Teaching as a vocation
You have to be brave to change your career — especially in your 40s. So why did Dominic Preston make the leap? Professor Christina Preston, his mother, interviewed him to find out.
Continue reading →The value of simplicity and experimentation in learning programming
Dave Darwent explains why being prepared to be wrong is crucial for learning, and why the simple text-based games of the 80’s were ideally suited for this.
Continue reading →20 years of ‘progress’ in education technology?
Amongst the many treasures on the ITTE website is an archive of the association’s newsletters starting with Number 31 from 1999. You can read them here: Newsletter Archive The three newsletters in the archive from 1999 still make for an … Continue reading →
The proposed new Ofsted framework
Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Ofsted recently announced a consultation over its proposed new framework. Here are five links you may find useful and interesting. Ofsted launches consultation New freedoms, old challenges Evidence-based teaching: what’s striking or new about it? New Ofsted inspection … Continue reading →
TPEA Think Tank: Meeting the edtech research challenge
Join us at our first edtech policy and practice Thinktank, to offer solutions to Secretary of State, Damian Hinds’, research challenge.
Continue reading →GM Digital Talent Pipeline
GM Digital Talent Pipeline: a discussion of the Greater Manchester Digital Strategy research by John Sibbald
Continue reading →What are the best models for EdTech teacher training and professional development?
What are the best models for EdTech teacher training and professional development? Valuable research, effective programmes and successful practices? A lively debate at the ITTE & MirandaNet Winchester Forum 7/8th June 2018 with a panel of speakers and an audience discussing the best ways to support EdTech Teacher Training and CPD.
Continue reading →Hits and myths: Moocs may be wonderful idea, but they’re not viable
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.
Continue reading →Is an obsession with exams restricting the curriculum?
‘An obsession with exams is forcing schools to restrict the curriculum and is leading to damaging consequences, say both teachers and parents’. Andy Connell discusses views from the Council for Subject Associations on the narrowing of the curriculum.
Continue reading →What’s in a name?
Does the name of our field — e-learning, I.T, education technology and so on — affect the way it is seen by colleagues? Dave Darwent explores this question.
Continue reading →Knowledge Mobilisation Update
Helen Boulton provides the latest news about some exciting new projects.
Continue reading →7reasons to join a professional association
Why do we join Associations? Why do we pay for membership of professional organisations? Professor Andy Connell suggests seven good reasons.
Continue reading →Mobilising knowledge through global partnerships to support research-informed teaching: 5 models for Translational Research
An international movement has developed of which ITTE/TPEA is a founder member and ITTE/TPEA has sponsored two international Global Knowledge Mobilisation Summits. This post summarises the rationale and the outcomes of ITTE/TPEA’s work in supporting ongoing professional development for teachers.
Continue reading →Back to school with EdTech
With ‘virtual trips to the Amazon’ promoted as state-of-the-art EdTech in schools, Elizabeth Hidson asks whether it is time for ‘a reality check, not just virtual reality’ when it comes to EdTech?
Continue reading →Tech warp
Andy Connell welcomes the Education Secretary’s interest in education technology, with a nod to a song from the Rocky Horror Show!
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