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
Leave a commentALT 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
Leave a commentAre 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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… 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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The 21st international conference of the Association for Learning Technology will be held at the University of Warwick, from 1-3… View Article
Leave a commentOpen 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
Leave a commentThe 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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The Further Education Learning Technology Action Group (FELTAG) report was published today; the report looks at paths forward to a digital future… View Article
Leave a commentThere is increasing demand for expertise in Learning Technology across a broad range of contexts for example assessment, VLEs, learning design, research, networks and tech support, change management and staff development. CMALT Holders who are interested in undertaking work for ALT on a consultancy basis now have the opportunity to join a new Register of […] View Article
Leave a commentOn 6th February 2014, we launched the new strategy for the Association for 2014-2017. The strategy sets out our shared vision for developing the Association as an influential, innovative and independent membership organisation, clearly defining our aims for the next three years. The strategy also articulates our values as a community of practitioners, researchers and policy makers, […] View Article
Leave a commentA call for abstracts has been issued for the 21st international conference of the Association for Learning Technology (taking place from 1-3 September 2014 in Warwick, UK). The call for abstracts for this conference (“Riding giants: how to innovate and educate ahead of the wave”) centres around five key themes: Predicting Giants What are our […] View Article
Leave a commentResearch in Learning Technology, the journal of the Association for Learning Technology, has published a Special Issue, “Scholarship and Literacies in a Digital Age”. In the editorial, Norm Friesen, Lesley Gourlay, and Martin Oliver comment that, “these papers provide a range of perspectives on this fast-moving area of engagement with technology, reminding us of the […] View Article
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