{"id":9288,"date":"2021-06-14T10:14:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T09:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=9288"},"modified":"2021-07-20T09:57:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T08:57:19","slug":"alt-scotland-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/altc.alt.ac.uk\/blog\/2021\/06\/alt-scotland-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"ALT Scotland Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Summer is finally here and that also means it\u2019s time for the ALT Scotland Annual Conference before we all head for a much needed break.&nbsp; Joe &amp; Louise, Co-Chairs would like to warmly welcome you to join the ALT Scotland Group and Speakers to hear current issues and thinking in Learning Technology for Scotland and beyond.&nbsp;<br><br>Learn more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1460587914227351554\"><strong>https:\/\/www.thinglink.com\/scene\/1460587914227351554<\/strong><\/a><br><br><strong>Tuesday 22nd of June 10.30 &#8211; 2.30 pm&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sign up using this form and you will be sent a Zoom invite.&nbsp;<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/djAjQgA8CYv6tXLj7\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/djAjQgA8CYv6tXLj7<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1A2IBh0HJ5e86F6eCXt8Ol6DK6bMN9xYl\/view?usp=sharing\"><strong>Agenda in PDF in Google Drive<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Agenda&nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Speakers<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.30<\/td><td><strong>Introduction and Hellos<\/strong><\/td><td>Joe \/ Louise<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.35<\/td><td>Association for Learning Technology Update<\/td><td>Maren Deepwell &amp; Debbie Baff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10.45<\/td><td>Education Scotland Update Schools and Learning Tech&nbsp;<\/td><td>Kirsty McFaulEducation Scotland&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.00<\/td><td>eProctoring an Edinburgh University story<\/td><td>Myles Blaney<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.30<\/td><td>Learning Tech and Further Education Landscape &#8211; what\u2019s happening&nbsp; across Colleges in Scotland in learning tech&nbsp;<\/td><td>Kenji Lamb CDN Jason Miles-Campbell Jisc&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11.45<\/td><td>Feedback and Further Comments on&nbsp;JISC Consultation Paper (Chunked Up)<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1elJSbDzsZl33_pKy-IF0zADxYkgIKhV64u8H9nl7r4w\/edit\">Link to Consultation Doc<\/a>&nbsp; A chance to feedback on Jisc\/SFC consultation on Digital Future of Learning&nbsp;<\/td><td>Joe Wilson<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12.30<\/td><td>Reflections &#8211; Michael Barber Paper In March 2021 Sir Michael Barber published \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.officeforstudents.org.uk\/publications\/gravity-assist-propelling-higher-education-towards-a-brighter-future\/\">Gravity assist: propelling higher education towards a brighter future<\/a>\u201d&nbsp; David Kernohan of WonkeHE will debunk this and experience of last year&nbsp;<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/wonkhe.com\/staff\/david-kernohan\/\">David Kernohan<\/a> WonkeHE<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1pm<\/td><td><strong>Lunch Break &#8211; with activities&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Open Resources Curation &#8211; what are we sharing ?&nbsp;Overview of <a href=\"https:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/\">&nbsp;Kaltura<\/a> Edinburgh University makes extensive use of <a href=\"https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/media.ed.ac.uk\/<\/a> and Glasgow University has just bought it too &#8211;<\/td><td><br><br>Joe and Lorna on curation&nbsp;<br><br>Adrien Bourg and Glasgow University Kaltura&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1.30pm<\/td><td>Lessons from SSSC &#8211; Keith has led out a range of developments in learning technology to support those working in social services . 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