{"id":6496,"date":"2017-06-29T13:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T12:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=6496"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:21:43","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T09:21:43","slug":"chief-executives-report-29th-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2017\/06\/chief-executives-report-29th-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Executive’s Report, June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Members<\/p>\n

I’d like to start this report with a warm welcome to everyone who’s joined ALT this year. It’s great to see the number of Learning Technology professionals growing across sectors and we are pleased to have you on board!<\/p>\n

As a Member we’d like to encourage you to get involved and we are currently inviting expressions of interest for a range of different roles, including our governance, events, publications, professional development and accreditation. Following the launch of our strategy for 2017-2020<\/a> earlier this year, there are a lot of new initiatives getting underway as well, so whether you have just joined or are an established member there is, I hope, a rewarding way for you to engage.<\/p>\n

Further particulars are available on ALT\u2019s website<\/a> and you can also to sign up specifically for Pathways to CMALT<\/a>, expanding the accreditation framework.<\/p>\n

I’d also like to use this opportunity to give particular thanks to Members who edit and run this blog. Since its transition from newsletter to blog the readership and output has increased significantly and from event reports to case studies and reports the blog is going from strength to strength. I invite you to meet the editors<\/a> and consider joining the editorial team<\/a> or to write for the blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Another important development in the last month has been around ALT’s journal, Research in Learning Technology, and our new partnership with Open Academia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a Member you also have the right to vote<\/a> in the elections run by the Electoral Reform Services which determine who becomes a Trustee of ALT and joins the Central Executive, the committee that governs the Association. Look out for an email with details of who is standing for election and how to vote. The results will be announced at the AGM on 6 September.<\/p>\n

As I am writing this we are also preparing for what looks like a busy Annual Conference<\/a> in Liverpool in September. The largest of our three annual events, with the OER Conference in April and the online conference in December, has received a record number of submissions this year, 230 in total, which is the biggest number in five years. Full information, the programme and registration is on the conference platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a staff team<\/a> we look forward to supporting the conference this year and since my last report we have welcomed our new Events Manager, Jane Marsh, who will be running the event this year. We are also pleased to be supporting one of our senior staff, Martin Hawksey, through a period of research leave, and you can read more about what Martin will be doing on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Together with my colleagues and Trustees I am heartened to see our work make a difference and our community grow despite the significant challenges we are facing as individuals, within institutions and on a national scale. I look forward to meeting many of you in Liverpool and more online as we gather, discuss and critically reflect on the role of Learning Technology in our future – ‘beyond islands of innovation’.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Maren Deepwell,\u00a0Chief Executive of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT),\u00a0@marendeepwell<\/a><\/p>

If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)<\/a> as an individual member, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear Members I’d like to start this report with a warm welcome to everyone who’s joined ALT this year. It’s great to see the number of Learning Technology professionals growing across sectors and we are pleased to have you on board! 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