May
12
2016
#Telecollaboration2016 in sunny Dublin.
The Second International Conference of Telecollaboration in Higher Education built on the success of the first conference held in… View Article
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News & Views from the ALT Community
May
04
2016
#OER16 – the friendly conference
OER16 Open Culture, the Open Educational Resources conference, took place on 19-20 April 2016 at the University of Edinburgh, ably… View Article
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Apr
24
2016
#OpenBadgesHE – reflecting on putting the pieces together.
We all know how important it is to plan. After all, fail to plan and you plan to fail!… View Article
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Apr
05
2016
UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2016
Now in its fifth year, the UNESCO Mobile Learning Week 2016 (#MLW2016) has certainly succeeded in raising the profile… View Article
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10
2016
Engaging and empowering foundation learners with Stop Motion Animation
Overview Independence at work is a key objective for the groups of students that I work with every day. Using blended learning is a key part of developing this skill set and the tools (software and hardware) that we use have to be accessible and engaging, which is why most of our work is done […] View Article
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Feb
10
2016
Looking back at the Bett Show 2016
This year’s BETT show in London offered 4 days of inspiration from the world of education technology. What was this year’s… View Article
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Jan
21
2016
PROCAT Digital Dissemination Event
In these days of social media, conference-calling and virtual transactions, it may sometimes seem that the energy which radiates from… 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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Nov
25
2015
MozFest is our bonfire
“We are at a point when everyone will be on the Internet. So how the Internet works out will have… View Article
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Nov
12
2015
Padlet – digital walls for sharing, learning and teaching.
Several staff at the University of Sussex are using the free Padlet tool in their teaching. This post focuses on… View Article
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02
2015
Critical CALL: EuroCALL 2015
The European conference for languages connects linguists globally. This annual event for the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning brings together language practitioners from around the world to share and network. The movers and shakers of our community, including those from the US sister organisation CALICO, connect and international collaborations are formed and reinforced. The […] View Article
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27
2015
“With power comes great responsibility” How librarians can harness the power of social media for the benefit of library users.
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the annual conference of the CILIP Multimedia, Information and Technology Group’s (MmIT) held at the University of Sheffield in mid-September. The opening keynote from Marie Kinsley (Professor of Journalism, University of Sheffield) discussed the core of some of the issues the conference title indicated and we […] View Article
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