Despite everyone’s best intentions, in-service professional learning for teachers remains one of the most poorly delivered aspects of our education system. Is the time right for Teacher CPD through e-learning? Bernard Dady compares some options.

Hits and myths: Moocs may be wonderful idea, but they’re not viable. Although we need to explore new structures for higher education, agrees Diana Laurillard, unsupervised learning is not the answer. A discussion on the future of Massive Open Online Courses by Diana Laurillard.

Sway Grantham finds that posing the question ‘What is a computer?’ to children across the primary age range initiates some interesting conversations

This week sees the launch of a 3-week MOOC from the Digital Learning across Boundaries (DLaB) Erasmus+ project on the theme of STEM to STEAM. You can join in here: http://dlaberasmus.eu/courses/stem-steam-online-course
This post gives some background to the DLaB approach to STEAM. 

Algorithms and algorithmic thinking are central to learning about computing. Unfortunately, an algorithm, as a thing itself, can be rather abstract; it can be difficult for students to understand what the algorithm is doing and how the execution of the … Continue reading →

The Digital Learning across Boundaries (DLaB) project aims to promote digital learning across the boundaries of the physical space of classrooms, across curriculum subjects, across languages and cultures and throughout facilitating collaborative learning across national boundaries. Over three years the … Continue reading →