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The mobile agenda

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I also presented over a dozen live webinars, including keynotes for the excellent Reform Symposium on the future of education and the influential eLearning Guild. It also presents new challenges for organisations around interoperability, data protection/security, personal metrics and privacy. Unported License.

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A day in the life: The quantified self

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Many educators agree that one size does not fit all and that student centred learning is what we should all aspire to. The Horizon team predict that a widespread adoption of these technologies - in the context of higher education - is no more than 4-5 years away. Questions are raised though, around issues of privacy and safety.

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The interview

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We talked about the latest developments in technology supported education and discussed the contents of my new book. We also tackled the thorny issue of privacy in the digital age. Graphic courtesy of Bonnie Stachowiack The interview by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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New spaces, new pedagogies

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Here's the abstract for my keynote: New Spaces, New Pedagogies: Harnessing the Power of Social Media in Education A rapid emergence of social media – the so called ‘Web 2.0’ – has opened up new opportunities for participatory learning in all sectors of education. wikis privacy digital identity. Unported License.

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The drama of Facebook

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Because Facebook is generally a public space that can be manipulated and ''controlled'' by privacy settings, many Facebook users may indeed be in a more private space with their ''friends''. Many however are largely ignorant of the privacy controls and unknowingly leave themselves open to observation from ''outsiders''.

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Making Spectacles of ourselves

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But there is already speculation about how it might be used in a number of professional areas, including education. As with any other wearable technology that captures and shares images and video, there are issues around privacy and misuse. These will need to be addressed, certainly. Unported License.

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The enemy within

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For many years, e-safety education in schools has focused on raising children's awareness of the 'stranger danger'. There has also been an emphasis on stamping out cyberbullying - the use of technology to invade a child's privacy, threaten, cajole or otherwise exert power over them. Unported License.