oeb15: peer-based accreditation for agile professionalisation in learning technology
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Peer-based accreditation for agile professionalisation
in Learning TechnologyOEB15, 9-10 Dec 2015, Berlin
Maren Deepwellchief executive@marendeepwell
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About ALTthe Association for Learning Technology – alt.ac.uk
• ALT was established in 1993;
• ALT has 1700+ individual and 180+ organisational members;
• ALT works across sectors including Further Education, Higher Education and research;
• ALT has an international community.
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Peer-based accreditationshaping Learning Technology professional practice
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Peer-based accreditationshaping Learning Technology professional practice
• Technology changes quickly – why try to keep up? Why not outsource it?
• Advantages of working with industry to develop solutions and services
• Sharing between industry and sectors openly to avoid repeating costly development cycles and share resources incl government funding
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Peer-based accreditationshaping Learning Technology professional practice
• Understanding learner expectationsand their skills/lack thereof
• Developing skills to make innovation sustainable
• Contributing to international researchand collaboration
• Giving staff the skills to work in the open
• Having the skills to navigate regulation, funding, standards
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Peer-based accreditationshaping Learning Technology professional practice
• Learning Technology becomes mainstream for different roles not just specialists
• Provision for professional development for everyone at different levels from digital literacy to strategic implementation
• Supporting innovation and change at scale
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What has changed?What shift makes peer-based accreditation more relevant?
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Can the power of peers help us create
empowered professionalism in Learning Technology?
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Meet CMALT – ALT’s peer-based accreditation scheme
CMALT is a portfolio-based accreditation scheme developed by ALT to enable people whose work involves learning technology to:-have their experience and capabilities certified by peers;-demonstrate that they are taking a committed and serious approach to their professional development.
Established nearly 10 years ago the CMALT framework is used across education sectors in the UK and internationally to provide recognition for skills, experience and professional development in Learning Technology.
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Professional roles in CMALTSpecialist areas provide flexibility
Core areas remain constant:1.Operational issues2.Teaching, learning and assessment3.Wider context4.Communication
Specialist areas reflect diverse roles:•Leadership•Tech development•Administration•Research•Policy
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Peer-based CMALT model
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Peer progression in a 3 year cycle
CMALT
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Balancing diverse contexts and changes in technology
with consistent values
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Reaching beyond the CMALT framework
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CMALT in Australasiaworking in partnership with ascilite
• Relevance in different contexts
• Added value to broader frameworks
• International reach• Application in internal
provision• Accreditation for open
courses• Growing the peer
community
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CMALT in Australasiachanging context, local assessors
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CMALT and ocTEL, the open course in technology enhanced learning
Mapping of the framework to the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning, ocTEL - an open course run in 2013 and 2014 with 2000+ registrations in total:-Weekly posts-Community group-Encourage participation through badges-Provide examples
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#ocTEL – open course in Technology Enhanced Learning
◊ Hundreds of open badges earned;
◊ Designed and run by ALT Members
◊ 25%+ of participants from outside of HE
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http://octel.alt.ac.uk/2014/category/course-information/cmalt-course-information/
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Scaling up and reaching out:Greater impact
Less duplicationMore efficient
Better for all learners
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Power in numbers?challenges of scaling up peer-based accreditation
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Future of peer-based accreditation
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What’s next?
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Blended Learning Essentialsfor Vocational Education and Training
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The future belongs to peers
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Coming up…
https://oer16.oerconf.org/http://go.alt.ac.uk/ALT-News2015
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ALT Online Winter Conference 2015
w/c 7th Dec online sessions scheduled for the 9th/10th Dec
https://altc.alt.ac.uk/online2015/
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