">minutes page</a>. </p>
<p>The Central Executive Committee consists of the Trustees of the Association and is the overall governing body. This Committee meets three times a year face to face and monthly online. </p>
<p>You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/how-we-are-governed/central-executive-co... title="Link to 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... title="Link to committee minutes">minutes page</a>. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>The Membership Development Committee has oversight of all ALT's member services for individual and organisational members.</p>
<p>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>. </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: 20.8px;">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. </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: 20.8px;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The Communications and Publications Committee </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px;">leads the development of ALT's communication strategy and publications.</span></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: 20.8px;">You can find out more about the Committee and their members on <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 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>. </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: 20.8px;">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. </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: 20.8px;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The Further Education and cross-sector engagement Committee works t</span>o 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. </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: 20.8px;">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>. </p>
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