Looking back to so what of the future…
Five years ago in March 2010, I wrote an article on the “future”. At that time I wrote Over the last year or so I have been doing a few keynotes and presentations entitled the future of learning. I do...
View ArticleGreat Scott! – Back to the Future at FOTE15
There wasn’t a FOTE conference in 2015, which was a pity as it was one of my favourite annual events. I spoke at many of the conferences, most recently in 2014 when I spoke about the conflict between...
View ArticleStill Predicting
So where are the flying cars, the silver jumpsuits and video phones which were going to be part of everyday life in the 21st Century? Making predictions about the future of technology is easy. However...
View ArticleThe future of learning… ten years later!
On the 2nd October 2009 I was at the ULCC Event, The Future of Technology in Education. Little did I know the impact that this presentation would have on me, my future career and education in general....
View ArticleThey think it’s all over… – Weeknote #69 – 26th June 2020
Image by Pexels from Pixabay So what do you understand by the term blended learning? What about an online course? A hybrid programme? Could you provide a clear explanation of what student wellbeing is?...
View ArticleGoing local – Weeknote #70 – 3rd July 2020
A shorter week for me, as I took some time off for family business, well a birthday. The Guardian reported on the Universities Minister, lambasting English universities for letting down students. The...
View ArticleScarily accurate, the future of learning today
Archie Comics originally published this comic strip in Betty #46, back in February 1997 showing how education would be in 2021…. Scarily accurate prediction, which is of course down to the current...
View ArticleDay 16: Inspiring keynotes of the past
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. Despite the fact he used made up quotes I did find the Martin Bean keynote from ALT-C 2009 inspiring and did influence many of my own...
View ArticlePredicting an uncertain future
Image by Martyn Cook from Pixabay Predicting is hard, and we can get it wrong. Actually, most of the time we do get it wrong. It is hard, almost impossible to predict the future as there are too many...
View ArticleBlast from the past – Weeknote #174 – 1st July 2022
This week I attended the Learning at City Conference, an in-person event in London. It was like a blast from the past, as I travelled up on the day on the train and went across London. Easier though...
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