Large-scale curriculum redesign where technology plays a central role Jointly with the Association of Colleges (AoC) ALT ran a one-day conference on 21 May in Birmingham. The aim of the event was to provide participants with practical ideas and strategies for technology-supported curriculum redesign which will have an impact on large numbers of learners. Conference […] View Article
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Aaron Sloman is Honorary Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science at the University of Birmingham. Here he reflects on… View Article
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The SCARLET (Special Collections using Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching) project is bringing John Rylands Library’s Special Collections… View Article
Leave a commentOverview The Supporting Learning and Teaching Programme (SLTP) is a 10-month part-time programme providing an introduction to teaching and learning theory and good practice. It is run by the Educational Development Unit (EDU) at Imperial College London and has been specifically developed to meet the needs of the significant number of College staff whose job […] View Article
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Simon Kear reports on and evaluates the use of the Blackboard Collaborate 11 virtual classroom for delivering the Follow the… View Article
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A review of the Blackboard Teaching and Learning Conference which took place between 23-25 April 2012 in Antwerp, Belgium. View Article
Leave a commentJames Clay reports on the Ireland and UK Moodlemoot held in Dublin, Ireland. View Article
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Catherine Cronin, Farzana Latif, Matt Lingard and Santanu Vasant report on the Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCON) held in Plymouth,… View Article
Leave a commentAn update on the activities of the ViTAL Special Interest Group. View Article
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Sarah Sherman from the Bloomsbury Colleges provides an insight into her life as the Bloomsbury Learning Environment Manager. View Article
1 CommentAfter over 9 years with ALT, Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive, recently took his retirement. Seb worked closely with ALT’s trustees to plan for this, which enabled us to effect a very smooth handover to his successor, Maren Deepwell. While I’m sure that Seb would be the first to downplay his importance to ALT, I know […] View Article
Leave a commentBeing a membership organisation, the quality of what we can do for our members is often driven by what we can do ourselves to help the broader community of practitioners. This is particularly true with our ALT Newsletter. To this end, we are always receptive to new ideas and constantly on the lookout for new […] View Article
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