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
Leave a commentSpring 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
Leave a commentAn 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
Leave a commentWe 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
Leave a commentInterest 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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Since September, much has happened and so we are are now sharing more of what we have been up to… View Article
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Imagine you had to make the most accessible conference ever. What would you need to consider? Venue, Price, Location, Cost,… View Article
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It has never been more important to prepare our students for the modern workplace by equipping them with future facing,… View Article
Leave a commentI had the privilege to deliver a workshop on Learning Design to 20 members of the M25 Learning Technology Group (LTG) on Friday 16 November 2018 at City, University of London. The workshop was sponsored by the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), City, University of London: @julievoce, University of East of London: @santanuvasant and Cambridge […] View Article
Leave a commentThis is a brief review of the UCISA Digital Education Group (DEG) event on immersive environments. I co-hosted the event with DEG colleague Farzana Latif, the Digital Learning Manager at the University of Sheffield. On a cold and dreary December day, we listened to ten presentations on various aspects of virtual and immersive environments in […] View Article
Leave a commentThe 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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Dear Members With so much going on across the ALT community this autumn, there is much to update you on.… View Article
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