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<p>As part of the <a href="http://octel.alt.ac.uk/">ocTEL course</a> we are running weekly webinars, starting on 30th April. Webinars are open to all and are free to attend. <strong>ocTEL participants will automatically receive joining instructions, so there is no need to register again. </strong>We will make the recordings of the sessions available via the ocTEL website. If you haven't yet registered for the course then you can still do so via the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=101">ocTEL registration form</a>.</p>
<h2>This week's webinar</h2>
<p>You can access this week's session via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.F276ABBC318DCD... link</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).</p>
<p>This week’s session looks at examples of enhancement and evaluation in TEL and asks two fundamental questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>What can we achieve through TEL?</li>
<li>How do we know that we have made a difference?</li>
</ul>
<p>After a very brief introduction by Peter Hartley, our three speakers and their case studies are as follows:</p>
<p><strong>Mark Kerrigan</strong> is the Director of Teaching, Learning and Assessment in the Faculty of Health Social Care and Education for Anglia Ruskin University. He will be talking about the enhancement and evaluation of the iPads in Science initiative, a project by the University of Greenwich (where he used to work). More information and a case study on the project can be found here:<br />
<a href="http://www.ucisa.ac.uk/bestpractice/Copy_of_publications/effective_use.a...
<p><strong>James McDowell</strong> is University Teaching Fellow in the School of Computing and Engineering at the University of Huddersfield. He will be talking about the development of work which won him the 2011 ALT-Epigeum Award for the Most Effective Use of Video. This award recognized the important contribution he has made to the enhancement of student learning through his use of video feedback - <a href="http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/19915/">http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/19915/ </a></p>
<p><strong>Keith Smyth</strong> is a Senior Teaching Fellow and Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Edinburgh Napier University, where he leads the MSc Blended and Online Education and works on TEL-related strategic initiatives. Keith will be talking about the development, dissemination and evaluation of the 3E Framework for technology-enhanced learning, teaching and assessment. Since being introduced as the basis for Edinburgh Napier's Benchmark for the Use of Technology in Modules, the 3E Framework has been adapted and implemented by over 25 institutions within and beyond the UK - <a href="http://3eeducation.org/3e-framework/">http://3eeducation.org/3e-framewor... </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>As part of the <a href="http://octel.alt.ac.uk/">ocTEL course</a> we are running weekly webinars, starting on 30th April. Webinars are open to all and are free to attend. <strong>ocTEL participants will automatically receive joining instructions, so there is no need to register again. </strong>We will make the recordings of the sessions available via the ocTEL website. If you haven't yet registered for the course then you can still do so via the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=101">ocTEL registration form</a>.</p>
<h2>This week's webinar</h2>
<p>You can access this week's session via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.F27ABB5A1E2FF3... link</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).</p>
<p><strong>Ellie Russell</strong> is the Projects Officer for The Student Engagement Partnership, an initiative housed by NUS and funded by HEFCE, Guild HE and AoC. Ellie works on various projects on student engagement and students as partners, including leading on NUS’ work with Changing the Learning Landscape.</p>
<p>Student engagement can feel simultaneously exciting and difficult. In the first half of the session Ellie will explore the politics of student engagement and the emerging focus on students as partners at a national and local level. She will also explore examples of good practice from institutions and students’ unions on engaging students in curriculum design and TEL projects.</p>
<p><strong>Professor Shân Wareing</strong> is Pro Vice Chancellor for Learning and Teaching at Bucks New University, and has worked closely with national organisations including Jisc, ALT, SEDA, the HEA and the Leadership Foundation of which she's a Fellow. Her academic background is in English Literature and Linguistics, and her previous roles include Dean of Learning and Teaching at University of the Arts London (UAL), where she led teams in Elearning, Teacher Accreditation and Educational Development, and Careers and Employability.</p>
<p>In the second half of the sesion Shân will look at concepts of leadership, and how these can be applied effectively in the context of elearning and higher education, to support students, staff and institutions through times of change. She will draw on examples including the Jisc-funded UAL Digital Literacies Project.</p>
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<p>Participate in the live session using Blackboard Collaborate: <a href="http://go.alt.ac.uk/octel2014-week5-webinar">http://go.alt.ac.uk/octel20... />
Watch live stream of Blackboard Collaborate session on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoRtC_cupvw">https://www.youtube.com/wat...
<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>As part of the <a href="http://octel.alt.ac.uk/">ocTEL course</a> we are running weekly webinars, starting on 30th April. Webinars are open to all and are free to attend. <strong>ocTEL participants will automatically receive joining instructions, so there is no need to register again. </strong>We will make the recordings of the sessions available via the ocTEL website. If you haven't yet registered for the course then you can still do so via the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=101">ocTEL registration form</a>.</p>
<h2>This week's webinar</h2>
<p>You can access this week's session via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.83FF0E4B78DA75... link</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).</p>
<p>The webinar this week will give you insight into recent work in the area of using TEL for assessment and feedback. The webinar will be led by Lisa Gray from Jisc together with colleagues from across the Technology Enhanced Assessment programme.</p>
<p>The webinar will give you the chance to explore examples of current practice and research and a chance to meet up with other ocTEL participants virtually.</p>
<h2>About the presenter</h2>
<p><strong>Lisa Gray </strong>is Senior co-design manager at Jisc. As a programme manager within the e-Learning team Lisa is the lead on issues relating to technology-enhanced assessment and feedback for Jisc, and manages the Assessment and Feedback programme, which is exploring large-scale enhancements to assessment and feedback practices.</p>
<p>If you are interested in gaining accreditation as part of ocTEL, we have set up a CMALT ocTEL group, an informal support network for everyone interested in CMALT, Certified Membership of ALT. You can find out more on the CMALT ocTEL group and we are also running an informal CMALT drop in session during reading week of ocTEL.</p>
<p>The session will be led by members of the CMALT ocTEL group.</p>
<p><strong>ocTEL participants will automatically receive joining instructions, so there is no need to register again.</strong> If you haven't yet registered for the course then you can still do so via the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=101">ocTEL registration form</a>.</p>
<p>This webinar will provide two perspectives on OER policies and seek to answer some of the key questions related to Open Education and OER policies. The questions below will drive the session delivered by our presenters and form the basis of the discussion which follows.</p>
<ul>
<li>Why have a policy?</li>
<li>What are the problems in developing a policy?</li>
<li>How do you get your teaching staff on board?</li>
<li>Did it require extra staff (as with MOOCs in some cases)?</li>
<li>What are the main elements of your policy? For example, is there was a minimum/maximum amount of OER that could be used e.g. only 50% could be made up from OER.</li>
<li>Have you had feedback from students about the policy?</li>
<li>Has there been feedback (good/bad) from students as a result?</li>
<li>What have been the key benefits of developing and having a policy?</li>
</ul>
<h2>About the presenters</h2>
<p><strong>Paul Bacsich</strong>, Sero Counsulting and Project Manager on the POERUP project (http://www.poerup.info/index.html) will provide a perspective on policy developments from the various UK and EU Open Education projects and beyond.</p>
<p><strong>Terese Bird</strong>, Learning Technologist at the University of Leicester and SCORE Research Fellow, will give her perspectives on the development of OER policies. The University of Leicester is a partner institution to the POERUP project and Teresa will present the UK perspective here as well.</p>
<p>A recording and slides from the webinar are now available from the <a href="http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2353/">ALT Repository</a>.</p>
<p>This webinar will describe some recent developments in Open Educational Resources (OER) in Wales and beyond. Last year, a working group was set up by the Welsh Government to consider possible approaches to OER and MOOCs. Its report highlights some key initiatives and agendas, and these will be discussed in more detail. At the same time, Higher Education Wales published a Declaration of Intent, committing Welsh universities the promotion and use of OER to further several key aims, including quality of learner experience, widening access, and the promotion of the Welsh language in Higher Education. Paul will consider some of the implications of these strategic developments, and discuss how some current initiatives are addressing these. Debbie will tell us in more detail about her own work with OER Wales Cymru, which is the first in a series of projects underpinning the Declaration of Intent. You can read more about the project at <a href="http://www.oerwales.ac.uk">www.oerwales.ac.uk</a>.</p>
<h2>About the presenters</h2>
<p><strong>Paul Richardson</strong> has been involved in online education since 1998, serving in both teaching and advisory capacities. He is currently an e-learning adviser at the Jisc Regional Support Centre Wales, and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University. In 2013, he was temporarily contracted to the Welsh Government to act as Professional Adviser to the Online Digital Learning Working Group. He is a member of the ALT ‘OpenEd’ SIG committee.</p>
<p><strong>Debbie Baff</strong> has 17 years’ experience of working in the Higher Education Sector and joined the University of Wales Newport in 2002, working first as Deputy Head of Admissions and then as School Registrar and Head of Student Registry with a focus on improving the student experience. Debbie has previously worked for the Open University within Student Support and as an Associate Lecturer. Prior to that she spent the early part of her career within the construction industry and is a fully qualified Chartered Surveyor (but that is another story !) Debbie was appointed in January 2014 as Project Manager for the Higher Education Wales (HEW) Open Educational Resources initiative and is based within CELT at the University of South Wales. Debbie’s main role is to support the HEW initiative with a lead role in embedding Open Educational Resources and Practice across all universities in Wales. Debbie is also a lead member of the organising committee for the OER15 Conference in Wales, which will take place in Cardiff in April 2015.</p>
<p>As part of the <a href="http://octel.alt.ac.uk/">ocTEL course</a> we are running weekly webinars, starting on 30th April. Webinars are open to all and are free to attend. <strong>ocTEL participants will automatically receive joining instructions, so there is no need to register again. </strong>We will make the recordings of the sessions available via the ocTEL website. If you haven't yet registered for the course then you can still do so via the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=101">ocTEL registration form</a>.</p>
<h2>This week's webinar</h2>
<p>You can access this week's session via <a href="http://https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.73006F6... link</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).</p>
<p>This week's webinar is about learning materials, Open Educational Resources, and the open movement in general, and aims to offer a range of opinions and perspectives on the following key questions:</p>
<ul>
<li>What do we mean by 'engaging and effective learning materials'?</li>
<li>How do we find them and how do we evaluate them?</li>
<li>If we cannot find 'ready-made' materials to suit our purpose, then how do we best create/assemble/stitch together materials to plug the gap(s)?</li>
<li>What are the pros and cons of using OERs and what do we need to know about them to use them effectively (e.g. licensing and copyright issues)?</li>
</ul>
<h2>About the presenter</h2>
<p><strong>Cable Green</strong> is Director of Global Learning at Creative Commons. Cable works with the global open education community to leverage open licensing, open educational resources, and open policies to significantly improve access to quality education and research resources so everyone in the world can attain the education they desire. Cable has 15 years of academic technology, online learning and open education experience in higher education and recently led a project to build and share a general education curriculum under the CC BY license. Cable holds a PhD in educational psychology from Ohio State University and tweets @cgreen</p>