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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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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Shirley Evans is a Trustee of ALT, Chair of the Membership Development Committee and a member of the CMALT Development… View Article
Leave a commentIf 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
Leave a commentWelcoming 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
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