{"id":809,"date":"2016-08-28T20:02:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2016-08-28T20:07:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T20:07:18","slug":"cmalt-cpd-log-tracking-professional-development-using-google-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"CMALT CPD Log: tracking professional development using Google Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since gaining my CMALT accreditation<\/a> in February, I have been struck by how much of a difference it has made to me (and I am not just saying that because I work for its awarding body…). As well as providing useful evidence for my work day to day, it’s made me take a more focused and considered approach to my Learning Technology work. Part of it is developing a habit to reflect, about learning to pause and take stock before moving on to the next thing. I’ve also started being a peer assessor for other candidate’s portfolios and that has been an interesting process in itself, making me feel more connected with other\u00a0professionals working in the same discipline.<\/p>\n

As the\u00a0portfolio has to be updated every 3 years (as explained here<\/a>) I’ve been considering how I am going to track my own activities. Three years is a long time and I think I would dread having to compile everything in 2019. So, like other CMALT Holders before me, I have tried to devise an approach to help me keep everything in one place and link easily into my portfolio that I built using Google Apps for Education<\/a>.
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Main aims:<\/strong> keep a running log of CPD activities, make it as easy as possible to log these, keep the format linked to my portfolio so that I can transfer content at the review stage and keep evidence.<\/p>\n

First steps:<\/strong> I set up a Google sheet and a form initially, but found that I didn’t like it because typing longer text into each cell didn’t work for me and the form felt too impersonal. I wanted to give myself the flexibility to add reflection and expand the format whenever I want. So I started a new Google doc instead, with a table, free text sections and an appendix section with guidance from the ALT website. I also set up a folder for additional evidence to be stored.<\/p>\n

Collect evidence or risk loosing it:\u00a0<\/strong>it became quickly apparent that a lot of evidence I was logging is\u00a0contained in my blog. As I now host that on my own domain (thanks, Reclaim Hosting \ud83d\ude42 I feel that this works even in the long term. However one course I participated in this summer has published my work only behind a log in. So I took screenshots of the key information and stored them in the folder in case I loose access in the long run. Certainly the process of logging the evidence was the reason why I did this – otherwise I don’t think I would have.<\/p>\n

Where’s my CPD heading?<\/strong> As well as aiding reflection and encouraging me to keep my work properly backed up colour-coding different categories of CPD (e.g. events, blog, course… etc) made it very clear what I have been focusing on and areas in which I could do more.<\/p>\n

Tags, categories, images…<\/strong> couldn’t I do all of this in a more elegant way? I am sure I could. There are apps out there that would certainly make it look and feel a lot more glossy. If you have found a way that works for you, I’d love to see how it works. For me, sticking with the same format as my portfolio works for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since gaining my CMALT accreditation in February, I have been struck by how much of a difference it has made to me (and I am not just saying that because I work for its awarding body…). As well as providing useful evidence for my work day to day, it’s made me take a more focused and considered approach to my Learning Technology work. Part of it is developing a habit to reflect, about learning to…<\/p>\n

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