ALT J article examining mobile learning

Now regular readers might know I am a member of the Association of Learning Technolgists which is very worthwhile. My latest copy of ALT J there journal had this interesting piece Esra Wali ; Niall Winters; Martin Oliver from the Institute of Education, University of London, UK

Maintaining, changing and crossing contexts: an activity theoretic reinterpretation of mobile learning

well worth a read I believe they do online samples anyhow read abstract here

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a790603532~db=all~order=page

Thanks for oe of my regular readers for prodding me to unwrap the copy of ALTJ sittng on my kitchen table from this morning.

Rethinking the digital divide - the themes for the the 2008 ALT Conference

This looks like shaping up to being a cracking event so go on submit a proposal.

Rethinking the digital divide - the themes for the the 2008 ALT Conference, and the call for proposals

The paper submissions system for the 2008 Association for Learning Technology Conference opened on 14 December 2007, and will remain so until 29 February 2008. Meanwhile ALT has announced the 7 (well 8) dimensions of the conference. Proposals for inclusion should address up to 3 of these:

* global or local;
* institutional or individual;
* pedagogy or technology;
* access or exclusion;
* open or proprietary;
* private or public;
* for the learner or by the learner;
* or other aspects of the digital divide.

read more here

http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2008/

Director of Research of Google at the ALT C Conference interview

Thanks to My Becta colleague Moritz Bilagher for sending this my way .

The article Sarah Lewthwaite on custom PC http://www.custompc.co.uk/features/601291/an-interview-with-googles-head-of-research.html

Article makes an interesting read and yes google people however important they are wear colourful verging on loud shirts !!!

Keep watching this blog for my own musings of spending 40 minutes chatting to peter at the conference dinner. I can totally dismiss rumours that my blogs sucess was viewed seriously by Google ;-))))))

Thanks to Frank Rennie for taking the photo.

ALT C reflection on programme by fellow blogger . See you there maybe ???

Huge heads up to Steve wheeler for this bit of content analysis about ALT C whereI am most of the week. He's done a Bob Harrison style word search and look mobile is way up there !! hang on folks the mainstream is picking up speed

e-Learning 31
Web 2.0 Social Software 25
VLEs 24
Blogs 20
Mobile learning 19
Social networking 18
Wikis 16

http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2007/08/top-7-topics-at-this-years-alt-c.html

Who else is going to ALT C and if you are blog about it !!

ALT annouce Learning Technologist of the Year

ALT is pleased to announce that this year we will be running, for the first time, a Learning Technologist of the Year Award.

The Chair of the judging panel is Professor Gilly Salmon.

Full details of the Award, including criteria, application process, prizes etc, will be published by mid May. In the meantime please note the following, and also draw this announcement to the attention of relevant colleagues.

The closing date and time for applications will be 09.00 GMT on Monday June 18th.

Answers to any questions raised about the Award will be published on the ALT web site during week beginning May 21st.

The judging panel will meet on June 27th.

We expect to interview shortlisted candidates on July 19th or July 20th.

The Award will be made at the 2007 ALT Conference Dinner in Nottingham on September 5th.

I will blog details as they appear or watch the ALT website www.alt.ac.uk