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Productivity, innovation, learning and 'Place'
The UK Centre for Cities has been undertaking a lot of interesting research on the future of cities. In a recent article on their website, they look at 'why place ... -
Is this the right way to use machine learning in education?
An article 'Predicting Employment through Machine Learning' by Linsey S. Hugo on the National Association of Colleges and Employers web site,confirms some of my worries about the use of machine ... -
Reading on screen and on paper
Do you read books and papers on screen or do you prefer paper. I am conflicted. I used to have an old Kindle but gave it up because I am ... -
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 ... -
Privacy online: a toolkit for childre
The London School of Economics has published an online toolkit to promote children’s understanding of the digital environment and support them to make good decisions about privacy online. They say ... -
Travel to university time a factor in student performance
My summer morning's work is settling into a routine. First I spend about half an hour learning Spanish on DuoLingo. Then I read the morning newsletters - OLDaily, WONKHE, The ... -
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. ... -
Circular Economy and Lifelong Learning: Scenarios - Methodologies - In action
The momentum for the circular economy has never been stronger. Global issues, such as climate change and natural resource consumption levels, urgently require a change in our lifestyles and a ... -
Yo quiero estudiar espanol
Last year my new year resolution was to learn Spanish. It didn’t work out. I signed up for 10 private lessons in a local language school, doing one or two ...