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Oct
12
2023

From Teacher to Technologist Week 5/6

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The diary of a new Head of Learning Technologies in FE I’ve been back in college now for about a… View Article

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Sep
07
2015

A Week in the Life of Matt Lingard (ALT Trustee)

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I’ve been working as the Head of TEL at the University of West London since March 2014. While late-August might not be a typical week of the year, the activities I was involved in are not atypical; plenty of meetings as usual. Monday My week started, as it always does, with our departmental meeting. The […] View Article

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Apr
24
2015

About Me – Claire Donlan, ALT Trustee

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I have been an ALT Trustee for nearly four years now including serving as Vice-Chair, Chair and President of ALT. … View Article

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Mar
09
2015

About Me – Fiona Harvey, ALT Trustee

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My role at the University of Southampton has always been about working with staff and students to engage in active… View Article

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Nov
07
2014

About Me – Sheila MacNeill, ALT Trustee

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I am a Senior Lecturer in Blending Learning at Glasgow Caledonian University, and a very new ALT Trustee, having just… View Article

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Feb
05
2013

A week in the life of… Adam Cooper, JISC CETIS

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A little self-introduction may be helpful: what is “JISC CETIS?” CETIS is the Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards,… View Article

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Sep
07
2012

A week in the life of… Maren Deepwell

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As Chief Executive of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) no one day is the same for Maren. This is an account of a week working with the staff team and members in the run up to ALT’s annual conference in September. Monday It’s a rather wet and windy start to the day, which I am […] View Article

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Jun
08
2012

A week in the life of… Sarah Sherman, The Bloomsbury Colleges

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Sarah Sherman from the Bloomsbury Colleges provides an insight into her life as the Bloomsbury Learning Environment Manager. View Article

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Aug
18
2011

A week in the life of Graham McElearney

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A Week in the Life of Graham McElearney Graham McElearney is a Learning Technologist at The University of Sheffield, and deputy Editor of ALT-N Monday After a blissful weekend spent in my recently acquired caravan in the middle of the nearby Peak District, I have the first couple of hours of Monday without any meetings […] View Article

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May
20
2011

A week in the life of…Liz Falconer, University of West England

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I’m Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) at the University of West England (UWE), and lead up the e-learning Development Unit (ELDU) and the new Education Innovation Centre. This looks like being an interesting week, but then they all are. It’s such a busy time in TEL at UWE at the moment View Article

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May
20
2011

A week in the life of…Nathalie Ticheler, London Metropolitan University

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I have just come back from Lille, my home town, as I spent the weekend with my family. Actually, they live a few miles away, but it was nice to see them, as well as fields, wildlife and cows. Well, I am back in London now and I must say that I have missed it as well. View Article

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