Digital Learning Training Days

The Archives and Learning Education Section of ARA in partnership with The National Archives are pleased to announce two complementary training days on Digital Learning Resources.

Day one is curated by Martin Bazley, Director of Martin Bazley & Associates. Day two is curated by Andy Mink, from Mink'ED. Both days will take place at 'The Talks Room', The National Archives, Kew.

Day One - Digital Learning Resources on a Shoestring

16 November 2015 at ‘The Talks Room’, The National Archives, Kew

Are you interested in experimenting with digital learning but feel unsure how or where to start? Or perhaps you are already involved in planning or developing digital learning, and would like an update on best practice and tips for achieving more with less.  If so, this training day is for you.

Curated and delivered by Martin Bazley, the day will consist of interactive and hands-on workshop-type presentations with tips and practical demonstrations about:

•             how to get started in this area when you have limited resources

•             how you can get your users engaged and reach out to new audiences

•             how to make resources sustainable in the medium and long term

Everyone is welcome but the event may be particularly relevant to archivists, education/outreach officers and other professionals working in small and medium-sized organisations.

Speaker:

Martin Bazley, Director of Martin Bazley & Associates, has more than 10 years' experience researching, developing and evaluating digital learning resources and other digital technology projects.  He is Chair of the Digital Learning Network (DLNET), and acts as Mentor and Monitor for digital elements of HLF projects. 

For information about how to get to The National Archives please see: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/default.htm

Cost: £30 for ARA members, £40 for non-ARA members, including lunch and refreshments. You can book online here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/379-ales-training-day-digital-learning-resources-on-a-shoestring.html

For details of the complementary event running on at TNA the following day click here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/380-re-mixing-and-visualising-resources-for-enquiry-based-learning.html

Programme

9:30-10:00           Tea/Coffee and Registration

10:00-10:15         Event Introduction and Housekeeping

10:15-11:15         Session 1 – Overview of digital learning

This session will review and discuss examples of digital learning, including discussion of how people learn and whether it is possible to 'deliver' learning online.

11:15-11:35         Tea/Coffee break

11:35-12:30         Session 2 – DIY and low cost approaches

This session will focus on Web Content management systems such as Wordpress.com, Wordpress.org, Google sites and others for prototyping learning resources online or for creating simple websites to promote projects or sessions. EventBrite / Amiando for handling bookings.

12:30-13:30         Lunch

13:30-14:30         Session 3 – Simple video production for digital learning

This session will involve short technical demonstration showing how to create short films to support learning and for promotion of learning opportunities; tips on lighting, sound and shot planning. It will then review other examples of low cost video used for learning. Also YouTube, Vimeo, podcasting, etc.

14:30-15:00         Tea/Coffee break

15:00-16:00         Session 4 – Planning, developing and evaluating digital learning

This session will look at formative evaluation as part of development, followed by 'surgery' discussion, where participants ask for help with specific problems/ opportunities.  It will finish with the very popular Crit room – simulated user testing of websites. 

16:00-16:15         Round up and conclusions

Day Two - (Re)Mixing and Visualizing Resources for Enquiry-based Learning

17 November 2015, 10 am to 4 pm, at ‘The Talks Room’, The National Archives, Kew

(This event is running complementary to the ALES event on 16 November listed here:http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/379-ales-training-day-digital-learning-resources-on-a-shoestring.html)

Target Audience

Education/Learning Officers working in the archive/museum/galleries sector across the UK.

Programme Aims

This workshop will provide best practice models that feature tools, resources, and programs that emphasise a participatory engagement with digital archives.  Participants will receive training that aligns with enquiry-based teaching goals including (but not limited to):

•             mining digital archives based on thematic approaches

•             visualising digital assets using temporal, geospatial, and augmented reality tools

•             curating and remixing as Open Educational Resources by using authoring tools

•             publishing using enhanced e-books and other collection displays

Speakers

Andy Mink – Mink’ED

Andy designs and implements education programmes, workshops and professional development and training activities across the United States and around the world in support of teacher leadership and curriculum design. He works with school-based partnerships that explore data and resource sharing with libraries and archives. A former teacher and Director of the Virginia Center for Digital History at University of Virginia and as Executive Director of LEARN NC at University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. All of his projects, near or far, are influenced by the lessons he learned and experiences he shared as an eighth grade teacher.

For information about how to get to The National Archives please see: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/visit/default.htm

The event is £15 to attend to cover lunch (members and non-members).

You can book online here: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/380-re-mixing-and-visualising-resources-for-enquiry-based-learning.html

Suggested accommodation (not necessarily recommended!)

The Coach and Horses  – Kew Green (10 min walk) www.coachhotelkew.co.uk The Kew Garden Hotel – Kew (10 min walk) www.kewgardenshotel.com Travelodge – Kew Bridge (Brentford) (25 min walk) https://www.travelodge.co.uk/hotels/48/London-Kew-Bridge-hotel

Premier Inn – Kew (Brentford) (30 min walk) http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/BREPTI/london-kew-bridge

Premier Inn – Richmond (25 min walk or 1 stop on District Line) http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/LONRIC/london-Richmond

There are numerous other independent hotels and B&Bs in Richmond, which is one stop from Kew Gardens on the District Line.

We hope to see as many of you as possible on both days!

Kind regards,

Maria Castrillo

Archives for Learning and Education Training Officer

MAGNA CARTA AND THE CITY - TALK AND WALK

Thursday, 24 September 2015 from 13:00 to 15:30   OR

Wednesday, 30 September 2015 from 11:00 to 14:00

£10

Book on Eventbrite

Thursday 24^th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magna-carta-and-the-city-talk-and-walk-tickets-18534567390

Wednesday 30^th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/magna-carta-and-the-city-talk-and-walk-tickets-18534662675

Enjoy this last chance to see the City of London Magna Carta on display with this combined talk and walk. The short talk will tell you more about the Magna Carta: its creation, its contents and its consequences. The talk will be followed by a walking tour discovering Medieval London with City Highlights guide John Finn. 

Meet in the Heritage Gallery in Guildhall Art Gallery

Archives for Learning and Education Section Annual Meeting - 7th September 2015

Dear ALES members

I would like to invite you to attend the ALES annual meeting on Monday 7 September 2015.

Before the meeting Andrew Payne, Head of Education and Outreach at The National Archives, will deliver a paper on Magna Carta – Foundation of Liberty or Scribble on a Page?

The annual meeting is an opportunity to find out what ALES has achieved in the past year, to approve the plans and budget bid for 2015/16 and to elect the committee for the next year. It’s also a chance to meet up with other archivists with a particular interest in education and outreach, to build networks and, most importantly, to contribute to and influence the work of the ALES group.

We (the current committee) will be inviting ALES members to get involved, by joining the committee or suggesting ideas for training, development and other work that you would like ALES to lead on your behalf.

Please find attached a list of the ALES committee members. Members are invited to volunteer for any of these posts. The Chair and Web Officer are standing down this year. We already have a volunteer to take over as chair but we will be needing some ‘new blood’, ideas and enthusiasm as well. We are happy to consider creating new committee roles to meet particular interests!

ARA has been revising its guidance for voluntary officers and I suggest that if you are interested in joining the committee, you have a look at the Handbook for Voluntary Officers (also attached). The biggest change from the revision is the introduction of a fixed term of office. If you are interested in joining the committee, please let us know. You can contact any of the current officers to ask for more information.

This exciting event will take place in Room 2 of Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BJ on the 7 September 2015, starting at 9.30 a.m. and finishing by 12.30 p.m.

The programme is as follows:

9.30 a.m.       Registration

10 a.m.  Andrew’s paper

11.15 a.m.      ALES annual meeting

12.30 p.m.      Close

This event is free of charge for ARA members. There is a charge of £5 for non-ARA members.

Booking can be accessed by this link: http://www.archives.org.uk/events/viewevent/374-magna-carta-foundation-of-liberty-or-scribble-on-a-page-paper-by-andrew-payne-tna-followed-by-ales-annual-meeting.html.

Non-ARA members will be required to pay via the ARA Office before they attend.

We look forward to seeing you in London on the 7^th September. If you can’t attend, please send apologies to Stefanie.Metze@nrscotland.gov.uk and let us have any suggestions for future training, research, projects etc.

Alison

ALES Chair

Archives for Learning and Education Annual Conference 2015: Call for Papers

Unfortunatley the ALES annual conference has had to be cancelled. We will post detail of our AGM as soon as possible. 

Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

Heritage Quay, University of Huddersfield, 5^th June 2015

The nature of teaching and learning has traditionally focused on the transmission model: the passing of knowledge or information from educators to students. However, new and emerging technologies have challenged this approach by emphasising the quality of knowledge and how it is acquired, and also by fostering more participative and collaborative methods of teaching and learning.

Archive services across the UK are contributing to this transformation by embracing digital and online technology to create, share and disseminate knowledge and information more widely, and to engage with different groups of users and learners including schools, university students, adult learners and community groups.

This one-day conference would like to explore how archivists, education and outreach officers, and other professionals working in the heritage sector are responding to the challenges and opportunities presented by online and digital learning, particularly at a time of significant financial constraints in the sector. Questions that we wish to cover on the day include:

• how can archive services support digital learning?

• to what extent has digital learning improved access and changed perceptions about archives?

• what skillsets and resources are required to engage in digital learning?

• what can archive professionals learn from teachers and educators who use digital technology in the classroom?

• how can the archives and education professions exchange good practice and ideas?

We are inviting 30 minute presentations focusing on practical experiences and case studies around these topics. If you are interested please email Maria Castrillo, ALES training officer (m.castrillo@nls.uk), an abstract with an outline of your proposal.

The deadline for submissions is 20th March. Once all submissions have been received a small committee will meet to review them and make a selection.

Kind regards,

Maria Castrillo

ALES Training Officer

http://www.archives.org.uk/about/sections-interest-groups/archives-for-education-and-learning-group-afelg.html

ALES Edition of ARA: Request for articles

The ALES (Archives for Learning and Education Section)  issue of ARC will be published in June 2015. We would like to include a range of articles featuring work undertaken by  archivists throughout the country, in partnership and alone, with funding and on a minimal budget, with pre-school, schools, adults and community groups – and ideally representing work being done in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. We are particularly interested in articles about innovative projects that showcase new approaches to education work.

Please send your proposed article, with images and captions to Emma Peattie (emma.peattie@westlothian.gov.uk) and I will collate and, if necessary, select articles for this edition of ARC. We also have a ALES blog. If we receive large numbers of articles, some of these may be edited for inclusion in the blog. Content needs to be received by me by 2 March 2015 at the latest.

Articles should be between 400 and 800 words and, where possible, images should accompany the text.  As a general guide, 400 words plus an image will fill a page (c.625 words without an image to a page).

Images should have a resolution of no less than 300dpi and in TIFF or JPEG format. Any copyright questions should be  resolved so that we know we can safely reproduce the image (copyright forms can be supplied as required). All images should have a caption, source and acknowledgement.

Guidelines for articles can be found on the ARA's website at http://www.archives.org.uk/images/documents/ARC_Basic_Guidelines_revised_201108.pdf.

Kind Regards

Emma

Emma Peattie

Archivist and Records Manager (Mon-Wed)

Museums Development Officer (Wed-Fri)

Archives and Records Centre

9 Dunlop Square

Deans Industrial Estate

Livingston

EH54 8SB

01506 773772 (Mon-Wed)

01506 776347 (Wed-Fri)

emma.peattie@westlothian.gov.uk

BBC Get Creative: What's the future of education?

 Get Creative is a new, public-facing, year long campaign led by the BBC together with many other partners. It aims to raise the profile of arts, culture and creativity, to highlight their central place in all our lives and to celebrate where they happen all over the nation. We (Cultural Learning Alliance) want to showcase the fantastic power of cultural learning to inspire creativity and innovation. 

We'd love you to be a part of this process too.

http://www.culturallearningalliance.org.uk/news.aspx?id=157

engage Scotland: Developing or Updating your Child Protection Policy Training Workshop

An engage Scotland training workshop delivered by Children in Scotland Tuesday 24 March 2015 DCA, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY This one day workshop offers training on developing or updating organisational child protection policies based on the Creative Scotland/Children in Scotland Creating Safety publication. This workshop is aimed at anyone working in galleries, visual arts organisations, museums and heritage venues with responsibility for child protection. Having an effective child protection policy can help to create a child-safe organisation. A robust child protection policy should ensure that children and young people are safe and protected from abuse and exploitation and that staff are aware of risk factors, able to recognise signs of abuse and confident in dealing with any risks or allegations that they may encounter. The overriding aim must be to protect children from risk and abuse and to ensure that they enjoy learning experiences, but protection of staff and organisations are also key factors. Participants at this training workshop will gain a basic understanding of what is required when creating or updating their own child protection policy as well as advice on where to locate further information and support. By attending you will be able to:  - Develop your skills and knowledge  - Share your own practice  - Build contacts and network  - Discuss child protection issues that can arise in gallery and museum settings in working with challenging artwork or exhibitions and collections and young people. Numbers at the workshop are limited to 20 so please book early to make sure of a place. Fees: £25     student/artist bursary rate - limited number of places             £50     individual engage members £100   organisational engage members £150   non engage members Visit www.engage.org/childprotection for further information, including a programme and details on how you can book your place. Participants will also be able to visit DCA’s exhibition: Florian & Michael Quistrebert Hypnotic abstract videos and paintings by collaborative French brothers Michael (born 1976) and Florian (born 1982). Based in Paris and Amsterdam, the artists are nominated for the prestigious Marcel Duchamp Prize.