The midden

Does this say it all? Why do we undervalue education so much? Why are league tables, saving money and statistics more important than learning?
“Education, education, education” - 11 years of Labour and 11 years of Tory policy to show for it!
What a con!
This report was published on the BBC News website [...]

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Mike Wesch’s latest Youtube video, A Portal to Media Literacy, is essential viewing for all educators. He describes so clearly why we have to change and challenge the present system of educating our young people. He is clearly a passionate teacher and someone who understands the world in which his students move.
His dismantling of the [...]

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Following close on the heels of MobileMe from Apple, Swedish Startup Cloudo are in the process of developing the next generation of computing access - computers for the mobile generation. Their online computer means that you can access your data (files, photos, music, calendars, workspaces) and collaborate with friends and colleagues from any computer, mobile [...]

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The OU has become the second UK university (after UCL) to make its content accessible through iTunes U. It joins other world class universities such as Yale, Stanford and MIT in making course materials available for free download. It plans to have 500 video and audio materials from 50 courses on iTunes U by the [...]

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This is a video of my presentation to the JISC Regional Support Centre for Yorkshire & Humber on June 10th at Bradford University. The sub-title of the presentation was Beyond “no significant difference”, on the basis that, in education, we use technology to do things the same way as we have always done rather than [...]

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Ken Robinson’s wonderful talk on TED

Visit his website for all things Sir Ken.

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This book gives a detailed and comprehensive coverage of how digital technologies can be used to transform our present, outdated, industrial model of education. Co-published by BC Campus and the Commonwealth of Learning, it is available as a free download. As we are aware, despite the widespread availability of new technologies, their impact on teaching [...]

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Take care.

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Team Academy is now 15 years old. Started in 1993 by inspirational marketing teacher, Timo Partanen, Team Academy offers a Business Administration degree with a difference - students leave the course having learned how to be an entrepreneur. Rather than have traditional lectures and assignments, students work in teams to create and run a real [...]

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Following on from his previous updates, John Kirriemuir has posted his latest update on the use of SL in the UK HE and FE sectors. It highlights the rapid increase in the number of institutions with a SL presence and describes 9 ways in which it is being used.
The report highlights 3 main issues faced [...]

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