Raising aspirations for digital education

May 21, 2018

The theme of the forthcoming 2018 ITTE/Mirandanet Conference is Raising Aspirations for Digital Education.

The programme looks good. For example, there is a debate about enhancing learning and teaching with technology, which I’ll be taking part in, as will others who contributed to the book of the same name:

(Amazon associate link.)

Also, there’s a conversation between stakeholders about ed tech policy. It takes place in Winchester, UK, on 7th/8th June.

See http://itte.org.uk/wp/conference-2018-winchester/ for details, and a downloadable pdf version of the programme.

For what it’s worth, I have an interest in this from the point of view that I’m on the ITTE Committee -- but I don't gain financially!

ITTE, by the way, is the Association for IT in Teacher Education.

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