July 2013

The New Pedagogy: Students and Teachers as Learning Partners

LEARNing Landscapes <www.learninglandscapes.ca> has just published their twelfth issue entitled, “Teaching and Learning in the Digital World: Possibilities and Challenges.” There are several good articles in the publication from a diverse group of educators. The issue also includes my commentary on The New Pedagogy.

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Education Week’s Tom Vander Ark Interviews Michael on ‘Alive in the Swamp’, July 2013

Nesta recently published a report I did with Katelyn Donnelly called Alive in the Swamp, Assessing Digital Innovations in Education.

http://www.nesta.org.uk/areas_of_work/public_services_lab/digital_
education/assets/features/alive_in_the_swamp_assessing_
digital_innovations_in_education

Alive in the Swamp provides an actionable guide to learning technology that will allow founders, funders, and teachers to make better decisions. It identifies persistent gaps in innovation activity and points to what needs to be done if we are to finally make good on the promise of technology to transform learning.

Read more Education Week’s Tom Vander Ark Interviews Michael on ‘Alive in the Swamp’, July 2013