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Founded in 1993, Association for Learning Technology (ALT) is registered charity number 1063519, the UK's leading membership organisation in the learning technology field. Its purpose is to ensure that use of learning technology is effective and efficient, informed by research and practice, and grounded in an understanding of the underlying technologies, their capabilities and the situations into which they are placed. Learning technology is the broad range of communication, information and related technologies that can be used to support learning, teaching, and assessment. (Excerpt from this source)
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 70 |
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 70. |
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'Does He Take Sugar?': The Risks of Standardising Easy-to-read Language |
Brian Kelly, Dominik Lukeš and Alistair McNaught highlight the risks of attempting to standardise easy-to-read language for online resources. |
November 2012, issue70, feature article |
Seb Schmoller Replies |
Stepping down from his pivotal role as CEO at ALT, Seb Schmoller kindly answers a few questions from Ariadne on his perspective on online learning. |
November 2012, issue70, feature article |
Piloting Web Conferencing Software: Experiences and Challenges |
Julian Prior and Marie Salter report on their experiences piloting Elluminate Live! at the University of Bath. |
July 2011, issue67, feature article |
Product Review: The IPad and the Educator, First Impressions |
Brian Whalley reports on his initial impressions of the new Apple iPad in the first three weeks since its release in the USA and what it has to offer the mobile educator. |
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An Attack on Professionalism and Scholarship? Democratising Archives and the Production of Knowledge |
Andrew Flinn describes some recent developments in democratising the archive and asks whether these developments really deserve to be viewed as a threat to professional and academic standards. |
January 2010, issue62, feature article |
The Norwegian National Digital Library |
Marianne Takle describes the National Library of Norway's digitisation strategy and how the National Library is taking on a key role in the country's digital library service. |
July 2009, issue60, feature article |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2008, issue54, news and events |
Googlepository and the University Library |
Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education. |
October 2007, issue53, feature article |
Involving Users in the Development of a Web Accessibility Tool |
Jenny Craven and Mikael Snaprud describe how the EC-funded European Internet Accessibility Observatory Project is involving users in the development of a Web accessibility checking and monitoring tool. |
July 2005, issue44, feature article |
Web Accessibility Revealed: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Audit |
Marcus Weisen, Helen Petrie, Neil King and Fraser Hamilton describe a comprehensive Web accessibility audit involving extensive user testing as well as automatic testing of Web sites. |
July 2005, issue44, feature article |
Towards a Pragmatic Framework for Accessible E-Learning |
Lawrie Phipps, Neil Witt and Brian Kelly while recognising the importance of accessibility in e-learning resources, query the universal applicability of the Web Accessibility Initiative's guidelines and describe a pragmatic framework which provides a broader context for their use. |
July 2005, issue44, feature article |
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility With Firefox |
Patrick Lauke outlines how Mozilla Firefox can be used in conjunction with the Web Developer Toolbar to carry out a preliminary accessibility review. |
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Mozilla Firefox for Rapid Web Development and Testing |
Patrick Lauke takes a quick look at Firefox, the new browser released by the Mozilla Foundation, and points out useful features and extensions for Web developers. |
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WebWatch: How Accessible Are Australian University Web Sites? |
Dey Alexander reports on a recent study of the accessibility of Australian university Web sites. |
January 2004, issue38, regular column |
Developing and Publicising a Workable Accessibility Strategy |
Lawrie Phipps, Sue Harrison, David Sloan and Betty Willder look at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content. |
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Web Focus: Interfaces to Web Testing Tools |
Brian Kelly looks at interfaces to Web testing tools, and in particular at Bookmarklets - simple extensions to browsers which enhance functionality. |
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Web Watch: An Accessibility Analysis of UK University Entry Points |
Brian Kelly reports on the accessibility of entry points of UK University Web sites. |
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Web Focus: Guidelines for URI Naming Policies |
Brian Kelly with some guidelines For URI naming policies in his regular column. |
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Search Engines: Goodbye Alta Vista, Hallo AllTheWeb |
Phil Bradley's regular column. |
January 2002, issue30, regular column |
Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
October 2001, issue29, odds and ends |
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG): Vector Graphics for the Web |
David Duce discusses the World Wide Web Consortium's Scalable Vector Graphics markup language for 2 dimensional graphics. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Project GOLD: Supporting Distance Learning Students |
Derek Morisson describes an e-learning project which was the antithesis of the current trend towards multifunction, and invariably expensive, Virtual Learning Environments and sophisticated Managed Learning Environments. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
OpenResolver: A Simple OpenURL Resolver |
Andy Powell describes UKOLN's OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
EEVL Update |
Roddy MacLeod and Linda Kerr provide news about the EEVL service |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
June 2001, issue28, odds and ends |
Web Focus: HTML is Dead! |
HTML is Dead: Brian Kelly explains why this is, and why it is a good thing. |
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Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
March 2001, issue27, odds and ends |
Web Watch: WebWatching eLib Project Web Sites |
Brian Kelly is WebWatching the eLib Project Sites. |
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Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
January 2001, issue26, odds and ends |
Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
September 2000, issue25, odds and ends |
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9 |
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. |
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Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
June 2000, issue24, odds and ends |
The DISinHE Centre: Web CT Accessibility |
Murray Rowan examines WebCT from the point of view of accessibility. |
March 2000, issue23, regular column |
Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
March 2000, issue23, odds and ends |
Electronic Publication of Ancient Near Eastern Texts |
Charles E. Jones and David Schloen report on a Chicago conference which explored XML tagging for Ancient Near Eastern Texts on the Web. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Search Engines: The Altavista Relaunch, Personalised Search Engines |
Phil Bradley on the Altavista relaunch, and Personalised Search Engines. |
December 1999, issue22, regular column |
Web Focus: Using the Web to Promote Your Web Site |
Brian Kelly expalins how to promote your web site. |
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Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
December 1999, issue22, odds and ends |
DISinHE: Web Content Accessibility |
Paul Booth discusses Web content accessibility. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
