#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
#freepalestine #endtheoccupation
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 27 August 2009 Two “events” have crossed my radar in the last week that have made me think about educators’ responsibilities for enabling a good-enough socialisation of students as they enter higher education. This…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 2 September 2009 I recently commented on the work of the 52 Group on post-digital futures. They argued that “We are moving towards a postdigital age where the tools driven by the microprocessor are…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 9 September 2009 ALT-C 2009 is billed as “in dreams begins responsibility”. The first day got me thinking about responsibility linked to rights and roles within a shared value system. This was amplified by…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 11 September 2009 I had a great conversation with a friend this morning about the JISC Greening ICT programme. I was asking him how he got interested in this whole area of work –…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 8 October 2009 The level 1 History module, “Presenting and re-presenting the past” is viewed as a shared project between staff and students. The intention is that students and staff will engage as colleagues…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 16 October 2009 I heard the excellent and inspiring Keri Facer at a JISC Curriculum Design and Delivery Programme event on Wednesday. There were three areas that made me sit up and think. The…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 4 November 2009 Having just listened to David Lammy’s interview about the new HE Framework, Higher Ambitions, set out by Lord Mandelson yesterday I’m left wondering how I feel, given that I work in…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 25 November 2009 Preamble: energy and education Joss Winn at the University of Lincoln recently blogged on What will Higher Education look like in a 2050 -80% +2c 450ppm world? In this post he…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 8 December 2009 Preamble In his recent blog posting on Oil and the story of energy, Joss Winn highlighted the work of David Mackay and his Five Energy Plans for Britain. Joss argued that…
*Originally posted at Learning Exchanges on 28 February 2010 Whiggish stories In the Whig Interpretation of History, Herbert Butterfield railed against the congratulatory nature of that strand of British History which prioritised narratives and analyses of human progress. In particular,…