A year ago we launched ALT’s Strategy 2017-2020 and since then we have made great progress putting our shared values… View Article
The annual Computer-Assisted Language Learning conference, Eurocall took place this year in Southampton. Participant Martina Emke reflects on the role… View Article
“Destroying open ed” That was the title of the workshop I attended virtually at #opened17 this year. Taking place in California, the timing in the UK was a challenge as it would start at 11.30pm on a Friday night. Would I manage to stay awake sufficiently to take part? The format was experimental based […] View Article
Since 2015 Brunel University London has been running a pilot programme testing the feasibility of digital written exams. The approach… View Article
People who know me a little bit, may have noticed that ideas pop into my head all the time. These… View Article
eLearning@ed is a community of practice at the University of Edinburgh, which brings together learning technologists and academic colleagues through… View Article
This summer the Open Ed Sig is hosting a webinar which brings together people from across the many Open Education communities in order to facilitate a discussion of our shared values. The Open Ed Sig, having attempted to make the many facets of open communities visible through this “Joining the dots” initiative, invited representatives from […] View Article
It was a wet and cold Friday morning in February when I posted this request to ALT-MEMBERS@JISCMAIL.AC.UK ‘End of week TEL challenge! During my research I’ve found a host of reports critical of the claims of TEL and the quality of TEL research. Calling on Surowiecki’s ‘wisdom of crowds’ I wondered who on the list […] View Article
This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by its creator, David… View Article
For those looking at CMALT I would be happy to run a webinar to assist anyone who needs help. Also I here are my top 5 tips as someone who has been assessing CMALT portfolios for the past 5 years. Reflection, reflection reflection. One of the common reason for a portfolio to go back to […] View Article
Join the fun this week in this free, online conference. The Open Education SIG are active in the programme and would love to welcome you to our celebration webinar on Thursday. We will be sharing the fabulous webinars we have captured so far, our christmas crackers! There will be silliness in the form of games, […] View Article
Colleagues from Warwick’s Library team, Tracy Dix and Kate Courage, attended the ALT conference for the first time this year. Here are their reflections. “The day started with Jane Secker’s keynote on copyright and elearning, a topic she’s been presenting at conferences on since 2011. By asking what terrorism has got to do with learning […] View Article
