It was a wet and cold Friday morning in February when I posted this request to ALT-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ‘End of week TEL challenge! During my research I’ve found a host of reports critical of the claims of TEL and the quality of TEL research. Calling on Surowiecki’s ‘wisdom of crowds’ I wondered who on the list […] View Article
Leave a commentThis ALT Open Education SIG webinar is shared with FELTAG SIG and is part of a series of webinars ALT is organising in support of the FELTAG Movement. Thursday 15th June, 1pm View recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-06-15.0531.M.39572659483D2F3A05887B43B73705.vcr&sid=7565 The promise of open educational resources is attractive – a cornucopia of free resources, alternative explanations, different media, different […] View Article
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Colin McLean, Registrar at IT Sligo, and Paul Gormley, Chair of ILTA, got the conference off to an inspiring start.… View Article
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The UCISA DCG Spotlight on digital capabilities conference on ‘Student futures – equipping students to thrive in the… View Article
Leave a commentIbrar Bhatt’s book ‘Assignments as Controversies: Digital Literacy and Writing in Classroom Practice’ explores the practices of learners in college classrooms. This monograph is a development of Ibrar Bhatt’s PhD research, published in the Routledge Research in Literacy Series. Prior to reading the book, I wondered about its audience and potential usefulness for classroom […] View Article
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This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by its creator, David… View Article
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‘We are here to make the most of social media in teaching, learning and assessment. We recognise social media is… View Article
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One of the joys and sometimes the challenges of being part of a global open education community… View Article
Leave a commentFor those looking at CMALT I would be happy to run a webinar to assist anyone who needs help. Also I here are my top 5 tips as someone who has been assessing CMALT portfolios for the past 5 years. Reflection, reflection reflection. One of the common reason for a portfolio to go back to […] View Article
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“Humanification is more than just an idea; it’s a new wave of understanding that helps to make sense of what’s… View Article
1 CommentOn Wednesday 1st February 2017, Dearne Valley College joined forces with the recently established RNN Group of Colleges, which itself was formed through the merger of Rotherham College and North Nottinghamshire College 12 months prior. The near £50m triumvirate aims to service the locality with the best possible academic offer and gives the opportunity to […] View Article
Leave a commentOER17 presented an opportunity for open practitioners, activists, educators and policy makers to come together as a community to reflect on The Politics of Open. What are our current key challenges and strengths – locally, nationally, and internationally? What are our priorities – in terms of political governance, organisational and personal politics? What are the changes that […] View Article
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