Archive for November, 2007

5 November 2007

moblearn: the mobile generation is learning …

Moblearn is a blog about mobile learning from Geoff Stead of Tribal CTAD who has been working in the area for a number of years. Worth keeping an eye on. There’s also an interview with him about an early m-learning project on the Ferl website.

2 November 2007

The schome website

Schome (not school — not home — schome) is a project which is exploring the use of virtual worlds to support learning amongst teenagers.

The main focus of work on schome is currently on the use of Teen Second Life to give people ‘a lived experience’ of radically different models of education.

You can also read about [...]

2 November 2007

Learning & Teaching in SL | Education UK - An island in Second Life to support learning & teaching

A brief article outling some of the potential benefits (and drawbacks) of Learning & Teaching in Second Life.

2 November 2007

BBC NEWS | Education | Brown backs ‘personal’ learning

In Brown backs ‘personal’ learning the BBC reports a speech by Gordon Brown to the Labour Party annual conference in which he backs increased provision of ‘personal’ learning within schools. Learning personal to each pupil — educational available to all, not one —size fits all, but responding to individual needs.