In dreams begins responsibility - choice, evidence, and change
When: Tuesday September 8, 2009 - Thursday September 10, 2009
Where: Manchester Conference Centre
University of Manchester
Manchester, England
ALT-C 2009 is the 16th International Conference of the Association for Learning Technology, which will be held at the University of Manchester, England.
Conference Co-chairs:
- Gilly Salmon, Professor of eLearning and Learning Technologies at the University of Leicester, UK
- Professor Tom Boyle, Director of the Learning Technology Research Institute at London Metropolitan University, UK.
Keynote speakers will be:
- Martin Bean, Vice Chancellor Designate at the Open University, UK;
- Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University, USA;
- Terry Anderson, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca University, Canada.
Invited speakers:
Confirmed invited speakers include: Jonathan Drori, Heather Fry, Diana Laurillard, Matthew McFall, David Kennedy, Richard Noss, Vanessa Pittard, Aaron Porter and David Price.
About the conference
Learning technologies and learning technologists are now at the heart of modern learning, and yet their community still faces many challenges, for example:
- learning from history to build on past gains and avoid previous mistakes;
- spreading innovations that are of true value, rather than mere fads;
- redesigning pedagogy, the curriculum, and assessment methods to secure a substantial positive impact on learning;
- ensuring cost effectiveness by various means, from working effectively at a large scale, to supporting peer-assisted learning cultures;
- developing a research culture that informs practice, and a culture of practice that uses research evidence.
To rise to these challenges, they must dream and act on their dreams, but evidence must justify the choices they make. ALT-C 2009 will provide a broad forum for practitioners, researchers and policy-makers from all sectors to explore, reflect, and learn.
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