The evidence of MirandaNet 5.0 members, assembled since the turn of the century, indicates that well-run local models run by educators with the support of companies are more effective than national programmes run by companies with the support of educators …
5 Big Procurement Challenges
…and what schools (and suppliers) can do about them. On 28th November 2017 Stuart Abrahams and Neil Watkins of Think It gave a keynote presentation at the Westminster Education Forum seminar focussing on key issues for edtech procurement in schools …
Next steps for Education Technology in England
On 28th November 2017 Dr. Sarah Younie gave a keynote presentation at this Westminster Education Forum seminar focussing on key issues for edtech procurement in schools: value for money, market challenges for suppliers and the future role of local authorities. …
How modern are ‘modern’ or ‘innovative’ learning environments in NZ?
Have you read Leon Benade’s NZARE blog post More than bricks and mortar: A critical examination of school property under the National-led Government? His post explored some of the current government policy ideas about school property and the design of …
Digital Deceptions?
Ben Williamson’s constructive and justifiably irate article ‘Coding for What?’posted in the MirandaNet Blog doubtless resonates with many former ICT teachers in England. His description captures how it seemed to many observers and participants: a frantic, ideologically driven, and peremptory …
Coding for what? Lessons from computing in the curriculum
Faculty of Social Science, University of Stirling This article was first published in the 2017 summer edition of the Naace Advancing Education Journal edited by Christina Preston. You can find out about Naace here. www.naace.co.uk Summary The subject of …
Collaborative lifelong learning for teacher educators across cultural boundaries
Christina Preston, Founder MirandaNet Fellowship Sarah Younie, MirandaNet Fellowship, Institute for Education Futures, University of De Montfort Bozena Mannova, MirandaNet Fellowship, Prague Technical University. Since the 1990s the authors of this paper have been sharing their professional knowledge about the …
Leading change to future-focused learning involving everyone
Leading change to future-focused learning involving everyone Niki Davis1 and Cathy Lewin2 1University of Canterbury e-Learning Lab, Aotearoa New Zealand, niki.davis@canterbury.ac.nz 2Education and Social Research Institute, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom, c.lewin@mmu.ac.uk Future-focused learning concerns the evolution of educational systems …