My post looking back at what I have been up to this month is a bit later than usual, as my month ended with some well deserved holidays.
Once I got back there was a lot to do and catch up on, but September had so many highlights that it feels good to look back now:
Annual Conference
I very much enjoyed this year’s event. Lots of resources and videos from the conference are now available openly:
- Experience our ALT and ITN Productions ‘Future of Learning’ launch, ALT’s Ethical Framework for Learning Technology launch and the launch of AmplifyFE’s Sector Audit Report 2021
- Watch our keynote sessions from Prof Sonia Livingstone, Mutale Nkonde and Dr Lou Mycroft
- Reflect on our panel discussions about Learner experiences and Future Perspectives
- Or explore the pre conference workshop sessions
Blogging
This month in blog posts I have published on this blog:
- LOOKING FORWARD TO MY 12TH ALT ANNUAL CONFERENCE – COMPLETELY ONLINE. My first ALT Annual Conference was in 2009 in Manchester (I missed the first year I was working for ALT because I was submitting my PhD that September).
- DIGITAL DETOX – WELLBEING WEEK. A couple of weeks of spending long days online and working hard have prompted me to embark on this year’s digital detox. The last one I did was in November 2020 and focused on the Data Detox Kit. This time, I am going to focus on an approach for wellbeing for my physical rather than my digital self.
- DIGITAL DETOX – PART 2. A couple of weeks ago I blogged about embarking on a digital detox, and as in previous years, I put a new (to me) process to the test. Here is what happened this year, what worked for me and what didn’t:
- JOB SATISFACTION FOR VIRTUAL TEAMS. At the moment I am writing on Chapter 1 of the Leading Virtual Teams Book, and this chapter covers recruitment and selection as well as starting out as a virtual team and making the move from office-based to virtual. One of the things I have been thinking about as I am writing, is what makes it rewarding to work in a virtual team and how those of us who are permanently home-based measure success.
Book progress
I have been working on Chapter 2. It was great to work in this chapter as it includes a lot of practical strategies and case studies, which were fun to revisit.
Next, I will be working on Chapter 1, Setting out as a virtual team.
I have completed drafts for three of the six chapters now, and I am a total of 29,000 words into the process, which means I am halfway to a complete draft.
Read this month’s book post.
Upcoming talks and events
I have updated my running list with new events I am taking part in or speaking at:
- Discussion Panel: Higher Education Conference: Ignite HE – From Response to Revival, 7 of October 2021;
- Developing ethical approaches to learning technology, article in Future of EdTech Q3, Education Technology in Business and Industry, 23 September 2021;
- Keynote: Transforming Learning Conference, Sheffield Hallam University, 14 September 2021;
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