This post provides all the information you need for Part 4: Leading team activities (originally released 12 May ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Mid-point check-in – 5 min Before we jump into the new topic, let’s check-in with how things are going halfway through the course. You can do this simply with a pen and paper, or…
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This post provides all the information you need for Part 3: Setting shared expectations (originally released 5 May ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Listen to the course podcast This course is podcast based and you can take part by simply listening each week as a new topic is released. This week’s episode: S02E14 – How to Lead…
In February I shared the news that I will step down as ALT’s CEO this September to focus on my work as a coach. This is a monthly update on how things are progressing from my perspective, sharing some of the experiences along the way. Reflecting on the past month at ALT April had a very busy start indeed, as it was time for this year’s OER Conference. No matter how busy it was, OER23 was a…
This post provides all the information you need for Part 2: How we work and onboard new colleagues (originally released 28 April ’23). Each part includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Listen to the course podcast This course is podcast based and you can take part by simply listening each week as a new topic is released. This week’s episode: S02E13…
Welcome to the course orientation 🙂 If you are registered for this course, you will receive 2 emails from me each week, one on Fridays to introduce the topic and a second one on Thursdays with a round up of resources and a quick recap. Course overview Each course topic includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. Here is an overview of…
We’ll be getting underway on 21 April. Here is a quick preview of what to expect: Course schedule Course delivery Each week you will receive 2 emails from me, one to introduce the topic and a second one with a round up of resources and a quick recap. Each course topic includes a podcast to listen to, prompts to help you reflect on your practice and inspiration to explore the topic further. No screen time, no rigid…
Next week, the OER Conference comes to Inverness, and I am very much looking forward to it! There’s a packed programme, lots of ways to engage and the anticipation has been building for months, as these guest posts show. OER23 has a super Conference Committee of nearly 100 volunteers who have worked together for months to peer review papers, organise social activities, help plan conference delivery both in person and online and spread the word…
This week, I am looking forward to speaking at Bett for the first time in a few years, having missed last year’s event with Covid 🙁 . This year however promises to be a lot of fun, and I am excited to speak alongside two inspiring colleagues: uiyin Wong and Julie Voce. Here is what’s in store for our session: The Association for Learning Technology was established 30 years ago, in 1993. Since then, much…
A month ago, I shared the news that I will step down as ALT’s CEO this September to focus on my work as a coach. It’s been a hectic few weeks since the announcement and I want to take a moment to step back and reflect. In 2018 when ALT started to work as a virtual team, we shared monthly updates on that transition and what we as a team learnt along the way. Just…
At the moment, a lot of my work is focused on the upcoming OER23 Conference. OER23 is the 14th annual conference for Open Education research, practice and policy is organised by ALT, the Association for Learning Technology, in partnership with UHI, the University of the Highlands and Islands. OER23 will bring together the strong Scottish Open Education movement and international participants to leverage our shared expertise for change in policy and practice. The conference will…