Digital Education Hub

We have just gathered that the University of Edinburgh Gifford Lecture series , to be given this year by Prof Bruno Latour , will be streamed live on the web. This would seem like an excellent opportunity for those participating on the MSc in Digital Education to join directly in something at Edinburgh.  We have thought that there may be two…[Read more]

Reports of the doings of one of our alumni Hugh O’Donnell.   Hugh’s blog tells of his recent meeting with electronic music pioneer, Gary Numan.  The focus of this link is the work that Hugh has been doing in promoting science fiction literature as a route to sparking the interest of his pupils in their English […]

We have received the following request for student input from the University’s Online Distance Learning Group.  It would be great if some of you from the MSc E-Learning Programme could contribute your insights.  We hope that you will all respond to the Distance Education Student Barometer survey, and perhaps some would like to respond further, as…[Read more]

With the landing of the Mars Science Laboratory eagerly awaited in the next few days , you might like to be aware of a close link that we have with the project.  One of the Programme alumni, Hugh O’Donnell , who teaches at Dunoon Grammar School on the west of Scotland, has been doing some great work, along with his colleagues, […]

We have received a request from a student in Psychology at the University to promote her search for participants to contribute to her research study.  The information follows. Dear students, HELLO and welcome to the survey which investigates educational trends in students. The study has been granted an ethical approval. If you are studying…[Read more]

This may be of interest to some.  We have been approached with the following advertisement of an opportunity. Exciting small company in Fulham, London, has a vacancy for an instructional designer to work on educational apps for children (see http://itun.es/iLC27C for an example of our work). You will work in-house as part of a close-knit team.…[Read more]

We have been asked to stimulate, exhort, and otherwise encourage you to complete the survey of student experience on taught postgraduate courses.  I gather that you will have received an individual email to your University-provided email address, providing a personalised link. You may feel rather “surveyed out” with the course-level exercises that…[Read more]