Mentoring with E-Learning (Q/A)
A lot of people think coaching is the same as mentoring, and that by having coaching in their learning system or buying a coaching platform will suffice for their employees. What if though, they are missing the bigger picture? What if they are unaware that they are two different modalities, with one truly empowering employee…
EdTech and Skills
I’ve heard from a couple of vendors who play in the EdTech market (defined as K-12 and higher education), that believe skills, specifically skills capabilities can be successful at the higher education sector. It’s a novel approach, actually interesting, in one way, but it comes with assumptions, and if anyone who has studied the EdTech…
Open Source LMSs Facts and Insight
One of the areas that always gain interest and usage are open source systems, that is to say, free open source code (some are not), to which any organization, company, educational setting, government and so forth can build their own system (often noted as home-grown) and do what they wish with it. The usual arguments…
Online Learning Works – So Why are Schools Failing at it?
If you believe what many school districts, governmental officials, and even some folks in the media, the whole idea around online learning, as a result of the closing of schools, is not only a fiasco, but something so new that it has sped up its usage by 15 years. Anyone who has been involved with…
The future for education technology in schools: reflections on the Westminster Education Forum policy conference
Author: Isabel Drury, Partnership ManagerAccording to UNESCO, more than 1.5 billion students and 63 million primary and secondary teachers have been affected by the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Meanwhile in the UK, the Office for the Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecast that the education sector would be the hardest hit sector by the…
January’s industry round-up
The Report: higher education ‘on-demand’Ed Technology, 29 January This opinion piece argues that traditional modes of teaching are fast becoming outdated, and if university evolved into an on-demand service, like Netflix, it would promote an education that truly knows no borders. This claim is backed up by statistics from the Unite Students Insight Report 2019,…
Musings from BETT 2020: what’s in it for the higher education sector?
Author: Tom Rees-Davies, Educational Partnerships at FutureLearnWhat do robotic puppies, a double decker bus, and renowned Ted Talker Sugata Mitra all have in common? In the absence of an actual punchline, you may be unsurprised to hear that they were all star attractions at the recent BETT 2020 exhibition (‘star’ doing a lot of work on…
OEB Global 2019: Should skills and lifelong learning be top priorities for universities?
Author: Tom Rees-Davies, Educational Partnerships at FutureLearnIt’s not every conference that begins with a Keynote on Agitprop in the world of EdTech, but that is exactly the way OEB Global 2019 was opened, by Audrey Watters who’s claim that she was going to “kick the hornets’ nest” was right on the mark. This set the…
Embrace Training in ED and HigherEd
I’m sure it happens to you. There you are at work, when you ask yourself, how would Plato handle it? What would Peter the Great do in this situation with your missing lunch, that was there just an hour ago waving at you in the fridge? Perhaps in the next few weeks you will visit…
Quarter 1 Funding For E-Learning 2019
If you have been Rip Van Winkle then you are unlikely to be aware of that enormous amount of funds that have been raised in 2018 and early 2019. The numbers can be and are quite staggering. Most folks would assume that every vendor (in order to do X) are seeking funding, but that just…
