Not a MOOC but an HE model based on collaboration and project work.
As the Prof. says “Without practice, there is not knowledge.”
This is the kind of HE institution that I would be interested in working in.
This survey from Jane Hart does a great job of telling us that which we should already suspect, if not actually know – that people learn stuff from their networks or by Googling it.
iPad Research in Primary Schools
The Technology Enhanced Learning Research group, led by Kevin Burden (Principal Investigator) based in the Faculty of Education, have recently completed the first national evaluation to investigate the use and impact of tablet technologies (in this case the iPad), across schools and homes in Scotland.
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A review of the literature for and against the existence of ‘digital natives’ as presented at Learning Live 2012.
Read More›Whenever a grown-up says “I don’t understand <some massively important historical event which has shaped our country>” I send them to Horrible Histories’ Bob Hale so they can find out all about it in three minutes.
Three minutes?!
Well, that means plenty of time for an educational showtune…
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Don’t forget – kids aren’t as clever as they used to be, modern culture is dumbing us down etc etc etc
I like that ‘overdue library books’ and ‘friend locator’ are top of their feature list – technology moves on, but student life is much the same…
I hate the literal animation style (horrible memories of lifeless corporate creativity sessions) but the man and his thoughts are essential listening for any parent or educator.
here’s a link to my presentation at this conference last week. Can’t be arsed to work out how to embed it in wordpress!
http://prezi.com/to1un09i1txy/lsg-conference-june-14-2011-social-learning/
Here is Marc, talking with Prof Heppell on how educational assessment is years, if not centuries behind the technology people are using to learn and find out stuff.
Whenever I film an interview in HD on my £100 FLIP, which I can put on youtube and at least a few people will look at, and contains all the body language and emotion of the interviewee, but then spend ages transcribing so it becomes faceless words on paper – with little or no chance of being read – I do wonder when the ‘doctorate’ will take a step into the 20th century, if not the 21st…
Here are Marc’s thoughts on a range of other education-related topics >>
He is on the money about a lot of things – the post-literate society is nearer than we think…