Daniel Scott was recently awarding Learning Technologist of the Year by the ALT community. In his own words, Daniel talks about his professional activity.  “In my current role at Barnsley College (rated as “Outstanding” by Ofsted) as the Learning Support Technologist for nearly 7 years.  In this position I research, develop, promote and evaluate a […] View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					This post draws on lively discussions which took place during a session on getting published in ALT’s journal Research in Learning… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					Dear Members of ALT, With our Annual Conference behind us, I’d like to use this report to share an update… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		                        
		
		
		
        
		        	26 October 2016 with Martin Poulter As Jorum repository is set to retire in September 2016 (http://www.jorum.ac.uk/retirement/). Martin Poulter considers whether Wikimedia has a role in Open Education and can be used in ways not previously considered – part repository, part VLE, part academic publishing and collaboration. Is there an opportunity here to move more into […] View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		                        
		
		
		
        
		        	Our Winter meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is taking place on Monday 19th December at Loughborough College. The session will be slightly different from our usual fare in that we will be experiencing ENIGMA. Note that lunch is not being provided, so please ‘bring your own lunch’. The AOB at 3pm will […] View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					This post is written by David Hopkins. Teaching and Learning Consultant, University of Warwick Business School. David is a CMALT… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		                        
		
		
		
        
		        	Open Principles in Education – Bridging Bridges, Empowering communities – presented by Suchith Anand, University of Nottingham. This presentation shared experiences from “Geo for All” initiative on the importance of having open principles in education for empowering communities worldwide . Central to “Geo for All” mission is the belief that knowledge is a public good […] View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					At the ALT Annual Conference 2016 in Warwick the ALT Scotland SIG met. Around 15 Scottish delegates were welcomed by the… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					Post written by David Hopkins. Teaching and Learning Consultant, University of Warwick, and Learn Appeal Trustee.   Bringing the theme… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		        
        
            
		
		
		
        
					If you are on the ALT mailing list, you may remember my name and this particular subject. In the summer of… View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		                        
		
		
		
        
		        	The Late Summer EMLT meeting took place on Wednesday 24 August at the University of Nottingham. We would like to extend our thanks to the Health E-Learning and Media Team (HELM) for hosting the event, and to Kirstie Coolin – E-Learning and Media Manager of HELM who organised the event. And thanks to all of […] View Article
                
        		 
		
	
	
	
	
	
            
		                        
		
		
		
        
		        	It’s the annual “EMLT on tour” event, where we have a session organised at the ALT annual conference, otherwise known as ALT C. As this session is part of the wider conference, there is no set agenda, and this is an opportunity for anyone from our region who is attending the conference to come along […] View Article