Mullett's Corner

The University of London's Senate House was the venue of this years Future of Technology in Education, and what a venue it was. It didn't take long to feel as if I'd walked into an episode of Ally McBeal, apart from FOTiE reception and the mingling crowds drinking their morning cup of rocket fuel. But I digress, there were quite a few topics brought up throughout the very rammed day but I want to focus on two key themes which seemed to weave throughout the day. Bits round the edge need to be 'Easy' MOOCs and engagement. Nicola Millard from BT spoke about crowds clouds and consumers with an agenda of how students should be treated like consumers, and like any other business, they are the key to our survival. She mentioned that feedback from customers about what they are looking for, 'ease of use' came out on top. This needs to be applied to our student base as well. We can't let over-complex ambiguous and convoluted terms/tech/processes overshado...

Horia Varlan -  http://flic.kr/p/7vALKt It has to be said that the Said Business School is a great place to visit, why? Because a) it's directly opposite the Oxford train station which is really handy seeing as the weather was not playing ball that day, and b) the architecture of the building itself is a wonder to explore, all be it looking at the little model archetype of the building :) I was here anyway for the New places to learn - Flexible Learning and Online Residency gathering, looking at how people 'reside' online and how institutions can adapt to an ever changing online environment. I would normally go through the steps of who spoke and when, however I think the main points of the day will be lost in translation so I will instead ramble on about what I thought of the day and what I've taken away from the event.. Ok so I may name a couple of people along the way. The terminology of Visitor Resident was a major element of the day, classifying online le...