Category: tech

25/10/2016

Blackboards, school buses, Nissen huts, and the pencil (via John Naughton, with original link here). Sadly, you have to invest…

24/10/2016

'People pay a lot for a great education now, but you can become expert level on most things by looking…

23/10/2016

Attention: Some slipping of the causal nexus is evident. An article in the Economist reviewing, or at least discussing, a couple of…

19/10/2016

First of all a link to an interview with Joe Ito and Barack Obama. The latter you may have heard…

17/10/2016

"In the early 1800s, slate blackboards represented change. For centuries, students had used handheld tablets of wood or slate. Teachers…

02/10/2016

Interesting post from Tony Bates on the history of distance learning, and the University of London External Programme, which started…

18/09/2016

"Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the defenses of the companies that run critical pieces of…

26/06/2016

“I actually believe that we need domain specific online learning environments that cater to the pedagogies appropriate to different disciplines.” Mark…

19/05/2016

This comment (and phrase) from Bruce Schneier struck a chord with me. NYU professor Helen Nissenbaum gave an excellent lecture at Brown University last…

18/05/2016

'The rising prices of textbooks appears to be reaching a tipping point, the professor adds. The latest US Census Bureau…