Research in Learning Technology, the journal of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT), has just published a themed collection on Mixed Mobile Reality, edited by Thomas Cochrane, Fiona Smart, Vickel Narayan and Helen Farley. https://journal.alt.ac.uk/index.php/rlt/index …
Education
The rise of the digital: Linkedin highlights its role in talent development
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Staying relevant in the age of automation is what respondents said to the Linkedin workplace research that offers the backdrop to this years report on workplace learning. 68% of those surveyed preferred to learn at work when developing their digital skills, and expect their employers to create the space for this to happen. And ensuring… Read more » about The rise of the digital: Linkedin highlights its role in talent development
BU staff member to be on prestigious national judging panel
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Colleagues, the eagle eyed amongst you may have spotted that Michelle Morgan, Associate Dean for the Student Experience in FMC is on the national Guardian University Awards judging panel for 2019– well done Michelle! Michelle was asked to be a judge because of her national and international reputation in the field of the student experience… Read more » about BU staff member to be on prestigious national judging panel
Wonkfest18: what are the key messages?
The ultimate chic location of Ravensbourne University down by the Millennium Dome was the location of this years @wonkfest18 – 500 academics, policy makers and industry shakers came together to discuss, debate and future spot Higher Education trends. Policy: Sir Michael Barber, head of the Office for Students emphasised its regulatory responsibilities, and challenged Universities… Read more » about Wonkfest18: what are the key messages?
‘Hologram’ lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London
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University classes are set to be given a futuristic spin by letting lecturers appear as hologram-like apparitions beamed in from afar. Imperial College London will show off the technology at a special event later on Thursday before deploying it more widely. It believes it will be the first academic body to do so regularly. A… Read more » about ‘Hologram’ lecturers to teach students at Imperial College London
The European Digital Action Plan
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A short summary: Through the European cooperation between EU Member States, the exchange of good practices and peer learning, the EU work on a Digital Action Plan started in January 2018. Set against a backdrop of desire to reduce of the socio-economic inequalities, the action plan will be a comprehensive plan seeking to improve key… Read more » about The European Digital Action Plan
The Open Revolution Book – free to download
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With thanks to the ALT Open Education Special Interest Group for sharing The Open Revolution: Rewriting the Rules of the Information Age by Rufus Pollock About the Book: The Open Revolution Book An Open World, A World In Which Information Is Openly And Freely Available To Us All Will the digital revolution give us digital… Read more » about The Open Revolution Book – free to download
Pepper the robot appears for the Education Select Committee
Cross posting from www.partliament.uk ===== Pepper the robot answers questions from the Education Committee on the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the implications for education of developments in artificial intelligence. Watch Parliament TV: Fourth Industrial Revolution Inquiry: Fourth Industrial Revolution Education Committee Witnesses Tuesday 16 October in the Thatcher Room, Portcullis House At 10 am Panel one Professor Rose… Read more » about Pepper the robot appears for the Education Select Committee
3D Scanning and Brightspace
Most people will have heard of 3D printing, but 3D scanning generally gets little attention and is probably thought of as just a part of the 3D printing process. The other issue’s are of course that scanners have always been big and bulky, require lots of specialist software knowledge and are very, very expensive. But… Read more » about 3D Scanning and Brightspace
Brightspace Group Assignments and Collaboration.
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Does you unit call for group work? If so, you probably know that you can create groups to help with student management. But did you know that in Brightspace, groups can be used for much more. Group Assignments. Now Brightspace (large file) and Turnitin assignments can be set up for group submissions. Any member… Read more » about Brightspace Group Assignments and Collaboration.