One of the big themes that came out of Wimba Connect 09 which has just finished in Phoenix AZ was that of how live web conferencing can move out of the classroom and into the world outside, both in terms of the internal communications of the academic institution, but also in terms of the relationship [...]
Last week I went to the annual conference of the Practice based Professional learning unit at the Open University; mainly to see David Boud, whose research I’ve quoted from extensively in my work on reflective practice and experiential learning. David’s paper was on assessment, experience and reflection, and was very provocative and challenging in terms [...]
The BECTA report Web 2.0 technologies for learning at KS3 and KS4 has some great data from a survey on how schools in the UK are viewing web 2.0 in the classroom, and how children are using it outside of school time. And they make some really interesting conclusions from this, especially about the pace [...]
