ALT Scotland Update May 2026 by Joe Wilson

joewilson — 2026-01-30 17:30:37 UTC

Digital Skills in Scottish Colleges

joewilson — 2026-01-30 17:32:46 UTC

The English Schools AI Skills Hub

joewilson — 2026-02-03 16:35:42 UTC

Scottish Govt Digital Strategy

joewilson — 2026-02-05 15:41:36 UTC

I've been busy in background over last 12 months talking to Scottish Govt and Once for Scotland. Lee Dunn in Scottish Govt took things on board and added some useful text - I think this is useful - if at moment limited to Scot Govt digital initiatives

Under bonnet of co-pilot

joewilson — 2026-02-05 17:08:14 UTC

Useful guide on licencing and permissions - specifically https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVSaRUrudNw If Education is to develop local agents within their Microsoft tenancy then IT need to work with teaching staff.

Data Lab and Scottish AI Alliance

joewilson — 2026-02-05 17:12:46 UTC

Now has a dedicated Education Community

UCISA Review of VLE Specification Tool Kit survey

joewilson — 2026-02-06 13:23:31 UTC

Now closed but look out for this work appearing is critically useful for any institution looking at tendering and or evaluating the functionality of their Virtual Learning Environment - been due an update for a while

AI Skills Boost for all Adults

joewilson — 2026-02-09 16:29:05 UTC

Jisc Manifesto for tertiary education in Scotland

sheilamacneill1_1 — 2026-02-11 09:11:12 UTC

AI Collaborative an initiative for Scottish teachers led by Head Teacher Stuart Caddell

joewilson — 2026-02-11 16:44:42 UTC

New grassroots community for teachers led by headteacher, figuring out how to approach AI in Schools - reaching out with ALT hat on

New Resource on AI for young people from Youth Link Scotland useful for all young learners around ethics and AI

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joewilson — 2026-04-29 22:58:22 UTC

really just thanks to ALT for continuing support around OER

joewilson — 2026-04-30 23:56:23 UTC

Time to revisit and get on OER World Map

joewilson — 2026-04-30 23:58:18 UTC

There are lots of Scottish thinkers and initiatives around OER but they are not on world map

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25th Anniversary of Creative Commons

joewilson — 2026-05-01 00:21:06 UTC

How is your institution celebrating this ?

What did you and or your institution do for Open Education Week ?

joewilson — 2026-05-01 00:26:05 UTC

DataFest is ScotLand’s festival of data and AI

joewilson — 2026-05-01 01:08:03 UTC

Expensive but some great keynotes

Jisc Sylla AI pilot - OER discovery

2026-05-01 09:48:55 UTC

Can AI unlock open education resources for education? Inside the Jisc-Sylla pilot

Jisc AI Community

2026-05-01 09:51:42 UTC

Currently Jisc's most vibrant community.

Jisc Connect More 12-13 May 2026

2026-05-01 10:13:57 UTC

Free and online - register to attend, or to get access to session recordings

joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:11:47 UTC

Comparing to recent studies on AI use in Colleges and HE specifically great work of SCIATEN and HEPI - SCIATEN will present at next ALT Scotland gathering

joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:14:34 UTC

Focused Training weeks programme from the University of Edinburgh

joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:17:57 UTC

What the University of Edinburgh did for Open Education Week

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ABC Learning Design Tool box and OER

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joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:28:02 UTC

On going work on tertiary system we hope to feature at next gathering - query will outputs be published openly

joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:31:20 UTC

joewilson — 2026-05-01 11:31:22 UTC

All is not rosy and ethical at back end of AI systems - and there is still big danger that bubble with burst and that costs will rise enormously - even for Educational licences

Goodbye We Are Open Coop

joewilson — 2026-05-07 15:39:13 UTC

Did a lot of interesting work around Digital Learning Landscape -

Helen Beetham's helpful cynical eye

joewilson — 2026-05-08 12:00:03 UTC

TeacherMatic

joewilson — 2026-05-08 12:15:44 UTC

Has been gateway for many Colleges and Schools - around ethical and productive use of AI now arriving with new focus on marking and feedback

Interesting paid for courses from Jisc

joewilson — 2026-05-08 12:20:13 UTC

I was initially excited and then a bit concerned that Jisc has gone down the route of creating and selling online learning content - none the less I am sure it will be good content