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The '''Association for Learning Technology''' (ALT) is a [[United Kingdom]] [[professional body]] and [[learned society]]. Founded in 1993 as a Registered Charity,<ref>{{cite web |first= |title=ALT's details on the Charity Commission website |publisher= The Charity Commission |year=2012|url=http://www.charity-commission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1063519&SubsidiaryNumber=0 |accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref> ALT brings together people and organisations with an interest in the use of [[learning technology]].

==Membership==
ALT has over 170 organisational and sponsoring members, and over 2,290 individual members as reported in the 2016/17 accounts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://apps.charitycommission.gov.uk/Showcharity/RegisterOfCharities/CharityWithoutPartB.aspx?RegisteredCharityNumber=1160039&SubsidiaryNumber=0|title=Charity overview|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> Organisational members include the majority of the UK's universities.<ref>{{cite web |title=November 2011 List of Organisational and Sponsoring Members |url=http://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/public/List%20of%20Organisational%20and%20Sponsoring%20Members_2011.pdf |publisher=ALT |year=2011 |accessdate=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323143529/http://www.alt.ac.uk/sites/default/files/public/List%20of%20Organisational%20and%20Sponsoring%20Members_2011.pdf |archivedate=March 23, 2012 }}</ref> 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]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Bean's keynote at ALT-C 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJSRkhx4T3k&list=PL1901390D05E384AC&index=2&feature=plpp_video |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/HJSRkhx4T3k |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> David Cavallo,<ref>{{cite web|title=David Cavallo's keynote at ALT-C 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KkDzlyFVUU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/0KkDzlyFVUU |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Wendy Hall]], [[Eric Mazur]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Eric Mazur's keynote at ALT-C 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYiI2Hvg5LE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/aYiI2Hvg5LE |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Natasa Milic-Frayling,<ref>{{cite web|title=Natasa Milic-Fraying's keynote at ALT-C 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4gDkdRg6eY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/P4gDkdRg6eY |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Sugata Mitra]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Sugata Mitra's keynote at ALT-C 2010|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INeDq0eFpEA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/INeDq0eFpEA |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Peter Norvig]], Richard Noss,<ref>{{cite web|title=Richard Noss's keynote at ALT-C 2012|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l42fjz4OeAE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/l42fjz4OeAE |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Hans Rosling]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hans Rosling's keynote at ALT-C 2008|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxyji4xsSeY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/Jxyji4xsSeY |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Carol Twigg, [[Michael Wesch]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Michael Wesch at ALT-C 2009|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjDkIlf7xp0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211217/yjDkIlf7xp0 |archive-date=2021-12-17 |url-status=live|publisher=ALT|accessdate=2012-11-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Dylan Wiliam.
* Responding to consultations relating to learning technology and e-learning.<ref>{{cite web|title=Consultation Responses on the ALT website |publisher=ALT |year=2012 |url=http://www.alt.ac.uk/policy-consultation-responses |accessdate=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322055418/http://www.alt.ac.uk/policy-consultation-responses |archivedate=2012-03-22 }}</ref> Some of these responses are referenced in Government publications.<ref>{{cite web |first1=John |last1=Vorhaus |first2=Jennifer |last2=Litster |first3=Michael |last3=Frearson |first4=Stuart |last4=Johnson  |title=Review of research and evaluation on improving adult literacy and numeracy skills |publisher=Department of Business, Innovation and Skills |year=2011 |url=http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/r/11-1418-review-research-on-improving-adult-skills.pdf |accessdate=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305202311/http://www.bis.gov.uk/assets/biscore/further-education-skills/docs/r/11-1418-review-research-on-improving-adult-skills.pdf |archivedate=March 5, 2012 }}</ref>
* 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]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Details of joint AoC/ALT event held on 12 October 2011 |publisher=Association of Colleges |year=2011 |url=http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc-create/aoc-createevents/events_calendar.cfm/id/57253096-3B84-4BC4-970188086A5F6E3A |accessdate=2012-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926030614/http://www.aoc.co.uk/en/aoc-create/aoc-createevents/events_calendar.cfm/id/57253096-3B84-4BC4-970188086A5F6E3A |archivedate=September 26, 2011 }}</ref> [[Jisc]], [[LSIS]], [[NIACE]],<ref>{{cite web
 |title       = NIACE signs MOUs with digital learning partners
 |publisher   = NIACE
 |year        = 2011
 |url         = http://www.niace.org.uk/news/niace-signs-mous-with-digital-learning-partners
 |accessdate  = 2012-03-03
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160919113410/http://www.niace.org.uk/news/niace-signs-mous-with-digital-learning-partners
 |archivedate = September 19, 2016
}}</ref> and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20111020022152/http://www.tel.ac.uk/ TEL Programme].<ref>{{cite web
 |title       = WebCite version of partnership page on the TEL website
 |publisher   = Technology Enhanced Learning Programme
 |year        = 2012
 |url         = http://tel.ac.uk/?page_id=1293
 |accessdate  = 2012-03-03
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120316075209/http://www.tel.ac.uk/?page_id=1293
 |archivedate = March 16, 2012
}}</ref>

==Aims==
ALT aims <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2370/|title=ALT Strategy, February 2017 - January 2020|last=Maren|first=Deepwell|date=2017-02-28|website=repository.alt.ac.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref> to:

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

==Publications==

* [[Research in Learning Technology]], an international peer-reviewed [[Open Access journal]]<ref>{{cite web
 |first       = Stuart
 |last        = Shieber
 |title       = Switching to open access for the new year
 |publisher   = The Occasional Pamphlet on Scholarly Communication
 |year        = 2012
 |url         = http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/01/04/switching-to-open-access-for-the-new-year/
 |accessdate  = 2012-03-03
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20120218032337/http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/pamphlet/2012/01/04/switching-to-open-access-for-the-new-year/
 |archivedate = February 18, 2012
}}</ref> which aims to ''raise the profile of research in learning technology, encouraging research that informs good practice and contributes to the development of policy'';<ref>{{cite web |website=Research in Learning Technology |title=Aims and Scope of Research in Learning Technology |url=http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/about/editorialPolicies#focusAndScope |publisher= Co-Action Publishing |year=2012
|accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref>
* a public wiki with resources of interest to the learning technology community;<ref>{{cite web |first= |title=ALT wiki |publisher= ALT |year=2012
|url=http://wiki.alt.ac.uk |accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref>
* a members' digest, which is sent fortnightly to nearly 2000 subscribers;<ref>{{cite web |first= |title=JISCMAIL Announcements List, used to distribute the ALT Fortnightly Digest |publisher= JISCmail |year=2012
|url=https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A1=ind1203&L=ALT-ANNOUNCE |accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref>
* a quarterly printed and web-based Newsletter available at http://newsletter.alt.ac.uk/.

==External links==
* [https://www.alt.ac.uk Association for Learning Technology (ALT) website]
* [http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/ Research in Learning Technology - The Journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT)]
* [http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt/ Certified Membership (CMALT)]

==References==
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[[Category:Educational technology academic and professional associations]]
[[Category:Information technology organisations based in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Professional associations based in the United Kingdom|Learning Technology]]
[[Category:Academic organisations based in the United Kingdom]]