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
Leave a commentALT 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
Leave a commentLanguage 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
Leave a commentSmartTables 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
Leave a commentAre 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
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Professor Terry Anderson, who is based at Athabasca University in Canada, is one of the famous figures of contemporary education, and his… View Article
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… unless you fail to find something interesting. The second run of ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning,… View Article
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A shared vision for the future In early February Diana Laurillard, Chair of ALT, led the launch of our new strategy… View Article
Leave a commentSo, another meeting has come and gone. There was cake, there were cups of tea, there was chatting and there were ideas. Lots of lovely ideas! All held at the University of Derby on the 2nd of April 2014. The theme for the meeting was ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ (which obviously meant that *that* […] View Article
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Thinking differently about digital and social media The Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group (MELSIG) is a forum for thinking differently… View Article
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There are many studies of how user expectations of institutional IT are changing: see for example the recent Educause review… View Article
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One area the JISC digital literacies programme did not set out to explore was the capabilities required to learn successfully… View Article
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