An Audioboo interview with Prof Guy Merchant on the how we should educate people in the future. Part of the Purpos/ed debate.
Education Blog:
Guy Merchant on the future of education
June 14, 2011 - Learning -New geolocation workshop on the horizon
May 6, 2011 - Learning -
I’m introducing a new workshop to the Netskills oeuvre. It’s an introductory look at digital mapping technologies for educators from secondary to higher education and it’s called “Location, Location, Location”.
I’ve also started putting together a Diigo library on the information and tools I’ve come across during my research.
The essay wot I wrote
March 15, 2011 - Learning -I may come to regret posting this but here’s a link to my latest MSc submission. A work of staggering genius it is not but it did pass.
The title is [deep breath]:
“Discuss, in relation to learning environments that…
Digital Storytelling 3 – Embrace the Simplicity!
January 28, 2011 - Learning -
Although no one’s actually challenged me yet I’ve often felt I should be ready to answer questions about whether digital storytelling is too insubstantial to be a worthwhile academic or personal development activity. How, after all, can you say anything
Facebook map of Connections
December 14, 2010 - Learning -
I came across this map created by Paul Butler, a Facebbok intern via the excellent Information Aesthetics blog. It’s a beautiful image, one that raises quite a lot of questions and I was thinking back to my days as a trainee teacher and how I might have used this.
New ePortfolio Blog
December 10, 2010 - Learning, Site of the Week -
I’ve recently started a new blog on behalf of JISC Netskills on ePortfolios and related topics. These are some of the “whys” and the “hows” to do with the project…
Digital Storytelling 2 – beyond slideshows
December 3, 2010 - Learning -
Digital storytelling doesn’t just have to be about slideshows. A freer approach to narrative than thinking it has to be about beginning, middle and end means that many more approaches can be used. I look at 2 quick examples here.
Digital Storytelling 1 – Why tell stories?
November 25, 2010 - Learning -
Given that humanity has been telling stories for thousands of years, it’s not something I think we do enough of. At least in education for “grown-ups”. In other areas we’re telling and absorbing stories all the time So why are stories important and why use them in education?
