The Forum met at the University of York recently to consider issues surrounding accessibility and inclusivity. There were three very different sessions, considering legislation and content creation. Of course a pressing issue at the moment is the Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018. Alistair McNaught from JISC kicked off proceedings with […] View Article
This event was part of an Erasmus Plus research project and was designed to showcase digital language teaching in the… View Article
The ALT Scotland SIG was established in September 2012; it allows learning technologists from across Scottish Education to get together to… View Article
Round up of M25 Learning Technology Group meeting at Imperial College London Around 50 people joined the March M25LTG meeting… View Article
This is a timely book because it is really asking some big questions about what is the whole point of… View Article
The session last week went well, with lots of lively discussion and sharing of ideas around the subject of assessment design for anonymous marking. Unfortunately, we were not able to record the presentation on the day as some of the conversations on this were of a sensitive nature due to some organisations being in the early stages of […] View Article
For some reason I seem to have established a pattern where I only attend the OER conferences every other year.… View Article
At the last West Midlands group meeting, it was decided to adopt a new approach and write a collaborative blog. People were invited to write about what they thought about the day, what stood out for them, and what they would take away? Lynne Taylerson I think for me the key questions were around practitioner […] View Article
Origins: Students as Wikipedia Editors It all started in 2016. As part of a course assignment, Master’s-level students at the… View Article
Greetings to all of our Learning Spaces SIG members! As you’ve no doubt, noticed… This group has become a bit quiet. This is due to those of us who have been attempting to run the SIG, being extraordinarily busy in our regular 9-5 jobs. (Please note, I’m a Yankee, and tend to write like one… […] View Article
The OER19 Conference is nearly upon us and will take place at the National University of Ireland in Galway. It will focus on the following themes: Back to basics – asking difficult questions about open education: Why open? Open for whom? Whose interests are served? In what ways has the open agenda been appropriated, and […] 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