Jul
20
2017
Video games in higher education: using video games to develop graduate attributes
Despite a growing body of writing on the subject of game-based learning – Gee’s What Video Games Have to Teach… View Article
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Jul
18
2017
Playful Learning: the eLearning@ed Conference 2017
eLearning@ed is a community of practice at the University of Edinburgh, which brings together learning technologists and academic colleagues through… View Article
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Jun
29
2017
Chief Executive’s Report, June 2017
Dear Members I’d like to start this report with a warm welcome to everyone who’s joined ALT this year. It’s… View Article
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Jun
26
2017
Can teaching excellence be promoted through the development of digital capabilities?
The question in the title of this blog post was raised by the QAA commissioned research report “Digital… View Article
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20
2017
Technology Enhanced Learning – a literature of hope or despair?
It was a wet and cold Friday morning in February when I posted this request to ALT-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ‘End of week TEL challenge! During my research I’ve found a host of reports critical of the claims of TEL and the quality of TEL research. Calling on Surowiecki’s ‘wisdom of crowds’ I wondered who on the list […] View Article
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Jun
15
2017
TEL in an Age of Supercomplexity: the 18th EdTech conference organised by the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA)
Colin McLean, Registrar at IT Sligo, and Paul Gormley, Chair of ILTA, got the conference off to an inspiring start.… View Article
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Jun
12
2017
Three Spotlights from the UCISA Digital Capabilities Conference.
The UCISA DCG Spotlight on digital capabilities conference on ‘Student futures – equipping students to thrive in the… View Article
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06
2017
Assignments as Controversies
Ibrar Bhatt’s book ‘Assignments as Controversies: Digital Literacy and Writing in Classroom Practice’ explores the practices of learners in college classrooms. This monograph is a development of Ibrar Bhatt’s PhD research, published in the Routledge Research in Literacy Series. Prior to reading the book, I wondered about its audience and potential usefulness for classroom […] View Article
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May
24
2017
Editing and co-authoring for online publication
This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by its creator, David… View Article
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May
22
2017
Future Happens Hack: Social Media – A report
‘We are here to make the most of social media in teaching, learning and assessment. We recognise social media is… View Article
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