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The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) has announced the call for papers for a Special Issue of the ALT Journal – “The Transformational Impact of Learning Technology”.
The guest editors for this issue will be:
* John Bourne (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship at [...]

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The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) and JISC TechDis will be holding a national one day conference in Nottingham on 9 February 2010 for any staff whose work and role affects learners and learning:
Rewiring Inclusion: Strategies, Tools and Techniques to promote barrier-free learning
If you or your organisation has good practice to share in the inclusive [...]

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In all parts of education and training, handheld devices such as games consoles, smart-phones, and net-books, connected to the Internet, are altering the experience of learners and the practices of teachers and trainers.
Successful deployment of such devices can have powerful beneficial effects on learning, and there are many examples of excellent practice; but education and [...]

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ALT is looking for new people to join the Programme Committee for the 2010 ALT conference, which will take place between 7 and 9 September 2010 in Nottingham, and which will be co-chaired by Vanessa Pittard, Director of e-Strategy, Becta, UK, and Professor Richard Noss, Co-director of the London Knowledge Lab and Director of the ESRC/EPSRC Technology & Learning Research [...]

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All keynote and most invited speaker sessions from this week’s ALT Conference are 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 online.
The keynote speaker schedule is:

Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, Tuesday 8 [...]

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ALT-C, the major annual conference of the Association of Learning Technoloy, takes place in Manchester in September.  Bookings are being taken until Friday, so, if you’re planning to go, make sure you book your place.
ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility”
– choice, evidence, and change
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK
*Bookings close Friday, 14 August 2009*
Conference fees: [...]

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The last day to book for ALT-C 2009 is Friday 14th August 2009.
ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK
ALT-C 2009 is the 16th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology.
Keynote speakers:
Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor Designate at the Open University, UK;
Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology [...]

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JORUM’S LEARNING & TEACHING COMPETITION – closing date Friday 3rd July 2009
Entries for the 2009 Jorum Learning & Teaching competition are now open and the closing date is this Friday 3rd July, so it’s not too late to enter!
This is the third year that the Association for Learning Technology has run the awards.  The competition [...]

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ALT-C 2009: “In dreams begins responsibility” – choice, evidence, and change.
8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK.
Earlybird rate available until Monday 6 July, midnight (BST):
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/registering.html
Registrations close: 14 August
Conference fees: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/delegate_information.html
Accommodation details: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/accommodation.html
Social programme: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/social.html
Keynote speakers:
Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor Designate at the Open University, UK; Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USA; Terry [...]

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Epigeum Award for the Most Effective Use of Video 2009
The purpose of this prize is to give credit to those practitioners who are exploiting video to enhance learning. There will be four criteria when judging entries: Creativity, wisdom of technological choices, fit-for-purposeness of production, and effect on student learning. Submissions must relate to video components to either online [...]

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