What Comes Next?
The Channel 4 Education Summer conference gathered together an eclectic mix of digital media and education professionals to consider how the UK Education system “struggles to respond to ever increasing demands, new policy initiatives, new demands from parents and students, and all the innovations in pedagogy, technology and neuroscience.”
This was a timely [...]

Bloom in the House of Commons
Whilst most of the gossip in the bars and tea rooms was about who would be the new speaker, mobile learning was getting some exposure in dining room B as Roberta Blackman-Woods MP hosted a launch of the “bite sized learning opportunities on mobile devices” (BLOOM geddit?) project.
The partners in [...]

Some recent research commissioned by Channel 4 provides an interesting insight into young people and their attitudes towards and use of technology.
Some top-line stats may surprise you about the average 12-24 year old (or not, if you are one):
They personally own 8 devices (including MP3 player, PC, TV, DVD player, mobile phone, stereo, games console, [...]

“Learners expectations rising” says Committee of Inquiry in Higher Education
Pupils expectations of how they will learn using digital technologies are putting additional pressure on Colleges and Universities so that they can keep up with the “Google Generation” according to a report launched this week by Professor David Melville,Chair of the Committee of Inquiry into [...]