Presentation by Martin Weller Professor of Educational Technology, Institute of Educational Technology Open University Introduced by Ella Mitchell and Sarah Bridgman . The OER Research Hub has been investigating the impact of OERs, using eleven hypotheses, and a mixed methods approach to establish an evidence base. This talk explores the findings relating to teaching and […] View Article
Our Winter meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on Wednesday 9th December 2015, De Montfort University. The art of assessment. Assessment is at the heart of any learning professionals life. Whether formative or summative it plays a significant role in allowing us to judge a learner’s progress, as […] View Article
We co-founded Virtually Connecting as a way to enrich the virtual conference experience for those unable to physically attend conferences.… View Article
I’ve been working as the Head of TEL at the University of West London since March 2014. While late-August might not be a typical week of the year, the activities I was involved in are not atypical; plenty of meetings as usual. Monday My week started, as it always does, with our departmental meeting. The […] View Article
The online version of the ALT newsletter is now 10 years old! We are celebrating by relaunching the online newsletter… View Article
Stolen Lives is a project funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) with support from the Wilberforce Institute for the study of Slavery and Emancipation (WISE) at the University of Hull. The project aims to raise awareness of both historic and modern-day slavery through short musical and narrative videos. These educational resources are […] View Article
The Social Ontology of Digital Data & Digital Technology Conference took place on 8 July 2015 at The Shard in London. This conference set out to explore the meaning of technology and data and its place in the world. It touched upon many ideas which are debated in learning technology circles all the time. As […] View Article
Change management is a phenomenon pretty much every individual in every workplace in the world must have experienced in the… View Article
Dear Members of ALT, With less than a month before this year’s Annual Conference, I am happy to report to… View Article
An interview with José Picardo, Assistant Principal, exploring technology implementation at Surbiton High School ALT: What was the strategic technological framework adopted by your institution? JP: In too many schools the strategy is “we need to use more ICT” — often responding to a critical inspection. It always seems logical to pass the technology baton […] View Article
With potential benefits around improved learner engagement, increased innovation and creativity, and improved productivity and efficiency, it’s not surprising that so many universities and colleges are turning to social technologies to reinvigorate the ways in which their teaching staff interact with students, and research teams collaborate amongst themselves and across institutional boundaries – just as […] View Article
This post shares the experiences of one academic investigating the impact of using technology in the classroom. View Article
