Education 2.0 & 3.0

The answer to the question in the “click bait” title is – yes of course we do, we most definitely need the role, but do we still need the title?

In 2014 Santanu Vasant wrote an article in jobs.ac.uk identifying the broad nature of the role and the broad background and expertise of role holders so I won’t go into any detail about what a Learning Technologist (LT) might be as you can read that article linked below as a starting point.

https://blog.jobs.ac.uk/education/teaching-learning/what-is-a-learning-technologist/

My experience is that Learning Technologists often have significant technological and pedagogical expertise. I know from personal experience the value of working with fantastic “learning technologists” and they can be key to really successful learning experiences.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

Inspired by topical discussions on the diversity, complexity and uniqueness of Learning Technologist roles, Daniel Scott (Nottingham Trent University) and I recently invited the ALTC community to share their stories of becoming a ‘Learning Technologist’ in all its guises and across a range of educational contexts.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

The report and data from the fifth ALT Annual Survey have now been published and shared openly in the ALT Repository. As with previous years the Annual Survey is designed to:

• understand current and future practice;

• show how Learning Technology is used across sectors; and

• help map the ALT strategy to professional practice to better meet the needs of and represent our Members.

With the survey in its fifth year we are able to record and report and number of changes and the results provide a useful oversight of priorities for our Members and the sector in general. Responding to the survey is an important way for Members to inform the priorities for ALT as part of the wider aims set out in ALT’s Strategy 2017-2020 and we are grateful to everyone who took some time to complete the survey.

The survey highlights very good awareness of the Senior and Associate CMALT pilots, which have been announced as launching on 28 February 2019. In terms of ALT activities that support research, practice and policy there is greatest awareness of day events and webinars run by local Member Groups, which were also indicated as one of the top priorities for 2019. This area will in part be supported by the new ALT Assembly which met for the first time on 20 February 2019.

Via Elizabeth E Charles