Living in a Mixed Reality
David Watson is an Instructional Design Specialist at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with 8 years of experience in… View Article
Leave a commentDavid Watson is an Instructional Design Specialist at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with 8 years of experience in… View Article
Leave a commentThis article forms a response to an earlier publication in this blog in December 2015 that posed the question: ‘The… View Article
4 CommentsThis post shares the experiences of one academic investigating the impact of using technology in the classroom. View Article
Leave a commentThe ALT-Members email list is a fascinating place where members of the ALT community discuss a variety of issues related… View Article
Leave a commentVideo introduction and overview Imagine the river Rhine Imagine the landscape of the river Rhine: an image of nature in… View Article
2 CommentsIn April 2015, Nesta published a new report that looks at what is happening across the UK in digital creativity… View Article
Leave a commentAre webinars critical for distance learning? This question sparked lively conversation on the ALT mail list recently. The answers, from individuals with a wealth of experience in delivering live online learning, ranged from ‘not critical’, to ‘important’, to ‘it depends on the context’. Whatever the answer is in a particular situation, there was an underlying […] View Article
Leave a commentIn this article, Viv Rolfe shares her thoughts on the progress made with OER post-funding. Is OER in its teenage… View Article
Leave a commentIn reality, blended learning has been in existence for decades but as a term in common usage in education and recognised as a legitimate approach, it has become fashionable only during the 21st Century. Essentially, mixing and matching a range of approaches and media to learning and teaching intentions is at the heart of blended […] View Article
Leave a commentThere was a recent question on the ALT-MEMBERS mailing list about the institutional deployment of digital and Open Badges. Issues… View Article
Leave a commentOn the ALT Members JiscMail list Tim Smale (Keele University) recently asked: “I’m looking at providing some guidance to staff and students on the use of Google Drive (and other solutions). In particular I’m interested if anyone has guidance on what they consider safe and unsafe to store there. For example, do you allow the […] View Article
Leave a commentYesterday I attended our new series NetworkEDGE: The Future of Education online, because we live stream (and record) these things and therefore I could. We were lucky enough to have Stephen Downes inaugurate, and I watched, listened and tweeted along. Downes shared his utopian anti-institutional view of education with us and that’s the kind of thing I lap up. […] View Article
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