UCISA Effective use of mobile technologies to enhance learning, teaching and...
How can mobile learning enhance the student learning experience? What are the pedagogic benefits related to the use of mobile technologies in learning, teaching and assessment activities. What are the...
View ArticleALT’s new Chief Innovation, Community and Technology Officer – Martin Hawksey
I’ve been an ALT Individual Member since 2010 but having started my career in learning technology at Glasgow Caledonian University in 2004 and sharing my workplace with the likes of Linda Creanor and...
View ArticleSharing stories: E-learning case studies from the Jisc Regional Support Centres
Each year, our customer satisfaction survey tells us how much our supported learning providers appreciate hearing about real experiences from others in the sector: what they’ve been up to; what they...
View ArticleA Review of “Literacy in the Digital University”
Literacy in the Digital University: Critical Perspectives on Learning, Scholarship, and Technology Edited by Robin Goodfellow and Mary R. Lea Published by Routledge This is an edited collection...
View ArticleSome pros and cons of ‘track-changes’ feedback on work returned to students...
Despite the fact that ‘track-changes’ is normally used in one-to-one editing and feedback (for example on draft theses, dissertations, reports and so on) it seems likely that ‘track-changes’ feedback...
View ArticleChief Executive’s Report
A shared vision for the future In early February Diana Laurillard, Chair of ALT, led the launch of our new strategy for 2014-17. The strategy sets out a clear vision for the work of the Association...
View ArticleThe open course you cannot fail…
… unless you fail to find something interesting. The second run of ocTEL, the Open Course in Technology Enhanced Learning, is starting at the end of April. Last year we ran the course[1], designed,...
View ArticleBecoming an ALT Trustee – Shirley Evans
Shirley Evans is a Trustee of ALT, Chair of the Membership Development Committee and a member of the CMALT Development Group I first became involved with ALT some 15 years ago back in 1999. I was...
View ArticleBecoming an ALT Trustee – Doug Gowan
Doug Gowan is a trustee and current vice chair of ALT The procedure for filling vacancies on ALT’s board of trustees is getting underway so now is the time to think about whether you should stand. Here...
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I feel the need, the need for … Assistive Technology!
San Diego is not just famous for being the location for Top Gun but also the annual CSUN International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. The conference takes place in a hotel just...
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Guest blog post from Joanna Stroud – Online Learning: Developing Trends
This blog post appeared first on the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LSHTM elearning blog http://blogs.lshtm.ac.uk/elearning/ Joanne is an eLearning Officer in the Division of Education...
View ArticleCall for Editors of ALT Online Newsletter
This is the 2014 call for an Editor in Chief and two Deputy Editors of ALT Online Newsletter. About ALT Online Newsletter The ALT Online Newsletter is a news blog published on a continuous basis by the...
View ArticleALT Learning Technologist of the Year: I’ve looked at things from both sides now
Sheila MacNeill is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University and the 2013 winner in the individual category of the Learning Technologist of the Year award. One of the highlights of last year...
View ArticleOpen and online but not a MOOC, GCU Games On – an alternative model for...
Sheila MacNeill is a Senior Lecturer at Glasgow Caledonian University Glasgow Caledonian University have taken their first steps into the world of open online education this week with the launch of GCU...
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#altc the ALT Conference hashtag for the community
Like many other educational conferences, there is a very active backchannel. Twitter has had a useful role in enabling people to connect and share thoughts, observations and reflections. This is...
View Articlealtc2014: for the community, by the community
The ALT conference provides an annual opportunity for the ALT community to come together, either in person or online, to discuss and explore new approaches to learning and teaching, technological...
View ArticleChief Executive’s Report
It’s August and in less than a month ALT’s annual conference will bring together a big part of our community in Warwick. Yet while conference preparations are certainly going full steam ahead, there is...
View ArticleBYOD4L – Bring Your Own Devices For Learning
This post introduces the design and delivery of BYOD4L – Bring Your Own Devices For Learning (http://byod4learning.wordpress.com/), a team effort based on an idea by Chrissi Nerantzi. Chrissi and Sue...
View ArticleRIG Update: M25 Learning Technology Group
The Summer meeting of the ALT M25 Learning Technology group took place on 2nd July at Imperial College London. Leo Havemann, Birkbeck, and Julie Voce, Imperial, hosted the event that was attended by...
View ArticleLearning Technologist of the Year 2014 – Individual Award
Dr James Pickering (University of Leeds) is the winner in the individual category of the 2014 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award. Winning the Learning Technologist of the Year award is a real...
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