The first thing that struck me when doing the research for this article is how often the terms “blended learning” and “hybrid learning” seem to be used to mean whatever the writer wants them to mean.
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Photo by Alexandru-Bogdan Ghita on Unsplash
Not another national strategy (thank goodness)
For years it’s been the case, or at least seems to be the case, that satisfying Ofsted inspectors who may not know anything about ICT or Computing is a safer bet than trying to be innovative.
Read MoreThumbnail sketch: Online learning for dummies
This book addresses online learning from the point of view of the learner, rather than the teacher or the institution
Read More4 ways to enhance your free offer to schools
Unfortunately, having a plethora of free services and products can cause a few headaches for schools in the longer term.
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Zoom meeting, by Terry Freedman
Working with schools during lockdown: 7 activities that work
A lot of edtech businesses and other organisations provide resources, and some provide lesson plans. Unfortunately, the resources on their own can become just one more free resource, and the lesson plans are often useless.
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Rules, by Terry Freedman. I thought this sign is a reasonable analogy to the likely rules in a post-lockdown world.
Writing during Covid
Do you read people’s writings about covid? I don’t, if I can help it.
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Zoom meeting, by Terry Freedman
Remote teaching during a pandemic
Lau provides a useful article that contains much information, based on research, that not everyone will have been aware of.
Read MoreReflections on Technology in Schools in the time of Covid: Part 2
The potential for the education of blockchain technology is huge. It’s largely associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but it has far wider implications.
Read MoreTech training then and now: spot the difference
It would be great if the DfE could organise laptop schemes that work properly, and identify the schools and teachers who have managed to achieve great things in online learning and disseminate information about how they did it.
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Reflecting, by Elaine Freedman
Reflections on Technology in Schools in the time of Covid: Part 1
A major thing that the Covid-19 pandemic has done is to give us all a huge kick up the backside. We’ve had the technology to enable working from home for years, but there was not much incentive to implement it very widely. It’s a testament to the commitment and flexibility of companies and educational institutions that the educational system didn’t simply collapse.
Read MoreExams and Covid-19: a solution
Now that we must do all we can to save our students from having to ever face up to the cruel vicissitudes of life, or at least to put off the evil day for as long as possible, several suggestions have been made.
Read MoreWe will remember
Good customer service is more important than ever now.
Read MoreKeeping your "customers" happy during Covid-19
Just to be clear, I’m not referring to “customers” just in the traditional sense of the term.
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World Teachers' Day
What’s the focus of World Teachers’ Day — and week — this year?
Read MoreChairing discussions online
Is it rude to not respond to people in an online discussion?
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Footprints -- Covid19, by Terry Freedman
Teachers' experiences in the time of Covid
What has been the experience of teachers during this pandemic? An interim report will be discussed in a couple of virtual symposia.
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A sign of the times. Footprints, by Terry Freedman
Articles relating to Covid-19
Here’s a list of the articles I’ve written so far relating to Covid-19 and ed tech.
Read MoreReasons to have an e-learning committee in a school
In my past roles as ICT Co-ordinator or e-learning co-ordinator, I have formed and chaired an ICT or e-learning committee. What are the benefits of having such a body, and does Covid-19 change anything?
Read MoreHow long should kids spend in online lessons?
How sensible — or effective — is it to have kids sitting at a computer all day long?
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Hands off! by Terry Freedman
What next for UK Copyright?
Covid-19. EU Copyright Directive. How will copyright owners be affected by these and other issues? This conference should be useful.
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