This year the host city for the Open Education Conference (OER15) was Cardiff and its theme was ‘Mainstreaming Open Education’. Chaired by Haydn Blackey and Martin Weller there were over 100 sessions condensed into two action packed days. It was a very friendly welcoming conference of enthusiasts who have a ‘can do’ attitude: This was my […] View Article
Leave a commentThis session will provide a preview of the OER15 Conference, due to take place in Cardiff on 14-15 April 2015. Two members of the planning committee will offer their personal perspectives on the key issues being raised in this year’s conference. Debbie Baff (University of South Wales) Open Education Resources & Open Educational Practice Project Manager for […] View Article
Leave a commentHello Everyone, We are currently looking for members of the EMLT community to join the EMLT Steering Group. We are keen to have representation from all sectors, higher education, further education, local authorities and the private sector and from all types of learning technology role. Preference will be given to areas which are not currently […] View Article
Leave a commentI hope you have all had a good Easter. Before all the egg eating began over the weekend, we had the Spring EMLT meeting at the University of Derby. We had a good turn out and started the event off with some Easter treats and floppy crisps. We then took part in some speed networking, […] View Article
Leave a commentAs part of Open Education Week 2015, Dave White and Donna Lanclos facilitated a Visitors & Residents workshop “Marvellous Mapping” for educators and researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway. Dave is the originator of the Visitors and Residents concept and Dave and Donna are on the research team that developed the related […] View Article
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Dear Members of ALT, This is a busy time for our community and I am pleased to report on so… View Article
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Earlier in March, Jisc's Digifest event comprised 90 speakers across 85 sessions, This post offers the reflections of three of… View Article
Leave a commentThe LT Conference returned to London in January, showcasing a range of tech enterprises. Trends are obviously very subjective, but these were gleaned from the conference: The lexicons of story-telling and journalism are appearing more frequently in learning. The language is readily-understood by a wide audience (and accessible language is always preferred to impenetrable jargon […] View Article
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Members of Landex ‘Land based Colleges Aspiring to Excellence’ recently attended a Blended Learning CPD Event addressing ‘The Strategic Use… View Article
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This is a featured post from ALT Sponsoring Member Talis. Earlier this academic year I found myself teaching in ‘flipped… View Article
Leave a commentIn this session Vivien Rolfe talks to Martin Hawksey, Chief Innovation, Community and Technology Officer at the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), about the development of the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL). As part of this we explore how ALT Members supported the design, development and running of the course as well as the […] View Article
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My role at the University of Southampton has always been about working with staff and students to engage in active… View Article
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