Personal Learning Environment

I think it would be interesting and positive if students and teachers were able to use a range of tools rather like the Martin Weller …

the view from the corner

Nobody’s personal learning environment can be entirely digital. I did an experiment with Prezi this morning as a way of working towards the picture …

sorted for lolcats, still waiting for the Official Dogme Teacher’s badge

From 1663 The Royal society had a charter from the king which allowed its members to wear badges with lions on and to obtain the …

A day at the conference

Most of yesterday I was at Open University annual Learning and Technology conference: Learning in an open world and, since it took place online – …

soup?

Life probably developed in a “primordial soup” somewhere not in an open ocean, but in a more concentrated form like some kind of lagoon. A …

decentralisation

It’s easy to see how digitising text quickly decentralises a library. Once the reference material no longer has any weight or volume, and can be …

from best practice to reform

my picture of yesterday's garden

So what if some official saw the garden and said “this is an example of best practice which we need to iterate and roll out …

Garden, enhanced by aerosol spraypainting

What does this garden owe to the aerosol paint can?
The garden in this picture lies on my route to the underground station, on a corner …

discontents

compare classroom and teamwork

I think the various troubles we’ve seen in week 17 are part of a larger sense of crisis in educational institutions. There is a change …

increasing numbers

UK Higher Education remains relatively elitist, although the trend is upward in terms of student numbers. Figures from the HE Stats agency show a 22% …