Documents

Policy responses and other "high level" commentary

• ALT response to the independent review of Directgov by Martha Lane Fox - 31/8/2010 [hyperlink to 35 kB PDF file in the ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT and eLearning Network joint response to the consultation on Skills for Sustainable Growth - 31/8/2010 [hyperlink to 50 kB PDF file in the ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to the Hefce's consultation on the Online Learning Task Force discussion document - 13/5/2010 [hyperlink to 80 kB PDF file in the ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to the second consultation on the Gowers Review proposals on proposed changes to copyright exceptions - 31/2/2010 [hyperlink to 80 kB PDF file in the ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to the UK Funding Councils' consultation on the Research Excellence Framework - 9/12/2009 [hyperlink to 78 kB PDF file in the ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to JISC's consultation on its 2010-2012 Strategy - 28/9/2009 [hyperlink to ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to Department of Business Innovation and Skills consultation on legislation to address illicit peer-to-peer file-sharing - 28/9/2009 [hyperlink to ALT Open Access Repository];
• ALT response to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service's consultation on its National Improvement Strategy - 21/2/2009 [~250kB PDF];
• ALT response to the Intellectual Property Office's "The Future" consultation paper - 4/2/2009 [~150kB PDF];
• ALT response to the Communities and Local Government Department's consultation on delivering digital inclusion - 19/1/2009 [~145kB PDF];
• ALT response to the DIUS consultation on higher education at work - 7/5/2008 [~45kB PDF];
• ALT response to the DIUS informal adult learning consultation - 12/5/2008 [~57kB PDF];
• ALT response to the UK Intellectual Property Office's preliminary consultation on proposals to extend the educational exceptions on copyright - 8/4/2008 [~50kB PDF];
• ALT response to Becta's Harnessing Technology for FE, Skills, and Regeneration progress report - 12/3/2008 [~36kB PDF];
• ALT response to the Research Excellence Framework consultation - 13/2/2008 [~25kB PDF];
• ALT response to the DIUS consultative prospectus Improvement in the Further Education Sector - 25/1/2008 [~50kB PDF];
• Response to consultation on the HEFCW's Circular W07/42HE 'Enhancing Learning and Teaching Through Technology: A Strategy for Higher Education in Wales' - 30/11/2007 [~90kB PDF];
• Response to the HEFCW consultation of the position of e-learning in HE in Wales - 14/3/2007 [~30kB PDF];
• Response to the QIA Pursuing Excellence consultation - 20/10/2006 [~88kB PDF];
• Response to the DfES consultation on the reform of higher education research assessment and funding - 11/10/2006 [~77kB PDF];
• Response to the JISC consultation on the JISC 2007-2009 Strategy - 25/9/2006 [~77kB PDF];
• Response to the JISC survey on environments to support e-learning - 17/1/2006 [~71kB PDF];
• Response to the HEFCE's 2006-2011 Strategy Consultation - 13/1/2006 [~130 kB PDF];
• Response to the RAE 2008 - Consultation on assessment panels' draft criteria and working methods - 18/9/2005 [~150 kB PDF];
• ALT Learning Technology Research Strategy 2005 - 120 kB PDF version - 30 kB HTML version;
• Response to the Higher Education Academy 2005-2010 Strategy Consultation - 27/1/2005 [~90 kB PDF];
• Response to RAE 2008 panel configuration and recruitment - 11/5/2004 [~100 kB PDF];
• Response to the DfES's Towards a Unified e-Learning Strategy Consultation Document - 28/1/2004 [110 kB PDF];
• ALT briefing for the JISC Committee for Learning and Teaching - 9/2/2004 [107 kB PDF];
• Comments on the Draft JISC Strategy - 29/11/2003 [~75 kB PDF];
• Response to the HEFCE e-learning strategy consultation - 24/11/2003 [~56 kB DOC];
• Response to the 21st Century Skills White Paper - 29/10/2003 [~140 kB PDF];
• Response to consultation by the UK funding bodies on the review of research assessment by Sir Gareth Roberts - 19/9/2003 [~77 kB PDF];
• Response to consultation by Scottish Funding Councils for Further and Higher Education on their 2003-2006 Joint Corporate Plan - 30/5/2003 [~60 kB PDF];
• Response to consultation by HEFCE on its 2003-2008 Strategy - 26/5/2003 [~70 kB DOC];
• Response to the Higher Education White Paper - 30/4/2003 [~60 kB DOC];
• ALT Bullet Point Paper to DfES/LSC Joint Implementation Group (JIG) - 3/3/2003 [~60 kB DOC].

Professionalisation and accreditation issues

• CMALT - ALT's Certified Membership Scheme;
• ALT's response to the August 2005 consultation by the Higher Education Academy - 'A standards framework for teaching and supporting student learning in HE'.
• Response to Towards a Framework of Professional Teaching Standards - a Universities UK, SCOP, HEFCE and HE Academy consultation - 16/7/2004 [~100 kB PDF];
• Response to second consultation on the proposal to form a Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council - 9/7/2004 [~110 kB PDF];
• Response to consultation on the proposal to form a Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council - 25/6/2003 [~100 kB PDF].

Internal documents relating to the workings of ALT

• Minutes of the 16th Annual General Meeting held in Manchester, on 9 September 2009 [~ 36 kB PDF];
• October 2008: ALT Journal Special Issue (17/3) Call for Papers - 22/10/2008 [~ 43 kB PDF];
• ALT 2007-2010 Strategy - 3/11/2006 [~90 kB PDF];
• ALT Constitution 2007 - 5/9/2007 [~ 45 kB PDF];
• ALT's Audited Financial Statements for Year ended 31st January 2007 [~ 116 kB PDF] and ALT's Annual Trustee Report [~ 167 kB PDF]- both for which were approved at ALT's 14th Annual General Meeting - 05/09/2007;
• 14th Annual General Meeting 2007 agenda - 20/08/07 [~ 24 kB PDF], AGM 2007 proxy voting form - 20/08/07 [~ 17 kB PDF], and a draft of the Revised Constitution, to be moved at the AGM on 05/09/2007 - 20/08/07 [~ 111 kB DOC];
• 13th AGM minutes 06/09/2006 - 20/08/2007 [~27 kB PDF];
• Call for Programme Committee Members for ALT-C 2008 - 20/08/07 [~ 9 kB PDF];
• Vacancy for Editor and Deputy Editor of ALT-J - 11/05/2007 [~28 kB PDF];
• Annual General Meeting 2007 Notice and Nomination Forms - 20/04/2007 [~42 kB DOC];
• Call for Chair/Co-Chairs for ALT-C 2008 and early call for conference sponsors - 20/04/2007 [~27 kB DOC];
• Trustee and Senior Staff Member Declaration of Interest Policy - 17/4/2007 [~50 kB DOC];
• ALT-C 2007 Referees Report Template - 08/03/2007 [~4 kB txt];
• ALT-C 2007 Referees Guidelines - 08/03/2007 [~61 kB doc];
• Honorary Life Membership policy and 2008 application form - 8/11/2007 [~45kB DOC];
• Faxback form for Online Educa Berlin 2006 flyer promotion - 17/10/06 [~5kB PDF];
• Annual Report 2006 - 25/08/06 [~ 30kB PDF];
• Annual General Meeting 2006 agenda - 25/08/06 [~ 16 kB PDF];
• Annual General Meeting 2006 Notice and Nomination Forms - 4/04/2006 [~16 kB PDF];
• Trustee role in ALT - 4/04/2006 [~9 kB PDF];
• Special Interest Group Policy - 21/1/2010 [~37kB PDF];
• Annual General Meeting 2005 constitutional amendments - 31/08/05 [~ 39 kB PDF];
• Annual Report 2005 - 31/08/05 [~ 25kB PDF];
• Annual General Meeting 2005 Treasurers Report - 31/08/05 [~ 23 kB PDF];
• Determining the membership of ALT committees - 11/08/2009 [~56 kB PDF];
• 2003 - 2004 Annual Report;
• Briefing for New Members - 30/8/2006 [~100 kB PDF];
• AGM minutes 15/9/2004 - 25/11/2004 [~30 kB RTF];
• AGM minutes 8/9/2003 - 30/10/2003 [~100 kB RTF];
• Advertisement for 3 Posts with ALT - 30/9/2003 [~50 kB PDF];
• Recruitment Specifications for 3 Posts - 30/9/2003 [~90 kB PDF];
• ALT 2001-2002 Annual Report - 5/5/2003 [~0.3 MB PDF].

ALT press releases

• Learning Technologist of the Year Awards - April 2009 [~21kb pdf];
• ALT signs MOU with JISC - October 2008 [~38kb pdf];
• ALT signs MOU with ASCILITE - October 2008 [~16kb pdf];
• TRIBAL sponsors Learning Technologist of the Year Award - September 2008 [~717kb pdf];
• Learning Technologist of the Year Awards 2008 - September 2008 [~17kb pdf];
• ALT-C 2008 Opening - September 2008 [~36kb pdf];
• ALT releases ALT-C 2008 conference programme - August 2008 [~26kb pdf];
• Digital 2010 sponsors ALT-C 2008 - July 2008 [~17kb pdf];
• JISC support for CMALT - June 2008 [~18kb pdf];
• Bookings Open for ALT-C 2008 - June 2008 [~18kb pdf];
• Education in Hand - June 2008 [~45kb pdf];
• Bookings open for the ALT conference in Leeds 2008 - June 2008 [~16kb pdf];
• ALT appoints a new Director of Development: Mark van Harmelen - April 2008 [~18kb pdf];
• Details of JISC support for CMALT applicants - April 2008 [~14kb pdf];
• Learning Technologist of the Year Award 2008 - April 2008 [~497kb pdf];

Documents of general interest to the learning technology community

• Revised memoranda of understanding with ascilite and JISC - October 2008 [~46kB PDF]
• Educational Technology and Related Educational Conferences for November 2007 - June 2008 [~575kB doc];
• Report on the EDUCAUSE ELI 2007 Conference in Atlanta, USA, by Jacquie Kelly and Steven Warburton [~76KB DOC];
• Press release to launch ALT's new Research Committee [~18kB PDF];
• Trends in e-learning [~140kB PDF]. Presentation used by Rhonda Riachi at the Library and Information Show 2006 at the NEC, Birmingham, on 27/04/2006;
• FE Issues 2005-06, [~0.19 MB PDF] January 2006 - paper written by Cathy Ellis, Chair of ALT's Further Education Advisory Committee;
• Reflective learning, future thinking - report from the ALT/SURF/ILTA 2005 research seminar on e-portfolios, digital repositories, informal learning and ubiquitous computing held in Dublin, 1 April 2005 November 2005 [~186kB PDF];
• Presentations used by keynote speakers at Microsoft Campus in Reading during the 27/10/2005 ALT Policy Board on embedding learning technology into institutional practice - Nick Umney [17.4 MB PPT] - Aldwyn Cooper [5.7 MB PPT] - Jon Gamble [0.3 MB PPT] - Bill Harvey [0.4 MB PPT];
• Latest developments in e-learning - [~500 kB PPT]. Presentation used by Rhonda Riachi at Online Information 2004 conference in London on 1/12/2004;
• Report from 22 and 23 April 2004 ALT-SURF seminar: ePortfolios and Digital Repositories - October 2004 [~384 kB PDF];
• Invitation to Tender to supply ALT with Web Development Services Tender document - August 2004 [~71 kB PDF];
• Letter from Keith Duckitt (Head of ICT at the Learning and Skills Council) to all English 6th Form and Further Education Colleges encouraging them to join ALT - May 2004 [~50 kB PDF];
• Invitation to the 2004 ALT Policy Board on Learning Technology Research Policy, and the Labs Group First Open Day at HP Labs in Bristol - 7/7/2004 and 6/7/2004 [~110 kB PDF];
• Wim de Boer's presentation at ALT Scenario Planning Workshop - 26/11/2003 [~600 kB PDF];
• Henk Frenken's presentation at ALT Scenario Planning Workshop - 26/11/2003 [~700 kB PDF];
• Notes of the Inaugural Meeting of the Labs Group Special Interest Group at Birkbeck College in London on 25 September 2003 - 25/9/2003 [~100KB PDF];
• Paper about online tutoring skills used by Seb Schmoller at South West of England e-Learning Conference - 7/10/2003 [~90KB PDF];
• Slides used by Diana Laurillard at the inaugural meeting of the ALT "Labs Group" Special Interest Group" - 25/9/2003 [~200KB PPT];
• Material concerning e-Learning and the Government Interoperability Framework - [Hyperlink];
• Becta/ALT sponsored Informal e-Learning Research Seminar - 21/2/2003 [Hyperlink].

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