2 July 2014
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Facebook has been accused of a breach of research ethics because it did not obtain consent for its study into the emotional effects of manipulating user newsfeeds. The overall terms and conditions for Facebook include the statement that information may … Continue reading
2 April 2014
by Aisha
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The ‘digital natives’ meme is extraordinarily pervasive. The term has now been around for almost 15 years and has been substantially critiqued and yet is still in use. For example, today I am due to speak at an event and … Continue reading
6 March 2014
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This is the Prezi from my plenary on Technology, Assessment and Language Learning at the International Symposium on ICT for Language Learning and Teaching, 5-7 March 2014, Hotel El Mouradi Gammarth, Tunis.
20 February 2014
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I have written elsewhere about White and Le Cornu’s (2011) metaphor of digital residents and visitors. The metaphor is reiterated by people such as Gavin Dudeney (for example http://englishagenda.britishcouncil.org/seminars/digital-literacy) and is used to categorise people into two groups: those who … Continue reading
23 January 2014
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What I learned from and about the sandpit experience Without doubt, the sandpit was, as my Head of Department put it, “a valuable learning opportunity”. If I ever have the opportunity to attend another sandpit, as I hope I will, … Continue reading
19 January 2014
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What is a Sandpit? I spent last week (five days) at an ESRC sandpit. I had never heard of research sandpits before I applied for this one and I wanted to go simply because I was really excited by the … Continue reading
20 December 2013
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The Great Hall at the University of Leeds is actually pretty small and so we do not have huge graduation ceremonies. Instead we have a week (winter) or two (summer) of back-to-back small ceremonies each lasting about 45 minutes. For … Continue reading
12 December 2013
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About a month ago there were a few news reports about young people and online privacy such and “Children’s internet use survey offers warning to parents” from the Guardian; “Young net users engage in ‘risky’ behaviour” from BBC News or … Continue reading
9 December 2013
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This video features a graduate of our distance learning MA ICT in Education (now MA Technology, Education and Learning). Since completing her MA, the student has been promoted and is now working to use the blended learning skills developed through … Continue reading
6 December 2013
by Aisha
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At a recent conference I asked casually “how can we escape the tyranny of PowerPoint?” and the answer I received was “Well, you tried… with Prezi”. However, the question wasn’t about PowerPoint per se but about the ubiquity of presentation … Continue reading