Webinar - How to submit a proposal for the 2017 ALT Annual Conference

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The session will offer practical advice on how to submit proposal for ALT's Annual Conference 2017. So join us, whether you are a first time presenter or a seasoned participants from research or practice in any sector.

This webinar is free to attend and open to all.

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Annual Conference 2017: Call for Proposals now open

The 24th ALT Annual Conference takes place from 5 to 7 September 2017 in Liverpool. The theme this year is ‘Beyond islands of innovation – how Learning Technology became the new norm(al)’. The Conference is chaired by Peter Alston and Professor Helen O’Sullivan, both at the University of Liverpool.

The Call for Proposals is now open: http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall. You can view it as a Google Doc or download a PDF.

Conference themes:
- Empowerment in Learning Technology: supporting students through staff/student partnerships, students as influencers, developing skills and supporting staff at all levels;
- Learning Spaces: impact of Learning Technology on the physical and the virtual, strategies for enabling innovation, effectively managing change;
- Moving from the practical to the ‘publishable’: reporting from the forefront of innovation and research, policy and strategy fit (or not) for what’s ahead, sharing practice and scaling up Learning Technology through large scale institutional projects;
- At the forefront of innovation: ethical implications of ‘data’ for learning and teaching, making use of data in assessment, the hype around AI, machine learning and learning analytics and what’s beyond;
- Wildcard: you are free to contribute any aspect of your research, practice or policy work.

Key dates

Call for Proposals announced in early February 2017

Submission system opens in late February 2017

Webinars for potential authors: March 2017

Deadline for submissions is Midnight GMT, Monday 20 March 2017

Notification of acceptance: May 2017

Register to attend: May 2017

Webinar for accepted authors: August 2017

 

Proposals for different session formats:

You can submit proposals for one of the following:

- Posters (displayed in print and online)

- 5 minutes: Lightning talk, usually a presentation

- 20 minutes: presentation with time for questions or a brief discussion

- 40 minutes: research presentation, technical demonstration or discussion, all with an interactive element for participants

- 1 hour: workshop or panel discussion, fully interactive format.

 

Please see the full Call for further information and guidance on how to submit your proposal. http://go.alt.ac.uk/altcall

When
10 Mar 2017 from  2:00 PM to  3:00 PM