Schedule

Dates:	September 8 2008 \| September 9 2008 \| September 10 2008 \| September 11 2008 \| September 9 2009
Tracks:	Tags: Pre-conference workshop Plenary Short papers Research papers Symposium Workshop Invited speakers Sponsor session Hands-on workshop Demos SIG Posters Post-conference workshop

Monday, September 8 2008


11:00AM - 4:30PM		Experiencing Mobile Learning and Assessment -- Old Broadcasting House, Leeds Metropolitan University

2:00PM - 5:00PM		OpenSim – A pre-Second Life taster -- H701, H-Building, Civic Quarter, Leeds Metropolitan University
		Planning and running learning activities with Learning Design -- Bragg Cluster A, University of Leeds
		Two Nations – the Small Business & the Digital Divide -- Great Woodhouse Room, University House, University of Leeds

6:00PM - 6:30PM		ALT Session Chairs Pre-Conference Meeting -- Conference Auditorium 1

Tuesday, September 9 2008


9:30AM - 9:50AM		Opening Plenary: Welcome from Professor John Fisher, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Leeds -- Conference Auditorium 1

9:50AM - 11:00AM		Keynote 1 -- Conference Auditorium 1

11:30AM - 12:30PM		Digital literacy, online behaviour -- Roger Stevens LT 18
		Games -- Conference Auditorium 2
		Gaming / IMS LD -- Roger Stevens LT 21

11:30AM - 1:00PM		Communities -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		Denise Kirkpatrick & Richard Noss -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Digital divides: a challenge for staff development -- Roger Stevens LT 23
		Digitally divided to digitally united -- Room X
		Hood 2.0: it’s a Web 2.0 world ... -- The Demo Room
		QIA & MyKnowledgeMap -- Room Y

12:30PM - 2:00PM		ALT new members lunch -- The Refectory
		Lunch -- Sports Hall 1 and 2

2:00PM - 2:40PM		Various topics -- Roger Stevens LT 19

2:00PM - 3:30PM		Demos -- Room Y
		Fitting the skills development of learners to ... -- Room X
		George Auckland & Lizbeth Goodman -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Instead of merely tweaking … -- The Demo Room
		Is there still a gendered digital divide? -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		Learner empowerment -- Roger Stevens LT 23
		Reducing barriers -- Conference Auditorium 2
		Tangible benefits of e-learning: does … -- Roger Stevens LT 21
		Wimba & Blackboard -- Roger Stevens LT 18

4:00PM - 4:30PM		Demo -- Roger Stevens LT 18

4:00PM - 4:40PM		Open source / open content / participatory design -- Roger Stevens LT 23

4:00PM - 5:00PM		Demos -- Roger Stevens LT 19
		Global and global reach -- Roger Stevens LT 25
		International experience -- Roger Stevens LT 21

4:00PM - 5:30PM		ASSOCiate Online: embedding ... -- The Demo Room
		Crossing the chasm, offering sceptics a … -- Room X
		Increasing access -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		The mobility of learning ... -- Room Y
		Web 2.0: the digital divide between … -- Conference Auditorium 2

5:10PM - 5:40PM		CMALT Presentation -- Conference Auditorium 1

5:10PM - 6:10PM		Emerge Users and Innovation Reception -- The JISC Stand in Sports Hall 1
		FE Action Research -- Roger Stevens LT 21
		Podcasting for pedagogical purposes -- Mall Room 1 & 2

6:20PM - 11:00PM		Social Programme - Refectory and The Mine Bar -- Refectory and The Mine Bar

Wednesday, September 10 2008


9:00AM - 10:00AM		Demos -- Room Y
		Reflection -- Conference Auditorium 2
		Various topics -- Roger Stevens LT 19

9:00AM - 10:30AM		Are HEIs capable of putting the interests of ... -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		Becta -- Roger Stevens LT 21
		Demos -- The Demo Room
		Disabilities / community access -- Roger Stevens LT 18
		Turning educational content into open content -- Room X
		UK surveys / LT divisive tensions & George Siemens -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Wikis / distance learning -- Roger Stevens LT 25

11:00AM - 12:00PM		Demos -- Roger Stevens LT 23
		Student agency / empowerment -- Roger Stevens LT 19

11:00AM - 12:30PM		Digital media / PDP -- Conference Auditorium 2
		Early adopters and institutional e-learning … -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		Eduserv & JISC -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Increasing contribution -- Roger Stevens LT 18
		Learning about the digital divide -- Room Y
		Learning object showcase -- Roger Stevens LT 25
		The space between the institution & the learner -- Room X
		Various topics -- Roger Stevens LT 21

12:30PM - 2:00PM		Lunch -- Sports Hall 1 and 2

1:00PM - 2:00PM		Posters -- Sports Hall 2

1:30PM - 1:50PM		CMALT Presentation -- Mall rooms 1 & 2

2:00PM - 3:00PM		Keynote 2 -- Conference Auditorium 1

3:00PM - 3:30PM		ALT AGM with refreshments -- Conference Auditorium 1

3:45PM - 4:45PM		Building participation -- Conference Auditorium 2
		Demos -- Roger Stevens LT 25
		Flexibility and access / disabilities -- Roger Stevens LT 21
		Reflection -- Roger Stevens LT 19

3:45PM - 5:05PM		Increasing equality and inclusion -- Roger Stevens LT 18

3:45PM - 5:15PM		CAMEL moot: collab. across the digital divide -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		e-Portfolios in the disciplines -- Roger Stevens LT 23
		Gilly Salmon & Clive Shepherd -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Strategies for adopting an evidence-based appoach ... -- Room X
		Supporting online collaboration -- Room Y

5:00PM - 6:15PM		ALT Research Committee Meeting -- Mall Room 1 & 2

Thursday, September 11 2008


9:00AM - 9:45AM		Higher Education Academy -- Conference Auditorium 2

9:00AM - 10:00AM		Demos -- Room X
		International experience -- Roger Stevens LT 21

9:00AM - 10:10AM		All papers in theme -- Roger Stevens LT 25

9:00AM - 10:30AM		Beyond the institution -- Roger Stevens LT 18
		Exploring student experiences of e-learning -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		Institutional trends -- Roger Stevens LT 19
		Managing lifelong competence development -- The Demo Room
		Pathfinder: a single, long winding road or ... -- Conference Auditorium 1
		Staff development -- Roger Stevens LT 23

10:00AM - 10:30AM		CMALT Presentation -- Room Y

10:40AM - 11:20AM		Mobile -- Roger Stevens LT 21
		UK profile / family -- Roger Stevens LT 17
		User informed design -- Conference Auditorium 2

10:40AM - 11:25AM		Desire2Learn -- Roger Stevens LT 25
		Jane Hart -- Conference Auditorium 1

10:40AM - 11:40AM		Demos -- The Demo Room
		Getting published in ALT-J -- Room X
		Online communities -- Roger Stevens LT 19
		Podcasting demos -- Room Y
		Student voice, expectations and ownership -- Roger Stevens LT 18

12:10PM - 1:10PM		Keynote 3 -- Conference Auditorium 1

1:10PM - 1:20PM		Closing remarks / Preview of ALT-C 2009

1:20PM - 2:20PM		Lunch -- Sports Hall 1 and 2

2:00PM - 5:00PM		Digital storytelling: the story so far! -- Rooms X and Y
		Now that its all over, is it all over? -- Room to be confirmed
		Re-thinking promoting best practice in e-learning and virtual campuses -- Beechgrove Room, University House

2:20PM - 2:50PM		ALT Central Executive Committee Meeting -- Mall Room 1 & 2

Wednesday, September 9 2009


11:30AM - 12:30PM		Communities / Gender -- Roger Stevens LT 19