Term 1 one of the new academic year has come to a close – teachers and students alike are enjoying well earned holidays. In January, 2009, Becta produced Harnessing Technology for Next Generation Learning – Becta at work – A progress report 2008. It would be reasonable to expect that progress had been made on [...]
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A very interesting study of online learning draws conclusions from a whole range of research undertaken over a period of time in the US. It’s easy to say that because it’s a US study then it is not relevant to UK education but consider this – the use of online learning in schools is increasing [...] For many schools, the achievement of the ICT Mark is a demonstration to their wider communties that the school has achieved an excellence in how they use ICT to support their students’ learning. It is not achieved by ‘ticking a few boxes’ but is easily obtained by those schools that demonstrate how fundamentally ICT is absorbed [...] In a research report “The impact of e-portfolios on learning” published by Becta and dated June 2007, some significant benefits were identified. One finding was that e-portfolios benefit learning most effectively when considered as part of a joined-up teaching and learning approach, rather than as a discrete entity. In many schools this idea that an e-portfolio [...] One of the biggest blocks to engaging with a learning platform is the perception that it is too time-consuming to learn how to use a learning platform effectively but that could not be further from the reality that a learning platform helps teachers work ’smarter, not harder’ and learners to learn. How can you overcome that [...] |
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