{"id":38,"date":"2019-11-15T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T11:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/?p=38"},"modified":"2023-01-05T14:18:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T14:18:16","slug":"launching-alt-elesig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2019\/11\/launching-alt-elesig\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewing our vows to ELESIG: launching ALT ELESIG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALT ELESIG was officially launched at the ALT conference in Sep 2019.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-58 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1142\/2019\/11\/ALTc-ELESIG1-251x300.png?resize=251%2C300\" alt=\"ALT ELESIG launch at ALTC 2019\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ALT ELESIG launch, picturing (l-r) Mary McVey, Vicki Dale, Tunde Varga-Atkins, Denise Sweeney, pic by @chrisbull1980<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In this blog post and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alt.ac.uk\/events\/winter-conference\">online Winter Conference of ALT<\/a>, we would like to mark the launch of our new platform under ALT as a Special Interest Group.<\/p>\n<h3>So who are we?<\/h3>\n<p>We are a community of researchers and practitioners involved in investigations of learners\u2019 experiences and uses of technology in learning. As ALT ELESIG members, we work together to share knowledge, practices and develop a shared repertoire of resources, building capacity by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sharing good practice and developments in learner experience research methodology and methods.<\/li>\n<li>sharing the outcomes of specific learner experience research studies, including successes, issues and challenges.<\/li>\n<li>identifying areas of shared interest for cross-institutional collaborations.<\/li>\n<li>raising the profile of learner experience research within the sectors.<\/li>\n<li>collaborating with other stakeholder groups involved with learner experience research, including students as partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_59\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-59 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1142\/2019\/11\/ALTc-ELESIG2-296x300.png?resize=296%2C300\" alt=\"Our first @ELESIG special interest group meeting at #ALTC in Sep 2019\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-59\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our first @ELESIG special interest group meeting at #ALTC in Sep 2019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>How can you get involved?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Offer to present a webinar related to the above themes or suggest a speaker or a topic we can approach.<\/li>\n<li>Locate your nearest regional rep to find out about local\/regional events (see our About ELESIG page with Organising Committee members).<\/li>\n<li>Share resources you have created to help your learner experience research (e.g. data collection instruments, bibliography, &#8211; anything!).<\/li>\n<li>Tell us if you have an idea for a topic or a case study to share in our Handbook of Learner Experience research.<\/li>\n<li>Follow us on Twitter <span class=\"atwho-query\">@elesig<\/span><\/li>\n<li>See our Activities page for more details.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to working with you!<\/p>\n<p>Tunde Varga-Atkins (Chair) and Vicki Dale (Secretary) on behalf of the <a href=\"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/elesig\/about-alt-elesig\/\">ALT ELESIG Organising committee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALT ELESIG was officially launched at the ALT conference in Sep 2019. 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