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Generation next

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It's safe to claim that much of higher education is firmly rooted in the past , reflecting colonial history, traditional values and 20th (or even 19th) Century pedagogies. This might be seen as a generalisation, because there are some pockets of innovative pedagogy to be found in every large education institution. Unported License.

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March of the robots

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A few of the robots I saw were potentially useful tools to promote interesting and engaging pedagogy, but some seemed to do nothing more than follow a black line around in circles. According to its company website VEX Robotics provides tools to inspire problem solvers of the future. I would have turned up for every lesson.

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The EDEN Interviews: Georgi Dimitrov

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Before joining the Commission, Georgi worked for a leading multinational telecommunication company in Düsseldorf, Germany. The interview offers fascinating insights into the future of European education and the role technology will play in developing new pedagogies and approaches. Unported License.

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What is digital learning?

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The mLearn tour is sponsored by a company called Telco Technology Services who specialise in supporting teachers in New Zealand schools with technology training and provision. I wrote about this some time ago, when there were discussions about whether there were any differences between andragogy and pedagogy. Unported License.

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Reflecting on your practice

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A few months ago I was invited to do an interview for a Saudi Television company. I was in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to keynote a conference on technology enhanced learning, and yet for the interview I ended up talking about reflective practice and pedagogy. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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Top ten UK education blogs

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The PIE blog - The PIE company 2016 Top Ten 1. Resourceaholic (new entry) Top ten UK education blogs by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Resourceaholic - Jo Morgan 7. ICT Evangelist - Mark Anderson 8. Unported License.

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Corporate learning in the digital age

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Many of them are free and easy to use, and there is a definite pedagogy underpinning the use of these technologies. Do companies use these technologies, and how? 450 people attended representing many major companies, from for example, banks, manufacturing companies, the police, the military and government departments.