An interpretivist study of the social web and PLNs

July 2009 Blog Posts (4)

Interview with Theo Kuechel, educationalist in Otley, Yorkshire

This interview can be listened to by clicking on number 1 on the 'music' playlist in the top left corner of the main edonis project page. Theo is an educator, researcher, and consultant. Vastly experienced in the use of ICT in education, he has recently worked extensively with digital assets and collections. During this edonis interview, Theo talks about his:

* Background in education

* experiences of ICT-related training and professional development

* notion of 'learning… Continue

Added by David Noble on July 26, 2009 at 23:31 — No Comments

Moving forward with IT

The recent OFSTED report , talking about ICT initiatives in England and Wales makes the following point…

despite the heavy investment in ICT there was no evidence of the “systematic evaluation of the impact on learning”

Read the report summary, courtesy of Merlin John online here…

http://bit.ly/hUxZE

I’ve often written about my own feelings on the lack of quantitative research on ICT. I think that with such vast sums of money spent on ICT… Continue

Added by Jaye Richards on July 26, 2009 at 9:32 — No Comments

Why top-down initiatives in education sometimes fail…

An interesting letter in a recent edition of the Herald (Tuesday 23rd June) provides a much more objective view of the recent graduation of Scotland’s first teachers qualified to teach Mandarin, and the Confucius classroom ‘hub’ schools set up to further the teaching of Mandarin. In the letter, Prof. Stuart Picken argues that if Scotland had been serious about its desire to develop trade and cultural links with China, the opportunities have existed for many years, and in fact, it’s really Japan… Continue

Added by Jaye Richards on July 26, 2009 at 9:30 — No Comments

Interview with Pat Hensley, university instructor in South Carolina, USA

This interview can be listened to by clicking on number 1 on the 'music' playlist in the top left corner of the main edonis project page. Pat is an adjunct instructor on the university level and a retired teacher of children with special needs. During this edonis interview, Pat talks about her:

* Background in education

* experiences of ICT-related training and professional development as a student teacher, during INSET, and as part of CPD

* thoughts on web… Continue

Added by David Noble on July 11, 2009 at 9:11 — No Comments