ALTC 2013 conference report

The annual conference for the Association of Learning Technology was held this year at the University of Nottingham. Rachel Wenstone, the NUS Vice President gave the first key note and spoke about student expectations and partnerships and for the first year, there was a dedicated day for Further Education with …

Boring university lectures ‘are doomed’ says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales

According to the Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, the custodian of the worlds biggest online encyclopaedia, the first major casualty of the online learning revolution will be the “boring” university lecture.   This is unless universities respond to the rising tide of online courses (MOOCs) as new major players emerge to …

LSIS Technology Conference

On the 5th of February I attended the LSIS technology conference in Birmingham. Loughborough College was due to hold a workshop on how they have used iPads to support teaching and learning titled “Big bikes, Cars and Tablets – Using iPads in Motor Vehicle Studies”. Mark Hucker was the lead …

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