Shirley Evans is a Trustee of ALT, Chair of the Membership Development Committee and a member of the CMALT Development… View Article
ALT was approached by a writer for ManagerSeminare (German monthly magazine on professional training and development) asking for comment on Learning Analytics. Given the questions asked the views of ALT Members we put the questions to them to discuss via the ALT-MEMBERS JiscMail list. These are the resulting reflections taken 21st-28th March 2014. The editorial […] View Article
At our recent East Midlands Learning Technologists’ meeting, ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’, we were exploring the digital video creativity and between us we came up with a list of hints and tips for those wanting to work with video in learning and teaching. I promised I’d share our hints and tips… so… here they are… […] View Article
If you are a member of ALT and would like to take a more active role in the governance of the Association, then you should consider standing for election either as Vice-Chair or Trustee. Trustees work together on the Central Executive Committee to ensure that the vision and aims set out in ALT’s strategy are being met and that […] View Article
Newcastle upon Tyne’s Centre for Life was the venue for the fifth annual conference on Open Education OER14, which took place in April. Two university students provided a superb welcome to delegates and Catherine Ngugi then provided a stirring keynote presentation which set the tone for the conference. As Project Director for OER Africa she […] View Article
Welcoming over 900 participants, we launched the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning (ocTEL) on Monday, 28th April 2014. ocTEL is a 7-week Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to help participants understand better how to use technology to enhance teaching practices. The open, flexible nature of ocTEL means we’d argue that you cannot fail the course or […] View Article
ALT awards Honorary Life Membership to individuals whom ALT believes have made an outstanding and sustained contribution to the advancement of ALT’s aims for the development of learning technology in a regional, national or international context through research, practice, policy-development, leadership, or a combination of these. The call for nominations has now been issued, with a closing […] View Article
Language learning is a long process that requires commitment and reflection. Learning a language alongside studying for a degree can be particularly demanding, especially if your main subject of study is unrelated to languages. The Language Centre at the University of Warwick offers an institution wide language programme to all students. This provides an opportunity […] View Article
SmartTables are relatively new on the technology enhanced learning scene but are rapidly becoming popular within Primary Schools. To date the majority of use has been focused on pre- school and primary school aged children, with content being developed to support their learning needs. Until now there has been no attempt to introduce SmartTables in […] View Article
Are you or do you know someone (or a team) who is outstanding in using technology to support learning? If so why not enter (or encourage them to enter) for the Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2014? The Award’s overall purpose is to celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the learning […] View Article
Professor Terry Anderson, who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his… View Article
… unless you fail to find something interesting. The second run of ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning,… View Article
