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A new report mapping a child’s digital footprint in the state education landscape in England has just been published. The report, maps children’s digital footprint across the education landscape age 0-19 including the transition year into Higher Education. It argues that core national education infrastructure delivered by the private sector must be put on the national risk register as its fragility has been demonstrated in the COVID-19 crisis and rush to remote learning.

We have now published ALT's written response submitted by Dr Maren Deepwell, chief executive, on behalf of the Association for Learning Technology, registered charity number 1160039. 

Our response is focused on the case studies and input provided by ALT Members. Many of ALT’s Member Institutions have also submitted individual responses. 

Here is a a summary of the key questions points:

ALT is preparing a response to the Digital teaching and learning during the coronavirus pandemic: Call for evidence. This call for evidence is seeking a wide breadth of sector input and experience to understand the challenges faced, and lessons learned from remote teaching and learning delivery since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in March 2020.

The call for evidence runs from 3 September 2020 to 14 October 2020.

Would you like to add your name to a call for information literacy (IL) to be recognised as a key pillar of the school education system? If so, please consider signing the attached statement and help to influence the future shape of the curriculum.

On behalf of the Department for Education, we are encouraging ALT Members from across sectors to take part in these new initiatives that form part of the nationa EdTech Strategy. 

EdTech Demonstrator Schools and Colleges Programme

This year ALT is represented at the Creative Commons Global Summit for the first time as part of a partnership between ALT and Creative Commons for the OER19 Conference, which took place in April.

The Call for Proposals for ALT’s Annual Conference 2019 is now open for you to contribute to the  critical dialogue we seek to foster on technology in education and its political, social and economic context.The conference takes place 3-5 September 2019, University of Edinburgh.

All submissions are made via the ALT Online Submission Form
Call for Proposals open until 13 March 2019

ALT has submitted evidence to Policy Connect and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics landmark inquiry into data and technology ethics

About the inquiry: Taming the new Wild West: Data and Technology Ethics fit for our time