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This blog will no longer be updated. Instead we will use the update features of our new web site at http://www.alt.ac.uk/ to provide updates about the ALT conference. To stay in touch with ALT and with the ALT conference, please...
At the closing deadline around 250 submissions for inclusion in the ALT-C 2011 conference programme had been received. This number will increase somewhat as the stragglers (including a small number of people who'd agreed small extensions before the deadline) submit....
Final call for proposals and deadline extension Here is the call for proposals for full proceedings papers, demonstrations, symposia, workshops, short papers, and short presentations (ePosters) at the conference. The abstract submission system is live and will close on 2...
Karen Cator will be a keynote speaker at the 2011 ALT Conference. Karen is Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to this she was head of Apple's leadership and advocacy efforts in...
Here is the 10 December 2010 call for proposals for full proceedings papers, demonstrations, symposia, workshops, short papers, and short presentations (ePosters) at the conference. The call closes on 21 February 2011.
Here are the results of the ALT-C 2010 Best Paper Award the Best Poster Awards, and of the 2010 ALT Learning Technologist of the Year Award. Winner of the Award for the ALT-C 2010 Best Proceedings Paper 0188 "An analysis...
There are links to PDFs of the main conference documents (Introduction and Abstracts, Proceedings, Programme Guide, and New to ALT and attending ALT-C?) on the ALT Open Access Repository.
Below is the almost full text of the final delegate email sent earlier today. - Seb Schmoller Dear ALT-C 2010 participant, This is the third and hopefully final communication to you in advance of ALT-C 2010 to help you get...
Here are the sessions where changes have been made, in case you need to alter the sessions for which you've signed up. 1. Briefing for session chairs (new - 18.45 Monday) http://altc2010.alt.ac.uk/talks/15350 2. Development through change (11.30 Tuesday - short...
Later today (25/8/2010) we will publish some timetable changes. Invited Speaker Sudhir Giri will now speak at 17.10 on Tuesday 7 September, rather than at 10.30 on Thursday 9 September. A couple of errors in the allocation of short papers...
We have published the interactive timetable for the conference. Conference delegates, once logged into the site, can create a personal schedule for the whole event, as well as seeing who else has chosen to attend which sessions.
The ALT-C 2010 CrowdVine networking site at http://altc2010.alt.ac.uk/ is now available. Conference delegates who create an account using the email address they provided when they booked to attend the conference should be able to use the account without approval by...
Thursday, 12 August 2010 Today we extended the final booking deadline for ALT-C 2010 to Thursday, 19 August. From Monday 16 August credit/debit card payments will be preferred with conference handbooks to be collected on arrival at the conference, if...
Here is a list of all eight invited speakers and the topics and timings of their talks. Martin Hall, Vice-Chancellor, University of Salford will speak about "How universities can incorporate the collision between informal education and social networking, and the...
We've made some small adjustments to the programme and updated the PDF timetable accessible from http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2010/timetable.html. Specifically: David White, Senior Manager: Development with Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning (TALL) at the University of Oxford, will speak on "How online distance learning could...
The Videos and Elluminate Live! Session for the Keynote and Invited Speakers at ALT-C 2009 can now be accessed from http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/keynotes.html.
Addenda This document contains some general information on the conference, some late changes to the programme, some revised abstracts, and some detailed information on H1N1 (Swine ‘flu). Please read right to the end..... General Information Conference evaluation The conference feedback...
We will be making all keynote and most if not all invited speaker sessions available over the Web in real time, and as archived files, from http://elluminate.alt.ac.uk/. Those participating remotely in the keynote sessions will be able to submit questions...
Over the last few days, the number of conference delegates active on our CrowdVine networking site has jumped past 300. We advise all conference participants to activate their CrowdVine accounts, and in particular to use http://altc2009.alt.ac.uk/calendar which contains the definitive...
Delegates details have been uploaded into CrowdVine, the networking site for ALT-C 2009. Delegates will now be able easily to create their accounts in CrowdVine, with ALT approval only needed if you decide to use an email address that is...
On 19 August 2009 we decided to declare ALT-C 2009 fully booked. The conference team is now focused on conference logistics, and bookings are no longer being accepted. In case of real difficulty, email seb.schmoller@alt.ac.uk.
The 14 August deadline for bookings for ALT-C 2009 is now passed and the on-line booking system is no longer accessible. If this causes you serious problems please contact us and we will do our best to help: +44 (0)...
Earlier this month ALT put in a response to the Government's consultation on Digital Inclusion, and this may be of interest to users of this site: http://www.alt.ac.uk/docs/Delivering_Digital_Inclusion_ALT_response_to_consultation.pdf Seb Schmoller
Great to see the tag clouds of interests and expertise here - but 'libraries' seems to be missing ... perhaps that's the world as we now perceive it? Is anyone out there interested in the interface of libraries (whatever they are?) with e-learning (whatever that is?) and the potential service possibilities? Or perhaps the answer is just one word begining with G?
Does anyone have any views?
Dear delegates, I have uploaded a collection of ALT-C 2008 photos (and some pictures taken in Leeds) to Picasa. You will find them at http://picasaweb.google.nl/DupuisMC/ALTC2008?authkey=S7frTHv8xk8# Enjoy! Marc
We ran our second slam workshop this year on the topic of the Digital Divide - serious fun was had by all. Even if you missed it, you can still participate (up until midnight 14 September) by viewing the Slams and voting on your favourite http://digdivslam.wetpaint.com/page/View+Slams+and+vote+for+your+favourite (you might need to register, but it's worth it as we'll send out notifications of winners on Monday. Currently in the lead is Digital Di... [read more]
Not sure if this video was taken in 2008 or 1908! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5775nZMpLMY James
Has anyone used social networking tools such as FaceBook or MySpace (or Crowdvine) in a formal learning context?
I wasn't able to make it to the PPP sig earlier today - does anyone know what clue 5 is and how to find clue 6? Julie
Matt Lingard, Kris Roger, and Athina Chatzigavriil, are producing a review of ALT-C 2008 for the October issue of the ALT Newsletter. As Matt reports elsewhere, they've started a wiki at http://altc2008.wikispaces.com/, where conference participants can add their observations. One particular issue on which ALT would value feedback is whether (we think we know the answer..) and if yes how having CrowdVine has benefited your experience of ALT-C; an... [read more]