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Three things today’s teachers need to consider for tomorrow’s students
It’s argued in increasing measure that teachers have low job satisfaction; but one antidote to this could be asking educators to re-imagine their role and think about their own vision for education in the future. Today’s teachers face many challenges inside and outside the classroom, but there are also larger global changes approaching which those […]
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Free OU course for teacher educators in Africa wins international award for digital innovation
A free four-week online course designed by Open University education academics and presented on FutureLearn, has won a ‘Digital Innovation of the Year’ award at the prestigious PIEoneer Awards 2018. The MOOC (Massive, Online, Open Course), Making Teacher Education Relevant for 21st Century Africa, was selected as the winner by the judges in the Digital […]
“Schools must harness cutting edge technology to engage and inspire the next generation”
An article by Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Computing at The Open University (OU), Shailey Minocha. Mobile technologies and apps have become integral to our lives and have potential to play a role in education. Without embracing these technologies in learning and teaching, we will be doing the next generation and future workforce a […]
Could being born to an obese mother increase your risk of Alzheimer’s Disease?
Figures suggest that 1 in 3 of those born* each year in the UK will develop Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) in their lifetime. The root causes of AD are not fully understood, however, scientists at The Open University (OU) are researching the link between this degenerative disease and those born to obese mothers. Senior Lecturer in […]
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Lady Gaga’s Twitter blunder and why speculating about suicide after a celebrity death is problematic
Lady Gaga’s apology “if I spoke too soon” about the tragic passing of Rick Genest – a Canadian artist, actor, and fashion model, also known as Zombie Boy – highlights how difficult it can be to talk about sudden and unexpected deaths. The superstar who has 76m Twitter followers, retracted tweets that referred to Genest’s […]
Back to the future: revisiting our education predictions
In 2009, in celebration of the Open University’s 40th Anniversary, we spoke to academics across the University to predict what the future would look like in their areas of study. Now, as we approach the OU’s 50th Anniversary, we asked the same academics to revisit their predictions, reflect on their accuracy, and reset them for the […]
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John Domingue – The Future of Education
Professor John Domingue, Director of the OU’s Knowledge Media Institute, discusses developments in technology which he sees impacting on education in the long and short term as part of our ‘future of education’ campaign. He also talks about what the OU is doing in terms of its research into new technology, as well as some exciting […]
Fake news and the need for ‘social’ digital literacy
The phrase ‘fake news’ has been popularised in recent years as a result of changes in the political landscape, both in the UK and the USA. Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics, Caroline Tagg, and Senior Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics, Philip Seargeant, reflect on the conclusions of the recently published interim report […]
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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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