article thumbnail

March of the robots

Learning with e's

As I wandered around the show this year, skilfully sidestepping the ministrations of a host of staffers dressed up as grizzly bears, transformers and astronauts, all trying to sell me their latest shiny toys, and politely refusing their offers of glossy brochures and leaflets, I noted that the most predominant displays seemed to feature robots.

Toys 62
article thumbnail

Five things

Learning with e's

The novelty value and opacity of technologies often prevent users from ‘seeing through them’, beyond the shiny toy with the buttons and lights, to a tool that is useful because it does something previous tools could not do. Universities must offer better support to academics. Norman, 1990).

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Open all OERs

Learning with e's

After lunch, it was my turn to present my invited paper, which dealt with the wider issues surrounding OERs, such as pedagogy, theoretical and philosophical considerations. tools and OERs which both espouse openness, and concluded with some ideas about how OERs could benefit higher education in the future.

OER 67
article thumbnail

Teacher Voices: Naomi Hancock

Learning with e's

I love interacting with the children and showing them new tools, tricks and toys. I continued like this for a couple of years and then made the decision to come home to get my teaching qualification and pursue the first career I felt truly passionate about. 2) What is the best thing about being a teacher in a primary school?

Voice 66
article thumbnail

eLearning Conferences 2011

Tony Karrer

link] February 3-4, 2011 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy , Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. link] February 14-16, 2011 O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, 5 th annual, produced by O’Reilly Media, New York City, New York, USA. 2010 conference site: [link] , 2012 conference site to be announced.

article thumbnail

eLearning Conferences 2010

Tony Karrer

link] February 22-24, 2010 Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, sponsored by O’Reilly, New York, New York, USA. link] April 5-7, 2010 Society for College and University Planning (SCUP): Smart Planning in an Era of Uncertainty – New Tools and Strategies, Hyatt Regency La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA. Valencia, Spain.

article thumbnail

eLearning Conferences 2012

Tony Karrer

link] February 8-10, 2012 Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy , 4 th annual, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. link] February 13-15, 2012 O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference, 6 th annual, produced by O’Reilly Media, New York City, New York, USA. Louis, Missouri, USA. Transform Learning, Shape the Future.