‘Using digital tools and technologies for assessment’ is the topic for the ALT West Midlands Members Group’s third meeting on 21 June at 10.00 at University of Worcester in the award winning Hive building (directions here http...

The Awards are open to individuals and teams based anywhere in the world and celebrate and reward excellent practice and outstanding achievement in the Learning Technology field and to promote intelligent use of Learning Technology on a national scale. 

First, second and third prizes will be available in each of two categories: individual, and team, as follows: 1st prize £1000; 2nd prize £500; 3rd prize £250. A Community Choice Award, voted for openly, will also be awarded. The Awards will be presented at the ...

This is the story of the creation and publication of the #EdTechRations book as told by it’s creator, David Hopkins. His reflective account shows how important connected, open practice is to the creative process.

“I feel incredibly lucky to be part of the ALT community, and to be able to dip in and out of the conference feeds, newsletter updates, listserve comms, and the whole (and much wider) Twitterverse. In the last nine and a bit years I’ve been on...

This ALT-Scotland event will bring practitioners together from across sectors to share their experiences of strategy, practice and policy in learning technology. The day will be hosted by City of Glasgow College and will the opportunity to visit see their new campus which incorporates technologically advanced open and inspiring learning and teaching environments.

For more information or to get involved join the ALT Scotland Members Group. ...

The Central Executive Committee consists of the Trustees of the Association and is the overall governing body. This Committee meets three times a year face to face and monthly online. 

You can find out more about the Committee and their members on our committee pages. You can read the minutes from previous meetings on the committee ...

The Central Executive Committee consists of the Trustees of the Association and is the overall governing body. This Committee meets three times a year face to face and monthly online. 

You can find out more about the Committee and their members on our committee pages. You can read the minutes from previous meetings on the committee ...

‘We are here to make the most of social media in teaching, learning and assessment. We recognise social media is a complex, emotive, powerful, fast changing and sometimes controversial aggregation of practices, attitudes, technologies and learning.’

So began our day at the Future Happens Hack and I strongly encourage you to have a look at the webpage for the hack, which includes a lot of useful information and background – and I have quoted some of the key points from the organisers’ thinking in this post.

Use of social...

Thank you very much to everyone who has submitted a proposal to the Annual Conference. We have received a record number of submissions, which is fantastic.

Decisions will be sent out over the next two weeks. Due to the number of submissions, it will take a while to deal with all the reviews and send out decisions. Thank you for your patience.

Registration for the conference is now open.