06 June 2013
altc2013 This time of year ALT gears up for its annual conference and this year is no different. With registration open, preparations to define the social and academic programmes is progressing well. The keynote speakers this year include a learner keynote with contributions from students and NUS officers, Wendy Hall and Stephen Downes. This year [...]
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06 June 2013
We know from research and practice surveys that students develop good digital strategies when they use technology in meaningful ways. Embedding digital capability into the curriculum aligns it with students’ aspirations and helps them make sense of technology in an academic context. For staff, the sense of being overwhelmed by digital possibilities can be managed [...]
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05 February 2013
A little self-introduction may be helpful: what is “JISC CETIS?” CETIS is the Centre for Educational Technology and Interoperability Standards, of which I am co-director. Over the last six or so years it been working for JISC to support their innovation programmes, especially the teaching and learning focussed programmes. We are housed in the intriguingly [...]
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10 January 2013
The ALT Special Interest Group in Games and Learning (GLSIG) was established in October 2010 as a community for anyone interested in the potential of games for learning, particularly in the context of Further and Higher Education. We are interested in the design, use and evaluation of games in practice, and the academic study of [...]
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07 December 2012
In a smaller edition than usual, we have three articles: Colin Loughlin, Susan Driver, James Turner, James Little and Rose Heaney review ALT-C 2012: A confrontation with reality. Kris Roger reflects on the use of free cloud based learning management systems. Robert O’Dowd introduces the INTENT project which has the aim of raising awareness of [...]
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04 December 2012
Robert O'Dowd introduces the INTENT project which has the aim of raising awareness of the advantages of telecollaboration as a tool for virtual mobility in foreign language education at university level.
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17 November 2012
Colin Loughlin, Susan Driver, James Turner, James Little and Rose Heaney review ALT-C 2012: A confrontation with reality.
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30 October 2012
Kris Roger reflects on the use of free cloud based learning management systems.
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07 September 2012
With Massive Online Open Courses being a popular topic of late, the MSc in E-learning Team from the University of Edinburgh talk about their steps into the world of MOOCs with the launch of their E-learning and Digital Cultures course on Coursera. We have three reviews of events that took place in June: Michelle Hyland [...]
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07 September 2012
As Chief Executive of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT) no one day is the same for Maren. This is an account of a week working with the staff team and members in the run up to ALT’s annual conference in September. Monday It’s a rather wet and windy start to the day, which I am [...]
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07 September 2012
ALT, in collaboration with JISC TechDis, established a new Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group (ILSIG) in March 2011. To date the group has 55 members from a range of sectors, including HE, FE, Independent Specialist Colleges, schools and business, together with international representation from Europe and the United States. The remit of the group is [...]
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29 August 2012
This article provides an introduction to the M25 Learning Technology group which has recently become an ALT Regional Interest Group. It looks at how the group formed and the work of the group and then provides an overview of the July face-to-face meeting. About the group The M25 Learning Technology group is a regional forum [...]
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17 August 2012
The Scottish Mobile Learning Day took place on the 19th June in Glasgow. It was open to anyone interested in mobile learning from further and higher education in Scotland and provided a vehicle for exploring what is meant by mobile learning as well as associated opportunities and challenges.
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13 August 2012
Tim Seal from SCORE, Open University reviews the UNESCO 2012 World Open Education Resources Congress that took place from 20-22 June 2012.
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MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera
A River of Clouds: Reflections on guug11, the Google Apps for Education UK User Group event
Free Cloud LMS: Opportunity, Threat or Irrelevance?
Why Distribute Documents in MS Word or OpenOffice for an International Audience?
The elements of e-assessment
Chief Executive’s Report
Developing digital literacies in the Curriculum
SIG Update: Games and Learning Special Interest Group
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