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Webucation: October 2007

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Leading Academics discuss education. Posted by Dave Thomson at 20:10. Came together to speak to around sixty teenagers at Worcester Rugby Club. In the UK on various aspects of Information and Communications Technology. His research explores the possibilities arising from linking humans with machines. In more recent famous experiments. Both Kevin and Graham are passionate about what they do and are also passionate about education and how the current sys...

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Webucation: Open Source - Why not!

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Open Source - Why not! Posted by Dave Thomson at 12:52. I have had a lot of discussions with schools in my area over the years about the use of Open Source software (OSS) knowing that the range of software tools available continues to grow as communities of developers build and share their work. There have also been a number of reports generated by various education organisations and governments seeking to explore the use of Open Source Software for Ed...

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Webucation: March 2009

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Posted by Dave Thomson at 23:10. Professor Sugata Mitra is an advocate of allowing children to use their innate abilities to learn through the use of technology and learning in groups. He is currently Professor of Educational Technology at the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, UK. What this might say about the education of children in developed countries is both interesting and challenging as Professor Mi...

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Webucation: February 2008

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Design Ideas and Key Requirements. Posted by Dave Thomson at 23:05. There are loads of examples of innovative design on web site, in magazines and presentations - how did those come into being? In the majority of cases where good design can be identified the designers and architects have spent time working with the owners or users of a building to convert their vision into reality. The fact that so many kids are not turned on to schools would suggest t...

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Webucation: May 2008

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. The Library of the Future. Posted by Dave Thomson at 22:34. Libraries have been important places for the sharing of text based materials for centuries. There are many famous libraries across the world holding some of the most amazing resources. Trouble is that many of these resources were only available to researchers or academics until the arrival of digital technologies. So are libraries of the future only places where the balance between the non-fic...

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Webucation: November Revisted -

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Posted by Dave Thomson at 00:00. Many years ago now I was fortunate to visit the Alan November conference in Boston and enjoyed a few days with like minded people who thought there was something still not quite right about the education systems on most Western Countries. It may well be that this view is more widely spread but those at the conference were predominantly from the USA, Europe and other western democracies. School of the future. Its probabl...

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Webucation: April 2009

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Transformation in a Fixed World. Posted by Dave Thomson at 08:39. If you spend any time trying to find a definition of 'Transformation' as it applies to education then you won't find anything definitive. there are lots of people and organisations that state they are engaged in transformational change but very little to describe what that fundamentally means. Let us look at what we know:. The curriculum in many schools remains as it was ten or more year...

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Webucation: December 2014

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. Posted by Dave Thomson at 00:00. Many years ago now I was fortunate to visit the Alan November conference in Boston and enjoyed a few days with like minded people who thought there was something still not quite right about the education systems on most Western Countries. It may well be that this view is more widely spread but those at the conference were predominantly from the USA, Europe and other western democracies. School of the future.

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Webucation: November 2007

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Building Learning Communities through collaboration. 21st Century Skills and Competencies. Posted by Dave Thomson at 10:01. Research team have come up with an analysis of what is needed to re-balance. The UK schools curriculum into one which is better suited to the needs of the 21st Century and better meets the needs of young people. The report can be accessed here. The fundamental questions the research explored were; What skills and competencies do young people need to service. This term is said by som...