The next Annual General Meeting will take place at 16.45 on 12 September 2018 at Manchester Place, the University of Manchester, UK during the ALT Annual Conference 2018. All Members are encouraged to attend the AGM and AGM passes can be arranged for anyone not attending the conference. If you are unable to attend in person please make full use of the proxy voting arrangements.

Digital skills are essential in today’s workplace: there are few jobs that don’t require them, yet employers report a shortage of digital skills. It is therefore vital for teachers to expand the digital skills of their learners. The Blended Learning Essentials programme consists of four free online courses to promote effective practice and pedagogy in blended learning: https://www.futurelearn.com/programs/blended-learning-essentials

<p>ALT is celebrating 25 years this year and the Annual Conference is in Manchester, 11-13 September (<a href="https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2018/registration/">https://altc.alt.ac.uk/2018/r...). There is still time to register to attend, but for Northern Ireland members&nbsp;who are unable to attend in person, we are hosting virtual sessions in Belfast in a similar vein to last year; one day at Ulster University and one day at Queen&rsquo;s University...

As I write this we have just one month to go before the largest event we organise each year, our Annual Conference. This year, as we celebrate 25 year of ALT, there is much to look forward to and this report covers some of the key developments across the Association.

First, I wanted to draw your attention to an ongoing project from ALT’s President, Prof Martin Weller, who has been blogging about the 25 Years of EdTech in this series of posts, counting down to 2018! Members have also...