The last thing on my phone #EdLastThing
This is a bi tof fun, but also a good way to learn from each other … inspired by the Amazon short series called ‘Last thing on my phone‘, and by my work on my Read More …
Tag: Games
What I’ve learned from my kids: Motivation
A while ago I started writing about things I’ve started to learn from watching my kids grow and how they see things. I’ve started to realise how much I take for granted. Or rather I’ve Read More …
Book Review: Ready Player One
I’ve been reading a lot of books lately, some work related, some classic fiction (see my other blog, ‘100 school books‘), and some purely for pleasure. This is one of the latter, purely for pleasure. Read More …
Learning Technology at the core of The Connected Age? #LTHE
Enjoy this video from Educause. I hope you can see where I am coming from and why I’ve added this video to the #LTHE project as I see the Learning Technologist as an enabler, facilitator, Read More …
How Students Learn
While we may think we know ‘how students learn’, do we? This post called “The virtues of daydreaming and 30 other surprising (and controversial) research findings about how students learn“, from Julie DeNeen, has some interesting findings, Read More …
Games for Learning Infographic
Here’s an interesting infographic on “Can Gaming help Kids Learn?” Click to view the full Infographic Here are some little factlets: 74% of school administrators feel that digital education technology increases student engagement (while 50% Read More …
Students and Information Technology 2012 #edtech #eLearning #educause
The Educause Centre for Applied Research (ECAR) has recently published their “ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012” report. The report summary has the following key points and recommendations: Key Findings Blended-learning environments Read More …
Show students’ skills along with degree #OpenBadges
YouTube: Digital Badges for Learning This is the first instance I’ve heard of where a major University (Purdue U) is using Open Badges, and have called the system/process ‘Passport’: “[Passport] is learning management, mixed with Read More …
This is Learning Without Frontiers
Ever wondered what Learning Without Frontiers (LWF) is about? Wonder no more, and watch this ‘review’: “Learning Without Frontiers (LWF) is a global platform that facilitates the ongoing dialogue about the future of learning. LWF Read More …
Future of Technology in Education #fote12
So, we’re at that time of year again when we can start planning the trip to London for the ULCC ‘Future of Technology in Education’ conference. As with the last couple of years I’ve attended Read More …