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Start Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 12:30:00 +0000

Description:

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...

The session is designed to provide information and support to candidates looking to complete their portfolios in the next few months.

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.

There will also be time for individual questions at the end of the session.

Title: CMALT webinar for candidates

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_139_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 139

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=139

Start Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2015 08:00:00 +0000

Description:

The Open Education Conference is an International Conference organised by a volunteer committee from the Open Education Community. OER15 is hosted by OER Wales Cymru, Universities Wales and the Association for Learning Technology.

For further information please visit the OER15 website <a href="http://oer15.oerconf.org" title="Link to OER15 website">http://oer15.oerconf.org</a>

The conference focus is ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’ with the following sub themes:

<ul>
<li>Impact Research</li>
<li>Open Education across Languages and Cultures</li>
<li>Learners and Other Communities</li>
<li>Open Educational Practice (OEP) and Policy</li>
<li>Open Courses</li>
<li>Open Education in Colleges and Schools</li>
</ul>

The booking deadline is 5pm on 31st March 2015.

Title: OER15 'Mainstreaming Open Education'

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_137_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 137

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=137

Start Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

Creative Commons (CC) licences are a simple way of retaining copyright whilst allowing others to reuse your work. The range of licences lets you define how others can reuse your material. This session will demonstrate how simple it is to use CC licences and what they mean in practice. 
 
We will also introduce the UK repository JORUM, demonstrating how to apply CC licences to materials as you deposit. 
 
Presented by Vivien Sieber and Siobhan Burke. 
Moderated by Alex Fenlon.

You can access the webinar via <a href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=7565&password=M.4F5E50E2B182B1... link</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).

Please note that the sessions will take place in Blackboard Collaborate. Even if you are familiar with Blackboard, it is important that in advance you check that your system and connection are capable of handling a session, and that you have the (small) Blackboard Collaborate client successfully installed. Do this from the support page at <a href="http://www.elluminate.com/support/" target="_blank">http://www.elluminate.com/support/</a>

Title: Creative Commons - understanding the basics (CC for Dummies) - a free webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_135_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 135

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=135

Start Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

The University of Warwick Language Centre and the Centre for Applied Linguistics are partners in an EU project called Video for All. The project’s mission is to support language teachers in all sectors in the exploitation of video for teaching. The Language Centre has been innovating in the use of digital media for some time and is the subject of a Jisc Digital Media case study. Video for All will produce exemplar practices for teachers which are searchable and available as Open Educational Resources. However, challenges are evident. The presenter has recently co-authored a submission to the Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA) for a special issue exploring “Models of Open Education in Higher Education”. This webinar will discuss some of the issues we are dealing with in the hope that the OER sig will be able to contribute to our discussions and offer feedback on our decision making process. 
 
Key words: Streaming media; creative commons licensing; repositories; repurposing and remixing; copyright.

<h2>About the presenter</h2>

Teresa MacKinnon is Principal Teaching Fellow at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Warwick.

You can access the <a href="https://ca-sas.bbcollab.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2... here</a> (please note the session will not be live until one hour before the start time).

Title: Creating and using video resources for language teaching. (Open Educational Practice) - a free webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_134_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 134

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=134

Start Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Description:

This free workshop will look at how advocates of Open Education can use and reuse existing OER materials for training sessions cascading the OE message. 
 
By exploring the huge variety of materials that exist, this webinar will demonstrate how your workshop can represent the OE agenda itself and act as an example of how reusing materials can be an effective and efficient choice when designing and creating learning activities. 
 
Presenters: Alex Fenlon and Ella Mitchell 
 
You can access the webinar recording via <a href="http://goo.gl/N5Li2C">this link</a>.

Please note that the sessions will take place in Blackboard Collaborate. Even if you are familiar with Blackboard, it is important that in advance you check that your system and connection are capable of handling a session, and that you have the (small) Blackboard Collaborate client successfully installed. Do this from the support page at <a href="http://www.elluminate.com/support/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: normal; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" target="_blank">http://www.elluminate.com/support/</a>

Title: How to write an OER workshop (for staff development) - a free webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_133_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 133

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=133

Start Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 12:30:00 +0000

Description:

Please note that this webinar has been post-poned and will now take place  on 6 May 2015.

For more information and to register please see the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=153">updated event page</a>.

Title: Post-poned: Citizen Maths: Powerful Ideas In Action - a free webinar

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_132_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 132

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=132

Start Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 12:30:00 +0000

Description:

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The webinar is free to attend and open to all, but participants are required to register their interest here <a href="http://goo.gl/1mZa3C" title="Link to online form">http://goo.gl/1mZa3C </a>

This is a free webinar about the 2014 Call for Papers for a Special Issue of Research in Learning Technology. This webinar is aimed at contributors who are wishing to submit a paper. For full details, please refer to the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/publications/research-learning-technology/special-... title="Link to Call for Papers">Special Issue Call for Papers</a>.
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</div>

The deadline for submissions has been extended to Friday 31 October 2014

<h2>Aims and rationale</h2>

<div>The purpose of this special issue is to explore the latest innovations in digital technologies for teaching and learning in Higher Education and beyond internationally. The special issue will provide a snapshot/summary of current research - will identify what digital technology innovations are being implemented in higher education and beyond, how they are being researched, and what are the implications for practice and policy.</div>

<div>Learning Technology innovation in Higher Education and beyond has the potential to challenge, disrupt and enhance the teaching and learning experience for all learners in an increasingly globalised world. Alongside, the changing context of institutions to facilitate/stimulate the innovations in digital technologies must be taken into account. Many educational stakeholders face similar issues in local contexts when developing technology enhanced learning practices. However harvesting and disseminating these efforts remain disparate, and unconnected. It is thus important and timely to consolidate, critically interrogate and extend our understandings of the relationships between digital technologies and practices by taking a global perspective. This offers us the opportunity to apply these learning outputs to develop understanding beyond Higher Education, to other sectors; and also to understand how these practices differ internationally.</div>

<div>For full details, please refer to the <a href="https://www.alt.ac.uk/publications/research-learning-technology/special-... title="Link to Call for Papers">Special Issue Call for Papers</a>.</div>

Title: Webinar for contributors: Special Issue of Research in Learning Technology

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_129_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 129

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=129

Start Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2015 08:30:00 +0000

Description:

Registration is now closed. If you haven't yet registered please complete this <a data-mce-="" href="https://googledrive.com/host/0BymYUA-4kKX-fnBxTjNubkN5aXNyUjBveW55cVBjN0... style="color:#FF0000;">Microsoft Document (.docx) Form</a>  and email your completed form to enquiries@alt.ac.uk . We will then be in touch to confirm your late registration.

The 2015 conference will be chaired by Amanda Jefferies, University of Hertfordshire and Liz Masterman, University of Oxford, under the theme ‘Shaping the Future of Learning Together #altc’. The programme will reflect the theme of shaping and sharing learning through breaking down the traditional divisions between stakeholders and between their roles, with a focus on:

<ol>
<li>Harnessing the power of the crowd – collaboration and connectivist learning;</li>
<li>Social media in learning and teaching;</li>
<li>Open educational practice;</li>
<li>Learners as agents of change;</li>
<li>Participatory approaches to the development of learning technologies. </li>
</ol>

The Annual Conference will give you the opportunity to network, explore new learning technologies at the exhibition, attend the presentation of the Learning Technologist of the Year Award, take part in the ALT AGM and participate in a variety of community-led activities including meetings of ALT’s regional and special interest groups.

For more information about the conference visit <a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2015/" style="line-height: 20.7999992370605px;" title="Link to conference site">https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2015/</a> .

Title: ALT Annual Conference 2015: Shaping the future of learning together

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_127_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 127

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=127

Start Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:30:00 +0000

Description:

The 2014 ALT winter conference will take place on Tuesday 2 December at the Informatics Forum, University of Edinburgh, UK. This first winter conference will have a focus on creative approaches to professional development in Learning Technology and CMALT, ALT’s peer-based accreditation scheme and feature a hands-on new technology showcase.

Confirmed speakers:

<ul dir="ltr">
<li>Nicola Whitton, Manchester Metropolitan University;</li>
<li>Melissa Highton, University of Edinburgh;</li>
<li>Gian Marco Campagnolo, University of Edinburgh;</li>
<li>David Hopkins, University of Warwick Business School;</li>
<li>Clive Young and Steve Rowett, The Digital Department, UCL;</li>
<li>James Clay, Group Director of Learning Technologies at Activate Learning;</li>
<li>Joel Mills, iLearning UK and Hullcraft;</li>
<li>Alison Nimmo, SHED Vice Convenor;</li>
<li>James Kieft, Reading College.</li>
</ul>

The winter conference brings together experienced and new practitioners from colleges, universities and informal learning, early-career and cross-disciplinary researchers and technology experts to share, explore and connect with the community. We are using #altc as a tag for the event on social media.

<h2>Programme</h2>

<table class="lined-table">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>09.00</td>
<td>Registration, tea & coffee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>10.00</td>
<td>Welcome from Melissa Highton and Martin Hawksey (ALT)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>10.15</td>
<td>Social Media Data for the study of IT Markets - Gian Marco Campagnolo, University of Edinburgh</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>10.45</td>
<td>Proceed with caution: the application of gamification to learning - Nicola Whitton, University of Manchester</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>11.25</td>
<td>Tea, coffee & discussion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>11.40</td>
<td>CMALT and new approaches to CPD: 
David Hopkins, University of Warwick Business School 
Clive Young and Steve Rowett, Digital Department, UCL 
James Kieft, Reading College</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>12.30</td>
<td> Lunch</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>13.30</td>
<td>Technology showcase: 
Minecraft in Education: HullCraft: Exploring new pedagogies using Minecraft in Education” - Joel Mills, iLearning UK and Hullcraft 
Oculus Rift - James Clay, Group Director of Learning Technologies at Activate Learning 
Google Glass - John Kerr, University of Glasgow</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>14.45</td>
<td>SHED - Creative approaches to CPD - Alison Nimmo, SHED Vice Convenor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>15.15</td>
<td>Plenary discussion with tea and coffee</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td>16.00</td>
<td> Close</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>

This programme is still subject to minor changes.

<h2 dir="ltr">Speaker Details</h2>

<h3>Melissa Highton</h3>

<img alt="Melissa Highton" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" />Melissa Highton is Director of Learning, Teaching and Web Services Division (LTW) at the University of Edinburgh. She leads services and projects in support of the University’s strategic priorities for digital education, the digital student experience and use of the web for outreach and engagement. LTW manage the continuing expansion and diversification of the University website and provide technology services in over 300 teaching rooms across the campus. The  Division brings together technology enhanced learning, e-learning, OER, MOOCs,  web services, graphics, multimedia and classroom technology teams to support learning, teaching and research.

@<a href="http://twitter.com/honeybhighton">honeybhighton</a>

<h3>Gian Marco Campagnolo</h3>

<img alt="Gian Marco Campagnolo" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" />Gian Marco Campagnolo is Lecturer in Science, Technology & Innovation Studies at Edinburgh University. His research addresses the influence of data analytics in business knowledge. He is director of the award winning programme ‘Making Use of Digital Research’: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/PGcertdigitalresearch">http://tinyurl.com/PGcertdigit.... He is also investigator for the RCUK CREATe Research Centre on the impact of digital economy in the creative industry. He has a track record of publications in internationally reputed peer-reviewed journals ranging from Financial Accountability & Management to Engineering Studies and Information, Communication & Society. His most recent award is to apply data analytics techniques to understand Industry Analysts careers.

@<a href="http://twitter.com/campagnolo_g">campagnolo_g</a>

<h3>Nicola Whitton</h3>

<img alt="Nicola Whitton" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" />Nicola Whitton is a Senior Research Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on digital innovation in learning and teaching and, in particular games and learning in the context of Higher Education. Her research interests include interaction design, the impact of motivation and engagement, active learning design, and the pedagogy of play.

@<a href="http://twitter.com/nicwhitton">nicwhitton</a>

<h3>James Keift</h3>

<img alt="" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" />I started in further education in 1996 delivering evening & weekend classes,  then progressed to full time teaching on the level 3 and HE photography courses.  During my time teaching I have always used technology as integral part of delivery initially using Blackboard and then Moodle.

In 2011 I took on the role of Learning Technologies manager at Reading College, Initially working with the College’s Moodle platform, I then oversaw the move away from Moodle to using Google Communities, sites and other web based apps.  I was the joint runner up in the ALT learning Technologist of the Year Award  in September 2014.

@<a href="http://twitter.com/james_kieft">james_kieft</a>

<h3>Joel Mills</h3>

<img alt="Joel Mills" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" />Joel saw his first computer in 1977 aged 5; a Sinclair calculator and has been hooked ever since. His teaching career started in 1997 and since 2009 he has undertaken projects with Kaplan Learning, Essex University and Northumbria University working on research developing mobile teaching and learning workflows. In 2010 he set up <a href="http://www.iLearningUK.com">iLearningUK</a> to advise Educational institutions on suitable pedagogies using technology. Joel is currently working at the University of Hull as a lecturer and advisor on all aspects of teaching enhanced learning.

@<a href="http://twitter.com/iLearningUK">iLearningUK</a>

<img alt="John Kerr" src="https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/ima... style="width: 150px; height: 150px; float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" />John Kerr is the Learning Innovation Officer for the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. His focus is on implementing and embedding new and existing learning technologies to improve learning and teaching. He has successfully helped develop and execute two FutureLearn MOOCs and, along with the roll out of Google Glass, he is building two of the Universities first fully online courses.

@<a href="https://twitter.com/johnkerr001">johnkerr001</a>

<h3>Alison Nimmo</h3>

<div>Alison is Vice Convenor (and currently acting Convenor) for SHED - the Scottish Higher Education Developers community.  Alison is based at Glasgow Caledonian University where she is Head of Accelerate CPD Learning and Teaching.  Having recently completed a doctoral  programme in Educational Research she graduates next week at Lancaster University. Her research has focussed on emerging professionalism in teaching in HE in the UK.  Alison was recently recognised as a Principal Fellow by the Higher Education Academy.</div>

Title: CPD Rebooted - Creative Professional Development in Learning Technology

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_126_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 126

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=126

Start Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 09:00:00 +0000

Description:

This is the annual meeting of ALT's operational committees. This meeting is only open to committee members.

Title: Annual Meeting of ALT's Operational Committees

Event ID: CiviCRM_EventID_123_a485739cf401d1e8c18eaece375aefd0@www.alt.ac.uk

ID: 123

Text Link: https://www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/event/info?id=123

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