Hawkridge, D., Ng, K., & Verjans, S. (Eds.) (2011). Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate. The 18th annual conference of
the Association for Learning Technology (ALT-C 2011). September, 6-8, 2011,
University of Leeds, England, UK. URI:http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2159Here are the proceedings of the 2011 ALT Conference ‘‘Thriving in a colder and more challenging climate’’. Proceedings papers report on a piece of research, possibly in its early stages, or they can be ‘‘thoughtpieces’’ which state a point of view or summarise an area of work, perhaps giving new insights.
The conference has six themes:
. Research and rigour: creating, marshalling and making effective use of evidence
. Making things happen: systematic design, planning and implementation
. Broad tents and strange bedfellows: collaborating, scavenging and sharing to increase value
. At the sharp end: enabling organisations and their managers to solve business, pedagogic and technical challenges
. Teachers of the future: understanding and influencing the future role and practices of teachers
. Preparing for a thaw: looking ahead to a time beyond the disruptive discontinuities of the next few years.
Interestingly, there were very few proposals for the conference as a whole against the sixth theme: and no proceedings papers. Perhaps the thaw is still perceived as being too far away to warrant any preparation yet!Association for learning technolog