Our Late Summer meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is taking place on Wednesday 24th August at the University of Nottingham (Jubilee Campus). There is no fixed theme for this meeting. During this event we would like to explore whatever themes those attending are interested in exploring – sharing our experiences in the […] View Article
The Spring EMLT meeting took place on Wednesday 18 May at the University of Derby. We would like to extend our thanks to Derby for hosting the event, and to Claire Gardener – Senior Learning Technology Adviser at Derby who organised the event. The day was kicked off by Rob Weale who introduced the theme […] View Article
Leave a commentOur Spring meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on Wednesday 18th May at the University of Derby. Theme: Training and Development – approaches to training and development in the use of technology for teaching, learning and assessment. The ability to effectively use technology to enhance teaching, learning and […] View Article
Leave a commentThe Winter EMLT event took place on the Wednesday the 9th December at De Montfort University Leicester with sponsorship for the event from Wyver Solutions Ltd for catering. At the beginning of the session we also asked participants to contribute to a Padlet wall with a review of EMLT activities in 2015 and suggestions for […] View Article
Leave a commentOur Winter meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on Wednesday 9th December 2015, De Montfort University. The art of assessment. Assessment is at the heart of any learning professionals life. Whether formative or summative it plays a significant role in allowing us to judge a learner’s progress, as […] View Article
Leave a commentOur Summer meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on Monday 29th June 2015, 12:00-16:00, Loughborough University. Let’s get mobile! Mobile devices give us a unique opportunity to have learners embedded in a realistic context at the same time as having access to supporting tools” (FUTURELAB, 2004). Jisc […] View Article
Leave a commentHello Everyone, We are currently looking for members of the EMLT community to join the EMLT Steering Group. We are keen to have representation from all sectors, higher education, further education, local authorities and the private sector and from all types of learning technology role. Preference will be given to areas which are not currently […] View Article
Leave a commentI hope you have all had a good Easter. Before all the egg eating began over the weekend, we had the Spring EMLT meeting at the University of Derby. We had a good turn out and started the event off with some Easter treats and floppy crisps. We then took part in some speed networking, […] View Article
Leave a commentOur Spring meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on April Fools Day, 1st April 2015 at the University of Derby, on the subject of… Developing Digital Literacies There is a lot of talk about how organisations need to ensure their workforce and students are digitally literate, but what […] View Article
Leave a commentIn my experience as a learning technologist in HE there can sometimes be a misconception (and at times assumption) on the part of the teacher that the use of eLearning should inevitably, or to a significant extent at least lead to a more efficient, less labour-intensive work flow. At times, having demonstrated a particular eLearning […] View Article
Leave a commentLearning to surf the (new) quality wave – Rob Howe, University of Northampton Link to conference paper on ALT website Slides available on Prezi Open Northampton – Open Educational Practice from Northampton – Dr Ming Nie and Prof Ale Armellini, University of Northampton Link to conference paper on ALT website Link to slides on Google […] View Article
Leave a commentNot long until our next meeting!! Our autumn meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group for 2014 is due to take place on the 22nd of October at Loughborough College and the theme is ‘Mind the Gap! Mainstreaming and supporting innovation‘ – and we’d like to hear your stories of how you discovered innovation, […] View Article
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