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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

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