Disabled students need access to resources that can be adapted to suit their needs along with successful interaction with assistive technologies. The provision of accessible materials is now a legal obligation. Can OER provide a solution for both students and institutions? The UKOER programme from 2009-2012 produced a huge range of teaching materials, many of […] View Article
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With the announcement of the retirement of the Jorum service, the UKOER community and indeed the international OER community have… View Article
Leave a comment#LTHEchat was an idea by Chrissi Nerantzi and Sue Beckingham to create a space and opportunity for educators in Higher Education (HE) to discuss learning and teaching. Having been inspired by the hugely successful #edchat and used the tweetchat concept in other informal learning forums, we felt there was an opportunity to not only focus […] View Article
1 CommentIn this post Terry Loane examines what we mean by the 'sharing economy' and asks what the implications of the sharing economy might be for education. View Article
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David Watson is an Instructional Design Specialist at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with 8 years of experience in… View Article
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This year’s BETT show in London offered 4 days of inspiration from the world of education technology. What was this year’s… View Article
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How it all began… After a term of frustrating no-shows and low sign ups to our advertised technology enhanced learning… View Article
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In these days of social media, conference-calling and virtual transactions, it may sometimes seem that the energy which radiates from… View Article
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This article forms a response to an earlier publication in this blog in December 2015 that posed the question: ‘The… View Article
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Recently Sue Watling from Hull University asked the ALT-MEMBERS mailing list for advice on developing a policy document on the… View Article
1 CommentThe Winter EMLT event took place on the Wednesday the 9th December at De Montfort University Leicester with sponsorship for the event from Wyver Solutions Ltd for catering. At the beginning of the session we also asked participants to contribute to a Padlet wall with a review of EMLT activities in 2015 and suggestions for […] View Article
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A few weeks ago we ran probably the first live broadcast using Periscope to support an online course in the… View Article
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