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New Year, new job
After five years at The National College I shall be leaving this Christmas to take up a new post in January as head of development and delivery at University of Derby Online. University of Derby Online is a new startup … Continue reading
TeachMeet Midlands, May 20 2011
I’m looking forward to what I am confident will be one of my most stimulating professional development experiences of the year on the evening of Friday May 20: TeachMeet Midlands at the National College.
Learning design for collaborative online learning
I work in a team at the National College that is widely distributed across the country. One way in which we ensure that we keep in touch with each other and share what we are working on and learning, is … Continue reading
Voices from the SSAT National Conference
I was lucky enough to attend the last day of the SSAT’s excellent National Conference in November as part of my work for the National College on our Developing Leaders for Tomorrow (Primary) programme, which we run with the SSAT. … Continue reading
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Tagged learning technology, online learning, SSAT, teaching and learning
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Grassroots leadership of learning and technology
Since the expected announcement by the new coalition government in May that they are to close down BECTA, I’ve been really heartened by the optimisim and confidence that have emanated from what you might call the educational technology grassroots about how peer-to-peer networks and collaboration can continue to promote innovation and advocate for the enhancement of learning through technology.
Peter Ford makes this case very persuasively in his blog post ‘Passing the technology baton? to grassroots networks’ and Martin Wheeler did likewise in his post ‘The sun sets on Becta’.
However, a recent tweet from Phil Bagge has prompted me to contribute the thoughts below to the ongoing conversation. Continue reading
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Tagged National College, system leadership, TeachMeet, Twitter
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