Jun
13
2019
Maren Deepwell (@marendeepwell) in conversation with… Maha Bali (@bali_maha)
Welcome to this new regular interview series on the #altc blog. For this first interview, I am thrilled to welcome… View Article
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Jun
05
2019
Chief Executive Officer’s Report, June 2019
Dear Members Now in my seventh year as chief executive of ALT, I’m writing these important updates for you, the… View Article
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31
2019
Reflections on the White Rose Learning Technologists’ Forum, 17th April 2019
The Forum met at the University of York recently to consider issues surrounding accessibility and inclusivity. There were three very different sessions, considering legislation and content creation. Of course a pressing issue at the moment is the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Alistair McNaught from JISC kicked off proceedings with […] View Article
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May
20
2019
Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Palestinian HEIs: An e-Learning Initiative that Bridges Educational and Socio-Political Gaps “TEFL-ePAL”
This event was part of an Erasmus Plus research project and was designed to showcase digital language teaching in the… View Article
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May
07
2019
Being part of ALT Scotland
The ALT Scotland SIG was established in September 2012; it allows learning technologists from across Scottish Education to get together to… View Article
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Apr
17
2019
Any technology is educational technology?
Round up of M25 Learning Technology Group meeting at Imperial College London Around 50 people joined the March M25LTG meeting… View Article
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Apr
17
2019
Book review: ‘Conceptualising The Digital University – The intersection of policy, pedagogy and practice’
This is a timely book because it is really asking some big questions about what is the whole point of… View Article
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Apr
15
2019
OER19: It Was Emotional
For some reason I seem to have established a pattern where I only attend the OER conferences every other year.… View Article
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05
2019
West Midlands Group Meeting: Critical Digital Literacies
At the last West Midlands group meeting, it was decided to adopt a new approach and write a collaborative blog. People were invited to write about what they thought about the day, what stood out for them, and what they would take away? Lynne Taylerson I think for me the key questions were around practitioner […] View Article
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Mar
22
2019
Launching a new generation of Wikipedia editors
Origins: Students as Wikipedia Editors It all started in 2016. As part of a course assignment, Master’s-level students at the… View Article
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20
2019
Learning about Hospital Ward Rounds with 360-Degree Video
Interest sparked in 360-degree video for learning Since 2017, Leicester Medical School has been experimenting with 360-degree video for learning. Following the first live-streamed medical surgical operation done by Dr Shafi Ahmed (McGoogan and Murgia, 2016), medical students’ interest was ignited. Leicester Medical School’s student society MedRIFT (Medical Research into Future Technology), which I founded […] View Article
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Feb
01
2019
What we have been up to… a strategic update from the Chair and Chief Executive of ALT
Since September, much has happened and so we are are now sharing more of what we have been up to… View Article
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