CMALT is Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology, a national, cross-sector accreditation scheme developed by ALT in 2005.

Applying for CMALT involves creation and peer assessment of a portfolio of evidence against a set of core and specialist areas defined as central to the role of a learning technologist.

Until 31st July 2008, staff working in UK HE and FE (including Adult and Community and Work Based Learning) are eligible to register for CMALT at a preferential rate of £47.50. This 50% reduction on the CMALT fee is part-funded by a grant from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC).

During June and July, the ALT are running regional support workshops to help individuals and organisations interested in getting CMALT recognition of their learning technology professional skills and experience. These events are supported as part of the JISC funded scheme for CMALT applications.

The workshop will be an introduction to CMALT. It will be suitable for people who have never thought about CMALT before, as well as for anyone who has already made a start on producing an application. The workshop will be run on open, participative lines, with plenty of opportunity for questions and discussion.

Please visit the ALT website at www.alt.ac.uk for full details about CMALT itself and CMALT workshops: http://www.alt.ac.uk/cmalt_workshop.html.

Dates and venues offered are:

• 2nd June University of Manchester
• 9th June Aberystwyth University
• 12th June University of East London
• 24th June Glasgow Caledonian University
• 2nd July (tbc) Oxford Brookes University
• mid-July Northern Ireland tba

For informal enquiries...

...please contact Dr Jay Dempster, Consultant to ALT and CMALT's Certification Manager by email jay.dempster@alt.ac.uk or phone 0845 159 0065.