EMLT Meeting – Summer 2017

This event has been postponed. New date to be confirmed. Our summer meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists group is due to take place on Wednesday 23rd August 2017, 12:00-16:00, Loughborough University. Learning Analytics: Using data to improve the learner experience The data we collect from learners can be really powerful in helping us […] View Article

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OPEN: What do we value?

This summer the Open Ed Sig is hosting a webinar which brings together people from across the many Open Education communities in order to facilitate a discussion of our shared values. The Open Ed Sig, having attempted to make the many facets of open communities visible through this “Joining the dots” initiative, invited representatives from […] View Article

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Promises and lies: the role of Open Educational Resources in inclusive practice.

This ALT Open Education SIG webinar is shared with FELTAG SIG and is part of a series of webinars ALT is organising in support of the FELTAG Movement. Thursday 15th June, 1pm   View  recording: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2017-06-15.0531.M.39572659483D2F3A05887B43B73705.vcr&sid=7565 The promise of open educational resources is attractive – a cornucopia of free resources, alternative explanations, different media, different […] View Article

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Assignments as Controversies

  Ibrar 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

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