Last night John Cook, Professor of Technology Enhanced Learning gave his inaugural lecture, called
“The digitally literate learner and the appropriation of new technologies and media for education”
The slides and text are all available from here:
http://www.slideshare.net/johnnigelcook
(Note it is 31MB, the Note Page view gives the text of the lecture)
It has already been blogged:
Posted John Cook
Taken from http://ouldi.open.ac.uk/index.html
“Our aim is to develop and implement a methodology for learning design composed of tools, practice and other innovation that both builds upon, and contributes to, existing academic and practioner research. The project was initially funded through strategic development funded from the Open University and has recently secured additionally funded from the JISC through the new Curriculum Design programme, to look at extending the work to date and cascading findings, tools and resources to other institutions. The team are based in the Institute of Educational Technology.
“We are interested in providing support for the entire design process; from gathering initial ideas, through consolidating, producing and using designs, to sharing, reuse and community engagement. These are complex and challenging processes that involve a range of stakeholders with different interests; issues and representations are different depending on whether design occurs at the level of individual activity, course or curriculum. Our vision is of a learning design methodology and suite of practical tools and resources that bridge between good pedagogic practice and effective use of new technologies. “
John Cook
