Today, most teachers and most school pupils in the UK have access to digital devices. However, do we do enough to educate students about the often complex issues surrounding the everyday use of technology? And given the crucial role of …
Ecosystems Within Ecosystems: Digital Schools Growing Their Community
In contemplating the digital evolution of the school and the creation of the desired school ecosystem appreciate that as your school’s digital ecosystem[1] grows so too will it interact with other local, regional and national ecosystems in a virtuous circle …
Taking the Tablets
Taking the tablets: has the long predicted revolution in teaching and learning finally arrived? Professor Christina Preston, MirandaNet Fellowship Dr Sarah Younie, MirandaNet Fellowship and Director Education Futures Centre, De Montfort University Chapter to be published in: Handbook for Digital Learning …
An interview concerning the scrapping of ICT
A guest post reproduced from Terry Freedman’s website© The Government in England has decided to get rid of the ICT — Information and Communication Technology — qualifications at GCSE and ‘A’ Level. (For the uninitiated, those are the school-leaving qualifications …
“Can you read the letters on this chart?”
Vision and Learning Learning has been defined as the “acquisition of understanding through the senses”. While all of the senses are important conduits of information, vision is particularly important in this respect. It follows that any form of degradation of …
MirandaNet: Education innovation through CPD – a school, professional organisation and industry partnership
We’re living in a time when things are moving fast. The rules of the game are changing. Science is changing. Technology is changing. Geo-politics is changing. Learning fast is the only mode of survival. But here’s the crazy thing: our …
Digital Initiatives in Education: Waiting for the UK Coalition
Author: Christina Preston Founder of the MirandaNet Fellowship mirandanet.ac.uk Professor of Educational Innovation, University of Bedfordshire In the UK, innovative national projects in the use of computers in teaching and learning have been taking place since the late 1980s. These …
Reception at the House of Lords
MirandaNetters were warmly invited to attend a Reception at the House of Lords on 30th September 2014 by Professor Margaret Cox who has become president of NCUP (National Conference of University Professors). The reception was organised by NCUP and hosted …