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Learning, education outcomes and socioeconomic class
We have long known that educational outcomes are heavily influenced by social class. But little has been done to try to understand how social class affects learning. In that respect ... -
Back to school
It's the last day of the summer holidays. On Sunday I am traveling to Hamburg for the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER). I am not a great fan of ... -
Learning Analytics and AI for Future-Focused Learning
I’ve tended to be skeptical about Learning Analytics, seeing it of limited relevance to pedagogy and more concerned with managing learners (reducing dropouts) than having anything to say about learning. ... -
Finding strategies to promote digital competences of teachers and trainers - Part One: The Four-Step ...
In my recent posts I have reported of my fieldwork for our EU-funded TACCLE4-CPD project. The aim of this project is to develop training models and pedagogic approaches to promote ... -
Student Experience Roadmap - what it means for teacher development
Earlier this week the UK Jisc launched the Jisc NUS roadmap (pdf) designed to support students, course representatives, and union and guild representatives to work with their institution on improving student ... -
Trainers' views on introducing digital tools to vocational learning - Part One: Trainers' reflections on ...
During the last few weeks I have been doing interviews with vocational teachers, trainers and supporting researchers or consultants for the TACCLE4-CPD project. In this project we focus on continuing ... -
Field visit in the region with a group from Namibia - Part One: Fresh impressions ...
This week our institute - Institut Technik & Bildung (ITB) of the University of Bremen - has hosted a study visit of a prominent delegation from Namibia. This study visit ... -
Empower to Shape Change: Learning and Identities in the Changing World of Work
As regular readers of this blog will know, Pontydysgu were members of a consortium in a project called EmployID, funded by the European Commission. The project focused on changing work ... -
Resistance decreases over time
Interesting research on student centered learning and student buy in, as picked up by an article in Inside Higher Ed. A new study published in PLOS ONE, called “Knowing Is ... -
Technology and pedagogic models for training teachers in developing countries
My new year intentions to post more regularly here got disrupted quickly by a bad cold and a week of travel. But I'm back in the saddle. There are two ...
