Sep
09
2014
Learning Technologist of the Year 2014 – Team Award
The Northampton LearnTech Team are winners in the team category of the 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award.… View Article
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#ALTC Blog
News & Views from the ALT Community
Sep
08
2014
Learning Technologist of the Year 2014 – Individual Award
Dr James Pickering (University of Leeds) is the winner in the individual category of the 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the… View Article
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21
2014
Findings from ALT survey on Learning Technology
This consultation survey was set up as part of ALT’s work for the Education Technology Action Group (ETAG), reporting to the Secretary of State for Education, the Minister for Higher Education, and the Minister for Skills, in 2014 and led by Prof Diana Laurillard, Chair of ALT. ETAG was initiated by the Minister for Skills […] View Article
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Jul
23
2014
altc2014: for the community, by the community
The ALT conference provides an annual opportunity for the ALT community to come together, either in person or online, to… View Article
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23
2014
#altc the ALT Conference hashtag for the community
Like many other educational conferences, there is a very active backchannel. Twitter has had a useful role in enabling people to connect and share thoughts, observations and reflections. This is achieved with the help of hashtags, a mechanism for self-organisation and categorisation of content. a word or phrase preceded by a hash sign (#), used […] View Article
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09
2014
Call for Editors of ALT Online Newsletter
This is the 2014 call for an Editor in Chief and two Deputy Editors of ALT Online Newsletter. About ALT Online Newsletter The ALT Online Newsletter is a news blog published on a continuous basis by the Association for Learning Technology. It contains a wide range of articles, including news, opinion pieces, project updates, case studies, […] View Article
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Jul
01
2014
Social media in education: ethical concerns
The Higher Education Academy is currently running a series of practitioner workshops – Changing the Learning Landscape. One of these,… View Article
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21
2014
#altc Annual Conference registration is now open
The 21st annual conference (‘Riding Giants: How to innovate and educate ahead of the wave’) of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) will take place from Monday 1st – Wednesday 3rd September 2014 at the University of Warwick in the UK. ALT and our members organise this conference to help educators, researchers, learning technologists and policy-makers keep […] View Article
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May
20
2014
Becoming an ALT Trustee – Doug Gowan
Doug Gowan is a trustee and current vice chair of ALT The procedure for filling vacancies on ALT’s board of… View Article
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May
20
2014
Becoming an ALT Trustee – Shirley Evans
Shirley Evans is a Trustee of ALT, Chair of the Membership Development Committee and a member of the CMALT Development… View Article
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08
2014
Call for nominations for a new Vice-Chair and two new Trustees for ALT
If you are a member of ALT and would like to take a more active role in the governance of the Association, then you should consider standing for election either as Vice-Chair or Trustee. Trustees work together on the Central Executive Committee to ensure that the vision and aims set out in ALT’s strategy are being met and that […] View Article
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01
2014
ocTEL course underway, registration still open
Welcoming over 900 participants, we launched the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL) on Monday, 28th April 2014. ocTEL is a 7-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to help participants understand better how to use technology to enhance teaching practices. The open, flexible nature of ocTEL means we’d argue that you cannot fail the course or […] View Article
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