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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…
Deadline Extended – Two More Weeks to Get Involved
We are extending the deadline for expressions of interest by two weeks until Monday, 9 March, to ensure that all Members who wish to contribute have the opportunity to do so. If you have not yet submitted your interest, we encourage you to take this additional time to put yourself forward -…
ALT has responded to the Higher Education Funding Council for England Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework. The response was submitted by ALT as a membership body, representing as…
The Call for Proposals is now open and the deadline has been extended to Midnight BST, Monday 27 March 2017. Submit your ideas for a poster, lightening talk, presentation, panel, demo,…
The #OER17 conference takes place in London on 5-6 April, it provides an ideal opportunity for anyone interested in learning more about open resources, policy and practice to connect with experts and…
This report presents findings from the third Association for Learning Technology (ALT) Annual Survey. Results of the survey are openly published each year in spring. Both the ALT Annual Survey and…
The Chair and Trustees of ALT are delighted to announce the new ALT strategy 2017-2020. This three year plan will underpin all of the organisation’s activities until 2020.
Developing a new strategy…
We are pleased to be joined by two outstanding keynote speakers for this year’s Annual Conference.
Peter Goodyear is Professor of Education at the University of Sydney, a position he took up in 2003…
If you are booking travel or are undecided about registering for #OER17, you might want to make sure you stay to the very end as we’ve got an amazing plenary panel lined up, ‘Mapping the Politics of…
Please note: This news item was published on 16 February 2017. Research in Learning Technology is fully operational and accepting submissions. To access the archive and to submit…
“Academics never stand on ladders, only working class people.” Hans Rosling, ALT Conference, 9 September 2008, in Leeds.
Many people will have been sad and shocked that Hans Rosling “a kind and…
The second Playful Learning conference, based at Manchester Metropolitan University and organised in conjunction with the ALT Playful Learning SIG (formerly Games and Learning SIG), will be…