Since the pandemic started I’ve written several articles dealing with ed tech and Covid-19. Here is a list of the ones published so far.
Do keep checking to see when new ones are published.
A special edition of the Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology focuses on the impact of Covid19 on education systems.
The London Book Fair people are once more putting on the What Works conference on 9th June 2021. The programme looks really interesting.
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.
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.
This book addresses online learning from the point of view of the learner, rather than the teacher or the institution
It’s astonishing to realise that a year ago today I wrote about education technology in the context of dealing with the educational fallout from Covid19.
Unfortunately, having a plethora of free services and products can cause a few headaches for schools in the longer term.
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.
Lau provides a useful article that contains much information, based on research, that not everyone will have been aware of.
Not like the DfE to make announcements before 5pm on the last day of term.
The potential for the education of blockchain technology is huge. It’s largely associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but it has far wider implications.
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.
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.
Just to be clear, I’m not referring to “customers” just in the traditional sense of the term.
What has been the experience of teachers during this pandemic? An interim report will be discussed in a couple of virtual symposia.
Here’s a list of the articles I’ve written so far relating to Covid-19 and ed tech.
How sensible — or effective — is it to have kids sitting at a computer all day long?
Covid-19. EU Copyright Directive. How will copyright owners be affected by these and other issues? This conference should be useful.
Google Meet has nowhere near the range and sophistication of the features of other online learning applications, such as Zoom. So why would anyone want to use it?
Some handy hints about Google Classroom.
Here are 9.5 useful features of Zoom. Why such an odd number? Read on and find out.
The Department for Education has announced funding to help pupils catch up over the summer break. Here are some links and commentary.
Although visiting schools is unlikely to be possible in the foreseeable future (even if schools were to reopen completely), you can still help them out. Here are 7 ways you might do so.
When lots of companies are giving stuff away, what can you do to make yours stand out?
If you head up a department in a school, or hold a similar post, here are some examples of how not to manage people.
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?