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Generation next

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Photo from LSE Library on Flickr Most of the students starting university at the end of summer 2017 were born around the turn of the century. 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. Unported License.

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MIS en place

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Photo by Helloquence on unsplash This is the first post in a new series about School Management Information Systems. All of these data need to be stored somewhere secure, and instantly recalled or communicated when required. This article focuses on the latter. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's.

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A fine balance

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Unfortunately, students will be unable to do this if the school regime forbids a student voice in favour of teacher dominated pedagogy. Photo from the National Photo Company Collection via Flickr A fine balance by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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The survival of Higher Education (5): Recommendations

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Institutions will need to secure adequate funding so that new technology is sustainable. Such decisions need to be informed by empirical research that is generalisable. Too often organisations buy into new technology but fail to budget for ongoing support such as training, upgrades, repairs and maintenance. Unported License.

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Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

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Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. There are many platforms that offer free access to video content, but not so many that do so in an ad-free, safe and secure manner. The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. Unported License.

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Teacher Voices: Megan Douglas

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When she found out it would be a specialised STEM primary school she was even more interested, and after a long application and interview process she secured her first teaching post at the school. Whilst at university she heard news of a new free school being set up in her local area, which grabbed her attention. Unported License.

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