ALT - the Association for Learning Technology

ALT is a professional and scholarly association which seeks to bring together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology. With over 200 organisations and over 700 individuals in membership, we:

• represent and support our members, and provide services for them
• facilitate collaboration between practitioners, researchers, and policy makers
• spread good practice in the use of learning technology
• raise the profile of research in learning technology
• support the professionalisation of learning technologists
• contribute to the development of policy

Join ALT as an individual or organisational member.  Keep in touch with ALT on Twitter [2 or 3 tweets a week].  ALT's YouTube channel.  Open Access Repository.  "What research has to say for practice" wiki.

Key current links

11 August 2010 - Vacancies on ALT Committees. We have some vacancies on three of our four operational committees (Further Education, Membership Services, Publications), for an initial three year term, with effect from autumn 2010. For each committee there is one form on which to express an interest, with links provided at the end of this paragraph. Each form includes the call for expressions of interest for all three committees. Expressions of interest in membership of more than one committee are acceptable. The closing date for expressions of interest is 3 September 2010. Further Education, Membership Services, Publications.

What research has to say for practice wiki. Our wiki has nine research-informed guides about different aspects of technology in learning.

ALT-C: our annual international conference. ALT-C 2010: 'Into something rich and strange' - making sense of the sea-change will be held in Nottingham, England, between 7 and 9 September 2010. The booking deadline was Thursday 19 August 2010. If you need to make a late booking, please contact Hayley Maisey, Head of Operations and Events.

Lunchtime webinars. Jointly with the E-Learning Network, ALT is running a series of free 90 minute lunchtime webinars: 14 October 2010 - Shooting Video for eLearning; 6 December 2010 - Learning in 2020.

New Associate Membership scheme. For details of the new scheme, which is free for the staff of ALT organisational and sponsoring members go here.

Research. In November 2009 we published a revised Research Strategy.

New ALT Special Interest Group - ALT Learning Environment Review SIG (LERSIG). For more information please refer to the LERSIG CrowdVine site.

2009 ALT Conference keynote speeches and invited speaker sessions. Links to videos and Elluminate Live! Sessions are now available on the Keynotes and Invited Speakers page.

Keep in touch with ALT. Subscribe to any or all of four key ALT information lists.

ALT Strategy. Here is a link to the revised and updated ALT 2008-2011 Strategy [38 kB PDF].

Awards. Find out about our awards from the awards and competitions page.

ALT Newsletter. Read the most recent issue of our Quarterly Online Newsletter.

Policy consultation responses. Recent consultation responses by ALT are available for download.

CMALT. Find out about our accreditation scheme for learning technologists. Opt-in mailing list.

Forms for joining ALT as a member. For further information see our membership information page.

Support

Well over 700 individuals belong to ALT, as do over 200 universities, colleges, other learning providers, Government Agencies, and businesses. Our sponsoring members are:

Adobe Systems Europe Ltd | BDP Media Group Ltd | Becta | BIS | Blackboard | BTL | Desire2Learn | Eduserv | Elluminate | Epigeum Ltd | Google | HEFCE | IMC (UK) Learning Ltd | JANET(UK) | JISC | LSN education | LSIS | Microsoft | National College for Leadership of Schools and Children's Services | Scottish Qualifications Authority | SFA | Sun Microsystems Ltd | Talis | The Higher Education Academy | The Positive Internet Company | Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd | Tribal Education Ltd | Ufi | Welsh Assembly Government | Wimba

To view a complete list, including contacts of all our members, please go to Sponsoring and Organisational members.

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