We’re moving offices this week but in between packing boxes and recycling I’ve been having a bit of an ALT shaped week.
This week ALT launched its annual survey (if you haven’t already please do fill it in, it’s a great barometer for what’s actually happening in the UK education sector). Concurrently it has also published a strategy update highlighting the progress the organisation is making in terms of its strategic goals. I wrote a blog post to help the launch of both, and I just want to highlight again the great work that the ALT full time staff and all its members do.
On Wednesday I represented ALT at a CLA FE Copyright Masterclass at the Lowry in Salford (not Manchester). I opened the session with a talk about OER and open education. This was followed by some very informative talks by the BUFVC, The Intellectual Property Office, CLA, and ERA. All of these agencies have a wealth of material that can be accessed by the education sector, and it was great to see the support that they are all giving the currently quite battered FE sector. I was particularly impressed by the Cracking Ideas site from the IPO – I think most of us could use those resources to help our students and ourselves become confident about IP.
A couple of other things have caught my eye and hopefully I’ll have time to have a proper look at them over the weekend. Audrey Waters has begun her annual top trends in ed tech review. Audrey is always worth reading and the first in this years series is no exception, I look forward to the rest of the posts. Remember you can subscribe to HackEducation and help support Audrey’s work. A great gift idea for all ed-techie’s out there.
The Open University has also just published its 2015 Innovating Pedagogy Report. I’m haven’t read it yet, but I am intrigued by stealth assessment and embodied learning. Hopefully I’ll have time to do a more considered post on it in the next couple of weeks, once everything has been unpacked in my new office.
