Just in case you’re not a subscriber already, I recommend Seb Schmoller’s Fortnightly Mailing list, which brings together a range of current developments in education - and mainly elearning.
I first got to know Seb when he approached me for some of my research on WOLF (Wolverhampton’s VLE, developed over 10 years ago, for which I was the pedagogical researcher) in the search for prior art relevant to Blackboard’s VLE patent. I don’t think they ever used the research, but it’s good to see that the challenge to the patent seems to be progressing
http://www.desire2learn.com/patent/ReExam/D2LComments/Comments%20in%20response%20to%20Bb%20%28PTO%29.pdf
There’s also a link to a new publication from BECTA about “next generation learners” which are the students we’ll be teaching in just a few years from now. Worth a look therefore. I’m with the people who resist the idea of next generation learners, though, where that means there are digital immigrants and digital natives - that whole Prensky thing that technology is creating different forms of learners. If you look at what things like the BECTA report reports students saying - it’s no different from what I would have needed when I was a student in the 1980s - it’s just that with technology we have a better chance of meeting those needs. Anyway - here’s the link to the report.
http://publications.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=37348
Anyone who’s into education (there’s probably a few out there) need to watch this:
http://umanitoba.ca/ist/production/streaming/podcast_wesch.html
This is a keynote (lecture!) by the guy who did that video of students holding up signs in a lecture room. This really shows why we need technology to improve what we do.
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