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The problem with “Technology Enhanced Learning”
Now that the use of the term “ICT” is coming under increasing scrutiny in the schools sector, many are making more use of the term “TEL” But “TEL” has similar flaws to “ICT”, as was brought home to me...
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MOOCs and other ed-tech bubbles
Why most of what currently excites the ed-tech world is hot air: MOOCs, Learning Analytics and Open Education Resources, amongst other fads. I already know what my new year’s resolution will be. As...
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Education’s coming revolution
The requirement for education technology rests, not on spurious arguments about “21st century skills”, but on a long-standing need to find a way of teaching traditional skills systematically and at...
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In the beginning was the conversation
The most fundamental of all pedagogical patterns is the conversation—and it is this paradigm that needs to inform the implementation of education technology. Grab a cup of coffee and get comfortable!...
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Good lord! Where’s the digital literacy?
The most recent draft of the Computing Curriculum for England and Wales has majored on Computer Science at the expense of Digital Literacy. Before we can discover where the latter has gone, we will...
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The iTunes model in education
Developing a marketplace for micro educational software and content In response to my post MOOCs and other ed-tech bubbles (which listed OER as one of three significant “bubbles”), Daniel Clark...
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Public sector productivity in education
A copy of my response to the public consultation by Policy Exchange on digital government The think tank Policy Exchange has been running an online consultation on digital government (closing at...
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Computing in the National Curriculum
My response to the Department for Education’s consultation on the draft National Curriculum Following my previous posts on the review of the National Curriculum (Digital literacy and the new ICT...
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Round-table with Ian Livingstone at Computing magazine
Why I disagree with Ian Livingstone (and why we should continue the discussion) Last month I participated in a videoed round-table at Computing magazine’s offices in Soho, chaired by Peter Gothard. The...
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Five principles of pedagogy
People talk a lot about “pedagogy”—but what do they actually mean? In this post, I suggest five principles that might help clarify matters. I have been meaning to write this post for a while, as a...
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Why teachers don’t (necessarily) know best
It is not surprising that teachers get impatient when others tell them how to do their job: “we are the experts”, they complain, “not you”. What should surprise the rest of us is how wrong they are:...
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Its the technology, stupid!
The consensus is that we should not mind the technology but that we should focus instead on the learning. The consensus is wrong. This is the transcript of a presentation I gave at the EdExec...
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Unlocking pedagogical innovation
Just as Gutenberg’s printing press provided the means by which the intellectual culture of Europe was transformed, so ed-tech will provide the means to transform our understanding of pedagogy. This...
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Private intuition: public expertise
As well as debunking numerous teaching myths, Tom Bennett’s book Teacher Proof reasserts the common view that teaching is a sort of private craft. I disagree. I was not able to attend ResearchEd2013...
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What ETAG should say
The Education Technology Action Group, set up by the DfE and BIS and announced by Matt Hancock at BETT, has made a shaky start. This is what I think they should end up saying to Ministers. In my post...
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Rescue ETAG—say no to FELTAG
The DfE should reject the FELTAG recommendations in order to ensure that all the same mistakes are not repeated by ETAG At the same time as the Further Education Learning Technology Action Group...
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Is Greenfield an alarmist?
The ed-tech community should listen carefully to concerns being raised about the effect on our children's development of excessive time spent online. Continue reading →
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How edtech will revolutionize research
Why the only realistic way of improving the quality of educational research (and of education itself) is by the intelligent application of education technology I gave this talk at Research Ed 2015 on 5...
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A troubled relationship
For those of us who gather round the office coffee machine, the relationship between government Ministers and education technology is matter of intense interest. Is it really love – or just an awkward...
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Education as an intrinsic good
Why many academics think that education is an intrinsic good and why they are wrong. Continue reading →
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