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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.
We hope you and those close to you are safe and well. 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:
- Successful Webinar: Enabling Leadership Capacity for Higher Education Scholarship in Learning and Teaching (SOTL) through Action Research
- Workshop / Webinar - Action Learning / Action Research for Climate Action - 28 May
- Notice the Difference?
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Successful Webinar:
The webinar Enabling Leadership Capacity for Higher Education Scholarship in Learning and Teaching (SOTL) through Action Research, held on 14 May 2021, was a great success. An engaging presentation by Marina Harvey and Sandra Jones had participants commenting on high valuable the webinar was to them.
The recording of the webinar is available on Vimeo - see the link on the ALARA site.
Workshop / Webinar - Action Learning / Action Research for Climate Action
Ernie Stringer will be a lead presenter at our workshop / webinar: Action Learning / Action Research for Climate Action - How can Action Learning / Action Research enhance climate action? Ernie recently released the fifth edition of his book, Action Research, which he will reference while leading this exploratory workshop / webinar. Mary Brydon-Miller will also be joining us from USA.
How can action learning and action research assist in the process of climate action and extend and enhance the efforts of those already undertaking climate action? What is being done in climate action using collaborative / participative methods such as action learning and action research, and what further could be done? Can ALARA's members and volunteers support future climate action initiatives?
This workshop will be conducted in Richmond Library in Melbourne Australia and broadcast as a webinar, so you can attend in person in Melbourne or join the webinar. The workshop / webinar will be held at 9.30 am on Friday 28 May 2021 (Australian Eastern Standard Time). Please see here for full details .
Webinar to be Confirmed - Getting Your Paper Published
ALARA is working with representatives of several action learning / action research publications, and one initiative of that work is this webinar, with a morning and an evening session to capture participants from around the world. The group of representatives are now looking at a short series, so the date remains a work-in-progress.
If you would like to assist, or present at a webinar, please send your ideas or offer of help to admin[at}alarassociation.org.
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Notice the Difference - to the ALARA website?
Our web developed, Andrew,has updated the ALARA website with several features, including:
- New icons instead of words for the main menu
- Dropdown menus, so you can go to the page you want with one click
- Additional categories in the menu, and therefore additional sections in the rolling banner on the Home page
- Translation service for each page
These changes involved many behind-the-scenes adjustments (which continue). For example, over fifty of the webpages changed in their locations in the menus, which means each page has to be modified so that they open correctly, and all links to those pages updated (which means hundreds of updates!). We hope the layout is clear and easier to use, and it will allow further expansion of pages.
If you find a link does not work, please contact ALARA.
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Call for Papers for ALARj
Preparations for the next issue of the Action Learning and Action Research Journal are progressing, but the editor is seeking additional papers. If you are considering submitting a paper for the ALARj, now is a great time to do so. Please see the Journal website for more information and to submit that paper.
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ALAR Journal Published
The Action Learning and Action Research Journal Volume 26 No. 2 has been published. Members can access articles from the Journal site or Informit database, or the whole issue from the Publications pages.
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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, webinars have been scheduled and more proposals are sought.
- 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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Last Calls for Old ALARA Site
The old ALARA site (alara.net.au) is written in old code, and has not been updated for several years. We have been checking most of the webpages on that old site to copy anything that might be useful, and the time is fast approaching when ALARA will be removing the site. If there is anything you want from that site to keep, please copy it from the site before it closes in June.
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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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Reflective Practice Online
In 2020, a group of Australian academics and HEA fellows, known as a learning circle, launched a new (and free) Reflection for Learning Scholarly Practice. They now make a call to reflect online: "Are you researching, learning or teaching online? Reflective practices support learning (Harvey, Coulson & McMaugh, 2016) and they can be used in any research or learning environment, including online. Download the practice guide and view a video of a new practice you have not used before." See here for more information.
Evaluative Study of Action Research Book Published
The Evaluative Study of Action Research presents all eight published papers as part of the six-year, global, Evaluative Study of Action Research (ESAR) in one volume. The study sought to enhance the academic rigour of Action Research (AR) and provide greater evidence of its impact. Many ALARA people have contributed to this book. See here for more information.
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ARNA News
ARNA is conducting their next conference in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico in June 2021. They have also released the latest STAR (Supporting Teaching of Action Research) newsletter.
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AR+ ARTful coCreativity coLAB
AR+ are holding an ARTful coCreativity coLAB commencing on May 18, 2021 online, and then each third Tuesday of the month for nine months. See here for more information as well as information from the ECORetreat held on March 5-8, 2021.
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CARN Conference 2021
CARN is holding its 2021 conference on 1-3 October 2021.
CARN Praxis
CARN has launched a new publishing opportunity - a rich and collaborative space for voices to be heard more publicly.
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CEEMAN - International Management Teachers Academy
The International Association for Management Development in Dynamic Societies has rescheduled the IMTA to June 2021.
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EURAM 2021 Conference
The EURAM 2021 Conference - Reshaping capitalism for a sustainable world has been announced as an online event and is scheduled for 16-18 June 2021.
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PRIA International Academy
PRIA International Academy is offering several online courses.
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World Education Research Association
WERA has a Focal Meeting on 7-9 July 2021.
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Call for Papers for Special AR issue of International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
The International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, a Quartile 1 journal in Scimagio, is inviting papers using action research including its variants such as engaged scholarship, action design research, collaborative research, participatory action research, design science research, with submissions due in September 2021.
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SPARC Towards Knowledge Democracy Webinar
SPARC (Swedish Participatory Action Research Community) and Mälardalen University are offering an open webinar on "Towards Knowledge Democracy" on 25 May.
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Action Research Journal Call for Papers
The ARJ has a call to educators for papers by 1 October 2021.
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Canadian Journal of Action Research Call for Papers
The CJAR is planning two special issues, one on AR and The Arts and one on COVID 19.
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Call for Papers - Contemporary Perspectives Through Action Research Across Educational Disciplines
Dr Nancy Nasr and Dr Jill Perry invite submissions for their planned book - abstracts are due now, and papers by 1 October 2021.
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