I was at one of the Microsoft Teams education road shows on Thursday (11th July) at their Paddington offices. There is clearly a lot of thinking to be done in this space but I wanted to put down some initial thoughts about what I observed, not just in terms of the presentations I saw, but…
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Changing the narrative: bell curves and refusal
Donna Lanclos just gave a keynote on “refusal”. It sounds quite negative, but we’d been chatting about the idea, and refusal as act of engagement is something we see a lot of in the sector. Most often we dismiss it, consigning those who refuse change to “not wanting to change”, or “lazy”, or “they don’t…
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Next generation [digital] learning environments: Community Voices
As Technology Enhanced Learning continues to develop, it is clear that some form of digital learning environment will remain core to institutional practices; the levels of integration, features and porosity will continue to change, driven, and potentially driving the behavioural shifts we see in staff and students. Digifest18 was where Jisc launched “Next generation [digital]…
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Perspectives on Digital: Change isn’t coming, it’s here and it’s permanent
I have done two keynotes recently where I have been asked to talk about the future, to look ahead at the horizon and suggest what it might look like when we reach it. Quite frankly, I would be an idiot to try and do that beyond what we know already, and even more so if…
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Changing the way we do change?
Is it time we changed the way we do change programmes? Peter Chatterrton and I both worked on the Changing Learning Landscape Programme and have recently published our reflections on the findings of an in depth look at some of the issues. In “Perspectives on changing the environment for change” we discuss the role of…
Read moreFlipped classroom, or just flippin’ technology? Where are we now with technology, student experience and organisational change?
Jisc have been working in collaboration with key partners in the Higher Education sector to support the technology enhanced learning aspirations of a variety of institutions through a HEFCE funded initiative – Changing the Learning Landscape. The model of support is based on conversations with key staff in institutions and followed up with targeted interventions.…
Read moreReflecting on conversations with students, VLEs and the elephant in the classroom
Having had conversations across lots of universities and colleges this is a reflection on some of the things that students have been saying about their Technology Enhanced Learning Experiences.
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