This pre-conference webinar taking place in the week of the Online Winter Conference is run by the ALT Open Education Special Interest Group (OESIG). For more information on the OESIG and other ALT Member Groups please visit our get involved page. This free webinar will give a highlight of exciting open education news and practices […] View Article
Leave a commentIn what we hope will be the first of a series, I’m looking at some blog posts that caught the eye of the #altc blog editorial team recently. The three posts we have chosen highlight the range of formats and topics that learning technology bloggers embrace. The big picture The Digital Exclusion project that Dr […] View Article
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As we approach the end of each year, it always seems timely to reflect and review on activity and start… View Article
Leave a commentTwelve Apps of Christmas (12AOC) is an open online course created at Regent’s University London, which ran for the first time in December 2014. It successfully brings together educators worldwide to engage with a range of mobile technologies for teaching and learning. It is available under a Creative Commons licence. A key issue in outreach […] View Article
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“We are at a point when everyone will be on the Internet. So how the Internet works out will have… View Article
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Dear Members of ALT, The last time I reported to you it was August and we were in the midst… View Article
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Several staff at the University of Sussex are using the free Padlet tool in their teaching. This post focuses on… View Article
Leave a commentThe European conference for languages connects linguists globally. This annual event for the European Association for Computer-Assisted Language Learning brings together language practitioners from around the world to share and network. The movers and shakers of our community, including those from the US sister organisation CALICO, connect and international collaborations are formed and reinforced. The […] View Article
Leave a commentI was fortunate enough to be able to attend the annual conference of the CILIP Multimedia, Information and Technology Group’s (MmIT) held at the University of Sheffield in mid-September. The opening keynote from Marie Kinsley (Professor of Journalism, University of Sheffield) discussed the core of some of the issues the conference title indicated and we […] View Article
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Tim O’Riordan from the University of Southampton writes about his research and presenting it at the ALT Conference. The research: measuring and visualising… View Article
Leave a commentProfessor Grainne Conole, Chair of Education Bath Spa University, describes her journey as an academic working in the open. The webinar took place via Blackboard Collaborate. A recording of the session can be accessed with this link: https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2015-10-19.0431.M.E60BA905552B680BADEE9E44841237.vcr&sid=7565 When 19 Oct 2015 12:30 PM to 1:15 PM Location Online United Kingdom View Article
Leave a commentApp used: The University of Southampton has been trialling the use of Slack, informally among colleagues for about a year. We have used it within a group of specialist academics who have been focusing on innovation and also with student groups – in particular the student interns we employed this summer to support the […] View Article
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