Peer based accreditation for agile profesionalisation in Learning Technology
- 1. Peer-based accreditation for agile professionalisation in Learning Technology OEB15, 9-10 Dec 2015, Berlin Maren Deepwell chief executive @marendeepwell
- 2. alt.ac.uk About ALT the 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.
- 3. alt.ac.uk Peer-based accreditation shaping Learning Technology professional practice Technology keeping pace with innovation and using it effectively Skills providing relevant accreditation as skills change Recognition enhancing professional development and leadership
- 4. alt.ac.uk Peer-based accreditation shaping Learning Technology professional practice Technology keeping pace with innovation and using it effectively • 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
- 5. alt.ac.uk Peer-based accreditation shaping Learning Technology professional practice Skills providing relevant accreditation as skills change • Understanding learner expectations and their skills/lack thereof • Developing skills to make innovation sustainable • Contributing to international research and collaboration • Giving staff the skills to work in the open • Having the skills to navigate regulation, funding, standards
- 6. alt.ac.uk Peer-based accreditation shaping Learning Technology professional practice Recognition enhancing professional development and leadership • 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
- 7. alt.ac.uk Does the role of education change? Does what we want to achieve in learning and teaching change? Does the way we use Learning Technology change? What has changed? What shift makes peer-based accreditation more relevant?
- 8. alt.ac.uk Can the power of peers help us create empowered professionalism in Learning Technology?
- 9. alt.ac.uk 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.
- 10. alt.ac.uk CMALT Leadership Academic Technical Professional roles in CMALT Specialist areas provide flexibility Core areas remain constant: 1. Operational issues 2. Teaching, learning and assessment 3. Wider context 4. Communication Specialist areas reflect diverse roles: • Leadership • Tech development • Administration • Research • Policy
- 11. alt.ac.uk Peer-based CMALT model • Documentation/guidelines • Example portfolios/webinarsSupport • Two independent reviews • Joint decisionAssessment • Joint feedback • Re-assessment as neededFeedback • Undertaking assessments • Contributing to development Assessor community
- 12. alt.ac.uk Peer progression in a 3 year cycle Candidate Accredited Member New Assessor Lead Assessor Reviewed Assessor (3+ years) CMALT
- 13. alt.ac.uk Balancing diverse contexts and changes in technology with consistent values
- 14. alt.ac.uk Reaching beyond the CMALT framework CMALT UKPSF UK Groups CMALT Australasia ocTEL Blended Learning Essentials/ QTLS
- 15. alt.ac.uk CMALT in Australasia working in partnership with ascilite CMALT CMALT Australasia • Relevance in different contexts • Added value to broader frameworks • International reach • Application in internal provision • Accreditation for open courses • Growing the peer community
- 16. alt.ac.uk CMALT in Australasia changing context, local assessors Policy e.g. open access, equality Legislation e.g. national standards, provision Culture e.g. staff and learners, institutions
- 17. alt.ac.uk CMALT and ocTEL, the open course in technology enhanced learning CMALT ocTEL 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
- 18. alt.ac.uk #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
- 20. alt.ac.uk Scaling up and reaching out: Greater impact Less duplication More efficient Better for all learners
- 21. alt.ac.uk Power in numbers? challenges of scaling up peer-based accreditation Technology keeping pace with innovation is hard to do Skills different roles can have very different requirements Recognition peers need meaningful recognition at all levels
- 22. alt.ac.uk Future of peer-based accreditation CMALT as a way to: Empower professionals through peer-led accreditation Complement training/skills but focus on practice in context Retain relevance by providing flexibility Strengthen recognition via internal provision Support micro accreditation via open courses and open badges
- 23. alt.ac.uk What’s next? Developing CMALT Expanding CMALT for leadership and management in Learning Technology Mapping CMALT to other competency frameworks e.g. data scientists Route for Vocational Education and Training via Blended Learning Essentials on FuturelLearn
- 24. Blended Learning Essentials for Vocational Education and Training
- 25. alt.ac.uk The future belongs to peers
- 28. ALT Online Winter Conference 2015 w/c 7th Dec online sessions scheduled for the 9th/10th Dec https://altc.alt.ac.uk/online2015/
- 29. Association for Learning Technology Registered charity number: 1160039 www.alt.ac.uk @A_L_T CC-BY Maren Deepwell. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License.