{"id":8323,"date":"2019-09-26T09:52:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T08:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=8323"},"modified":"2023-01-04T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T15:36:39","slug":"alts-new-membership-manager-debbie-baff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2019\/09\/alts-new-membership-manager-debbie-baff\/","title":{"rendered":"ALT\u2019s new Membership Manager \u2013 Debbie Baff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello, my name is Debbie Baff and I have recently started as the new Membership Manager for ALT Association for Learning Technology.  I joined on the 1st September 2019 so you may have spotted me during my first week at the #ALTC conference<\/a> in Edinburgh!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CC BY NC 2.0, Chris Bull for Association for Learning Technology<\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My previous role was as a Senior Academic Developer at Swansea University however  I have been involved with ALT for a good few years now as a member and volunteer, as such it is an absolute delight to be officially one of the team on a full time basis ! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a bit of background about me, I have a keen interest in Open Education and am Secretary and Co-Chair for the ALT Open Education Special Interest Group <\/a>.   I\u2019m interested in online, social and networked learning and am in my third year of a part time PHD in E Research and Technology Enhanced Learning at Lancaster University. I tweet at @debbaff<\/a> and have a somewhat neglected little blog https:\/\/debbaffled.wordpress.com\/<\/a>. I\u2019m involved with a number of other initiatives across the open education community such as #lthechat <\/a>#byod4l <\/a>and #socmedhe19<\/a>.  You can find out more info here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My role focuses on leading ALT\u2019s work with its growing Membership and managing the CMALT professional accreditation framework<\/a>. This is an exciting time for me to be joining the amazing ALT Staff Team<\/a> particularly as we have just introduced our new Associate CMALT and Senior CMALT pathways<\/a> so I will certainly have a lot to get my teeth into.  I also support the work of Members and Special Interest Groups<\/a>, their governance and development through the ALT Assembly<\/a>. My first assembly meeting as a staff member will be next week and I am really excited to be involved with helping to devise the new ALT Strategy 2020-2025<\/a> for the next five years.  As a member, please do get involved directly in the consultation process and make use of our Strategy Suggestion Box<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m really looking forward to getting to know more members over the forthcoming weeks and months. Please feel free to drop me a line (membership@alt.ac.uk<\/a>)  to say hello – I would love to hear from you.
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My amazing \u2018virtual me\u2019 sticker complete with appropriate doses of \u2018Deb Pinkness\u2019 courtesy of @mhawksey <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

If you enjoyed reading this article we invite you to join the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) as an individual member<\/a>, and to encourage your own organisation to join ALT as an organisational or sponsoring member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hello, my name is Debbie Baff and I have recently started as the new Membership Manager for ALT Association for Learning Technology. 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