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Nigel Robertson

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    "The Higher Education Academy published the book Transforming Higher Education Through Technology Enhanced Learning in December 2009. Although the book has its genesis in the e-learning Benchmarking & Pathfinder Programme led by the Higher Education Academy from 2005-2008 readers will find that the book contains a thought-provoking edited collection which offers far more than a straightforward account of outcomes of one national programme; you will find that it is both broad in scope and reflective in tone"
Nigel Robertson

The Wrath Against Khan: Why Some Educators Are Questioning Khan Academy | Hack Education - 1 views

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    Interesting post and some great comments on the role of the Khan Academy in education and whether it pedagogically sound.
Nigel Robertson

Why Khan Academy Is The Wrong Answer « Looking Up - 0 views

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    Don't focus on content delivery, focus on quality interaction, AKA solve the correct problem.
Nigel Robertson

Free schools and academies must promote marriage - Telegraph - 0 views

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    Education and the role of funding. Schools being forced to teach value in marriage by private and 'free' funding.
Nigel Robertson

Open educational resources: an introduction for managers and policymakers : JISC - 1 views

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    A briefing paper by The Higher Education Academy and JISC highlighting the benefits to UK universities and colleges of creating, sharing and using open educational resources (OER). 
Nigel Robertson

Welcome to The Open Academy | The Open Academy - 0 views

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    Collections of online courses and lecture videos.
Nigel Robertson

A vision for the future: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness o... - 1 views

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    Tony Bates talks about problems that unis have and where technology can help / change.
Nigel Robertson

Barriers to change: Using technology to improve the cost-effectiveness of the... - 0 views

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    3rd part of Barriers to Change by Tony Bates
Nigel Robertson

Free for All: National Academies Press Puts All 4,000 Books Online at No Charge - Wired... - 0 views

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    Expensive chemistry books (and others!) now free online by a pioneer of open content.
Nigel Robertson

The Flipped Classroom Model: A Full Picture « User Generated Education - 0 views

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    Critique of the Khan Academy model inasmuch as who has told the teachers what to do with the freed up class time?
Nigel Robertson

Social Media's Slow Slog Into the Ivory Towers of Academia - Josh Sternberg - Technolog... - 0 views

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    Atlantic article on SM in HE. Some good stuff about attitudes and the failure of the academy to maintain pedagogical control. Examples tho' seem to come from courses teaching 'about' SM, not 'through' SM.
Stephen Bright

The (Coming) Social Media Revolution in the Academy - Daniels and Feagin - Fast Capital... - 0 views

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    Article proposing that a revolution is coming to academia because of social media and web technologies. Possibly a rather optimistic view given the attitudes of some academics and institutions...
Nigel Robertson

Higher Education Academy EvidenceNet / First Year Student Experience Wales - 0 views

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    The First Year Experience (FYE) wiki developed in Wales with collections of case studies on FYE initiatives.
Stephen Harlow

Hacking the Academy - 1 views

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    "Can an algorithm edit a journal? Can a library exist without books? Can students build and manage their own learning management platforms? Can a conference be held without a program? Can Twitter replace a scholarly society?"
Tracey Morgan

Digital literacies in the disciplines (DLD) | The Higher Education Academy - 0 views

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    "The project funds student partnerships in various disciplines to develop online learning resources using specialist software. This complements our partnership with Jisc on their Developing digital literacies project which aims to give students digital skills by encouraging HE curriculums to include digital elements."
Nigel Robertson

Engagement through partnership: students as partners in learning and teaching in higher... - 0 views

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    New publication from the UK HEA on student - teacher partnerships for learning & teaching.
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