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
As a member of ALT you hear about our Trustees and you probably know who a few of them are… View Article
We all know how important it is to plan. After all, fail to plan and you plan to fail!… View Article
Open Education week 2016 saw a flurry of activity around the world and this post offers an opportunity to connect… View Article
How it all began… After a term of frustrating no-shows and low sign ups to our advertised technology enhanced learning… View Article
“We are at a point when everyone will be on the Internet. So how the Internet works out will have… View Article
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the annual conference of the CILIP Multimedia, Information and Technology Group’s (MmIT) held at the University of Sheffield in mid-September. The opening keynote from Marie Kinsley (Professor of Journalism, University of Sheffield) discussed the core of some of the issues the conference title indicated and we […] View Article