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Weekly News Digest - Issue 625, 18 October 2021 Â |
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Weekly News Digest - Issue 625, 18 October 2021
Call for Expressions of Interest to Chair the OER 2022 Conference
Online Winter Conference: Call for Proposals and Registration Now Open!
CMALT Accelerator Workshop - 19 November 2021
Explore recent community highlights with CEO, Maren Deepwell
Get Involved in Our Framework for Ethical Learning Technology
Learn how to fast track your CMALT Portfolio...
Last Week’s Top @A_L_T Tweet
2. Special Interest and Membership Group Updates
TechThursdays - ALT South Meeting
3. News, events, courses and calls for proposals
4. Recent publications from the #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology
Research in Learning Technology
1. Updates for Members
Call for Expressions of Interest to Chair the OER 2022 Conference
We are seeking experienced Co-Chairs for the 2022 Conference Committee of the 13th annual conference for Open Education research, practice and policy. The Co-Chairs will play a major role in planning and delivery of the conference in 2022.
Online Winter Conference: Call for Proposals and Registration Now Open!
Help us showcase excellence in EdTech practice and research by submitting a proposal to ALT’s longest established online conference, our Winter Conference. Registration is also now open.
CMALT Accelerator Workshop - 19 November 2021
This 1-day standalone workshop is designed to help CMALT candidates fast-track work on their portfolio in order to submit it to peer review.
Explore recent community highlights with CEO, Maren Deepwell
The past month has seen our community achieve many milestones and I am delighted to share key points with you in this strategic update.
Our Heritage, Our Stories: Linking and searching community-generated digital content to develop the people's national collection
We’re pleased to announce that we have been chosen as a project partner for one of 5 Discovery Projects receiving £14.5m from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), to transform the UK’s culture and heritage collections through harnessing emerging technologies.
Get Involved in Our Framework for Ethical Learning Technology
We recently launched our 'Framework for Ethical Learning Technology' and throughout the following year our focus is on collecting examples of case studies and policies from individuals and institutions.
Specifically we are looking for:
- Example policies from other institutions
- Case studies of professional practice from different contexts
- Case studies from institutions
- Case studies from vendors/suppliers
Learn how to fast track your CMALT Portfolio...
Register now for our next CMALT Accelerator Workshop on 14 October 202. This 1 day standalone workshop has specifically been developed to help you fast track your portfolio completion and provides tailored support for CMALT candidates through both live sessions and asynchronous activities.
Last Week’s Top @A_L_T Tweet
Our longest established online conference is returning 15-16 December 2021. This years themes are, Learning Technology beyond emergency provision, Wellbeing and Learning Technology, Ethical Learning Technology. Register here #altcWinter21 www.alt.ac.uk/events/winter-conference #altc
https://twitter.com/A_L_T/status/1447457047218466818
2. Special Interest and Membership Group Updates
ALT Assembly
The ALT Assembly meets monthly online, with two annual face-to-face meetings in March and September.
Learn more about the ALT Assembly here.
21 October 2021
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
TechThursdays - ALT South Meeting
Matheus de Andrade from UCL, will be joining the ALT South TechThurdays event this month. This 2 part session will first look at reimagining the Role of Lectures in Online Teaching, followed by his experience in building Student Engagement and Collaboration in Online Teaching. The talk will be followed by a Q&A session.
28 October 2021
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BST
3. News, events, courses and calls for proposals
Upcoming CPD Webinars
Presenters: Joanna Wild, Veronika Schaeffler and Ravi Murugesan
04 November 2021
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM BST
If you missed a previous CPD webinar, recordings are available over on YouTube.
JMoodleMunch webinar - Tuesday 2 November, 13:00 GMT
At this MoodleMunch webinar, Dublin City University will present on different approaches to supporting peer assessment activities with students using Moodle (DigCompEdu competence 4.1 'Assessment strategies'). Galway Mayo Institute of Technology will present on its learning analytics initiative which draws data from Moodle (DigCompEdu competence 4.2 'Analysing evidence'). Register to attend this webinar on Zoom
Building a shared culture of academic integrity - Wed 20 Oct, 13:00 GMT
This seminar will explore ideas to build a shared culture of academic integrity with learners and those who teach/support teaching in partnership, drawing on some practical strategies and examples. A keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr Sarah Eaton, University of Calgary, titled "Positive Ways to Promote Academic Integrity: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Creating a Culture of Integrity". This seminar will be recorded and disseminated afterwards.
New Badged Open Course: Decentralising Education Using Blockchain Technology Alexander Mikroyannidis (The Open University, UK) has developed the new badged open course: Decentralising Education Using Blockchain Technology. The course introduces Blockchain technology and its potential for decentralising and transforming education. The course is available on the Open University’s OpenLearn Create platform and is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Upon completion of the course, learners earn a free statement of participation.
Student feedback surveys are an important tool that should support teachers in the development of pedagogical skills and course delivery. They should motivate teachers to keep improving and help identify the measures that would help students to learn even more effectively.
Yet, the feedback often ends up being used primarily by management when deciding on which courses and/or teacher positions should be maintained, and by prospective students when choosing between available courses.
An Online Survey of Learning Analytics Tools
We are in the process of selecting Learning Analytics tools, in conjunction with the University Learning and Teaching platform review.
Could you please complete a short survey by Friday 22 October to help us in the decision-making process (http://vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bBkCp5MvillK9Qq).
If you would like to receive the survey results, please email irina.elgort@vuw.ac.nz
Irina Elgort, Centre for Academic Development, Victoria University of Wellington
Call for Presentations: LILAC – The Information Literacy Conference
Manchester Metropolitan University, 11-13 April 2022. "LILAC welcomes proposals which address information literacy from all sectors and contexts. In 2022 we invite you to present on the theme of ‘Moving Forward’. What are you going to do as we continue to work through, and hopefully move past, the pandemic? The last 18 months have presented many challenges to our practice but how is information literacy evolving within your sector and what will we continue to do?
Deadline: 9 November 2021 (17:00 GMT).
While the use of ICT is becoming increasingly common in instruction, the use of ICT to assess learning is lagging. eASSESSMENT is an EU co-funded project looking at the use of ICT in VET. However the toolbox which will be designed will be useful across the board. We are collecting data at all levels of education in order to document current practices related to the use of ICT for assessment and to detect needs in that domain. Please help this project by filling out the survey.
SMaRT-EU Social Media Resilience course for Educators
Information and knowledge have never been as valuable as they are today. Thanks to the evolution of digital media, information is now immediate, infinitely shareable and self-generating. These aspects mean that information and knowledge have never been as dangerous for citizenship as they are today. Learn how to teach both young and old people to fight fake news and disinformation on social media with the free SMaRT-EU course.
Jisc assessment and feedback landscape review
Jisc is undertaking a review of the assessment and feedback landscape to inform support to the sector. We are going back to first principles of what good assessment and feedback looks like and how digital technology can help.
We welcome your thoughts on the most significant challenges to be faced post-pandemic and examples of how you are overcoming these challenges.
Our questionnaire should take no more than ten minutes to complete. The survey remains open until 19 November.
Building a shared culture of academic integrity - Wed 20 Oct, 13:00 GMT
This seminar will explore ideas to build a shared culture of academic integrity with learners and those who teach/support teaching in partnership, drawing on some practical strategies and examples. A keynote presentation will be delivered by Dr Sarah Eaton, University of Calgary, titled "Positive Ways to Promote Academic Integrity: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to Creating a Culture of Integrity". This seminar will be recorded and disseminated afterwards.
Free webinar, The wonderful world of webinars - Thursday 21 Oct, 1pm BST.
Future Teacher Revisited restarts with the Wonderful World of Webinars on 21 Oct, 1300 hrs, BST. One key positive from lockdown is how webinars have been able to contribute to the development of communities of practice. We would also welcome your examples of inclusive practice - surely we all have a lot of experience to share! Register on our Future Teacher website to attend or to contribute as a speaker.
4. Recent publications from the #altc blog and Research in Learning Technology
#ALTC Blog
I.N.C.L.U.S.I.V.E Learning Design
Published 23 August 2021
Staff Development for Anti-Racist Practice
Published 06 August 2021
Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 5 – Post interview and advice
Published 04 August 2021
Learning Technologist: You’re Hired! Part 4 – The interview
Published 28 July 2021
Introducing the Digital Learning Design Toolkit for course teams
Published 23 July 2021
Research in Learning Technology
Maggie A. Mosher, Adam C. Carreon
Herianto, Insih Wilujeng
Yuewei Shi, Xi Lin
5. Jobs
Members Directory: a directory of consultants and commercial services, connecting those who have expertise with those who need additional input. You can add yourself to the directory here and access the full list here.
NEW - King's College London - Senior Learning Designer (Refreshes & CPD)
King's Online
Ref: 034305
£46,934 - £55,299 incl LWA
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 24 October 2021
Informal enquiries to mike.bennett@kcl.ac.uk
NEW - King's College London - Senior Learning Designer (Blended and Executive Education)
King's Online
Ref: 034306
£46,934 - £55,299 incl LWA
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 24 October 2021
Informal enquiries to Mike.Bennett@kcl.ac.uk
NEW - University of Bristol - Senior Digital Education Developer
Digital Education Office
Ref: SUPP107484
£38-587 - £43,434 pa
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 31 October 2021
Informal enquiries to roger.gardner@bristol.ac.uk
NEW - University of West London - Senior Academic Developer
ExPERT Academy
Ref: EXP018
£48,444 to £54,030
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 08 November 2021
Informal enquiries to santanu.vasant@uwl.ac.uk
NEW - Falmouth University - Learning Technologist
Digital Learning
Ref: 334
£28,756 to £32,344
Part time
Closing date: 14 November 2021
Informal enquiries to amy.sampson@falmouth.ac.uk
NEW - Leeds Conservatoire - Learning Technology
Technology Enhanced Learning
Ref: 212214
£26,341 - £28,756
Full time
Closing date: 31 October 2021
NEW - The University of Edinburgh - Learning Technology Manager
Philosophy, Psychology & Language Sciences
Ref: 1304
£34,304- £40,927
Full time, Permanent, Temporary
Closing date: 27 October 2021
Informal enquiries to c.macmartin@ed.ac.uk
NEW - University of Edinburgh - eLearning Systems Developer
Information Services Group
Ref: 2142
£34,304 - £40,927
Full time, Permanent
Closing date: 05 November 2021
Informal enquiries to Karen.howie@ed.ac.uk
Falmouth University - Learning Designer
Digital Learning
£34,304 - £39,739
Full time
Closing date: 31 October 2021
Informal enquiries to Amy Sampson amy.sampson@falmouth.ac.uk
Glasgow School of Art - Learning Technology Officer 0.5
Library Services
£27,924 - £32,344 per annum pro rata
Part time, Maternity cover
Closing date: 22 October 2021
Informal enquiries to Jude Boyd j.boyd@gsa.ac.uk
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