The field of learning technology, also known as e-learning, educational technology and digital education, has been defined as the broad range of communication, information and related technologies that are used to support learning, teaching and assessment (Association for Learning Technology, 2021). Collins and Bilge (2020) define intersectionality as a “ way of understanding and […] View Article
5 May – 12:30 BST – Open Education SIG – OER22 Community Highlights Join ALT’s Open Education Special Interest Group to look back on OER22 and all the highlights from the conference. We invite all to join us to share experiences and thoughts arising from the conference – whether you were able to present, […] View Article
So much open sharing happening this week for #oeweek. We submitted an event around Open Badge use called Open Love… View Article
A11y and Open are political – webinars & online events are too! – Ghizzi Dunlop Robin Wall Kimmerer said, ‘Western science is knowledge for knowledge’s sake; Traditional Ecological Knowledge is knowledge coupled with responsibility for that knowledge.” Substitute “Open” for “western science” and replace “Traditional Ecological” with “Accessible and Inclusive Open”. Accessibility is […] View Article
Are you all webinar-ed out? Did you find the pandemic raised tricky issues about access to study materials in your… View Article
How are universities helping to fight hunger in the UK? View Article
I have long been puzzled as to why open badges are rarely mentioned in our annual OER conferences. I do… View Article
The hedgerows are full of fruit right now, these elderberries are so inviting! Bountiful nourishment which we can forage to make a delicious tea time treat at little or now cost. Thanks to the disruption of the pandemic many of us have been visiting the virtual hedgerows of edu-twitter and other such spaces to exchange […] View Article
The wonderful artwork shared above provides a clear metaphor for the current Covid19 crisis which moves amongst us and touches us all, wherever we may live, whatever our circumstances. “We are all in this together” has often been the refrain we hear on the news and in supermarkets. However, new research is revealing that our […] View Article
The current virus crisis has provided many valuable lessons to us all as a society. Very early on the UK a list of key workers was drawn up by the government – these would be the individuals who would be in the front line, keeping us safe and ensuring that we could sustain some sort […] View Article