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Dear Members

See below for the latest news from ALT-C 2007. Register now to take 
advantage of the earlybird rate!

Regards
Rhonda
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Date: 2 April 2007 		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REGISTER NOW FOR ALT-C 2007 

Registration has opened for the 14th International Conference of the 
Association for Learning Technology, the UK's largest academic conference 
on learning technology, to be held in Nottingham between 4 and 6 
September 2007. Three keynote speakers - Peter Norvig (Google), Michelle 
Selinger (Cisco), and Dylan Wiliam (Institute of Education) - will 
present different aspects of the conference theme: "Beyond control: 
learning technology for the social network generation".  

Dr Peter Norvig, Director of Research, has been with Google Inc since 
2001. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial 
Intelligence and the Association for Computing Machinery and co-author of 
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, the leading textbook in the 
field. He has over fifty publications in Computer Science, concentrating 
on Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing and Software 
Engineering. His keynote, 'Learning in an Open World', will address the 
conundrum of what happens in a world where students have instant access 
to trillions of words of information (and disinformation), without need 
of a teacher as an intermediary.  

Dr Michelle Selinger joined Cisco in 2001, where she is currently the 
Global Education Strategist for Corporate Affairs as well as an adviser 
for technology in education across the company. She has a strong 
background in education and immediately prior to joining Cisco she was 
the director of a research centre for new technology in education at the 
University of Warwick. Michelle is Chair of the Academic Advisory Board 
for the World Economic Forum's Global Education Initiative. In her 
keynote she will argue that 'You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps'. 
It is time to make some bold changes to our formal learning systems to 
take advantage of what technology can help us do to improve the quality 
and richness of the learning experience.  

Prof Dylan Wiliam, Deputy Director at the Institute of Education 
University of London, has taught in inner-city schools, directed a large- 
scale testing programme, trained teachers, served in university 
administration, and pursued several research projects focused on 
supporting teachers to develop their use of assessment in support of 
learning. His keynote, 'Assessment, learning and technology: prospects at 
the periphery of control', will explore some of the ways in which 
technology will change how learners are assessed and enable teachers to 
respond better to learners' needs.  

Details of keynote speakers are at 
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/keynotes.html

310 submissions were received for the programme, including research 
papers, workshops, posters and symposia, and these are being reviewed
during March and April. The programme will feature a range of
presentations to cater for all sections of the learning technology
community. Details of pre- and post-conference workshops are at
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/pre_and_post.html 

Earlybird registration closes 30 June and the final deadline for 
registration is 10 August. Register now at 
http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/registering.html  

The exhibition is now fully booked, so early booking for ALT-C 2008 is
advised (contact Hayley Willis on [log in to unmask]).

ALT is grateful for the support of our major anchor sponsors for 2007:
Adobe; Becta; Blackboard; The British Council; Desire2Learn; Eduserv; The
Higher Education Academy; The Joint Information Systems Committee; JISC
TechDis; Positive Internet Company Ltd; The Scottish Funding Council;
Toshiba Information Systems (UK) Ltd; Ufi learndirect; and the University
of Nottingham. http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/sponsors.html 

Contact details

Media enquiries to: Rhonda Riachi, Director: [log in to unmask] 
Booking enquiries to: Melanie Fox, Administrative Assistant: 
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Association for Learning Technology, 
Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP
Tel: +44 (0)1865 484 126    Fax: +44 (0)1865 484 165   
Email: [log in to unmask]      
URL: http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2007/ 

ALT is a Registered Charity in the UK, number: 1063519

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