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This is a transcript of the chat conversations of the webinar

Clark, Donald

Don't Lecture Me webinar chat window

Presentation used by Diana Laurillard at ALT-organised consultation meeting in London on 9 March 2011. Outlines the nature and purpose of the LDSE, and poses questions about its future development

Laurillard, Diana

The Learning Design Support Environment (LDSE) - an overview by Diana Laurillard

Malamed, Connie

ALT/eLN free webinar: Visual language for designers - an hour with Connie Malamed (webinar recording made in Elluminate)

This is a PDF of the abstracts for all the sessions at the 2011 ALT conference. It is designed to be used alongside the online version of the conference programme. It was made public on 1 September, with a "topped and tailed" made live on 2 September

Schmoller, Seb

English

ALT-C 2011 Abstracts

Information regarding the transition of Research in Learning Technology to an Open Access journal

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Research in Learning Technology is the open access peer reviewed journal of the Association for 
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research that informs good practice and contributes to the development of policy. The journal 
publishes papers concerning the use of technology in learning and teaching in all sectors of 
education, as well as in industry.
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Research in Learning Technology - Info card

 
ALT – 2011 AGM Minutes – copy stored at http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2206     Page 1 of 4 
18th Annual General Meeting 
Wednesday 7 September 2011 
 
Held at the University of Leeds, UK 
 
Presiding – Carol Higgison 
 
1. Recorded attendance and apologies 
 
Individual members  
Wilma Alexander, Bob Banks, Elizabeth Bennett, Jeremy Benson, Terese Bird, Haydn 
Blackey, Sharon Boyd, Kieran Briggs, Susan Clarkson, John Cook, Sal Cooke, Sarah 
Cornelius, Linda Creanor, Claire Donlan, Jonathan Darby, Shirley Evans, Gill Ferrell, Janet 
Finlay, Tom Franklin, Ian Gardner, Fred Garnett, Bob Harrison, Peter Hartley, Carol 
Higgison (President), Melissa Highton, Sally Holden, Sarah Horrigan, Caroline Ingram, 
Amanda Jefferies, Matt Jenner, Richard E. J. Jones, Jacquie Kelly, Linda Lewis, Matt 
Lingard, Tim Linsey, Daniel Livingstone, Terese MacKinnon, Maura Mbunyuza-de Heer 
Menlah, John McLaughlin, Ruth Merrett, Matthew Mobbs, Dick Moore, Markus Mostert, 
Tim Neumann, Martin Oliver, Fred Pickering (Honorary Treasurer), Dale Potter, Rich 
Ranker, Malcolm Read, Phil Richards, Malcolm Ryan, Steve Ryan, Gillian Salmon (Chair),  
Rhona Sharpe, Jan Shaylor, Keith Smyth, Stuart Sutherland, Julie Voce, Peter Walder, 
Brian Whalley, Helen Whitehead, Dawn Wood. 
 
Representing organisational members (some organisational representatives are 
also individual members in their own right) 
Danny Arati, Intel Corporation; Andy Beggan, University of Nottingham; Claire Donlan, 
Middlesbrough College; Hilaire Graham, University for the Creative Arts;  Carol Higgison, 
Bradford University; Melissa Highton, Oxford University Computing Services; Jon Jack, 
University of Edinburgh; Amanda Jefferies, University of Hertfordshire; Aidan Johnston, 
Glasgow Caledonian University; Tim Linsey, Kingston University; Graham McElearney, 
University of Sheffield; John McLaughlin, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills; 
Jason Norton, UCL; Rich Ranker,  Lancaster University; Steve Ryan, London School of 
Economics and Political Science; Gillian Salmon, University of Southern Queensland; 
Keith Smyth, Edinburgh Napier University; Stuart Sutherland, National College for School 
Leadership; Julie Voce, Imperial College London. 
 
Visitors 
Martin Ashby, Loughborough University; Tamara Bloom, University of Leeds; Peter Brown; 
Michael Cox, Glasgow Caledonian University; Ruth Drysdale, JISC; Rick Humphries, 
Buttercups Training;  David Kernohan, JISC; Terry McAndrew, JISC Techdis; Sarah 
Porter, JISC; Maria Tennant, University for the Creative Arts; Lyndsey Welch, 
Loughborough College.  
 
Staff 
John Slater, Liz Wyatt, Maren Deepwell, and Seb Schmoller. 
 
Apologies 
Nora Mogey, Nicola Whitton. 
 
2. Appointment of two Tellers 
 
Tom Franklin and Sal Cooke. 
 
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3. Approval of the minutes of last general meeting held in Nottingham on 8 
September 2010  
 
The minutes of the 2010 AGM were approved a true record, proposed by Haydn Blackey 
and seconded by Caroline Ingram. Arising, the AGM noted that the manufacturer has 
agreed to replace the defective paperweights mentioned by Seb Schmoller in his report to 
the 2010 AGM. 
 
4. Annual Report and Accounts for 2010-2011 
 
Copies of the audited accounts had been distributed to those in attendance and made 
available over the Internet in advance of the meeting. Carol Higgison introduced the report, 
thanking committee members and ALT staff for their work over the year and noting ALT’s 
continuing work in the production of consultation responses relating the learning 
technology field, the increase in the number of ALT Special Interest Groups, and the fact 
that ALT’s Journal Research in Learning Technology will be Open Access from 1 January 
2012. She gave particular thanks to David Dyet (Further Education Committee), Dick 
Moore (Publications Committee), Haydn Blackey (Membership Services Committee), and 
John Cook (Research Committee) for their work as chairs of ALT’s committees during the 
year.  
 
Fred Pickering (Honorary Treasurer) gave a brief overview of the audited accounts, noting 
that the accounts showed a small (£700) surplus on the year, in contrast to the last several 
years in which the accounts had shown small deficits each year. He drew attention to the 
fact that at the year-end the amount of restricted funds carried forward was smaller than in 
previous years, thereby avoiding the inflexibility that such carry-forwards can entail. 
 
Fred went on to thank Emma Carr-Jones (Finance Manager – currently on maternity 
leave) and Celia Gough (Interim Finance Manager) for their work during the 2010-2011 
financial year and on the production of the accounts. 
 
Carol thanked Fred for his work as Honorary Treasurer during what had been a 
challenging year. 
 
Linda Creanor proposed and Bob Harrison seconded the motion that the 2010-2011 
Annual Report and Accounts be approved, and the motion was carried 61 votes in favour 
(including two proxy votes), none against, and with 2 abstentions. 
 
5. Verbal report from Seb Schmoller, Chief Executive  
Seb Schmoller covered three main points in his report.  
1. Following last year’s agreement with the Royal University of Bhutan to launch a fund in 
memory of Robin Mason (Trustee and founding chair of ALT’s Research Committee, 
who had died on 15 June 2009) to support the future attendance at ALT-C of a 
delegate from Bhutan (or other less developed country), £5,000 had been committed to 
the fund from a substantial bequest that had been received by ALT during the 2011-
2012 financial year. Meanwhile Terry Mayes, Josie Taylor, Lydia Mason and Quentin 
Mason had agreed to serve as the management panel for the fund, which had 
supported Sonam Penjor from the Royal University of Bhutan to attend and give an 
invited speaker session ALT-C 2011. 
2. Seb put on record his thanks to the ALT staff team for stepping up to the challenges 
stemming from two out of five team members – Emma Carr-Jones (Finance Manager) 
 
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and Louise Ryan (Publications Manager) – being on maternity leave at the same time, 
and from Hayley Maisey’s success in being appointed as eCommunications Manager 
at the Chartered Institute for Marketing. 
3. Seb spoke about the way in which ALT has adjusted to the changed political and 
economic environment. He drew the meeting’s attention to the work ALT has done 
during the year for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, in partnership 
with the Technology Enhanced Learning Programme, and the dialogue that ALT has 
established with the Welsh Assembly Government and, via the Cabinet Secretary for 
Education and Lifelong Learning, with the Scottish Government. He pointed to the 
Memorandum of Understanding that ALT has recently concluded with NIACE, and to 
ALT’s adoption of a revised Strategy. Seb concluded by stressing the importance of 
ALT members remaining active in the work of ALT and supportive of ALT’s endeavours 
generally. 
 
6. Honorary Life Membership 
 
Carol Higgison presented Malcolm Read with Honorary Life Membership of ALT, noting 
Malcolm’s outstanding long-term national and international contribution to the learning 
technology field. Malcolm responded briefly emphasising his pleasure in receiving the 
award, and his respect for ALT’s work, particularly in relation to the professionalisation of 
learning technologists, for which he had long been an advocate. Malcolm’s award of 
Honorary Life Membership and his acceptance were met with acclaim. 
 
7. Elections to Trustee vacancies  
 
a) Vice-Chair of the Association (an ex-officio member of the Central Executive 
Committee who will become Chair in September 2012, and President in September 2013) 
 
Carol Higgison announced that Claire Donlan had been elected unopposed as Vice-Chair 
of ALT, and as an ALT Trustee. Claire will progress next year to be Chair of ALT and to be 
President in 2012-2013. 
 
b) Election to two vacancies to serve a three year term on the ALT Central Executive 
Committee 
 
Carol Higgison announced that Matt Lingard and Alastair Clark had been elected to serve 
three year terms on the ALT Central Executive Committee and as ALT Trustees, following 
an online ballot involving four candidates run on ALT’s behalf by Electoral Reform 
Services. 
 
8. Appointment of Auditor for the 2011-2012 Accounts 
 
Carol Higgison proposed from the Chair that Shaw Gibbs, Accountants, of Oxford, by re-
appointed as Auditors. This was seconded by Rick Ranker and agreed without a vote. 
 
9. Handover to new President 
 
Prior to standing down as President, Carol Higgison thanked retiring Trustees Linda 
Creanor and Nicola Whitton for their service to ALT as Trustees, and she presented an 
ALT paperweight to Linda Creanor who was present. (A paperweight will be given to 
Nicola Whitton in due course.). She then handed over to Gilly Salmon, who will take over 
as President immediately after the conference. Gilly then thanked Carol – to acclaim, and 
 
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presenting her with an ALT paperweight – for her three years of service to ALT, also 
thanking her personally for Carol’s support to her in her role as Vice-Chair and then Chair 
over the preceding two years. 
 
Written by Seb Schmoller, 7/9/2011, and 27/12/2011. Reviewed by Carol Higgison 
5/1/2012. 
 


President approved minutes of the 2011 Association for Learning Technology AGM

Tindall, Mark

Making The Most Of Informal Learning (Webinar Evaluation Form)

Clarke, Robert

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93% of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s future success 
   Accenture Global CEO Sustainability Survey 2010 
 
 
 
 
“By 2030, energy efficiency and behaviour change will offset more CO2 than all the 
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World Energy Outlook 2009, IEA/OECD 
 
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• Leading organisations have their strategy in place 
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1. Mass production 
2. Technology 
3. Quality  
4. Globalisation 
5. Information Society 
6. Sustainability 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THE MEGATREND. 
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Spend/yr Diff. (£) Litres Diff. (L)
Carbon 1 
Diesel 
(kg)
Diff.
Carbon 2 
Petrol    
(kg)
Diff.
Overall 
carbon (kg)
Overall 
carbon 
diff. (Kg)
0% £4,000,000 3,076,923  3,738,462 3,892,308 7,630,769 
5% £3,800,000 £200,000 2,923,077 153,846   3,551,538 186,923  3,697,692 194,615  7,249,231 381,538     
10% £3,600,000 £400,000 2,769,231 307,692   3,364,615 373,846  3,503,077 389,231  6,867,692 763,077     
15% £3,400,000 £600,000 2,615,385 461,538   3,177,692 560,769  3,308,462 583,846  6,486,154 1,144,615 
 2,500,000
 2,700,000
 2,900,000
 3,100,000
 3,300,000
 3,500,000
 3,700,000
 3,900,000
 4,100,000
 4,300,000
POUNDS LITRES CARBON
FROM
PETROL (KG)
CARBON
FROM DIESEL
(KG)
Saving 200,000 153,846 176,923 207,692
Net 3,800,000 2,923,077 3,361,538 3,946,154
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Assumptions: 
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• Return on investment after xxx days 
• Cumulative return on investment of £xxxx at a 5% 
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Dec-11 £1.386 £2,425,791 £121,290 £1.418 £1,522,921 £76,146
Jul-12 £1.431 £2,504,551 £125,228 £1.448 £1,555,141 £77,757
Dec-12 £1.431 £2,504,551 £125,228 £1.468 £1,576,621 £78,831
Jul-13 £1.461 £2,557,057 £127,853 £1.498 £1,608,841 £80,442
Dec-13 £1.481 £2,592,061 £129,603 £1.518 £1,630,321 £81,516
Jul-14 £1.511 £2,644,567 £132,228 £1.548 £1,662,540 £83,127
Dec-14 £1.531 £2,679,572 £133,979 £1.568 £1,684,020 £84,201
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since 2000 and 3 year forecast 
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Practical Strategies for Evaluation (webinar presentation)

Hart, Jane

Jennings, Charles

Jennings, David

Making The Most Of Informal Learning (Webinar recording made in Elluminate)

Franklin, Tom

Thompson, Kirsten

Ciobanu, Dragos

Horrigan, Sarah

Evans, Shirley

Getkahn, Devampika

Juwah, Charles

CDG Minutes 2011 
Date: 28 April 2011 at 2.30pm 
Place: Online via Elluminate.  
 
Minutes from meetings: http://repository.alt.ac.uk/view/divisions/CDG/  
 
Chair for this meeting: Tom Franklin 
 
1. Participation & Apologies (TF) 
Present: Tom Franklin (TF), Kirsten Thompson (KT), Dragos Ciobanu (DC), Devampika Getkahn (DG), 
Charles Juwah (CJ), Shirley Evans (SE), Maren Deepwell (MD), Sarah Horrignan (SH) 
2. Welcome to new members (TF) 
TF welcomed the new members of the CDG and provided an overview of how the group works. 
3. Update on CDG progress (MD initially) 
MD provided a brief update.  
4. Review agenda and add any other business (TF) 
No items were added.  
5. CDG Google site (MD) 
MD updated all on new platform and JISCmail list.  
6. CMALT webinars (TF) 
Shirley and Kirsten have expressed a keen interest in leading webinars together with TF.  
Action: TF to circulate dates for members to indicate their availability.  
7. MSC/CDG (MD) 
MD provided update on items referred to and from MSC (includes International Development of 
CMALT). 
The CDG discussed the ASCILITE/international trial group to undertake CMALT. Kirsten, Dragos and 
Charles have volunteered to take a lead on the activities. 
Action: MD to e-mail KT, CJ and DG to start things off. 
8. 3 Year portfolio update process (TF, MD) 
TF provided update on the work of the CDG on this matter to date. MD provided an overview of the 
practical challenges that are involved in relation to different portfolio formats. The Chair asked for 
volunteers to lead on this task and TF, SE, DG and CG volunteered. 
Action: TF to liaise with the three other volunteers to start things off. MD to provide support in relation 
operational constraints if necessary. 
9. Online resources (KT) 
KT provided an update on the work she is doing as part of her dissertation to create online resources. 
Everyone to act as a critical friends upon request.  
10. Items from previous meetings  
a. Visual badge/logo for CMALT Holders (MD) 
Update from MD regarding the purpose of this.  
Action: KT to design some proto-types for review. 
b. Incentives for CMALT assessors (all)  
No news. Item shelves until more accurate assessor figures are available. 
c. Changes to CMALT application process - if any are needed (TF) 
Update TF and discussion of areas which may need revision, including issues relating to 
accessibility and inclusive learning.  
Action: TF to draft suggestions for review by all.  
Action: SE to produce a short paper on accessibility of portfolios.  
d. Development of an ethical framework or similar for ed tech research / practice (TF) 
TF provided an update on how this item came to the attention of the CDG. CJ and SH 
volunteered to lead on this issue. 
Action: CJ and SH to produce a some draft thoughts for review. 
e. Improving the speed of applications  
Discussion of this point. KT and SH to lead on. 
Action: KT and SH to consider. 
 
 
Date of the next meeting: date to be confirmed, meeting to take place in late June. Volunteer chair for the next 
meeting is Shirley Evans.  
 
 


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