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Of course as this is a Leap Year the date of our webinar this month is very rare - Thurs Feb 29th! Teresa On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 5:43 PM Alistair McNaught < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Apologies for cross posting > > Just to remind folk, this month’s free Future Teacher session on Thursday > 19th February at 13:00 will give you examples of free *quality assured > resources* (and how to integrate them into teaching, guidance on *developing > shared resources* for a minority language. Finally, there will be the > launch of new *shareable* *community resources* for supporting HEIs and > FE colleges in developing their digital strategies and practices. > > > > In this month’s future teacher session, we will hear from: > > - *David Graham* (University of York) on the adoption of an OpenStax > textbook for anatomy and physiology in Nursing. A free, online, peer > reviewed textbook with multiple instructor resources including a blackboard > course cartridge; it does not get much better than this! > - *Joanna Evans* and *Mari Fflur* from Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol > together with *Bethan Wyn Jones* from Bangor University will share > their experiences of managing and creating Welsh medium OER content for the > Resource Portal ‘ Y Porth’ . They will address the importance of developing > open shared resources in the Welsh Language, and will highlight some of the > challenges around creating accessible OERs in languages that are less > supported in digital tools and environments. > - *Julian Tenney *(University of Nottingham) will introduce an > opportunity to join an action focused accessibility community, developing > shared resources, guidance and policy recommendations. > > As always there’s plenty of opportunity to engage with the speakers either > through the text chat or after the session in an open discussion. > > > > We’d love to see you there. Registration is free (and you need to register > how to get the link). > > Register here <https://xot.futureteacher.eu/play.php?template_id=4#oer> (or > plain text link - http://bit.ly/ft30ukpage). > > > > The session is recorded, so if you can't come don't worry about > registering but obviously if you do come you have a chance to interact with > speakers and other participants! > > > > *Looking ahead* > > Our *March* session would fall in the middle of the Easter holidays, the > day before Good Friday. So, we’re all going to make the most of the holiday > instead. There will be no March session. > > > > The *April* Future Teacher session is on *Learning Analytics for Mere > Mortals*. The focus is on the use of learning Analytics by teachers and > lecturers rather than by administrators. If you have any examples of the > way you’ve used data to provide support for students or to improve quality, > engagement or outcomes, please let us know. We’re looking for practical > examples that could be replicated in other institutions. > > > > Very best wishes from the Future Teacher volunteers... > > Sian, Teresa, Rosemarie, Ron, Lilian and Alistair > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the FUTURETEACHER list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=FUTURETEACHER&A=1 > ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FUTURETEACHER list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=FUTURETEACHER&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/FUTURETEACHER, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/