<p>The ALT annual conference has and continues to be an opportunity to come together and celebrate the recent achievements in technology enhanced learning. As with previous years we are looking to maximise the benefit to members by Live streaming via Adobe Connect and the ALT YouTube Channel a number of the sessions and reaction from presenters, chairs and delegates. For altc2013 we will also be launching a new conference website to allow delegates to connect and share their knowledge and expertise. Using techniques applied in ALT's Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL) a dedicated site has been created focusing on capturing as much of the conference activity in 3rd party spaces such as personal blogs and social networks, sharing this back to the community. In this orientation session Steve Milligan (Collaborate) and Martin Hawksey (ALT) will host an orientation session designed to highlight the main features of the live feed and conference site.</p>
<p><strong>About the presenters</strong><br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Steve Milligan</strong> is Director of <a href="http://www.collab8.com/">Collaborate</a> and has been working within the virtual learning and collaboration workspace for nearly 10 years. He has significant understanding of the technologies supporting e-learning, webcasting, video conferencing and the use of video as an effective learning and communications tool<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>Martin Hawksey</strong> has recently been employed by ALT to develop the altc2013 site following his work on ocTEL. Martin has expertise in a range of fields including data mining and visualisation, learning analytics, social network analysis. He is active within the open education community and has supported a number of courses including the Current/Future State of Education and ds106.<br /><br /></p>

<p>The ALT-Scotland special interest group will be hosting an event on Thursday 20 June 2013 at Glasgow Caledonian University. The focus will be on open education and what it means for our practice in Scottish institutions. Topics will include Edinburgh University&rsquo;s experience of Coursera (Christine Sinclair), a look at Open Badges (Grainne Hamilton), designing the ocTEL platform (Martin Hawksey) and an update from the SQA (Joe Wilson). There will also be plenty of time to network and catch up on the latest developments.<br /><br /></p>

<p>A recording and slides from the webinar are now available from the <a href="http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2311/">ALT Repository</a>.</p>
<p>Digital literacy is an idea whose time seems to have come, judging from the number of projects and institutional strategies under development and from the language of governments, the media and social analysts. But how has 'digital literacy' shifted thinking about learning technology, and what has actually changed as a result? This webinar will look at some of the long-term trends behind the digital literacies agenda, with reference to outcomes from the JISC Developing Digital Literacies programme and beyond. It is also an opportunity to tune up for debates at altc2013, where digital literacy issues will be prominent in themes such as 'it's all about the learner', 'in the open' and 'global learning cultures'.<br />&nbsp;<br /><strong>About the presenter</strong></p>
<p>Helen Beetham is a long-standing advisor to the Joint Information Systems Committee and to diverse HEIs in the UK. She was a member of the Beyond Current Horizons programme, funded by the last UK government to advise on the future of education beyond 2025, and contributed to the final report. She is a widely published e-learning researcher and author, and an experienced webinar and workshop leader. Helen is currently synthesising outcomes from the JISC programme on Developing Digital Literacies in Higher Education.</p>

<p>A recording of the webinar is available from the <a href="http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2323/">ALT Repository</a>.</p>
<p>This webinar is part of the <strong>Changing the Learning Landscape</strong> Free Webinars series.<br /><br />This ALT webinar will give participants a chance to find out about CMALT, a peer-based accreditation scheme for teaching and technical staff who use technology. You can access information about the scheme, including a prospectus, at <a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/get-involved/certified-membership">http://www.alt.a... /><br />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 <a href="http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs">http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/we...