Getting education out of the classroom and into students’ pockets One of the key questions asked by speakers and attendees alike at ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN was why educators were not making better use of the advanced piece of technology sitting in the pocket of most school and un... Read More December 18, 2012 News
The shaky future of higher education In the opening session of ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2012 keynote speaker Sir Michael Barber argued an avalanche was coming to disrupt the future of higher education. He spoke about the falling value of a bachelor deg... Read More December 18, 2012 News
Tablets in the classroom – a beacon in the sea of secondary education December 11, 2012 News Let’s bring the tablets into the classroom to teach with, to work with; to educate with and to just let the kids have a go at them – in an educational framework. Need we underscore this as educators in the 21st century? The technology enhanced learning initiat... Read More
OEB 2012: talking about an education revolution An avalanche is set to transform the traditional university model, according to Sir Michael Barber, Pearson’s Chief Education Adviser. Speaking before an audience of over 2000 participants from an estimated 100... Read More November 30, 2012 News
Flipping the classroom Knowing that the learners of the 21st century are wired 24/7, teachers are increasingly directing students’ natural online proclivity towards school and academic work. It’s referred to as a myriad of interestin... Read More November 27, 2012 News
Tweets of the Week 19th – 23rd November November 23, 2012 News With less than a week to go before ONLINE EDUCA BERLIN 2012, the focus this week is on the theme of this year’s conference: “Reaching Beyond Tomorrow”. We look at some ideas that focus not only on the short term innovation of incorporating technology, but on h... Read More
Talking About a Revolution with Sir Michael Barber New approaches to learning like MOOCs, gamification and flipped learning have dominated discussion over the past year and are threatening to shake up education systems across the world. But is there really a re... Read More November 22, 2012 News
Tweets of the Week- 12th-16th Nov This week, our links will focus on differing concerns people have that are related to the technological progress that is happening in global education. Some are concerned about how it will affect and detrac... Read More November 19, 2012 News
The Rise of the MOOC: The Future of Higher Education? November 1, 2012 News Higher education is a sector that has thus far embraced – but arguably has not been fundamentally altered by – the growth of the Internet. This has been rapidly changing over the last few years with the rise of MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses; a way of l... Read More
