The University of Leeds Learning Technologists' Network (LTN) was re-launched on 19th November 2019. Further information about the LTN is available on this page: https://peopledevelopment.leeds.ac.uk/services/academic-practice/your-digital-practice

1. Learning Technologists
Network
Twitter: #UoLTEL
Harriet Notman | Kirsten Thompson | Louise Woodcock

2. Overview
LTN Re-launch lunch:
• Survey results
• Changes & next steps
• Informal networking
CPD for Learning Technologists:
• Opportunities this year
• Professional recognition
• Questions & discussion
• Action planning

3. Survey results

4. Do you define yourself as a
Learning Technologist?

5. What is your job title?

6. Existing professional recognition
Almost half of you shared you had received
professional recognition you had obtained
more than one accreditation.
There was a wide range of recognition
attained across the board with FHEA and
CMALT appearing most frequently.

7. Are you interested in professional
recognition?
Yes - 63%
No - 37%

8. How would you like to benefit from
the LTN going forward?
• Developing skills and knowledge
• Support in accessing accreditations,
qualifications and training
• Link the LTN with strategy and institutional
activities
• Keep updated on developments in the field
• Collaborate
• Share knowledge, ideas and good practice.
• Protected time and space for core members

9. Changes & next steps

10. Changes
You have asked for role-specific CPD and
networking opportunities. This means we are
making some changes to network
membership going forward.
• Reverting to Learning Technologists’
Network
• Redefining membership:
– Core members
– Associate members

11. Core members
Our core learning technologist members
work directly with colleagues at the faculty
and institute level. These members are
directly employed within faculties, institutes*
and the Student Education Service.
*This includes learning technologists
working for the NIHR.

12. Associate members
Our associate members work in a wide
range of roles and have an interest in
learning technology. They include:
• Staff (in faculties and central services)
• Postgraduate researchers
• Other NIHR staff.

13. LTN member benefits
We will continue to offer open events for associate
members and we will encourage our core members
to contribute towards facilitating some of those
events.
Everyone will have access to the following online
community spaces:
• Open LTN Yammer Group (restricted to UoL login)
• Mailing list
• Twitter #UoL
Our core members will also be supported with a
dedicated Microsoft Team space for CPD purposes.

14. Core member activities
• Keep updated on developments in ed tech
• Collaborate:
–Share practice
–Projects
–Facilitating events
–Papers (see strategic priorities)
–Peer support, mentoring & observations

15. Core member activities cont.
• Professional recognition:
– Pilots to support core members (more later)
• Strategic priorities:
–Keep updated with institutional priorities
–Feed into & respond to committees etc as
LTN
–Link in with LITE

16. MS Team space
• Private CPD space for core members
• Support core member activities
• Central services could feed into a comms
channel - other channels would be private.
Alternative suggestion: have a separate
Team for system updates from central
services (to be agreed)
• Core members will be invited following the
session
• Yammer space to be updated

17. Topics & themes for this year
• Share any additional ideas you have for
both core and open network events
• Opportunity to share ideas beyond the
session on Yammer and in the Team
space too

18. Informal networking

19. CPD for Learning
Technologists

20. CPD opportunities
this year

21. Range of Options
• Sharing practice workshops
• Recommend master class presenters to
LITE
• Work shadowing
• Mentoring
• Qualifications
• Professional Recognition

22. Professional recognition

23. Available schemes
• Advance HE Fellowships – University Of
Leeds Professional Recognition in Student
Education (PRiSE) scheme
• Certified Membership of Association of
Learning Technologists (CMALT)
• Staff and Educational Developers
Association Fellowships

24. Advance HE
“Fellowship demonstrates a personal and
institutional commitment to professionalism
in learning and teaching in higher
education.”
• Associate Fellow (AFHEA); Fellow
(FHEA); Senior Fellow (SFHEA); Principal
Fellow (PFHEA)
• UK Professional Standards Framework –
Activities, Knowledge and Values

25. Categories of Recognition
Associate
Evidence of
own
teaching /
L&T
support
practice &
impact in at
least 2 of
the 5
UKPSF
Areas of
Activity
Fellow
Evidence of
own
teaching /
L&T
support
practice &
its impact in
all 5 UKPSF
Areas of
Activity
Senior
Evidence of
your
sustained
impact on
other
people’s
teaching /
L&T support
practice esp.
within UoL
across all 5
Areas of
Activity
Principal
Evidence
wider &
sustained
impact on
other
people’s /
UoL /
external
teaching /
L&T support
practice
all 5 Areas
of Activity

26. Support
• PRiSE scheme covers Associate, Fellow
and Senior Fellow applications -
applications reviewed and awards made
in-house (external moderator)
• OD&PL support applications for PFHEA +
fee for assessment via Advance HE
• Tailored briefing and writing workshop
• Peer mentoring?

27. Association for Learning Technology
“The CMALT Accreditation Framework is for
professionals who are actively involved in
understanding, managing, researching,
supporting or enabling learning with the
use of Learning Technology”
• Certified Member (CMALT); Senior
Member (SMALT)
• alt.ac.uk/certified-membership

28. ALT
Associate
Early-career /just
moved into Learn
Tech-related role
(under 3 yrs’
experience)
Engage with Learn
Tech as a smaller
part of your role
limited range of
evidence to draw
on
Certified
Established
Learning
Technology
related role
(3 or more
years’)
Engage with
Learn Tech
throughout
most
aspects of
your role
Senior
Experienced Learn
Tech-related role (+3
yrs’ experience) &
core part of your role.
Management
leadership or strategic
responsibilities /
equivalent level of
impact on others
through your work.
Research focus in a
relevant field.

29. Support cont.
• OD&PL making case for supporting
registration fee costs*
• Support for applications
– Briefing
– Writing workshops
– Peer mentoring?
• Need to be aware of commitment to annual
personal membership fee
*Eligibility criteria to be determined

30. Further information: Advance HE
Advance HE
• Fellowships (Advance HE website)
• Digital Lens on the UKPSF (PDF, HEA
website)
• PRiSE (OD&PL website)
• Minerva organisation for participants

31. Further Information: ALT
• Certified Membership (ALT website)
• CMALT Prospectus (PDF, ALT website)
• CMALT MOOC (website)

32. Questions & discussion

33. Discuss…
• Share your thoughts on professional
recognition
• Share your experiences if you have
already achieved recognition
• Ask questions

34. Action planning

35. Your CPD Action Plan
Consider and discuss with your line
manager…
1. What would you like to achieve?
2. Can you have protected time to work
towards one of these deadlines?
1. PRiSE: noon 22nd April
2. CMALT: 31st May
3. How does this map to your existing
objectives?

36. Thank you
Twitter: #UoLTEL
Harriet Notman | Kirsten Thompson | Louise Woodcock