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