Having read around I like the people everyone likes - Schon, Moon, Gibbs - however this little blog post and recording by Jenny Mackness has helped put it into practical terms and I can now see a glimpse of what Neal has " been on about"!

I have been told twice, very recently, and quite often in the past - that I am a glass half empty person. In other words I am a pessimist and the implication is that this is not good. Good would be...

Data & Society is an NYC-based think/do tank focused on social, cultural, and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development. I have subscribed tot he newsletter - and its cool!

Data & Society Research Institute

LEaD this year are developing and sharing expertise around inclusive learning - I wonder if Wolverhampton would come and do a piece at our conference learning@city in June? This project will deliver a new module around the idea of inclusive teaching that will be available for the professional development of teaching and support staff.

This project will deliver a new module around the idea of inclusive teaching that will be available for the professional development of teaching and support staff.

Eric in action at ALT C 2012 - he is very watchable, talking about how he makes large lectures very active and why its worth the effort.

Cutting Edge classroom response - in teaching Physics - a new paper by Eric Mazur

Flipped learning - a staff development session plan from another university

This guide describes the standards that designers must achieve when designing a learning object for the NLN. Worth a glance - as pedagogy certainly comes first.

The Effective Practice Resource Exchange supports users of the Effective Practice in a Digital Age publication by providing a supplementary suite of online recourses that can be updated and added to over time. These resources explore through different themes and viewpoints the elements that underpin effective designing for learning.

This study produced a number of papers, of which the most widely referenced in Mayes and de Freitas' study of relevant theories, frameworks and models. This concluded that existing models can be broadly classified as associative, constructive, or situative; that underlying principles of learning remain much the same regardless of the technologies incorporated into the learning situation; but that cosideration of the technologies available for use is now an essential aspect of educational planning, and constructively aligning the learning situation with the desired outcomes.

This report has been developed as part of our research project Flexible Pedagogies: preparing for the future. Technology-enhanced learning is one of five main focus strands embedded within the theme of flexible learning. It offers a summary and analysis of the current state of play, as well as recommendations for developing robust and appropriate flexible pedagogies with a view to influencing policy, future thinking and change within the rapidly-shifting landscape of learning and teaching in HE.

The Shallows: How the Internet is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember: Amazon.co.uk: Nicholas Carr: Books

This is the man to know about for educational video - copies of his book are in the City library

this site suggests a way to arrange the top ten educational uses of video