Chief Executive’s Report
26 February 2013
By Maren Deepwell
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A week in the life of… Adam Cooper, JISC CETIS
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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SIG Update: Games and Learning Special Interest Group
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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In this edition, Issue 29, October 2012
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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Engaging University Classes in Online Intercultural Exchange: The INTENT Project
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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ALT-C 2012: A confrontation with reality
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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Free Cloud LMS: Opportunity, Threat or Irrelevance?
30 October 2012
Kris Roger reflects on the use of free cloud based learning management systems.
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In this edition, Issue 28, July 2012
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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A week in the life of… Maren Deepwell
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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SIG Update: Inclusive Learning Special Interest Group
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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Meet the M25 Learning Technology Group
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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Scottish Mobile Learning Day
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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UNESCO 2012 World Open Education Resources Congress
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
08 August 2012
In the summer of 2012 the team of teachers and researchers associated with the MSc in E-learning programme at the University of Edinburgh began developing a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) for the Coursera platform. Launched only a year earlier, this for-profit company founded by Stanford professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller has focussed primarily [...]
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A fun fair time at JISC RSC Northwest’s Annual Event
26 July 2012
Using social media to engage learners, discovering new emerging technologies and trying out the latest exhibitor kit were just some of the things enjoyed by attendees of JISC RSC Northwest’s Annual Event on 27th June. An impressive 233 delegates, presenters and exhibitors from a range of North West Learning Providers and suppliers made it to [...]
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