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Explainer: how online is making learning more accessible

Access and inclusion in education is key for those providing digital learning. Here, FutureLearn’s Isabel Drury, Partnership Manager, explains the reasons why it should be a core attribute and some of the ways they are responding to needs. What is digital accessibility? People with sensory, physical and cognitive impairments face significant barriers when they use […]

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Five things teachers and students need to know about online learning

A recently published book, Creativity and Critique in Online Learning , edited by Jacqueline Baxter, George Callaghan and Jean McAvoy from the Open University, throws up some key things to consider if you are teaching or studying online. 1) Online forums Don’t assume that just because only certain people contribute to online forums, that they […]

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Ethics in Artificial Intelligence in education: Who Cares?

The OU’s Dr Wayne Holmes, a lecturer in Learning, Science and Innovation in the Institute of Educational Technology, discusses its impact and why ethics is crucial to the adoption of AI in education. Whether students and academics welcome it or not, Artificial Intelligence is increasingly being deployed in universities around the world, and will significantly […]

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Supporting your child online – pointers for parents

Professor of Education (Futures) for the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, and Language Studies (WELS), Peter Twining, explores about the benefits of the internet and the way parents can support young people to be safe online. It is clear from talking with parents that they are often torn between a recognition of digital technology’s importance in […]

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6 tips for teachers on using mobile phones in classrooms

Professor of Education (Futures) for the Faculty of Wellbeing, Education, and Language Studies (WELS), Peter Twining, provides his six tips for teachers on using mobile phones in classrooms. In a previous article, I argued that teachers should actively encourage the use of mobile phones in schools. This is not a trivial task. My research on […]

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5 reasons why mobile phones should not be banned in schools

There is a lot of hype around the issues of mobile phones in schools. Culture Secretary, Matt Hancock, admires headteachers who ban the use of mobile phones and the Chief Ofsted Inspector is reported as thinking that the place of mobile phones in classrooms is dubious at best. Professor of Education (Futures) for the Faculty […]

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Critical digital literacy is vital for education today

Critical digital literacy is vital for education today

By Philip Seargeant and Caroline Tagg, Open University Applied Linguistics and Literacies (ALL) Research Group In the ‘fake news’ era, critical literacies education is vitally important, and the Open University is leading the way in developing learning initiatives to help students and the population at large. How do we know if what we read in […]

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5 reasons why robots can’t replace teachers

The world seems to be at your fingertips every second of the day. If you want to know something then you just look it up on the internet. We can find out facts about anything and everything instantly. So why do we still need teachers? We put the question to some of the team behind […]

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Trump and Putin: why interpreters should never be called to testify

Interpreters play a crucial role in high-level multilingual meetings. Donald Trump’s recent summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin took a rather unexpected turn for the US president, resulting in much controversy over what was said during it. And now his interpreter has been caught up as well. Trump’s meeting with Putin has created much turmoil […]

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The need to transform education is huge; online is an essential part of the solution

Education – we value it as a measure of achievement and success. It encourages social mobility and provides us with the skills to develop, both personally and professionally. But is our education system outdated? CEO of the online social learning platform, FutureLearn, Simon Nelson, explores the power of online learning in transforming education. Online learning […]

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