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<p><span style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;">The session is designed to provide information and support for new members of the Association, to help you get connected and involved. It is free to attend for all members. </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">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="line-height: 1.6em;">http://www.alt.ac.uk/events/webinar-faqs</a><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">.</span></p>
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<p>This is a free webinar open to all who are session chairs at the forthcoming ALT Annual Conference. We encourage you to come along and find out more about chairing sessions whether you have done so before or it's your first go.</p>
<p>This session will be facilitated by Maren Deepwell with members of the Programme Committee. </p>
<p>We will publish guidelines for chairs together with a recording of this session for those who cannot attend. </p>
<p>You can access the webinar via this link: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.780E7E7728FB61... . <span style="line-height: 1.6em;">This webinar is being run using BlackBoard Collaborate.</span></p>
<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;">You can now access the <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-07-22.0310.M.A1117890950B273... title="Link to webinar recording">recording of this webinar</a>. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;">Come and join the conversation about Learning Technology in FE and what the FELTAG recommendations mean for you. You can access the webinar via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.DEEE5A8D218E83... title="Link to webinar">this link</a> and at <a href="https://goo.gl/gKQ8VS" title="Link to webinar">https://goo.gl/gKQ8VS</a>. The #tag for the webinar is #feltagSIG. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">This is the first webinar organised by the new FELTAG Special Interest Group . This Group proposes to provide a means of discussing the major challenges and areas for change that comes with the removal of barriers. It will explore the role of students and their teachers as change agents and their managers as enablers, as well as the development of curriculum models and methods of delivery in terms of format, time and place. It will do this through discussion, and sharing ideas and resources.</span></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">This SIG is open to all those interested in promoting the themes of FELTAG and wanting to share ideas relevant to it. The SIG will discuss its work more widely through a FELTAGSIG Jiscmail list, periodic face-to-face meetings and webinars as appropriate. See </span><span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">http://go.alt.ac.uk/FELTAGSIG for more info and to join. </span></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">Webinar facilitator/lead: Geoff Rebbeck and other SIG members</span></div>
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<p>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...
<p>The session is designed to provide information and support to candidates beginning work on their CMALT portfolio.</p>
<p>It will provide an overview of the submission process, advice on how to complete a portfolio and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.</p>
<p>There will also be time for individual questions at the end of the session.</p>
<p>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...
<p>The session is designed to provide information and support to new CMALT assessors. It will provide an overview of the assessment criteria, advice on how to complete an assessment and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.</p>
<p>There will also be time for individual questions at the end of the session.</p>
<p>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...
<p>The session is designed to provide information and support to candidates looking to complete their portfolios in the next few months.</p>
<p>It will provide an overview of the submission process, advice on how to complete a portfolio and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.</p>
<p>There will also be time for individual questions at the end of the session.</p>
<p>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...
<p>The session is designed to provide information and support to candidates beginning work on their CMALT portfolio.</p>
<p>It will provide an overview of the submission process, advice on how to complete a portfolio and an opportunity to see how the assessment process works.</p>
<p>There will also be time for individual questions at the end of the session.</p>
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<p><strong>About the presenter</strong></p>
<p>Grainne Hamilton’s varied background includes leading the development of the Jisc Open Badges Toolkit, contributing to the Mozilla Discover Open Badges project, which investigated badge-based pathways to employment, as well as founding and facilitating the Open Badges in Scottish Education Group. Most recently, she was Senior Consultant at Blackboard, which involved helping a global range of clients make best use of their teaching and learning systems. She is now Programme Director for Higher Education and Adult Learning with DigitalMe and is further developing the Open Badges ecosystem in Scotland. - See more at: http://digitalme.co.uk/about-us</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: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 19.4400005340576px;">The hashtag for the webinar is #altc. </p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 19.4400005340576px;">The session is designed to provide information and support to presenters whose submissions have been accepted for presentation at ALT Annual Conference 2015.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 19.4400005340576px;">It will provide an overview of expectations at the conference, advice on how to structure your presentation, and a look at how best to engage conference participants.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 19.4400005340576px;"><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">There will be time for individual questions at the end of the session.</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14.3999996185303px; line-height: 19.4400005340576px;">Further information, a recording of the webinar and the slides <a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2015/programme/presenters/">are now available here</a>.</p>
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Join this webinar to explore the idea of 'Open Guilds'. These are networks of teachers/lecturers committed to creating and sharing open educational resources. An Open Guild in your curriculum area could provide a straightforward and mutually beneficial way of building up easily accessible collections of useful learning resources, and there could also be gains in terms of professional development and capacity building.</p>
<p><span style="line-height: 1.6em;">Presented by Terry Loane and Teresa MacKinnon</span></p>
<p><strong>About the presenters</strong><br />
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Teresa McKinnon is a Principal Teaching Fellow at the University of Warwick Language Centre. She is an experienced language educator and innovator. She has taught French for 30 years, and her research interests include voice over the internet and telecollaboration in language teaching, informal learning, assessment and learning theories. <br />
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Terry Loane is an independent practitioner specialising in the use of digital technology to enhance learning. He has taught in every educational phase from pre-school to higher education. His main interests currently are in exploring how people really learn and the impact of technology on the management and structure of educational institutions.</p>
<p>A recording of this session is available at the following link: <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/mr.jnlp?suid=M.6F1288BA31A822A5267540EE237B99...