{"id":3429,"date":"2015-01-08T11:36:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-08T11:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2015-01-08T11:45:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-08T11:45:28","slug":"edtechbook-coming-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2015\/01\/08\/edtechbook-coming-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"#EdTechBook – coming soon!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever wondered what educational technology is or what a learning technologist does? David Hopkins<\/a> has been pondering this for a little while and has brought together a whole bunch of wonderful people (see below) who have a wealth of experience from many different sectors; HE, FE, Schools, Museums and Workplace Learning, who have reflected and articulated what this means to them and I am thrilled to have been asked to add my thoughts in a chapter which explores the role of learning technologists as magicians.<\/p>\n

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As David says in his book description “Technology has invaded our working and recreational lives to an extent that few envisaged 20 or 30 years ago. We\u2019d be fools to avoid the developments in personal, mobile, and wearable technology. Even if we tried we\u2019d still have to deal with other developments and distractions in classroom and learning technology like smart boards, blogs, video, games, students-led learning, virtual learning environments, social media, etc. More than this, however, is how the advances in technology, the economic and physical miniaturisation of computing devices, have impacted education: the students, the teachers, the classrooms, the spaces, the connections, the aspirations, etc.”<\/p>\n

“The Really Useful #EdTechBook\u2018 is about experiences, reflections, hopes, passions, expectations, and professionalism of those working with, in, and for the use of technology in education. Not only is it an insight into how, or why, we work with these technologies, it\u2019s about how we as learning professionals got to where we are and how we go forward with our own development.”<\/p>\n

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The Really Useful #EdTechBook is available online from the 28th January in a number of formats with the paper version available shortly after.\u00a0 All the details can be found here http:\/\/www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk\/books\/the-really-useful-edtechbook\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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