#webinar: Adopting open practices

An opportunity to hear about open practices in education and to discuss barriers to adoption as part of Open Education week 2019. We will be joined by Shona Whyte, Associate Professor of English at Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, France who will share her findings from research into teacher adoption of open practices. Her presentation is […] View Article

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ALTWM Meeting 18th March at Warwick

We invite you to join us for an ALT West Midlands regional group meeting focusing on the topic of ‘Critical Digital Literacies’. Date and Time: Monday, March 18, 2019, 10:00 AM – 3:30 PM GMT Location: Warwick University, Experimental Teaching Space, The Library, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, CV47AL. View Map As a convergence of both digital and critical literacies, critical […] View Article

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Learning about Hospital Ward Rounds with 360-Degree Video

Interest sparked in 360-degree video for learning Since 2017, Leicester Medical School has been experimenting with 360-degree video for learning. Following the first live-streamed medical surgical operation done by Dr Shafi Ahmed (McGoogan and Murgia, 2016), medical students’ interest was ignited. Leicester Medical School’s student society MedRIFT (Medical Research into Future Technology), which I founded […] View Article

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What Learning Technologists said the key challenges would be for 2019: ALTC Word Cloud

The ALT Conference back in September celebrated its 25th birthday and offered an abundance of content for Universities wanting to learn from other educational institutions and speakers. One topic area that was covered highlighted the challenges that Higher Education establishments face with digital learning tools and general challenges that Learning Technologists are likely to come […] View Article

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Educause 2018 – the round up

As I sit on the A-Train (officially called the University of Colorado A Line for sponsorship reasons) from Denver to the airport, I’m reflecting a little on the events of the last week in Denver. It has been the most rewarding conference experience. The younger me would have been overawed at the sheer size of […] View Article

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