Association for Learning Technology

Membership

Activities

• ALT-C, which is the UK's main conference for learning technologists. Past keynote speakers at ALT-C have included Martin G. Bean, David Cavallo, Wendy Hall, Eric Mazur, Natasa Milic-Frayling, Sugata Mitra, Peter Norvig, Richard Noss, Hans Rosling, Carol Twigg, Michael Wesch, Dylan Wiliam.
• Responding to consultations relating to learning technology and e-learning. Some of these responses are referenced in Government publications.
• 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, Jisc, LSIS, NIACE, and the .

  Aims

1. Increase the impact of Learning Technology for public benefit
2. Provide stronger recognition of and representation for Learning Technology professionals on a national level
3. Lead the professionalisation of research and practice in Learning Technology

   Publications

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