<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><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">The Membership Development Committee (MDC) has oversight of ALT’s activities, and aims to support and develop its community of members, to advise on the development of ALT’s community of members, and to advise and be advised by ALT’s other committees on matters pertaining to ALT’s membership.</span></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/membership-services-committee... 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>
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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;">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 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;">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... style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" 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... style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" title="Link to committee minutes">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: 19.44px;">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 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;">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... style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" 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... style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(7, 153, 72) !important; font-weight: 600;" title="Link to committee minutes">minutes page</a>. </p>
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<p>This session is part of the Learn Live: FE and Skills programme at the Bett Show 2016 and will be led by Maren Deepwell, chief executive of ALT.</p>
<p>With over 15,000 participants since November 2015, this free course for the Vocational Education and Training sector, commissioned by the Ufi Charitable Trust, is running throughout this year on Futurelearn. The aim is to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning. <br />
Come along to meet our dedicated Digital Champions and to find out how you can address some of the key challenges facing the sector including how to scale up provision, maximise learner success and support staff in using technology for teaching, training and assessment. The course is free to attend and open to all with accreditation pathways for further professional development. More information here.<br />
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Read more: <a href="http://www.bettshow.com/seminar/Explore-The-Blended-Learning-essentials-..." title="Link to Bett programme page">http://www.bettshow.com/seminar/Explore-The-Blended-Learning-essentials-...
<p><span style="color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11.52px; line-height: 17.28px;">This session will showcase three portfolios from recently accredited Certified Members, Elizabeth Charles (Birkbeck), David Watson (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) and Daniel Villalba Algas (Sheffield University). Facilitated by Maren Deepwell we will focus on exploring different approaches to building CMALT portfolios and discuss how different job roles can be reflected.</span></p>
<div class="artefact" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11.52px; line-height: 17.28px;">Padlet at <a href="http://padlet.com/david_watson/ALTWinterConference_2015" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(7, 153, 72); text-decoration: none; font-weight: 600; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-color: rgb(7, 153, 72); background: transparent;">http://padlet.com/david_watson/ALTWinterConference_2015</a></div>
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<div class="artefact" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; color: rgb(170, 170, 170); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 11.52px; line-height: 17.28px;">A recording of this session is now available to view here: <a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/1OZHHSE">http://go.alt.ac.uk/1OZHHSE</a> </div>
<p>This pre-conference webinar taking place in the week of the Online Winter Conference is run by the ALT Open Education Special Interest Group (OESIG).</p>
<p>For more information on the OESIG and other ALT Member Groups please visit our <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups">get involved page</a>.</p>
<p>This free webinar will give a highlight of exciting open education news and practices from the annual 'OpenEd' Conference to be held this year in Vancouver, 18-20 November (#opened15). The webinar will focus on teaching practices, research and policy from the perspective of US, Canadian and international communities.</p>
<p><strong>The webinar will be presented by:</strong></p>
<p>Dr Viv Rolfe from the University of the West of England, who is presenting at the Vancoujver conference on innovation in open educational practice. </p>
<p>David Kernohan from Followersoftheapocalyp.se, who is presenting on trends and patterns in open education research over the past decade. </p>
<p>Both presenters will share highlights from their talks and the best from the conference.</p>
<p>A recording of this webinar is available at the following link:</p>
<p><a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-12-07.0420.M.F0F15E52C6B8E80... rel="noreferrer" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" target="_blank">https://sas.elluminate.com/p.<wbr />jnlp?psid=2015-12-07.0420.M.<wbr />F0F15E52C6B8E80F47100FE9888B62<wbr />.vcr&sid=7565</a></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">This is a meet up for the Digital Champions for the Blended Learning Essentials course. The session will be run by Richard Nelson and will provide an opportunity for Champions to discuss their role and how best they can support the course.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">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 </span><a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" target="_blank">http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/<wbr />webinar-faqs</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">This is a meet up for the Digital Champions for the Blended Learning Essentials course. The session will be run by Richard Nelson and will provide an opportunity for Champions to discuss their role and how best they can support the course.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" />
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<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">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 </span><a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" target="_blank">http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/<wbr />webinar-faqs</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">This webinar is about the second part of the </span><a href="https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-learning-embedding-practice/" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;" target="_blank" title="Link to course page">Futurelearn course Blended Learning Essentials: Embedding Practice</a><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;"> - A free course for the Vocational Education and Training sector to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning. </span></p>
<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:</p>
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<p>propose ways in which new technology can help to address key challenges in the VET sector;</p>
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<p>develop your own skills further and contribute to the sector’s community knowledge of the optimal uses of blended learning.</p>
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<p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px; line-height: normal;">The webinar was run using Blackboard Collaborate 11. A recording is now <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2016-01-13.0431.M.A1530158C7905D4... to view</a>.</p>
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<p>The next GLSIG live meeting will be held in Manchester from midday on Wednesday 11th, to midday on Thursday 12th November 2015. It will be hosted by Manchester Metropolitan University, and is timed to link in with Prof. Nicola Whitton's inaugural lecture on the afternoon of 12th November (to which GLSIG members are invited). The event is free, but members are asked to arrange their own transport and accommodation.</p>
<p>For further information and to sign up see <a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/1S0HW2A">http://go.alt.ac.uk/1S0HW2A</a>.</p>
<p>Sign up to the Games and Learning SIG at <a href="http://gamesandlearningsig.ning.com/">http://gamesandlearningsig.ning.co...