On 6th February 2014, we launched the new strategy for the Association for 2014-2017. The strategy sets out our shared vision for developing the Association as an influential, innovative and independent membership organisation, clearly defining our aims for the next three years. The strategy also articulates our values as a community of practitioners, researchers and policy makers, […] View Article
Leave a commentA call for abstracts has been issued for the 21st international conference of the Association for Learning Technology (taking place from 1-3 September 2014 in Warwick, UK). The call for abstracts for this conference (“Riding giants: how to innovate and educate ahead of the wave”) centres around five key themes: Predicting Giants What are our […] View Article
Leave a commentResearch in Learning Technology, the journal of the Association for Learning Technology, has published a Special Issue, “Scholarship and Literacies in a Digital Age”. In the editorial, Norm Friesen, Lesley Gourlay, and Martin Oliver comment that, “these papers provide a range of perspectives on this fast-moving area of engagement with technology, reminding us of the […] View Article
Leave a commentThe ALT Wales Group is a new Special Interest Group (SIG) which is currently being established. Similar to the ALT Scotland Group, which was established in 2012 and which has since been very active, the ALT Wales Group is a national SIG for practitioners and researchers in learning technology based in Wales. ALT Wales will […] View Article
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If you are considering producing eBooks then now is the time! At Leeds University we have had positive feedback from… View Article
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A new year, a new strategy and a third decade for the Association For our Association, like for many other… View Article
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BETT, now in its 30th year, took place last week and again was a packed affair with over 680 exhibitors… View Article
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There is a curious juxtaposition this year – opposite BETT is an exhibition by companies selling fairground equipment and gaming… View Article
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The M25 Learning Technologists group and MUGGL (Moodle Users Group Greater London) held their winter meeting at King’s College London… View Article
Leave a commentBy Geraldine Murphy, Rachel Challen and David Hopkins. Methodology Based on David Hopkins previous blog posts about perceived identities of Learning Technologists, the #LTFE project was developed to explore this conundrum in Further Education. The outcomes of the #LTFE project were based on qualitative data that was collected through the capture and archiving of Twitter posts from October 2013-November […] View Article
Leave a commentIn November 2013 I was awarded my CMALT accreditation from the Associate for Learning Technology. I wrote about my journey on my own blog, and provided a few short but important tips for anyone looking at working towards their own CMALT award. Here is that post. After an awfully long time I have written, submitted, […] View Article
1 CommentSo a while ago we asked who had presented at ALT-C and other conferences so that we could collate all the great work that everyone’s busy doing. Below are a list of the links that were sent through. If there’s any other presentation that’d you like to flag up to the group, please do […] View Article
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