Reflections on the White Rose Learning Technologists’ Forum, 17th April 2019

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

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EMLT Spring Event Round-Up

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

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Call to our members!

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

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Webinar: #OER19 preview

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

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EMLT Spring 2019 meeting

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

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