Dear Members With so much going on across the ALT community this autumn, there is much to update you on.… View Article
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
I say “day”, it’s more of a half day, and the numbers are rather thinning out after yesterday. With exhibitors packing up and going home (or taking half day trips to the mountains in the case of those I had dinner with last night) we are down to the hard core of attendees. We’re still […] View Article
So here we are on day two of the main conference. It feels like it’s been going for a lot longer after a big day yesterday, and events on Tuesday too. Another 7:30am “braindate” (see yesterday’s post) kicked things off, and then the opening session in the big Bellco Theatre at 8am. In the blink […] View Article
If you haven’t been following my series of posts, then I’ll just mention that this year I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. Today is the big day, when Educause 2018 opens to everyone. My day started at 7:30am […] View Article
What could be better that a coffee and a chat? Lisa Donaldson harnessed the power of the coffee break to curate a useful selection of examples of practice across disciplines of the use of e-portfolios in assessment. We met up for a coffee and a chat to capture her experiences arising from an unconference in […] View Article
As I mentioned in my opening post, this year, I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. Today is the day before Educause 2018 gets underway in earnest. The Tuesday is characterised by a mixture of pre-conference workshops (additional registration […] View Article
This year, I was one of the very lucky recipients of the UCISA bursary scheme, which has allowed me to be in Denver for the 2018 Educause conference. The Educause conference is something that has been on my radar for 20 years, and it’s no coincidence that it is celebrating 20 years this year. It […] View Article
This new Learning Technology Handbook by Daniel Scott is a clear, practical and honest guide for teachers, trainers and assessors… View Article
How do we recognise and share the digital achievements of our academic colleagues? At the University of Central Lancashire,… View Article
Our winter meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists group is due to take place on Wednesday 28th November 2018, 12:00-16:00, University of Derby. Microsoft Office365: Moving beyond the office and into the classroom Many institutions are investing in cloud based solutions for their software with Microsoft one of the leading companies with their Office365 […] View Article
The ALT-C 2018 conference took place in September this year in Manchester, celebrating its 25th year anniversary. The fact that ALT-C was 25 years old this year and it was hosted in Manchester, made me reflect on my own personal history. I left my home country of Venezuela 24 years ago after completing my Bachelor […] View Article
