The OU have started a new postgraduate course entitled “Practice-based research in educational technology” to help educational professionals make better use of ICT within their work.
The OU have stated:
“Podcasts, interactive whiteboards, Second Life and mobile devices are amongst the new and emerging technologies which can be used for educational purposes. But what evidence is there [...]
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The annual Media Literacy Survey from NIACE has revealed there is still some way to go to address the digital divide.
“Over one-third (36%) of adults do not have access to a computer and over two-fifths (42%) lack access to the Internet.”
NIACE Press Release
However, for those who are on the internet there has been a significant [...]
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Possibly not!
In a recent letter to Timesonline, Jonathan Smart from University of Plymouth felt that while the net generation may be digital literate, their information skills are not keeping pace. He references a number of reports to support this position.
“It is dangerous to conflate technical skills with cognitive skills, and despite the profusion of readily [...]
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