This year’s #OER18 conference will take place in Bristol, UK on the 18th-19th April and is of course open to all! OER18 turns the focus on one of the often-cited benefits of ‘open’ – the promise of inclusivity. How do the resources, methods and projects that make up Open Education support making education available to […] View Article
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Introduction: The Story / How it Happened The original idea for an ongoing tweetchat for professional development came from… View Article
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A year ago we launched ALT’s Strategy 2017-2020 and since then we have made great progress putting our shared values… View Article
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The annual Computer-Assisted Language Learning conference, Eurocall took place this year in Southampton. Participant Martina Emke reflects on the role… View Article
Leave a comment“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
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Since 2015 Brunel University London has been running a pilot programme testing the feasibility of digital written exams. The approach… View Article
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People who know me a little bit, may have noticed that ideas pop into my head all the time. These… View Article
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eLearning@ed is a community of practice at the University of Edinburgh, which brings together learning technologists and academic colleagues through… View Article
Leave a commentThis 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
2 CommentsIt 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
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This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by its creator, David… View Article
1 CommentFor 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
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