1. The Voice of ALT Results of the Membership Survey 2012/13 #altc2013

2. Overview Background to the survey About the survey Summary of response rates Key results Summary of other responses Undertakings/actions New surveys?

3. Acknowledgements ALT members and others for filling it in. Liz Wyatt for all her hard work on the survey Maren Deepwell for advice and old versions Software for doing most of the work

4. Background to the survey ALT aims to carry out a survey of members every 2 or 3 years Continuity of some questions This survey was not only targeted at members but also more generally In order to reflect ALT’s role within the learning technology community Online between 17/10/12 and 31/1/13 No longer than last time

5. About the survey Four sections, 38 questions (2010 43) ALT and current work section Individual membership section The other members (Org, Sponsor) section How to develop ALT’s work and membership Median completion time 11 mins 28 secs. (2010 11 mins 46 secs.)

6. Response Rates 1 There were 129 responses (2010, 312) Of these, 99 “completed” (2010, 234) Non response bias likely to be significant ALT supporters maybe prominent Likert questions got better response than text

7. Key results 1 Item% aware% (4+5)Likert Disc list91744.1 Conf97723.7 Journal94784.1 Resources92553.7 Digest96663.9 Policy69703.8

8. Key results 2 Item% aware% (4+5)Likert CMALT95653.7 SIGs83633.7 Newsletter92673.9 Events94774.0 Research90683.7 Awards89743.6

9. Summary of other responses 1 Website Summary of other responses 1 Website New website has got a good set of ratings Unused relatively ( casual not heavy predominates) Needs social network interfaces and mobile interfaces. Thus it should continue to develop primarily as a site for casual usage rather than one for heavy repeat usage. Compact and easy to use should stay.

10. Summary of other responses 2 Events Summary of other responses 2 Events Conference still viewed as central by many HE vs rest still an issue for some Issue of cost growing Call for more localised events but there are cost implications.

11. Summary of other responses 3 Networking Summary of other responses 3 Networking ALT members list widely valued Quarterly update electronic only seems a no brainer. Unexpected interest in better access to research results. ALT support for internal SD maybe of interest as a membership benefit.

12. Undertakings/ actions Detail: will be acted on Response on website and other key “messages” ALT will look at changing events CMALT will change in line with the input October strategy revision

13. New Surveys Sooner and shorter More focussed Ubiquitous? Targetted response rates for various categories to make deductions more valid Supported by other data