ALT and JISC sign two year agreement

Oct. 15, 2008 - PRLog -- JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) and ALT (Association for Learning Technology) cemented their successful working relationship by signing a new two year memorandum of understanding (MOU) at ALT’s annual conference in September 2008.

Dr. Malcolm Read, executive secretary at JISC, and Seb Schmoller, chief executive at ALT, signed the new MOU, which builds upon several years of collaboration. (Pictured Dr Malcolm Read.)

Dr Read said: “This memorandum of understanding demonstrates our commitment to collaboration and innovation in exploiting the potential of technology across the UK education and research communities.

“We are looking forward to working with ALT to be able to help broaden expertise and knowledge across the learning technology communities, both in the UK and internationally.”

Seb Schmoller chief executive at ALT said: “This agreement not only enables us to share and disseminate best practice in learning technology, but will also help inform the national and international policy agendas.”

For further information on ALT visit www.alt.ac.uk and for further information on JISC visit www.jisc.ac.uk

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ALT organises a yearly high profile conference – ALT-C, the theme for ALT-C 2009 will be In dreams begins responsibility.  The conference takes place from 8-10 September 2009, Manchester, UK. http://www.alt.ac.uk/altc2009/

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About ALT
ALT (the Association for Learning Technology) is a professional and scholarly association which brings together all those with an interest in the use of learning technology. There are over 200 organisational members from higher and further education institutions, private and public sector organisations and over 500 individual members. Sponsoring members include Becta, HEFCE, Microsoft, the Scottish Funding Council, Adobe, and the Learning and Skills Council.