In 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
My role at the University of Southampton has always been about working with staff and students to engage in active… View Article
Recently a member of the public asked for some guidance on home schooling resources for computing: “Greetings I’m a home… View Article
An Open Badge framework helps University of Warwick motivate student development in an online learning project View Article
Are webinars critical for distance learning? This question sparked lively conversation on the ALT mail list recently. The answers, from individuals with a wealth of experience in delivering live online learning, ranged from ‘not critical’, to ‘important’, to ‘it depends on the context’. Whatever the answer is in a particular situation, there was an underlying […] View Article
Taking an idea about how to engage the wider learning technology community in exploring how and where we work is… View Article
The BETT Show comes around each January and entices all of us working in the education sector to play with… View Article
In this article, Viv Rolfe shares her thoughts on the progress made with OER post-funding. Is OER in its teenage… View Article
In reality, blended learning has been in existence for decades but as a term in common usage in education and recognised as a legitimate approach, it has become fashionable only during the 21st Century. Essentially, mixing and matching a range of approaches and media to learning and teaching intentions is at the heart of blended […] View Article
Meet the ALT Online Newsletter Editorial Team! View Article
Photo: 2014 winner Georgina Dimmock with judges and Credo representatives. The Information Literacy awards are presented annually at the Librarians Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC). They have come to be regarded as the most prestigious and coveted accolades within the field for UK-based practitioners and researchers. The Credo Digital Award for Information Literacy was established […] View Article
Our Spring meeting of the East Midlands Learning Technologists’ group is due to take place on April Fools Day, 1st April 2015 at the University of Derby, on the subject of… Developing Digital Literacies There is a lot of talk about how organisations need to ensure their workforce and students are digitally literate, but what […] View Article