2. alt.ac.uk
About ALT
the Association for Learning Technology – alt.ac.uk
• ALT was established in
1993;
• ALT has 1700+ individual
and 150+ organisational
members;
• ALT works across sectors
including Further
Education, Higher
Education and research;
• ALT has an international
community.
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Can the power of peers
help us create
empowered professionalism
in Learning Technology?
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Meet CMALT – ALT’s peer-
based accreditation scheme
CMALT is a portfolio-based
accreditation scheme developed by
ALT to enable people whose work
involves learning technology to:
-have their experience and capabilities
certified by peers;
-demonstrate that they are taking a
committed and serious approach to
their professional development.
Established nearly 10 years ago the
CMALT framework is used across
education sectors in the UK and
internationally to provide recognition for
skills, experience and professional
development in Learning Technology.
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Professional roles in CMALT
Specialist areas provide flexibility
Core areas remain
constant:
1.Operational issues
2.Teaching, learning and
assessment
3.Wider context
4.Communication
Specialist areas reflect
diverse roles:
•Leadership
•Tech development
•Administration
•Research
•Policy
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CMALT in Australasia
working in partnership with ascilite
• Relevance in different
contexts
• Added value to broader
frameworks
• International reach
• Application in internal
provision
• Accreditation for open
courses
• Growing the peer
community
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CMALT, ocTEL, Open Badges
the open course in technology enhanced learning
Mapping of the framework
to the Open Course in
Technology Enhanced
Learning, ocTEL - an
open course run in 2013
and 2014 with 2000+
registrations in total:
-Weekly posts
-Community group
-Encourage participation
through badges
-Provide examples
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#ocTEL – open course in
Technology Enhanced Learning
◊ Hundreds of open
badges earned;
◊ Designed and run
by ALT Members
◊ 25%+ of
participants from
outside of HE
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Future plans: member badges
◊Badges for individual members
◊Badges for member-led activities such
as Special Interest Groups and
publications
◊CMALT badges for completion &
assessment
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