It was a wet and cold Friday morning in February when I posted this request to ALT-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ‘End of week TEL challenge! During my research I’ve found a host of reports critical of the claims of TEL and the quality of TEL research. Calling on Surowiecki’s ‘wisdom of crowds’ I wondered who on the list […] View Article
Leave a comment
Colin McLean, Registrar at IT Sligo, and Paul Gormley, Chair of ILTA, got the conference off to an inspiring start.… View Article
Leave a comment
The UCISA DCG Spotlight on digital capabilities conference on ‘Student futures – equipping students to thrive in the… View Article
Leave a commentIbrar Bhatt’s book ‘Assignments as Controversies: Digital Literacy and Writing in Classroom Practice’ explores the practices of learners in college classrooms. This monograph is a development of Ibrar Bhatt’s PhD research, published in the Routledge Research in Literacy Series. Prior to reading the book, I wondered about its audience and potential usefulness for classroom […] View Article
1 Comment
This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by its creator, David… View Article
Leave a comment
‘We are here to make the most of social media in teaching, learning and assessment. We recognise social media is… View Article
Leave a comment
One of the joys and sometimes the challenges of being part of a global open education community… View Article
Leave a comment
“Humanification is more than just an idea; it’s a new wave of understanding that helps to make sense of what’s… View Article
1 CommentOn Wednesday 1st February 2017, Dearne Valley College joined forces with the recently established RNN Group of Colleges, which itself was formed through the merger of Rotherham College and North Nottinghamshire College 12 months prior. The near £50m triumvirate aims to service the locality with the best possible academic offer and gives the opportunity to […] View Article
Leave a comment
Dear Members of ALT My report would usually have reached you in February, but to celebrate the launch of… View Article
Leave a commentWhy should we look for opportunities to play and why would we encourage others, to do the same? These are questions that I have been considering over the last couple of weeks, following the excellent conference: ‘Remix Play Summit’, held at Coventry University’s Disruptive Media Learning Lab. However, I don’t want this post to […] View Article
Leave a comment
Background In 2013 the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team in Manchester Medical School (MMS) started a review of current learning… View Article
Leave a comment