The Internet of Education Things (part 1)
This is the 1st part of a 2-part post. According to the Horizon Report for 2015 (Higher Education edition) the Internet of Things (IoT) has a 4-to-5-years adopt...
Tag: education
Technology is not ‘just a tool’
Education and technology share a number of interesting characteristics. We can agree, for instance, that education should be about affirmative transformation, a...
The Tree of Creativity
The world has already moved beyond the point where we need professional mediation to create, for example, a polished piece of video. Anyone today can choose to ...
Learning and Forgetting: The Official Theory .v. the Classic View
Do you recognise any or all of this? persuading individuals that they won’t learn unless they make a determined effort, and that the fault is theirs if th...
The Learning Society: social and economic progress through education
The printing press sowed the seeds of social and economic progress, heralding a time when ‘change itself [became] the archetypal norm of social life’...
Chomsky: Right and Wrong on Education
In the video, Chomsky speaks on three critical questions: on the purpose of education, on the role and place of technology in education, and on the conflicting ...
Australia’s Lost Network: Harbour Bridge or Dugout Canoe?
Australia’s then Labour Government (now Labor Party since 2012!) launched its ambitious and far-reaching plans for a National Broadband Network (NBN) in 2...
Scottish Open Education Declaration
Open education can promote knowledge transfer while at the same time enhancing quality and sustainability, supporting social inclusion, and creating a culture o...