Reports of ‘the death of the VLE’ have been circulating for long enough for it to become a kitsch subject… View Article
Spring is springing! Our spring meeting of the ALT East Midlands Learning Technologists group (EMLT) is due to take place on Thursday 11th April 2018 from 12:00-16:00 at Loughborough University. The theme this time is… Designing assessments for anonymous marking This event will explore anonymous marking and how we need to think carefully about how […] View Article
As I sit on the A-Train (officially called the University of Colorado A Line for sponsorship reasons) from Denver to the airport, I’m reflecting a little on the events of the last week in Denver. It has been the most rewarding conference experience. The younger me would have been overawed at the sheer size of […] View Article
I say “day”, it’s more of a half day, and the numbers are rather thinning out after yesterday. With exhibitors packing up and going home (or taking half day trips to the mountains in the case of those I had dinner with last night) we are down to the hard core of attendees. We’re still […] View Article
So here we are on day two of the main conference. It feels like it’s been going for a lot longer after a big day yesterday, and events on Tuesday too. Another 7:30am “braindate” (see yesterday’s post) kicked things off, and then the opening session in the big Bellco Theatre at 8am. In the blink […] View Article
If you haven’t been following my series of posts, then I’ll just mention that this year I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. Today is the big day, when Educause 2018 opens to everyone. My day started at 7:30am […] View Article
As I mentioned in my opening post, this year, I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. Today is the day before Educause 2018 gets underway in earnest. The Tuesday is characterised by a mixture of pre-conference workshops (additional registration […] View Article
This year, I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. The Educause conference is something that has been on my radar for 20 years, and it’s no coincidence that it is celebrating 20 years this year. It […] View Article
Annual Conference 2017: Call for Proposals now open The 24th ALT Annual Conference takes place from 5 to 7 September 2017 in Liverpool. The theme this year is ‘Beyond islands of innovation – how Learning Technology became the new norm(al)’. The Conference is chaired by Peter Alston and Professor Helen O’Sullivan, both at the University […] View Article
