#Digifest15 Event Review
Earlier in March, Jisc’s Digifest event comprised 90 speakers across 85 sessions. This post offers the reflections of three of the #ALTC community who travelled to Birmingham to experience #Digifest15....
View ArticleChief Executive’s Report, March 2015
Dear Members of ALT, This is a busy time for our community and I am pleased to report on so much activity: In February we published the findings from the Annual Survey carried out in December and...
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Marvellous Mapping: Visitors & Residents Workshop
As part of Open Education Week 2015, Dave White and Donna Lanclos facilitated a Visitors & Residents workshop “Marvellous Mapping” for educators and researchers at the National University of...
View ArticleAbout Me – Claire Donlan, ALT Trustee
I have been an ALT Trustee for nearly four years now including serving as Vice-Chair, Chair and President of ALT. Before that I was a member of the FE Operational Committee for three years. I wrote...
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Imagine a Nation of Inspired Digital Makers
For the past few years Nesta have been trying to get young people digital making. Technology shapes so much of the world. We think it’s important that young people understand they can influence this...
View ArticleBook Review: Educational Innovations and Contemporary Technologies
This book is arranged as a set of case studies focusing on ‘specialised educational technologies; particular groups of learners; and teacher education.’ The case studies presented in the book may not...
View ArticleUnderstanding How People Learn
The ALT-Members email list is a fascinating place where members of the ALT community discuss a variety of issues related to everyday practice. Recently, Daniel Scott asked what he thought was an...
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The Social Ontology of Digital Data & Digital Technology #CSO15
The Social Ontology of Digital Data & Digital Technology Conference took place on 8 July 2015 at The Shard in London. This conference set out to explore the meaning of technology and data and its...
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A Week in the Life of Matt Lingard (ALT Trustee)
Matt Lingard I’ve been working as the Head of TEL at the University of West London since March 2014. While late-August might not be a typical week of the year, the activities I was involved in are not...
View ArticleExpanding and Extending Conversations at #altc via @vconnecting
We co-founded Virtually Connecting as a way to enrich the virtual conference experience for those unable to physically attend conferences. We appreciate conferences like #altc and #hastac that...
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“With power comes great responsibility” How librarians can harness the power...
Library flipchart 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...
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The age of CV 2.0?
Today everyone is using social media to socialise and connect. Students can link and share their work on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. In order to determine a fuller picture of potential employees,...
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Periscoping our MOOC: Live broadcasts to support learning.
A few weeks ago we ran probably the first live broadcast using Periscope to support an online course in the UK – a discussion on the FutureLearn Digital Marketing MOOC. App used: Periscope is a free...
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Narrative Ecologies: Teachers as Pedagogical Toolmakers
‘Narrative Ecologies’ frames a number of case studies of educators’ adopting new technologies around a thoroughly argued Narrative Ecology model, developed by the book’s author, Keith Turvey. Before...
View ArticleMoving beyond using WordPress for everything: what was it like using Weebly?
If you are on the ALT mailing list, you may remember my name and this particular subject. In the summer of 2015 I emailed the list to see everyone’s thoughts on moving away from WordPress as the...
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Daniel Scott: Award Winning Learning Technologist
Daniel Scott was recently awarding Learning Technologist of the Year by the ALT community. In his own words, Daniel talks about his professional activity. “In my current role at Barnsley College...
View ArticleLaunching the new ALT Strategy 2017-2020
The Chair and Trustees of ALT are delighted to announce the new ALT strategy 2017-2020. This three year plan will underpin all of the organisation’s activities until 2020. Developing a new strategy can...
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Will BREXIT prompt Universities to sharpen communication of Higher Education...
A survey by SIGNAL showed that 88% of UK universities believed that they would suffer financially as a result of Britain’s decision to leave the EU. But in the same survey, 75% of respondents believed...
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Developing a Learning Environment in WordPress
Background In 2013 the Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) team in Manchester Medical School (MMS) started a review of current learning technology systems. Our evaluation showed that both tutors and...
View ArticleChief executive’s report, April 2017
Dear Members of ALT My report would usually have reached you in February, but to celebrate the launch of the new strategy, it was time for the Trustees of ALT to write to you instead. If you haven’t...
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