Last week at the Future EdTech conference in London I was invited onto a panel sharing views about open learning in higher education. I was drawing on MirandaNet Fellowship experiences of online learning since 1999 when MirandaNet started working with …
Graduating from Picademy
Picademy was some of the best CPD I have ever attended, with its emphasis on immersive learning through play, and on celebrating successes but accepting failures as learning opportunities too. It was fantastic to spend two days with a bunch …
Online safety and digital literacy: how do they feature in schools?
Christina Preston and I are writing a report for the UK DfE on the teaching of digital literacy and, more widely, how to stay safe online in our schools. We think these topics might be slipping through cracks in the …
Health and Safety gone digital
Once upon a time there was no ‘Computing’ in the curriculum. When it first appeared nationally it was wrapped within ‘Technology’ alongside ‘Food Tech’ and ‘Design Tech, and often taught on a carousel with those as well. Before that time …
Hardwired to learn
This post was first published in Education Executive, 27th April 2017. Since the introduction of computers in schools debates around education technology have persisted – from the introduction of modems to interactive whiteboards to tablets. Yet the central question remains: …
Edtech Development: easing the limits on innovation and practice
This editorial article appeared in the 26th March 2017 issue of the MirandaNet newsletter Comments are particularly welcomed if they contribute to the formation of the agenda for the meeting outlined below. You must be logged in as a MirandaNet …
ICT Curriculum: a faux pas?
[ Web editor note: this is a lightly edited version of the article that appeared in Education Executive, March 2017. For download, the publishers have kindly provided a PDF copy of the original article: A Curriculum Faux Pas ] In September …
Don’t lose the essence of what it means to teach.
[ Web editor note: this is a lightly edited version of the article that appeared in The TES 17th March 2017. With permission, a scanned version of the article is here.] Christina Preston and Sarah Younie, March 2017 “There has never …