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Shirley
Learning Through Technology
During the revision of the degree course formerly known as BA (Hons) Learning Technology Research, the team was asked to find a new, more marketable name. The students starting from September 2009 are now studying Learning Through Technology.
Possible names included:
Professional Studies... with technology?
Professional Development
Professional Development with Technology
Professional Practice
Professional Practice with Technology
Work Based Learning
Professional Studies
Applied Professional Studies
Inquiry Based Learning
Applied Research
I found the process amusing...
Not ICT but Learning, Technology & Research
A student writes: I have considered using classroom behaviour for my action inquiry as this would at least help me to get through the module, however, will this actually have any bearing on this counting as an ICT degree?
Let's deal with a bit at a time:
ICT degree - I think what the student means is that some of those taking the Learning, Technology and Research degree (BA LTR) hope to use it for a career as an ICT teacher. This is not the most straightforward route to take, as anyone who has asked about it will be aware. To claim that the Technology element is enough to support an...
CCTV in the classroom
In the Ultraversity programme (BA (Hons) Learning Technology & Research and other work-based courses), students apply research techniques to their personal career development. Although designed as a generic course that can be adapted to many work settings, the course has drawn interest from school support staff. Teaching assistants and ICT staff often ask about using video to collect data on the effect of introducing small changes to their practice, and the main barrier is in the ethical issues. Undergraduates are developing their understanding of the principle of informed consent, as well...
Improvement takes time
After a long session today that turned out basically to be about identifying changes to bring about improvement in response to evaluations, I wonder how far we have got. I believe the intentions of the meeting were to get agreement to self-manage change that is also directed and controlled from the top - an awkward situation. After a fairly short introduction, there was the first of two breakout sessions and the main problem was a huge mass of data presented shortly before the meeting - effectively the first opportunity to consider some of the data was at the beginning of the breakout....
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