WCCE 2017 – IFIP TC3 World Conference on Computers in Education
Tomorrow’s learning: Involving everyone
3rd to 6th July 2017, Dublin, Ireland (2nd July 2017 – doctoral consortium)
Deadline for submissions: Friday 3rd February 2017
ITTE Welcomes its new Patron
With great pleasure ITTE welcomes Jim Knight, The Rt Hon Lord Knight of Weymouth who has agreed to become a patron of our organisation
Jim Knight is the Chief Education Adviser at TES Global Ltd where he has recently built a new online teacher training and development platform. He is a member of the House of Lords and a visiting Professor at the London Knowledge Lab of the Institute of Education.
As a UK government minister his portfolios included rural affairs, schools, digital and employment. He attended weekly Cabinet meetings 2009-2010, before joining the Lords after the 2010 General Election.
Jim is also a founder of XRapid a revolutionary diagnostic test for malaria using the iPhone and he is chair of the Tinder Foundation the leading digital inclusion delivery organisation in the UK. He is Patron of Bristol-based awarding body, Asdan.
ITTE KMS First Round Awards
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ETAG
At the beginning of 2014, Ministers from DfE and BIS set up the Education Technology Action Group ETAG, an independent group. The group was to advise on how digital technology might empower teachers and learners by enabling innovation across schools, further … Continue reading →
Make or Break: Lords Digital Skills Committee Report published
Make or Break: The UK’s Digital Future was published on 17th February 2015. In this report the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills expresses considerable anxiety about the digital future of the UK: “There is … a real … Continue reading →
House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills
ITTE contributed to the House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills. The committee was convened in June 2014 in order to consider information and communications technology, competitiveness and skills in the UK. Read more about its remit here. A … Continue reading →
Digital Skills for Tomorrow’s World
ITTE is a contributor to the interim report “Digital Skills for Tomorrow’s World” published by the UK Digital Skills Task Force. The report is available here:http://www.ukdigitalskills.com/ View the launch video here and also visit the UK Digital Skills Task Force YouTube … Continue reading →