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Professional Accreditation - The CMALT model
This document discusses various options for professional development that are available to learning technologists, including books, blogs, collaborating with colleagues, attending conferences, participating in communities of practice, training offered by corporations, pursuing degrees or certificates, taking massive open online courses (MOOCs), and short courses. It also provides information on the Certified Member of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT) certification, including who it is designed for, the portfolio-based assessment process, and benefits of obtaining the certification.
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- 1. Notepad File Edit FormatView Help What is Professional Development ?
- 2. Notepad File Edit FormatView Help Where do Learning Technologists go for Professional Development?
- 3. Browser •BOOKS •BLOGS •COLLEAGUES •CONFERENCES •COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE •CORPORATES •DEGREES •MOOCs •SHORTCOURSES •SOCIAL MEDIA File View Help Professional Development
- 4. BOOKS Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS SOCIAL MEDIA CORPORATES BOOKS UMMMM….. Views OK Cancel
- 5. BLOGS Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 6. COLLEAGUES Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 7. CONFERENCES Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 8. COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE Open ProfDev Options Search Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 9. CORPORATES Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
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- 11. MOOCs Open Prof Dev OptionsSearch Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 12. SHORT COURSES Open Prof DevOptions Search Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 13. SOCIAL MEDIA Open Prof DevOptions Search Organize DEGREES MOOCs COPs CONFERENCES COLLEAGUES BLOGS CORPORATES BOOKS Views OK Cancel SOCIAL MEDIA SHORT COURSES
- 14. Browser •BOOKS •BLOGS •COLLEAGUES •CONFERENCES •COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE •CORPORATES •DEGREES •MOOCs •SHORTCOURSES •SOCIAL MEDIA File View Help You clicked Yes What should your prof dev to do for you? No Prof Dev
- 16. I want myprof dev to…. Notepad File Edit Format View Help develop an understanding of how people learn with ICT? learn how to use ICT in education that is scholarly, professional & ethical? build and develop learning networks & communities? learn to value diversity and promote inclusivity? continually reflect on own and others’ practices and processes? advance and enhance career opportunities?
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- 18. Notepad • Learning Technologist •Educational Technology Practitioners • Instructional Designers • Learning Engineers • Researchers • Teachers • Researchers File Edit Format View Help You clicked Who is CMALT for? Okay
- 19. Notepad File Edit FormatView Help A professional accreditation scheme administered by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) •Professional Accreditation •Portfolio based Developed to •Have experience and capabilities certified by peers •Demonstrate that they are taking a committed and serious approach to their professional development
- 20. • Description, evidenceand reflection are required under core areas of work, and specialist options • Contextual Background • Core Area 1 : Operational • Core Area 2: Teaching, Learning & Assessment • Core Area 3: The Wider Context • Core Area 4: Communication and working with others • One or more specialist options • Future plans
- 21. How to write& provide evidence EVICENCE Evidence to support your statements This could be (but not limited to) certificates, reports, screen shots, lesson plans and links to online materials DESCRIPTION A description of what you have done (write in the first person) REFLECTION Reflection on what you learnt as a result of doing it, what it meant, what you learnt, how you might do it differently (if appropriate), what the impact of your work was on learners
- 22. Assessment process • ChooseAssessor • One know to the candidate (usually nominated by portfolio submitter) • One who is not known • Assessment Marks • Strong • Adequate • Inadequate • Assessment Outcomes • Pass • Referral
- 23. You do nothave to be called or to call yourself a learning technologist to participate Notepad File Edit Format View Help “Learning technology is the broad range of communication, information and related technologies that can be used to support learning, teaching, and assessment. Learning technologists are people who are actively involved in managing, researching, supporting or enabling learning with the use of learning technology. A very wide range of people in industry and in private and public sector education and training have learning technology as a core part of their role:
- 24. What are L.D.committed to? Notepad File Edit Format View Help As professionals we are committed to developing & supporting Learning Technology Demonstrate or own commitment to our professional development
- 25. Possible application Notepad • Personalopportunity to think and reflect on your own projects. • Look at scope, range and people you have affected. • Practical applications where you had made a difference • Theoretical underpinnings • Practical affirming process • Looking back and forwards • Get to read others portfolios and assess them • Both teaching & technical • Opportunity for recognition by other learning technology peers File Edit Format View Help
- 26. The human sideof change – http://www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/1342355056/ Browser File View Help Institutional Change Rogers (1962)
- 27. Crossing the chasm http://www.flickr.com/photos/marketingfacts/4615037800/ Browser FileView Help Crossing a chasm
- 28. Benefits and recognitionof the scheme Notepad Recognised in UK – held over 10 years Recognised in Australasia Map CMALT to other frameworks File Edit Format View Help
- 29. Initial Guidance Notepad See CMALTProspectus https://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/alt.ac.uk/files/ALT-CMALT- Prospectus-2014-web.pdf File Edit Format View Help
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Editor's Notes
- #2 “Professional development is learning to earn or maintain professional credentials such as academic degrees to formal course work, conferences and informal learning opportunities situated in practice. It has been described as intensive and collaborative, ideally incorporating an evaluative stage.”