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Call for Proposals Now Open for OER26
The OER26 call for proposals is now officially open.
Taking place in Milton Keynes on 22–23 June, this year’s conference invites the open education community to explore the theme “Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared Vision.” As technologies, policy environments,…
OER26 announced for June 2026 at the Open University, Milton Keynes
The Open Education Conference for 2026 will officially take place at The Open University in Milton Keynes on 22-23 June 2026, bringing together the global open education community for two days of dialogue, reflection, and renewed vision.
Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared…
Week of VocTech 2026: What next for AmplifyFE and ALT?
The Week of VocTech returns from 16–20 March 2026 with a free programme of online and in‑person events exploring how digital technology is transforming vocational learning across the UK. Now in its fifth year, the week brings together innovators, employers, educators, investors and…
ALT Summer Summit 2020 - videos and resources now open to all!
The first ALT’s Summer Summit - Learning Technology in a time of crisis, care and complexity took place in August 2020. The event…
Have you thought about becoming a Member of the Association for Learning Technology, the leading professional body for Learning Technologists? We offer different membership options, including…
ALT is preparing a response to the Digital teaching and learning during the coronavirus pandemic: Call for evidence. This call for evidence is seeking a wide breadth of sector input and…
Since we launched the Open Covid Pledge for Education, more than 100 open educators and more than 40 organisations have pledged to share their knowledge to support the educational response to COVID-…
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Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, the University of Melbourne, Australia.…
It is with the deepest of sadness that the ALT community learned of the untimely passing of Emeritus Professor Mark Stiles.
Mark was an early pioneer of learning technologies in the Vocational,…
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This blog post is a preamble to my session at the ALT 2020 Online Summit on what we can learn from UX principles for making more accessible and inclusive learning experiences. It outlines some…
‘President’ is a loaded term, but my Tweets are of a higher standard than that American one, so I think it’s ok. My first ALT conference was in 2004. I remember it was at Exeter University and that I…
This is a statement by the Information Literacy Group, a special interest group of the CILIP, the library and information association. Our members come from a range of backgrounds, including…
In the light of the coronavirus pandemic, education has been rapidly transformed by the increasing necessity to deliver remote learning and teaching, and consequently, online assessment practices.…