Think outside the box, by Terry Freedman
In his exposition of his views in favour of liberal education, he used the term 'the tyranny of relevance'. Although he wasn’t talking about Information and Communications Technology (ICT), this phrase did strike a chord with me. Is there perhaps too much store set by 'relevance'?
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The scream by Terry Freedman
If you can’t explain what problem your product solves, you’ve got a problem.
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Rules, by Terry Freedman. I thought this sign is a reasonable analogy to the likely rules in a post-lockdown world.
Do you read people’s writings about covid? I don’t, if I can help it.
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Do not adjust your set, by Terry Freedman
I’m hoping to get things back to normal soon, that is, publishing articles several times a week.
Read MoreIn case you missed this when I posted it during half-term… I’ve written a long article about how I converted a course I’d taught in a classroom to one I was able to teach online.
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Robot, by Terry Freedman
Author Mark Watson has generously made some of his ebooks available free of charge. See the books section of his website:
If you wish to pay for them, there is a choose-your-price (within certain limits) over at Leanpub, where you can also see the books’ tables of contents and blurbs.
Terry Freedman qualified as a teacher in 1975, has written for educational publications since 1989, and has published this website since 1995.
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Discussing, by Terry Freedman
Is there anyone in the Department for Education who understands that education is more than issuing edicts?
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Conference, by Terry Freedman
* UPDATED * The folks at Westminster Forum are running a very timely conference on 11 March 2020, about the future of edtech.
Read MoreThis is a fairly comprehensive account of the steps I went through to convert a course from one I taught in a physical classroom to one I could teach online.
Read MoreI’ve written a long article about how I converted a course I’d taught in a classroom to one I was able to teach online.
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Question mark, by Terry Freedman
Running a conference, a webinar or a series of webinars, can be a very useful marketing tool for a company.
Read MoreWe don’t say, “Nice factory you’ve built up there, but it’s unfair that you get to keep it for more than a few years, and even if you do, you can’t pass it on in your will.” Who would bother investing their own time and money in the enterprise if they thought that would be the outcome?
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Aching feet, by Terry Freedman
One positive outcome of coronavirus and lockdown is that we can attend Bett, or part of it, this year without moving from the comfort of our own homes. No more being crammed on the Dockland Light Rail along with hundreds of others, no more spending the day breathing lots of stale air, and no more aching feet!
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Shopping mall, by Terry Freedman
It’s difficult to predict the future, so please regard this article as a reflection of what may happen and probably should happen in the area of marketing in the coming year.
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books pile, by Terry Freedman
In the last two days I’ve received two books for review. One is almost hot off the press — Online Learning for Dummies was published in December 2020 — the other one is slightly warm — published in September 2020.
Read MoreI think that this guidance is useful in making the idea of online teaching sound doable, but there are too few details or links to details that would make it truly useful.
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Questions, by Terry Freedman
Before considering any ideas, we ought, perhaps, to consider the question: why bother? After all, the situation is so fluid that any strategy you prepare now could be rendered out of date by next week. If one thing has proven to be certain about the pandemic, it’s that nothing is certain. It’s almost like trying to build a house on sand.
Read MoreBut do they offer any constructive suggestions? Of course not…
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