<p>We are proud to announce that 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 <a href="https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/">University of the Highlands and Islands</a>.<!-- wp:list {"otterConditions":[]} --></p>
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<li>Day 1, 4th April: Pre-conference activities and GO-GN Day, social pre-conference meet up</li>
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<li>Day 2, 5th April: Conference programme from 9:30am and evening social activity</li>
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<li>Day 3, 6th April: Conference programme until 4:00pm and social post-conference meet up</li>
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<p>UHI has a unique place and deep roots in its communities, and we are looking forward to bringing OER participants from the UK and across the world to its campus in Inverness in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.</p>
<p>UHI has a unique place and deep roots in its communities, and we are looking forward to bringing OER participants from the UK and across the world to its campus in Inverness in the heart of the Scottish Highlands.</p>
<p>OER23 will bring together the strong Scottish Open Education movement and international participants to leverage our shared expertise for change in policy and practice.</p>
<p>The conference will be co-chaired in partnership with the GO-GN Global OER Graduate Network, connecting emerging researchers and a global perspective with local and national knowledge.</p>
<p><a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oer23/">Find out more about OER23 on the conference website</a>.</p>
<p>ALT North West England Members Group Networking meeting hosted by the University of Liverpool Centre for Innovation in Education.</p>
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<p>We are excited to be at Ahead by Bett again this year.</p>
<p><strong>Join us: Empowering agency and expertise for EdTech futures, Friday, 31 March 2023</strong></p>
<p>The Association for Learning Technology was established 30 years ago, in 1993. Since then, much has changed! Yet as the decades have become ever more digital, our focus on the central role of human agency and expertise has remained strong. This session brings together findings from benchmark surveys, insights from leaders and practical resources to help tackle professional development and recognition challenges in the sector. We will share new findings from ALT's Annual Survey 2023, charting how practice is shifting in the sector and what institutions are investing in. We will also reflect on the continued challenges rapid digital transformation poses for staff development and professional recognition.</p>
<p>Speakers: Puiyin Wong, Julie Voce and Maren Deepwell. </p>
<p>Register to join the session and find out more on the <a href="https://www.aheadbybett.com/agenda-2023/empowering-agency-expertise-edte... target="_blank" title="Link to Ahead by Bett">Ahead by Bett website</a>. </p>
<h2>What is Ahead by Bett?</h2>
<p paraeid="{f5e53784-89a8-41be-83d8-2021531950d6}{27}" paraid="1634371523"><strong>Ahead by Bett is back at London ExCeL for 2023 – bringing together Higher Education leaders and solution providers to connect and address evolution in the industry.</strong></p>
<p paraeid="{f5e53784-89a8-41be-83d8-2021531950d6}{27}" paraid="1634371523">As we look towards a new landscape for Higher Education, key stakeholders across all core functions of universities must consider the right path forward amongst business model disruption and increased pressure to demonstrate value. Working to prioritise peer discussion and cutting-edge content, Ahead by Bett provides a place for the Higher Education community to congregate and tackle the plethora of business and pedagogical challenges faced by the sector.</p>
<p paraeid="{f5e53784-89a8-41be-83d8-2021531950d6}{33}" paraid="664879990">Higher Education institutions around the world are working at a great pace to adapt to new approaches to learning, accelerate digital transformation and take advantage of new business models recently introduced to the sector. You can expect a large, global audience, excellent thought leadership, and networking opportunities with an engaged community. </p>
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<p>We are excited to be an event partner of this year's THE Digital Universities UK at the University of Leeds. ALT Members are eligible to register for the event at a discounted rate. </p>
<p><strong><big>Co-creation and engagement: How can we make the learning experience more open, inclusive and equitable?</big></strong></p>
<p>Join Professor Helen O'Sullivan, Tharindu Liyanagunawardena, Scott Farrow and Margaret Korosec to discover effective strategies to promote a more open, inclusive and equitable learning environment with students as co-creators.<strong> </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Learn new methods for co-creating curricula and activities with students</li>
<li>Create a safe, inclusive space for communities to collaborate</li>
<li>Ensure your tools and technologies are accessible and compliant </li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Find out more about the speakers and our session <a href="https://www.timeshighered-events.com/digital-universities-uk-2023/agenda... target="_blank" title="Link to THE event website">on the conference website</a>.</strong></p>
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<p>Digital Universities UK will be hosted in partnership with the University of Leeds on 17-20 April<br />
2023, will bring together higher education, industry and policy leaders working at the intersection of academic innovation and technology under one roof.</p>
<p>The event will present the latest challenges and opportunities of digital-first higher education along<br />
with cutting-edge start-ups and ideas that will reshape the future, forever.</p>
<p>Attendees can expect keynotes, interactive panels, live demonstrations, intimate discussions,<br />
practical workshops, unparalleled networking and much more.</p>
<p><br />
<strong>Themes:</strong><br />
- Accelerating the digital campus<br />
- Human-centred student experience<br />
- Digitally transforming the research experience<br />
- Teaching, learning and assessment innovations</p>
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<strong>What to expect:</strong><br />
40+ sessions, 100+ speakers and 500+ attendees</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:16pt; font-variant:normal; white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:'Open Sans',sans-serif"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-weight:400"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="text-decoration:none">SitRep: Verifying your progress</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p>Agent, we require a SitRep (situation report). How is your mission going?</p>
<p>In this session we will share what we have learned so far about hosting a Mastodon server and also hear from you about your experiences.</p>
<h2>Why are we doing this? </h2>
<p>ALT and Reclaim EdTech are partnering to offer our communities the opportunity to explore Mastodon starting in January 2023. The server we set up will act as a platform for our communities to explore and get to know Mastodon. The server will be temporary, but depending on what we learn along the way, we will decide how to proceed. So, whether you are completely new to the fediverse, or looking for other edtech folk to connect with, join us to explore and learn together.</p>
<p>ALT and Reclaim EdTech are already active on Mastodon, and many in our communities are, too. We are looking to learn more about how we can support folk in this space, how community servers might function, how they could be moderated and what the costs involved might be, too.</p>
<p>This is an opportunity to learn more about being active on Mastodon as well as learning about setting up, hosting and moderating servers for communities like ours and complement what we can learn from already established communities and servers with hands-on experience. </p>
<p>This will be an opportunity for POC colleagues to voice out ideas on sponsorship and visibility ( e.g. in activities, events, committees, etc) and also for line managers to reflect on practices in place in their department and institution.</p>
<p>Small group discussion</p>
<ul>
<li>Why is the representation of POC colleagues who work in junior roles important?</li>
<li>Whose responsibility is it to sponsor and create visibility for these colleagues?</li>
<li>Why are POC colleagues more likely to stay in junior roles/not be promoted?</li>
<li>How to increase visibility in your department? What tips can you share? How to overcome challenges you (may) face?</li>
<li>How to increase visibility in your institution? What tips can you share? How to overcome challenges you (may) face?</li>
<li>How to increase visibility outside your institution (e.g. ALT conferences, etc)? What tips can you share? How to overcome challenges you (may) face?</li>
<li>Participants are encouraged to think about these answers prior to the event so that tips can be shared with cross-institutional colleagues on the day.</li>
<li>This event will not be recorded and participants will be expected to abide by ALT's values along with the (revised) principles of ARLT SIG.</li>
</ul>
<p>This is a round table event that includes Rob Howe and Rhona Sharpe to discuss the impact of this technology on the student learning experience and how we might research it.</p>
<p>It is difficult to escape conversations about the recent release of ChatGPT. This sudden jump in awareness and capabilities of AI raises questions about the student learning experience and how we might understand its impact. We would like to provide a space to talk about how and what we might learn about the student use and perceptions of AI. Is there a need for focused look at this or does this fit in to existing frameworks or questions about the students' experience? If there are opportunities what are the broad areas this affects? Where do we think it is priority, and are there any past lessons from past digital experience evaluations that we should think about now? If you have some grant money and the time what would be your focus? Come along and share your ideas.</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/persons/rob-howe">Rob Howe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ctl.ox.ac.uk/ourteam/rhona-sharpe">Rhona Sharpe</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jisc.ac.uk/staff/sue-attewell">Sue Attwell</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/about-us/staff-profiles/faculty-of-business-and-l... Durowoju</a></li>
</ul>
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<p>Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join our Mastodon server and have some fun! As always, should you or any member misbehave, the Server will disavow any knowledge of your actions (and ban you). Good luck.</p>
<p>ALT and Reclaim EdTech are a group of rogue nerds who have stolen a Mastodon server and are opening it up to other interested folks. They will be running live online sessions which you are tasked to intercept. The sessions are open to all and free to attend so you will have no issues accessing them. The sessions will offer others interested in Mastodon with an introduction to joining a Mastodon server, help them find their way around and also take a peek behind the scenes of the moderating and hosting process. We need you to intercept the sessions, participate and report back.</p>
<ul>
<li>Session 1: Mission briefing: 19 January 2023 at 16:00 GMT</li>
<li>Session 2: Verifying your progress: 23 February 2023 at 16:00 GMT</li>
<li>Session 3: 30 days until self-destruct: 23 March 2023 at 16:00 GMT</li>
</ul>
<p>The server may self-destruct once the mission is over but that will depend on its success.</p>
<h2>Mission briefing - 19 January 2023 at 16:00 GMT</h2>
<p>In this session we will show you:</p>
<ul>
<li>How to sign up to the server</li>
<li>How to find other people (talk about federation)</li>
<li>How to post (who sees it?)</li>
<li>How to manage your profile</li>
<li>How to report content</li>
<li>How to become a moderator</li>
</ul>
<h2>Why are we doing this?</h2>
<p>ALT and Reclaim EdTech are partnering to offer our communities the opportunity to explore Mastodon starting in January 2023. The server we set up will act as a platform for our communities to explore and get to know Mastodon. The server will be temporary, but depending on what we learn along the way, we will decide how to proceed. So, whether you are completely new to the fediverse, or looking for other edtech folk to connect with, join us to explore and learn together.</p>
<p>ALT and Reclaim EdTech are already active on Mastodon, and many in our communities are, too. We are looking to learn more about how we can support folk in this space, how community servers might function, how they could be moderated and what the costs involved might be, too.</p>
<p>This is an opportunity to learn more about being active on Mastodon as well as learning about setting up, hosting and moderating servers for communities like ours and complement what we can learn from already established communities and servers with hands-on experience. </p>
<p><strong><a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Join the webinar via Blackboard Collaborate</a></strong></p>
<p>Copyright Law and AI, Margaritha Windisch, Center for Law & Economics, ETH Zurich</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b0ed6c888307480ba897751a57f93713">Join the webinar via Blackboard Collaborate</a></strong></p>
<p>Jane and Chris discuss their recent chapter “Copyright Education and Information Literacy” in the IFLA publication, Navigating Copyright for Libraries. They will be interviewed by Dr Luis Pereira from City, University of London.</p>