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A digital twin is a digital replica of a living or non-living physical entity. Digital twin refers to a digital replica of potential and actual physical assets ( physical twin), processes, people, places, systems and devices that can be used for various purposes. The digital representation provides both the elements and the dynamics of how an Internet of things (IoT) device operates and lives throughout its life cycle. Definitions of digital twin technology used in prior research emphasize two important characteristics. Firstly, each definition emphasizes the connection between the physical model and the corresponding virtual model or virtual counterpart. Secondly, this connection is established by generating real-time data using sensors. The concept of the digital twin can be compared to other concepts such as cross-reality environments or co-spaces and mirror models, which aim to, by and large, synchronise part of the physical world (e.g., an object or place) with its cyber representation (which can be an abstraction of some aspects of the physical world).

Digital twins integrate IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning and software analytics with spatial network graphs to create living digital simulation models that update and change as their physical counterparts change. A digital twin continuously learns and updates itself from multiple sources to represent its near real-time status, working condition or position. This learning system learns from itself, using sensor data that conveys various aspects of its operating condition; from human experts, such as engineers with deep and relevant industry domain knowledge; from other similar machines; from other similar fleets of machines; and from the larger systems and environment of which it may be a part. A digital twin also integrates historical data from past machine usage to factor into its digital model.

In various industrial sectors, twins are being used to optimize the operation and maintenance of physical assets, systems and manufacturing processes. They are a formative technology for the Industrial internet of things (IIoT), where physical objects can live and interact with other machines and people virtually. In the context of the IoT, they are also referred to as "cyberobjects", or "digital avatars". The digital twin is also a component of cyber-physical systems.

Digital twins were anticipated by David Gelernter's 1991 book Mirror Worlds. It is widely acknowledged in both industry and academic publications that Michael Grieves of Florida Institute of Technology first applied the digital twin concept in manufacturing. The concept and model of the digital twin was publicly introduced in 2002 by Grieves, then of the University of Michigan, at a Society of Manufacturing Engineers conference in Troy, Michigan. Grieves proposed the digital twin as the conceptual model underlying product lifecycle management (PLM).

The concept, which had a few different names, was subsequently called the "digital twin" by John Vickers of NASA in a 2010 Roadmap Report. The digital twin concept consists of three distinct parts: the physical product, the digital/virtual product, and connections between the two products. The connections between the physical product and the digital/virtual product is data that flows from the physical product to the digital/virtual product and information that is available from the digital/virtual product to the physical environment.

The concept was divided into types later. The types are the digital twin prototype (DTP), the digital twin instance (DTI), and the digital twin aggregate (DTA). The DTP consists of the designs, analyses, and processes to realize a physical product. The DTP exists before there is a physical product. The DTI is the digital twin of each individual instance of the product once it is manufactured. The DTA is the aggregation of DTIs whose data and information can be used for interrogation about the physical product, prognostics, and learning. The specific information contained in the digital twins is driven by use cases. The digital twin is a logical construct, meaning that the actual data and information may be contained in other applications.

A digital twin in the workplace is often considered part of robotic process automation (RPA) and, per industry-analyst firm Gartner, is part of the broader and emerging "hyperautomation" category.[citation needed ]

An example of how digital twins are used to optimize machines is with the maintenance of power generation equipment such as power generation turbines, jet engines and locomotives.

Another example of digital twins is the use of 3D modeling to create digital companions for the physical objects. It can be used to view the status of the actual physical object, which provides a way to project physical objects into the digital world. For example, when sensors collect data from a connected device, the sensor data can be used to update a "digital twin" copy of the device's state in real time. The term "device shadow" is also used for the concept of a digital twin. The digital twin is meant to be an up-to-date and accurate copy of the physical object's properties and states, including shape, position, gesture, status and motion.

A digital twin also can be used for monitoring, diagnostics and prognostics to optimize asset performance and utilization. In this field, sensory data can be combined with historical data, human expertise and fleet and simulation learning to improve the outcome of prognostics. Therefore, complex prognostics and intelligent maintenance system platforms can use digital twins in finding the root cause of issues and improve productivity.

Digital twins of autonomous vehicles and their sensor suite embedded in a traffic and environment simulation have also been proposed as a means to overcome the significant development, testing and validation challenges for the automotive application, in particular when the related algorithms are based on artificial intelligence approaches that require extensive training data and validation data sets.

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The physical manufacturing objects are virtualized and represented as digital twin models (avatars) seamlessly and closely integrated in both the physical and cyber spaces. Physical objects and twin models interact in a mutually beneficial manner.

The digital twin is disrupting the entire product lifecycle management (PLM), from manufacturing to service and operations. Nowadays, PLM is very time consuming in terms of efficiency, manufacturing, intelligence, service phases and sustainability in product design. A digital twin can merge the product physical and virtual space. The digital twin enables companies to have a digital footprint of all of their products, from design to development and throughout the entire product life cycle. Broadly speaking, industries with manufacturing business are highly disrupted by digital twins. In the manufacturing process, the digital twin is like a virtual replica of the near-time occurrences in the factory. Thousands of sensors are being placed throughout the physical manufacturing process, all collecting data from different dimensions, such as environmental conditions, behavioural characteristics of the machine and work that is being performed. All this data is continuously communicating and collected by the digital twin.

Due to the Internet of Things, digital twins have become more affordable and could drive the future of the manufacturing industry. A benefit for engineers lays in real-world usage of products that are virtually being designed by the digital twin. Advanced ways of product and asset maintenance and management come within reach as there is a digital twin of the real 'thing' with real-time capabilities.

Digital twins offer a great amount of business potential by predicting the future instead of analyzing the past of the manufacturing process. The representation of reality created by digital twins allows manufacturers to evolve towards ex-ante business practices. The future of manufacturing drives on the following four aspects: modularity, autonomy, connectivity and digital twin. As there is an increasing digitalization in the stages of a manufacturing process, opportunities are opening up to achieve a higher productivity. This starts with modularity and leading to higher effectiveness in the production system. Furthermore, autonomy enables the production system to respond to unexpected events in an efficient and intelligent way. Lastly, connectivity like the Internet of Things, makes the closing of the digitalization loop possible, by then allowing the following cycle of product design and promotion to be optimized for higher performance. This may lead to increase in customer satisfaction and loyalty when products can determine a problem before actually breaking down. Furthermore, as storage and computing costs are becoming less expensive, the ways in which digital twins are used are expanding.

Several firms - including General Electric, Arctic Wind, and Mechanical Solutions - are investing in digital twins to increase effectiveness.

General Electric has a system based on digital twins and uses this software to administer and analyze data from wind turbines, oil rigs and aircraft they produce. The system they use for aircraft collects, per engine, all data of a flight between London and Paris. The data is transferred to a data centre, where it generates a real-time digital twin of each engine. In this way, General Electric is able to detect potential defects or faults already during the flight. So, if a part of the engine is causing a fault, the personnel that is responsible for maintenance can have the replacement part ready at the airport where the aircraft will land.

Arctic Wind, a firm that owns and operates multiple wind power plants in Norway, wanted a solution to keep track of the health of their wind turbines they produce. These turbines are costly, and all parts require constant monitoring. The maintenance of these turbines is challenging because of long periods of darkness and low temperatures. To find a solution against the elements, they have installed sensors on all their wind turbines and the data that comes from these sensors is transported over 1,000 miles away to the office. This provides the digital twin real-time data of the wind turbines, therefore employees are able to visualize any problems as they happen. In addition, the digital twin provides the firm with future prognoses, so they can run simulations of how the turbines will perform under different extreme circumstances. In this way, Arctic Wind knows if they have to shut down operations during an extreme storm or not.

Mechanical Solutions Inc. (MSI), a company which specializes in turbomachines, used Siemens STAR-CMM+ software. This software enables product development organizations to make use of a digital twin. MSI successfully implemented this software in their process chain as a troubleshooting and design tool. This enabled the cost-efficient engineering process to solve very complex problems, they could not have solved without the digital twin.

Remembering that a definition of digital twin is a real time digital replica of a physical device, manufacturers are embedding digital twin in their device. Proven advantages are improved quality, earlier fault detection and better feedback on product usage to product designer.

Geographic digital twins have been popularised in urban planning practice, given the increasing appetite for digital technology in the Smart Cities movement. These digital twins are often proposed in the form of interactive platforms to capture and display real-time 3D and 4D spatial data in order to model urban environments (cities) and the data feeds within them.

Visualisation technologies such as augmented reality (AR) systems are being used as both collaborative tools for design and planning in the built environment integrating data feeds from embedded sensors in cities and API services to form digital twins. For example, AR can be used to create augmented reality maps, buildings and data feeds projected onto tabletops for collaborative viewing by built environment professionals.

In the built environment, partly through the adoption of building information modeling processes, planning, design, construction, and operation and maintenance activities are increasingly being digitised, and digital twins of built assets are seen as a logical extension - at an individual asset level and at a national level. In the United Kingdom in November 2018, for example, the Centre for Digital Built Britain published The Gemini Principles, outlining principles to guide development of a "national digital twin".

Healthcare is recognized as an industry being disrupted by the digital twin technology. The concept of digital twin in the healthcare industry was originally proposed and first used in product or equipment prognostics. With a digital twin, lives can be improved in terms of medical health, sports and education by taking a more data-driven approach to healthcare. The availability of technologies makes it possible to build personalized models for patients, continuously adjustable based on tracked health and lifestyle parameters. This can ultimately lead to a virtual patient, with detailed description of the healthy state of an individual patient and not only on previous records. Furthermore, the digital twin enables individual's records to be compared to the population in order to easier find patterns with great detail. The biggest benefit of the digital twin on the healthcare industry is the fact that healthcare can be tailored to anticipate on the responses of individual patients. Digital twins will not only lead to better resolutions when defining the health of an individual patient but also change the expected image of a healthy patient. Previously, 'healthy' was seen as the absence of disease indications. Now, 'healthy' patients can be compared to the rest of the population in order to really define healthy. However, the emergence of the digital twin in healthcare also brings some downsides. The digital twin may lead to inequality, as the technology might not be accessible for everyone by widening the gap between the rich and poor. Furthermore, the digital twin will identify patterns in a population which may lead to discrimination.

Looking more specifically on a firm-level, several incumbent firms are investing and developing healthcare solution with the digital twin. For example, Philips has explored the idea of a digital version of the patient so that patients can use a digital twin to better act in a preventive way instead of a reactive way.[non-primary source needed ]

"The Living Heart" is a collaboration between Stanford University and HPE where multi-scale 3D models of the heart were created to monitor circulation and to virtually test medications, which are still in development in order to ultimately prevent harmful side effects. Lastly, Siemens has developed a similar digital health twin. By making use of artificial intelligence, doctors can make more precise diagnoses.

Developing a digital twin is a considerable investment. However, by making use of a cloud-based platform and a modular organization, it may also be possible for smaller organizations to contribute to a certain module. One of those organizations is Sim&Cure, which is the first company to market a patient-based simulation model for treatment of aneurysms. This treatment allows prediction of deployment of medical devices. Their product Sim&Size is an implant composed of three applications used to heal patients of neurovascular disorders such as aneurysms.[non-primary source needed ]

Another industry that has been disrupted by digital twin technology is the automobile industry. Digital twins in the automobile industry are implemented by using existing data in order to facilitate processes and reduce marginal costs. Currently, automobile designers expand the existing physical materiality by incorporating software-based digital abilities. A specific example of digital twin technology in the automotive industry is where automotive engineers use digital twin technology in combination with the firm's analytical tool in order to analyze how a specific car is driven. In doing so, they can suggest incorporating new features in the car that can reduce car accidents on the road, which was previously not possible in such a short time frame.

Firm-level dynamics (Volkswagen & Tesla)

One of the incumbent automobile firms that is incorporating digital twin technology in their business processes is Volkswagen. The use of this technology, which they refer to as a "virtual twin", has allowed Volkswagen to create digital 3D prototypes of their different car models, such as the Golf. The Pre-Series Center in Wolfsburg is the specialized department of the virtual prototype team, where they put together digital representations of the vehicles, that are used from the point of assembly and throughout the lifecycle of the cars. The digital twins support the production process and development of the cars, by providing all employees worldwide with detailed and real-time data of the model. Leingang, one of the leaders of the virtual prototype team, describes how the implementation of digital twins helps Volkswagen to optimize their product lifecycle management. "Our work helps people in design, quality assurance, body construction, and assembly. (...) This is because the 'digital twin' lets our colleagues know early on what exactly needs to be done when mounting a particular component.". Another innovative department in Wolfsburg, Volkswagen's Virtual Engineering Lab, further develops the use of digital representations and digital tools in combination with augmented reality. Here they make use of the Microsoft HoloLens, which enables engineers and designers to view and modify digital twins, assisted by other technologies such as gesture control and voice commands.

Unlike incumbents in the automobile industry that have been wrapping digital technologies around their traditional products in the last couple of years, relatively new player Tesla, Inc. has been involved with (digitally) innovating the industry from the moment the firm entered the market. Besides stimulating the switch towards the adoption and use of electric vehicles by the mainstream, Tesla has been innovating vehicles by implementing software-based tools in the physical product, including digital twin technology. Tesla creates a digital twin for every electric car they manufacture, which provides the firm with a constant stream of data going from the vehicle to the manufacturing plant and vice versa, allowing Tesla to increase the reliability of the car by predicting any kind of maintenance from a distance. The digital nature of Tesla vehicles, enables the firm to resolve most maintenance issues remotely, by using the received data of the digital twin, for example, "if a driver has a rattle in a door, it can be fixed by downloading software that tweaks the hydraulics of that particular door". Tesla continues to develop and update their software and other digital technologies, in order to sustain their status of a successful innovator.

Comparing the strategies of these two well-known automotive firms, it seems that Volkswagen has implemented digital twin technology as an offensive reaction to Tesla's innovative approach to the automotive industry. By transitioning to the new technology, Volkswagen has framed this challenge as an opportunity by creating a new, specialised department for virtual prototyping rather than fleeing to either a new market or a niche.

Digital technologies have certain characteristics that distinguish them from other technologies. These characteristics, in turn, have certain consequences. Digital twins have the following characteristics.

One of the main characteristics of digital twin technology is its connectivity. The recent development of the Internet of Things (IoT) brings forward numerous new technologies. The development of IoT also brings forward the development of digital twin technology. This technology shows many characteristics that have similarities with the character of the IoT, namely its connective nature. First and foremost, the technology enables connectivity between the physical component and its digital counterpart. The basis of digital twins is based on this connection, without it, digital twin technology would not exist. As described in the previous section, this connectivity is created by sensors on the physical product which obtain data and integrate and communicate this data through various integration technologies. Digital twin technology enables increased connectivity between organizations, products, and customers. For example, connectivity between partners in a supply chain can be increased by enabling members of this supply chain to check the digital twin of a product or asset. These partners can then check the status of this product by simply checking the digital twin.

Also, connectivity with customers can be increased.

Servitization is the process of organizations that are adding value to their core corporate offerings through services. In the case of the example of engines, the manufacturing of the engine is the core offering of this organization, they then add value by providing a service of checking the engine and offering maintenance.

Digital twins can be further characterized as a digital technology that is both the consequence and an enabler of the homogenization of data. Due to the fact that any type of information or content can now be stored and transmitted in the same digital form, it can be used to create a virtual representation of the product (in the form of a digital twin), thus decoupling the information from its physical form. Therefore, the homogenization of data and the decoupling of the information from its physical artifact, have allowed digital twins to come into existence. However, digital twins also enable increasingly more information on physical products to be stored digitally and become decoupled from the product itself.

As data is increasingly digitized, it can be transmitted, stored and computed in fast and low-cost ways. According to Moore's law, computing power will continue to increase exponentially over the coming years, while the cost of computing decreases significantly. This would, therefore, lead to lower marginal costs of developing digital twins and make it comparatively much cheaper to test, predict, and solve problems on virtual representations rather than testing on physical models and waiting for physical products to break before intervening.

Another consequence of the homogenization and decoupling of information is that the user experience converges. As information from physical objects is digitized, a single artifact can have multiple new affordances. Digital twin technology allows detailed information about a physical object to be shared with a larger number of agents, unconstrained by physical location or time. In his white paper on digital twin technology in the manufacturing industry, Michael Grieves noted the following about the consequences of homogenization enabled by digital twins:

In the past, factory managers had their office overlooking the factory so that they could get a feel for what was happening on the factory floor. With the digital twin, not only the factory manager, but everyone associated with factory production could have that same virtual window to not only a single factory, but to all the factories across the globe. (Grieves, 2014, p. 5)

As stated above, a digital twin enables a physical product to be reprogrammable in a certain way. Furthermore, the digital twin is also reprogrammable in an automatic manner. Through the sensors on the physical product, artificial intelligence technologies, and predictive analytics, A consequence of this reprogrammable nature is the emergence of functionalities. If we take the example of an engine again, digital twins can be used to collect data about the performance of the engine and if needed adjust the engine, creating a newer version of the product. Also, servitization can be seen as a consequence of the reprogrammable nature as well. Manufactures can be responsible for observing the digital twin, making adjustments, or reprogramming the digital twin when needed and they can offer this as an extra service.

Another characteristic that can be observed, is the fact that digital twin technologies leave digital traces. These traces can be used by engineers for example, when a machine malfunctions to go back and check the traces of the digital twin, to diagnose where the problem occurred. These diagnoses can in the future also be used by the manufacturer of these machines, to improve their designs so that these same malfunctions will occur less often in the future.

In the sense of the manufacturing industry, modularity can be described as the design and customization of products and production modules. By adding modularity to the manufacturing models, manufacturers gain the ability to tweak models and machines. Digital twin technology enables manufacturers to track the machines that are used and notice possible areas of improvement in the machines. When these machines are made modular, by using digital twin technology, manufacturers can see which components make the machine perform poorly and replace these with better fitting components to improve the manufacturing process.

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Next year marks 10 years since the creation of the Scottish Open Education Declaration.  Despite repeated attempts to bring this to the attention of the Scottish Government and 4(!) different Education Secretaries, we have not been able to persuade ScotGov of the benefits of open education and OER. OER23 will be an opportunity to discuss this initiative and what we can do to update the declaration and move the conversation forward.

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Contributors: John Schulman, Barret Zoph, Christina Kim, Jacob Hilton, Jacob Menick, Jiayi Weng, Juan Felipe Ceron Uribe, Liam Fedus, Luke Metz, Michael Pokorny, Rapha Gontijo Lopes, Shengjia Zhao, Arun Vijayvergiya, Eric Sigler, Adam Perelman, Chelsea Voss, Mike Heaton, Joel Parish, Dave Cummings, Rajeev Nayak, Valerie Balcom, David Schnurr, Tomer Kaftan, Chris Hallacy, Nicholas Turley, Noah Deutsch, Vik Goel, Jonathan Ward, Aris Konstantinidis, Wojciech Zaremba, Long Ouyang, Leonard Bogdonoff, Joshua Gross, David Medina, Sarah Yoo, Teddy Lee, Ryan Lowe, Dan Mossing, Joost Huizinga, Roger Jiang, Carroll Wainwright, Diogo Almeida, Steph Lin, Marvin Zhang, Kai Xiao, Katarina Slama, Steven Bills, Alex Gray, Jan Leike, Jakub Pachocki, Phil Tillet, Shantanu Jain, Greg Brockman, Nick Ryder, Alex Paino, Qiming Yuan, Clemens Winter, Ben Wang, Mo Bavarian, Igor Babuschkin, Szymon Sidor, Ingmar Kanitscheider, Mikhail Pavlov, Matthias Plappert, Nik Tezak, Heewoo Jun, William Zhuk, Vitchyr Pong, Lukasz Kaiser, Jerry Tworek, Andrew Carr, Lilian Weng, Sandhini Agarwal, Karl Cobbe, Vineet Kosaraju, Alethea Power, Stanislas Polu, Jesse Han, Raul Puri, Shawn Jain, Benjamin Chess, Christian Gibson, Oleg Boiko, Emy Parparita, Amin Tootoonchian, Kyle Kosic, Christopher Hesse

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We've trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests.

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Approaches to curriculum and learning design across UK higher education

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Sheila and Helen's report:
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/approaches-to-curriculum-and-learning-design-across-uk-higher-education

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This report contains:

A review of current literature and research into blended learning and models of practice

A survey of the higher education (HE) sector on current practice/challenges around developing degree courses

A series of interviews with a range of educational practitioners

Recommendations identifying areas where Jisc could develop resources, guidance and effective partnership approaches

Key findings

Teaching and learning strategies are the main drivers for the curriculum design process in organisations

Since the pandemic, there is evidence of major curriculum reviews and new interest in modes of delivery

Learning design resources may be a route to encouraging open educational practice

There are clear links between quality assurance, quality enhancement and staff engagement with learning design

A strategic approach is needed for consistency in curriculum design and support

Staff workload allocation, staff reward structures and investment in academic staff development were key concerns

Engaging students as co-creators in curriculum and learning design is more of an aspiration than a realisation for many

Download an executive briefing for senior leaders in higher education (pdf).

Examples of practice from the sector

The University of Hull launched a new competency-based curriculum framework replacing learning outcomes with programme-level, discipline-specific competencies

As part of its digital transformation strategy, Teesside University has been rolling out a series of design bootcamps to produce an action plan

At the University of Northampton, a learning designer is on review panels, and the university has incorporated quality standards into its workshops/support

Based on the pandemic experience, UCL is keeping assessments online with a new team of digital assessment advisors to support academics and develop the assessment system

The Open University is exploring ways to use more qualitative data representing the student voice, alongside their quantitative data

Challenges for universities moving forward

To meet the challenges of flexibility around space, place and modes of delivery, universities should consider providing updated workload models. These need to recognise (and reward) the changing needs for staff to engage with design activities, evaluate their practice and provide support for innovation to engage learners.

There is a need for a shared vocabulary and understanding around modes of participation. Evidence of different student experiences and outcomes could be shared across the sector, along with examples of different ways of organising time, space, and independent and collaborative working.

"Managing any support initiatives will be tough. With limited resources 'teaching to the middle' is common. The gap between eager/advanced online tutors, those in the middle and those who are lagging behind has grown and that will have to be addressed." - Survey participant

Hear from the authors

Helen Beetham and Sheila MacNeill joined our Beyond the Technology podcast to discuss the findings from their review of learning and curriculum design in higher education. Listen to the podcast episode.

Next steps

Find out how Jisc can support you with digital tools and mechanisms to enrich the learning and teaching experience for your students on campus and in the work place. You can also read our beyond blended report on post pandemic curriculum design.

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Looking beyond the emergency responses to lockdowns and restrictions - are we delivering learning in flexible and accessible ways?

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The University of Edinburgh has now shared over 1220 open licensed videos created for our MOOCs and free short online courses in our Open Media Bank.  These resources are all free to download and reuse under Creative Commons licence, so please help yourself!

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Hope to see you there, in person or online!
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/digifest

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Evolving learning

Digifest 2022's programme explored:

Changing for good: the pandemic created the positive momentum for digital transformation. How do we use it to create lasting change?

Working together: a post-pandemic learning experience must be personal and adaptive. How do we harness technology to improve teaching, assessment and the student experience to ensure every individual reaches their highest potential?

Shaping a sustainable future: environmental, technological, and social trends are reshaping how and where students choose to learn. How can the education sector shape its sustainable future?

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Evolving learning Digifest 2022's programme explored: Changing for good: the pandemic created the positive momentum for digital transformation. How do we use it to create lasting change? Working together: a post-pandemic learning experience must be personal and adaptive. How do we harness technology to improve teaching, assessment and the student experience to ensure every individual reaches their highest potential?

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We are looking for Co-Chairs for ALT's 30th Annual Conference next September... exciting times https://www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_news/call-expressions-interest-chair-2023-alt-annual-conference

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A neat idea and very merry Christmas and all the very best for 2023 !

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Alongside Canvas - We have a curriculum team in photography making great use of Folio ( portfolium) from Instructure come with Canvas.

Using it initially as a means of submitting assessment - graded in grade book against course rubric

But leaving learner with a great visual CV - clearly critical in this field of study - that they can use after they leave College.

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City of Glasgow College Network | Portfolium

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Create an ePortfolio where you can curate your achievements, projects, and competencies and use them to launch your career.

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The Call for the Conference Committee is open now and the Call for Proposals is open, too. Get involved in the event and share your work related to Open Education

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The ALT Annual Conference was held in Manchester this year. Maren presented her Annual Report and there were presentations from across the sector highlighting good practice and thought leadership. A round up and access to the presentations is here. Please comment with your thoughts and feedback!

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We would like to thank everyone for contributing to, and taking part in ALT's Annual Conference 2022. With 450 registered delegates, it was a delight to have so many of you joining us in-person and online from over 20 countries.

As we do every year, we are collecting links to blog posts and resources for and about the conference. If you'd like to add yours, please share it with #altc22 or email enquiries@alt.ac.uk.

We also invite you to share your conference feedback via our online form.

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We invite delegates to use our interactive programme (login required) to catch up on any online sessions you missed, pre-records and in-person streamed sessions. As part of ALT's commitment to openness, conference resources will be made publicly available from 7th October 2022 on YouTube. This will coincide with Discord being made read-only.

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We would like to thank everyone for contributing to, and taking part in ALT's Annual Conference 2022. With 450 registered delegates, it was a delight to have so many of you joining us in-person and online from over 20 countries. As we do every year, we are collecting links to blog posts and resources for and about the conference.

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Welcome to our winter catch up call! We're repeating the style of the catch up we had last year, Two Stars and a Wish. Please leave what's been going well for you and something you're wishing for!

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SFC asks Colleges to use Jisc  Elevation tool to Report on Digital transformation 

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Outcome Agreement Guidance for 22-23 is now published, and available at https://www.sfc.ac.uk/publications-statistics/guidance/2022/SFCGD232022.aspx. In Annex A ("Self-Evaluation Reporting for Colleges and Universities 2021-22"), the following is included:"5. Colleges are asked to use the Jisc Digital Elevation Tool to establish a clearer picture of their digital elevation journey and to support internal reflection and next steps. The tool is free as part of their membership of Jisc."In the accompanying FAQs,