Educational policy and practice: how ‘evidence-based’ can or should it be?
‘On the research side, evidence-based education seems to favour a technocratic model in which it is assumed that the only relevant research questions are questions about the effectiveness of educational means and techniques, forgetting, among other things, that what counts as ‘‘effective’’ crucially depends on judgements about what is educationally desirable. On the practice side, […]
Tackling complex issues with LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY®
I suspect we’ve all come across LEGO at some point in our lives: either through fond memories of childhood building, or slightly more painful memories as parents stepping on stray bricks. But have we ever seen it as a complex problem solving tool? LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® (LSP) is a professional-oriented application of the colourful bricks, that has been […]
PowerPoint doesn’t kill presentations – people do
Bent Meier Sørensen, a Professor in the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, Copenhagen University wrote an impressive article in The Independent last week about using PowerPoint (and social media) in teaching. It was impressive in that it could have been a killer parody of techno-phobia and -determinism, written by someone who actually knows what they’re […]
A graduate’s perspective on innovations in learning and teaching
I am a recent Chemistry graduate from the University of Leicester, and I am currently working as an intern at the Leicester Learning Institute. During my first week at the LLI, I was tasked with getting to know everyone at the LLI by having an informal chat around the topic of innovation in learning […]
Reflections on the ALT conference 2016
In September Alex Moseley, Matt Mobbs, Stephen Walker and myself attended the ALT (Association for Learning Technology) Conference at the University of Warwick. This annual conference provides an opportunity to share learning technology research, practice and policy work from across sectors. The theme this year was Connect, Collaborate, Create – the full programme is on […]
Learning lunch topic: social equity and digital footprints
The LLI were very fortunate to have Dr Rachel Buchanan from the University of Newcastle, Australia hosting its recent Learning Lunch on the topic of social justice, learning technology and digital footprints. Dr Buchanan and colleagues have been conducting research regarding equity issues and digitals footprints as, in Rachel’s words, ‘students from higher SES […]
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