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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News & Views from the ALT Community
May
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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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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01
2014
Call for nominations for Honorary Life Membership
ALT awards Honorary Life Membership to individuals whom ALT believes have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the advancement of ALT’s aims for the development of learning technology in a regional, national or international context through research, practice, policy-development, leadership, or a combination of these. The call for nominations has now been issued, with a closing […] View Article
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16
2014
ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2014 and Special Award for Learners
Are you or do you know someone (or a team) who is outstanding in using technology to support learning? If so why not enter (or encourage them to enter) for the Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2014? The Award’s overall purpose is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning […] View Article
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Apr
10
2014
The open course you cannot fail…
… unless you fail to find something interesting. The second run of ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning,… View Article
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Mar
28
2014
altc2014 – submission deadline extended to 14 April 2014
The 21st international conference of the Association for Learning Technology will be held at the University of Warwick, from 1-3… View Article
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07
2014
ALT celebrates Open Education Week
Open Education Week takes place from 10 to 15 March 2014 “to raise awareness about free and open educational opportunities that exist for everyone, everywhere, right now” (http://www.openeducationweek.org/). The Association has an active Special Interest Group which focuses on Open Education where ALT members and others share experiences and develop thinking about using Open Education […] View Article
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06
2014
New partnership between ALT and the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA)
The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Irish Learning Technology Association (ILTA) on 5th March 2014. ALT and ILTA are both membership charities working to enhance learning technology knowledge and practise in education. ILTA supports a community, interested in enhancing learning with technology, across corporate, formal and informal […] View Article
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