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For this latest gathering of ALT-GLSIG (the Games and Learning Special Interest Group, hosted by the Association for Learning Technology and chaired by myself and Nicola Whitton), we returned to Manchester. This time, a little further down the road at the University of Manchester’s excellent Alan Gilbert Learning Commons building: an extremely well thought-out and provisioned […]

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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 over 40 people in person and a further 25 people via the online broadcast. The first part of the session primarily focussed […]

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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 much going on elsewhere in the Association that I want to draw your attention to: Safeguarding ALT’s future and AGM 2014 […]

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On 21st May, Instructure held an event at the ME Hotel on The Strand in London to celebrate the launch of the UK Canvas offices. Over 70 people primarily representing HE and FE attended the event which aimed to introduce the UK market to what Canvas can provide. The event opened with the history of […]

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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 over the next three years and strongly articulates our core values of being participative, open and inclusive, innovative, collaborative, transparent, […]

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The Open Education Resource SIG (OERSIG) was established in March 2012 and has over 110 members. As part of ALT’s contribution to celebrating Open Education Week, the SIG participated in the ALT Community webinar on 13 March 2013 to talk about current activities including recent case study work. Debbie Holley encouraged all interested persons to […]

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The ALT Inclusive Learning SIG (ILSIG) was established in March 2011. The remit of this SIG is to:- • Discover and share evidence and experiential practice in the area of inclusive learning; • Highlight day-to-day experience of those using assistive technologies for the benefit of the practitioners who use or develop solutions; • Provide a […]

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A new year, a new strategy and a third decade for the Association For our Association, like for many other organisations, January is the month for planning ahead for the year to come. The end of our financial year on 31st January brings with it an annual cycle of review, but this year our current […]

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The M25 Learning Technologists group and MUGGL (Moodle Users Group Greater London) held their winter meeting at King’s College London on 19th November 2013. The all-day event offered a diverse mix of the technical and theoretical and attracted over 60 participants from London and outlying areas.  Attendance was one of the highest to date for […]

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A new strategy for ALT We are currently consulting on a new strategy for ALT for 2014-17. In addition to the recent online consultation open to all members, we have consulted representatives from member organisations and partners at the ALT Policy Board meeting on 7 October and members of ALT’s committees at the strategy meeting […]

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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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By Maren Deepwell

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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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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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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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• Lecture Capture – Sometimes it’s better to be heard…and not seen February 17, 2014
• MOOC pedagogy: the challenges of developing for Coursera August 8, 2012
• ALT’s new Chief Innovation, Community and Technology Officer – Martin Hawksey March 10, 2014
• A River of Clouds: Reflections on guug11, the Google Apps for Education UK User Group event May 20, 2011
• Why Distribute Documents in MS Word or OpenOffice for an International Audience? August 18, 2011

• About Me – Sheila MacNeill, ALT Trustee November 7, 2014
• Evernote as a Portfolio: changing the way we document, share and manage the learning happening in all aspects of a student’s life October 20, 2014
• Guidance on po