Oct
09
2017
How and why should Learning Technologists engage with start-ups?
A conversation between Anders Krohn, CEO at Aula Education, and Dr Maren Deepwell, CEO at ALT. At the recent ALT… View Article
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#ALTC Blog
News & Views from the ALT Community
Oct
04
2017
BYOD Digital Exams at Brunel University
Since 2015 Brunel University London has been running a pilot programme testing the feasibility of digital written exams. The approach… View Article
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Jul
20
2017
Video games in higher education: using video games to develop graduate attributes
Despite a growing body of writing on the subject of game-based learning – Gee’s What Video Games Have to Teach… View Article
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Mar
30
2017
Developing a Learning Environment in WordPress
Background In 2013 the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team in Manchester Medical School (MMS) started a review of current learning… View Article
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Mar
13
2017
Outstanding use of technology for improving teaching, learning and assessment in Further Education 2017
The 2017 #TESFEawards saw Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College (WLC) receive the award for ‘Outstanding use of technology for… View Article
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Jan
13
2017
Open Learning as Lifelong Learning: Conduit for education in South Korea
South Korea is developing open learning on par with any nation in the world, fuelled essentially by virtually unlimited… View Article
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Aug
24
2016
Introducing Twitter into the classroom: a multimodal analysis
In a recent practitioner- research study in a Computing department at University College Isle of Man, I explored the… View Article
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Aug
16
2016
Facebook Pedagogy and Education in Apprenticeships
This article describes how social media pedagogies create meaningful provision and an opportunity space for the emergence of ‘apprentice… View Article
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Jul
04
2016
Close Encounters of the Multimodal Kind
The University of Sunderland offers students the opportunity to study a language through the Combined Subjects Programme (CSP) and as… View Article
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Apr
27
2016
Editor’s Choice – the multifaceted role of a Learning Technologist
The three posts we have chosen highlight the diversity to the role of a Learning Technologist. Duties of the Learning… View Article
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21
2016
Blended Learning Essentials MOOC
Blended Learning Essentials: part 1 ‘getting started’ and part 2 ‘embedding practice’ have now both run once on the FutureLearn platform. The courses were generously funded by the UFi Charitable Trust, and were produced by a consortium of partners including the University of Leeds, the UCL Institute of Education, and ALT, alongside many other Vocational […] View Article
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04
2015
Learning technologies in the blogosphere – Editors’ picks.
In what we hope will be the first of a series, I’m looking at some blog posts that caught the eye of the #altc blog editorial team recently. The three posts we have chosen highlight the range of formats and topics that learning technology bloggers embrace. The big picture The Digital Exclusion project that Dr […] View Article
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