Association for Learning Technology

The Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is a United Kingdom professional body and learned society. Founded in 1993 as a Registered Charity,^[1] ALT brings together people and organisations with an interest in the use of learning technology.

Membership

ALT has over 200 organisational and sponsoring members, and over 1,600 individual members.^[2] Organisational members include the majority of the UK's universities.^[3] Sponsoring members include public sector agencies such as the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Higher Education Academy, and companies such as Blackboard, Google, Microsoft and Toshiba. There are three categories of individual member: Associate Member, Ordinary Member, and, under a scheme which has operated since 2005, Certified Member (CMALT).

Activities

ALT's activities include the following:

• ALT-C, which is the UK's main conference for learning technologists. Past keynote speakers at ALT-C have included Martin G. Bean,^[4] David Cavallo,^[5] Wendy Hall, Eric Mazur,^[6] Natasa Milic-Frayling,^[7] Sugata Mitra,^[8] Peter Norvig, Richard Noss,^[9] Hans Rosling,^[10] Carol Twigg, Michael Wesch,^[11] Dylan Wiliam.
• Responding to consultations relating to learning technology and e-learning.^[12] Some of these responses are referenced in Government publications.^[13]
• Workshops and occasional smaller conferences.
• Certification of members under the CMALT scheme, see http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt/.
• Working in partnership with other organisations, such as the Association of Colleges,^[14] Jisc, LSIS, NIACE,^[15] and the TEL Programme.^[16]

Aims

ALT aims ^[17] to:

1. Intelligent use of learning technology – promoting the intelligent use of learning technology, informed by pedagogy and evidence across learning contexts
2. Research and practice – strengthening learning technology research and practice through collaboration, sharing and networking, nationally and internationally
3. Strategy and policy – providing authoritative input to education leaders to help shape the development and use of learning technology
4. Representing members – listening to and representing our members as the authoritative voice on learning technology’s central role in learning
5. Leadership and professional development – creating and supporting leadership and professional development in learning technology
6. Communication – providing clear information for members, partners, agencies, politicians and the public about ALT’s aims and activities

Publications

• Research in Learning Technology, an international peer-reviewed Open Access journal^[18] which aims to raise the profile of research in learning technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes to the development of policy;^[19]
• a public wiki with resources of interest to the learning technology community;^[20]
• a members' digest, which is sent fortnightly to nearly 2000 subscribers;^[21]
• a quarterly printed and web-based Newsletter available at http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/.

External links

• Association for Learning Technology (ALT) website
• Research in Learning Technology - The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)
• Certified Membership (CMALT)

References

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11. "Michael Wesch at ALT-C 2009". ALT. Retrieved 2012-11-23.
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13. "Review of research and evaluation on improving adult literacy and numeracy skills" (PDF). Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
14. "Details of joint AoC/ALT event held on 12 October 2011". Association of Colleges. 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
15. "NIACE signs MOUs with digital learning partners". NIACE. 2011. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
16. "WebCite version of partnership page on the TEL website". Technology Enhanced Learning Programme. 2012. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
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18. Shieber, Stuart (2012). "Switching to open access for the new year". The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication. Archived from the original on March 3, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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20. "ALT wiki". ALT. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
21. "JISCMAIL Announcements List, used to distribute the ALT Fortnightly Digest". JISCmail. 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-03. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)