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Technology and the future of Higher Education

October 20th, 2009 · No Comments

These 2 posts (Part 1 and Part 2) by Tony Bates, consider the need for change in Higher Education and the role that technology has in supporting that change.
In reading Part 1, the current 19th Century industrial model of education that universities still cling on to is all too familiar.  While many will see what [...]

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Tags: Innovation · Learning · Technology · Transformation · change · changing culture

Martin Bean’s ALT-C talk

September 28th, 2009 · No Comments

One of the highlights of ALT-C this year.

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Tags: Innovation · Learning · Open Source · Technology · Transformation · Web 2.0 · change · changing culture

Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning

September 11th, 2009 · No Comments

Billed as “a resource for educators planning to incorporate technologies in their teaching and learning activities”, this handbook written by George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger at the University of Manitoba,  is a lot more than this. It starts from the premise that Higher Education, whether individual institutions know it or not, is in the midst [...]

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Tags: Learning · Technology · Transformation · Web 2.0 · change · changing culture · connectivity · social · teaching · tools · wiki · wikipedia

7 things you should know about QR codes

May 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Educause have produced a useful guide to QR codes as part of their “7 Things You Should Know….” series. It provides a good overview on what QR codes are and how they are being used. It also includes a mention of Andy Ramsden’s work at Bath, and also offers the opportunity to contribute your ideas [...]

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Tags: Learning · QR codes · Technology · change · mobile · tools

Horizon Report 2009

February 9th, 2009 · No Comments

The latest Horizon Report, that looks at the likely impact of emerging technologies on teaching, learning and research, features six examples of tools, applications and devices that will change the way we operate. Two of these technologies, i.e. mobile devices and cloud computing, are already with us and used extensively. With the advent of the [...]

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Tags: Innovation · Learning · Technology · Transformation · change · changing culture · cloud computing · connectivity · mobile · teaching · tools

5 myths about Cloud Computing

February 4th, 2009 · No Comments

This article in ZDNet Technology News looks at some of the claims being made about Cloud Computing and also gives a good update on where this technology is up to.
There is also a good review of MobileMe, Apple’s successor to .Mac, for those considering Apple’s cloud offering.

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Tags: Innovation · Mac · Technology · cloud computing · connectivity · tools

QR Codes

January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Just been listening to an interesting presentation by Andy Ramsden from Bath University on QR codes – Quick Response codes. These are like bar codes in that they contain information that can be read by a scanner, but they are different in that they have information in 2-dimensions so can store a lot more than [...]

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Tags: Innovation · Learning · Technology · change · changing culture

Promoting transformative innovation in schools – a model for HE?

November 27th, 2008 · No Comments

While this handbook from futurelab is aimed at promoting discussion around the nature and purpose of innovation in schools, much of the evidence, ideas and recommendations it presents are equally valid for HE.
Transformative innovation is radical and challenging. It is the kind of innovation that challenges our assumptions about how we do things and causes [...]

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Tags: Innovation · Learning · Technology · Transformation · change · changing culture · teaching

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

November 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Half an Hour: The Future of Online Learning: Ten Years On

This posting by Stephen Downes provides a useful summary of where we are at now and how we got here. He re-visits a previous article written in 1998, noting that many of his earlier predictions have been remarkably accurate. The main areas he discusses include:

new [...]

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Tags: Learning · Open Source · Technology · Web 2.0 · blogging · change · changing culture · participation · social network · teaching

AccessApps – a collection of open source and freeware assistive technology applications

October 9th, 2008 · No Comments

AccessApps is a collection of over 50 open source and freeware assistive technology applications for Windows PCs, that can be used directly from a USB memory stick without the need to install anything onto your computer.
The applications have been collated by the two Scottish JISC Regional Support Centres (Scotland North & East and Scotland [...]

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Tags: Learning · Open Source · Technology · Web 2.0 · teaching · tools