Exploring Education Futures: linking digital technologies, grassroots practice and the making of policy
Where to find the resources?
Articles are being prepared on these subjects
- Assessing the current ICT curriculum offer to UK schools – Ian Lynch
- ICT professional development in the 21st century- Rachel Jones and Matthew Pearson
- International ICT curricula are not reflecting the exponential changes in how people learn in the 21st century – Iris Lanny, Andrea Forbes and Dr John Cuthell
- Digital ways of increasing the impact of research findings for an international audience – Dr Marilyn Leask and Dr Sarah Younie
- Social learning and publication at graduate and post graduate level- Dr Andrea Raiker
Publication will be announced on the front page of Mirandanet when they are ready…
The next event on these themes will be at BETT13 30th January to 2nd February
The November programme follows:
Exploring Education Futures: linking digital technologies, grassroots practice and the making of policy
November 5th – 7th 2012
Supported by MirandaNet Associates: Iris Connect, Gebol, Ko-Su, My Knowledge Map, LightSpeed, Oracle, Steljes, Story Spinners, Texas Instruments and Toshiba.
Introduction
This event will be a three day professional development event at which we are proposing new ways of working collaboratively to influence policy and practice. The participants are educators, developers of digital education technologies and government representatives.
This process has been developing over the last thirty years. The work at this conference will take further the issues that have been raised at a variety of meetings in 2012: the MirandaNet conference in Prague; two Education Futures Collaboration in London and Wolverhampton; and, meetings about initiatives being developed by the Department of Education to explore evidence-based education.
The themes are:
- embracing emerging theories about learning;
- ICT professional development programme design;
- digital approaches to building and sharing professional knowledge;
- developing strategies to underpin an independent evidence based profession;
- introducing new learning opportunities whilst safeguarding identities, wellness and safety;
- managing tensions between the demands of computer science, digital literacy and information technology in a changing ICT landscape;
It is anticipated that further areas of interest will be generated through the course of the conference.
Conference fee and dinner Register here
Hotel booking only here. Special prices – book now.
Participants’ notes. Look here before you write your abstract.
The programme
MONDAY 5th Nov: 1000 – 1630 MirandaMod 1700 – 1830
Exploring Education Futures: emerging technologies and their implications for practice. An international industry/education/government symposium
Opportunities for educators to debate their practice and engage with the developers of emerging technologies as well as policy makers– with a plenary as an open online debate called a MirandaMod.
1000 – Coffee, networking and tabletops
1100 -1115 Introduction Professor Uvanney Maylor, Institute for Research in Education (IREd)
1115 -1130 Making an impact on ICT policy and practice: Dr Andrea Raiker
1130- 1300 Session One: Symposium on international ICT policy led by Dominic Savage, Chair of BESA (to be videostreamed).
Input on relevant issues about ICT policy and practice from industrialists, developers and educators: Graham Newell, Iris Connect; Gerlinde Gniewosz, Ko-Su; Graham Breakenridge, LightSpeed; Tom Holland, My Knowledge Map; Iris Lanny, Oracle; Ian Lynch, Getting European Business Online; Rachel Jones, Steljes; Maria Brosnan, Story Spinners; Abi James, Toshiba; and, Andrea Forbes, Texas Instruments.
1300 – 1400 Lunch, networking and table tops
1400 – 1630 Session Two: Case studies in emerging technologies and their implications for practice.
Andrea Forbes, Glenys Hart and Rosie Beach, Gerlinde Gniewosz, Bob Harrison, Gareth Medd, Graham Newell, Roger Turner, Katya Toneva, Lawrence Williams (about 7 mins each)
1630 – 1700 – Coffee, networking, tabletops and setting up the MirandaMod
1700-1830 – Session Three: MirandaMod: Digital technologies and practice. Where are we? Who are we influencing?
Introduced and chaired by Dr Chris Yapp
This is an interactive session between MirandaNetters in Bedford and colleagues from around the world.
You can watch the replay here. The MirandaMod starts 30 minutes in to the recording.
Participants: Bob Harrison, Toshiba; Eva Dakich, Victoria University, Melbourne; David Obst, Technische Universität, Dresden; Poncelet Ileleji, Gambia; David Longman, Swansea University; Liam Murphy: Dan Ainscow; Fiona Aubrey Smith; Katya Toneva.
2000 Conference dinner at the Park Inn Hotel
TUESDAY 6th Nov 0930 – 1700
Exploring Education Futures: engaging practitioners and developers in collaborations to develop effective policies to shape professionalism.
Policy international symposium to be video streamed followed by workshops
0930 Coffee, networking and table tops
1000-1130 Session Four: Symposium on international ICT policy led by Vanessa Pittard, Department of Education, UK, and other international speakers: Dr Katya Toneva, Bulgaria; Dr Bozena Mannova, the Czech Republic; Professor Carsten Trinitis, Germany; Dr Noeline Wright, New Zealand (to be videostreamed).
1130-1200 Coffee, networking and table tops
1200 – 1300 Session Five: Research Education Futures: new ways of impacting on education policy and systems: Professor Marilyn Leask, University of Bedfordshire (to be videostreamed) including Education Futures Collaboration team tasters about collaborative working online to include methods to scale up small scale research through linking academics and teacher researchers through Research and Development and Review Groups (R&D&R). The particular focus will be researching the pedagogical and professional value and impact of iPads and similar devices in education settings. Another focus will be on developing MESH protocols and procedures. MESH – Mapping Educational Specialist knowHow.
Dr Ian Terrell: Developing the protocols for RaDaR Research Projects – focusing on the Mobile Devices in the Support of Pedagogy
Kevin Burden: Frameworks for conceptualising the impact of personal learning devices in classrooms: the iPad Scotland National evaluation
1300 – 1400 Lunch, networking and table tops
1400- 1415 Strategic Professional Development for Innovation: Proposition for a 21st Century Model; Professor Rosie Rafferty
1415 -1430 Matthew Pearson on Professional Development perspectives.
1445 – 1500 Theo Kuechel on Visual Learning
1500- 1515 Coffee and networking
1515- 1700 Session Six: working groups with introductions by the leaders
Five themes emerged from the last MirandaNet unconference in Prague called: What the 21st century teacher needs to know?
- embracing emerging theories about learning led by Dr Andrea Raiker;
- continuing professional development programme design led by Rachel Jones;
- digital approaches to building and sharing professional knowledge lead by Matthew Pearson;
- developing strategies to underpin an independent evidence based profession led by Professor Marilyn Leask;
- introducing new learning opportunities whilst safeguarding identities, wellness and safety led by Professor Carsten Trinitis;
Delegates to the conference in Bedford have requested a sixth theme intended to encourage debate about the unexpected changes to the ICT curriculum:
- managing tensions between the demands of computer science, digital literacy and Information technology in a changing ICT landscape led by Theo Kuechel
1800 Networking meeting for our associateship companies
1930 Meet in the hotel bar for choice of local restaurants in Bedford
WEDNESDAY November 7th: Day Three
Education Futures Special Interest Groups: planning next steps to impact on policy and practice including identifying funding opportunities.
0900 – 0930 Coffee, networking and tabletops
0930 – 1200 Working on reports and funding proposals for special interest groups developing strategic plans for future activity in the areas that have been identified as important on the previous day.
- continuing professional development in ICT led by Rachel Jones
- building professional knowledge led by Matthew Pearson
- developing theories of learning led by Dr Sarah Younie
- developing an evidence based profession led by Professor Marilyn Leask plus R&D&R MESH group
- managing tensions between the demands of computer science, digital literacy and Information technology in a changing ICT landscape led by Theo Kuechel.
- safeguarding identities, wellness and safety led by Carsten Trinitis
1200-1300 Session Seven: Plenary by group leaders on the way forward.
1300 Lunch and departure (except for those wishing to join the Education Futures Collaboration)
1300-1600 Education Futures Collaboration – open meeting. Update on progress, projects and 2012-2013 plans.
Background papers
You can read an articles about issues raised in Prague here.
Conference notes
The unconference will be held at the hotel where accommodation has been booked at Unconference prices at the Radisson Park Inn, Bedford on the River Ouse.
Unconference rate: single room and breakfast £50 a night single: £60 double.
£35 for the conference dinner on Monday 5th November at 1930
Informal supper in Bedford on Tuesday 6th November
£185 unconference fee for the three days (£155 for Education Futures Collaboration, University of Bedfordshire staff, and MirandaNet members; day rate £70/£55 members. (If you are a student request details about student rates).
Table top and speaking opportunity for companies £90
Conference fee and dinner Register here
Hotel registration only here
Email Professor Preston about speaking opportunities and any other questions: christina@mirandanet.ac.uk
Note: MirandaMod online joining instructions
Here are the details of the Flashmeeting for the November 5 MirandaMod:
“A booking has been made for 05-Nov-12 at 16:30 (GMT +0000) and lasting 119 minutes.
This booking is for 25 people to use the application FlashMeeting.
Go to the following address for full details and to access the event:
http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/0f7cd9-16088
A .ics calendar file can be downloaded prior to the meeting from the above address.
Although guest entry is available into the meeting, attendees who do not already have an account may wish to create one prior to the meeting so that they can Sign In to the meeting and have access to all the meetings features etc. A link to create a Sign In account is available via the meeting web page.”
You’ll see that I have booked it to start 30 minutes before the MirandaMod is due to kick off. It will give you time to upload any files you wish to use, familiarise yourself with the functionality, and so on. You can also set up your own account if you don’t already have one.
Those of you want to present let me know and I’ll put you into the schedule. Aim for a 10-minute presentation slot. I hope to have a live stream sorted out as well. Bear in mind the time-lapse between live streams and Flashmeeting, and the clash between the speakers and microphone on your computer. These then relay themselves to everyone through an ever-worsening loop. Some of you may remember the problems that we had in an earlier MirandaMod last November. Use a headphone/microphone setup and you’ll avoid that problem. As will we. Email Dr John Cuthell john.cuthell@mirandanet.ac.uk
A professional development event organised by the MirandaNet Fellowship, Education Futures Collaboration, and the Future Learning Research Centre, University of Bedfordshire Bedford, Polhill Avenue, Bedford, MK41 9EA, UK Bedford, UK.
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