In 2022 we asked, "what will the future of inclusive and accessible education look like?" and went about creating a Manifesto for Inclusive and Accessible Learning. The process had to involve the active learning community and so we ran interactive sessions in both the ALN Festival and ALN Conference in which attendees had the opportunity… Continue reading Revisiting our manifesto for learning
Vicki Dale1, Rob Lindsay2, David Watson2 and Tünde Varga-Atkins2 1Academic and Digital Development, University of Glasgow2Centre for Innovation in Education, University of Liverpool This year, we facilitated two staff development workshops during events for the Active Learning Network, inspired by Thornburg’s (2013) archetypal learning spaces, having first encountered these in Hewes’ (2013) blog post on… Continue reading Exploring archetypal spaces for active learning in the holodeck
Beth Hammond, Learning Technologist, University of the West of England https://flic.kr/p/abDy2i "Butterflies" flickr photo by neiljs shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license Inclusive learning and teaching is a hot topic in Higher Education at the moment, and as members of staff we have no doubt been encouraged to develop our practice, complete training and… Continue reading Activities for inclusion
Photo of orange tip butterfly by Isobel Gowers During the month of November 2022, the ALN ran three CPD webinars with an overall theme of Inclusive Communities, with all presenters being chapter authors of the ALN book: 100 Ideas for Active Learning. The sessions were very lively, and we have received a lot of positive… Continue reading ALN Inaugural CPD Series, November 2022
5th International Active Learning Conference - Moving forward with conference On 20th July 2022, we co-hosted the international Active Learning Network conference. The conference programme and recordings attest to the high quality workshops and presentations. In this blog, we share our reflections, as conference organisers, of the processes and planning leading up to the event… Continue reading Hosting the Active Learning Conference 2022
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