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I’ve been trying to write this post, or a more accurately a version of this post for the last couple of weeks. It all started a couple of weeks ago when I attended the City of Glasgow College Digi… 
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House of Lords Select Committee on Digital Skills - report of session 2014-15
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New book series, Connected Youth and Digital Futures, explores young people's day-to-day lives and futures in the digital age.
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Fiona Harvey's curator insight,
March 11, 2015 10:19 AM
Lots of pages but worth having a look at. Digital Literacies are the foundation of all of the TEL learning. Get the foundations right it should be a priority - don't try and run before you can walk.
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I have been blogging, writing and talking about our digital learning futures for some time. Although it is very difficult to predict the future, we are aware of the trends and can use these to detect where we may be heading, and that may take us in one or more directions, hence the plurality of 'futures'. Technology is one of the major drivers of change in our society, and it is easy to see where this is being integrated into schools, colleges and universities. Mostly it is integrated into classrooms, but it is largely left out of most curricula. One of the reasons for this, I believe, is that we are rooted in old practices and outdated frameworks which are in need of change. Seats of learning are notoriously resistant to change, but change is needed if progress in education is to be made. We now live on shifting sands. Allow me elaborate:
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GUEST BLOG: Sheila MacNeill is a senior lecturer in digital learning at Glasgow Caledonian University. Here, she talks about working together to help young people prepare for the digital skills they will need in both higher education and future employment.
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In the aftermath of the US election, as pundits blamed highly biased media outlets and fake news stories for Trump’s win, Eli Pariser appeared to be some sort of augur. In 2011, he’d written the book warning that Facebook and Google’s personalization tools would drive us to become ever more partisan by showing us only the news and information with which we already agreed. He called it The Filter Bubble.
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As we push forward with the digital transformation of education, it's worth taking a look at just how greatly technology can impact teaching and learning in this country.
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