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Welcome to ALARA's regular e-News of activities, events and information
for the Action Learning / Action Research Community.
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Your contributions to this fortnightly bulletin are welcome. Please send any items to admin@alarassociation.org.
'Twas the night before
the night before Christmas, when across the land
Not a creature was stirring - yet another COVID ban!
(with apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)
We hope you and those close to you are safe and well. It has been a difficult year, but 2021 is looking brighter. All at ALARA wish you a joyous, safe and restful Festive Season, and a much more fulfilling New Year.
If you are feeling in need of stimulation, please consider renewing a friendship with an AL / AR practitioner, or striking up a new one, by contacting ALARA members on the ALARA members pages. If you need assistance, please email admin [at] alarassociation.org.
In this e-News:
- Ideas for Webinars
- Next ALAR Journal
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Ideas for Webinars
The success of the ALARA-BALT Conference produced a desire to create many short webinars (that is, 1.5- to 2-hour events). Like the workshops in the online conference, these webinars would be structured around a short presentation on a current topic or idea, with breakout rooms and discussion.
Depending on the presenter, topic and locations of potential participants, these webinars may be held early in the day in Eastern Australia (therefore, late afternoon in the Americas and evening in Europe), middle of the day in Eastern Australia (evening in the Americas) or evening in Eastern Australia (morning in Europe), and could be repeated if there was sufficient interest. Sessions would be recorded, so those unable to attend could hear the presentations and concluding comments following the breakout room discussions.
As with the Conference, we would encourage small groups to gather and participate in these webinars. Cost of attendance would be minimal - sufficient for ALARA to cover the cost of the software.
We therefore invite members to suggest topics and presenters. Please send your ideas to admin[at}alarassociation.org.
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Call for Venue for ALARA 2021 Conference
The ALARA Board is seeking a potential venue for next year's Conference. Preparing for a conference takes up to twelve months (and sometimes more), so a partner for the 2021 Conference must be identified soon. Naturally, potential restrictions to travel across State and international borders and social distancing may continue well into 2021, so an event must be able to cope with face-to-face, virtual or a hybrid arrangements.
If you would like to discuss a possible event, please contact us at admin[at]alarassociation.org.
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Conference
2021
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Next ALAR Journal
The Editorial team are putting together the next issue of the ALAR Journal. It should be published just before New Year's Eve, so please look for the announcement.
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Invitation to Assist ALARA
ALARA's Board has identified a range of activities and they are seeking people willing to assist in delivering these activities. Examples of these activities include:
- As mentioned above, several ideas for webinars have been floated.
- Several members are involved in research, with at least two other projects on the horizon. The alliance with GCWAL (see below) also supports further research.
- The recognition of First Nations People and supporting their work in action learning and action research is another exciting opportunity.
If you would like to know more, or want to assist, please contact ALARA.
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Journal Site Renewal
The old Journal site has been replaced and is located at https://alarj.alarassociation.org.
You can access the new site, just like the old site. Your original login and password will be the same, but please note, the main site and Journal site have different logins, and if you had different user names and passwords, that will continue.
If you cannot access the Journal site properly, please email admin@alarassociation.org.
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Old ALARA Site
The old ALARA site (alara.net.au) is written in old code, and has not been updated for several years. ALARA plans to remove that site late this year. People registered on the site have recently been sent an email, encouraging them to copy anything they wish to keep from the site before it closes.
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Action Learning and Action Research Journal published
A Special Issue of the ALAR Journal containing papers from the CARN-ALARA Conference in 2019 has been published.
Members (after logging on) can access individual articles on the Journal website and the whole issue on the latest Journals page.
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Action Learning Facilitator and Action Learning Practitioner Programmes
The alliance between ALARA and the Global Centre for Work-Applied Learning (GCWAL) includes the introduction of new professional certifications as Action Learning Facilitators and Action Learning Practitioners, co-badged by ALARA and GCWAL. Information about the programmes are available on the GCWAL website and the linked brochures.
The alliance also provides support to ALARA to develop research in action learning and action research. More news will come on research initiatives under the alliance.
If you would like to know more, please see the GCWAL website or the ALARA website.
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Other Events and Information
The full list of these activities is
available here.
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World Social Forum Invitation to Participate
Azril Bacal, member of ALARA's Global Strategic Publications Editorial Board, has invited ALARA members to join a panel session at the World Social Forum on 25 January 2021 (see below) on transformative research and education. He is also looking for volunteers to help organise aspects of the Forum. If you are interested, please contact admin[at]alarassociation.org.
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