Richard Nossís response to Professor Michael Greenís 25th March concerns over ëboring maths'
Latest News
Monday, 11 April 2011
London Knowledge Lab and TEL Director Professor Richard Noss's response to Professor Michael Green's 25th March concerns over ëboring maths' appeared in the Times Educational Supplement (TES) on 8th April.
Under the heading ëTechnology + freedom = magnificent maths' the letter highlights how digital technology - of the kind being deveoped by the TEL MiGen project - can be used to unlock the wonders of maths to students.
Lab contributes to debates over Polish government plans for a laptop for every pupil
Latest News
Thursday, 07 April 2011
Neil Selwyn was one of three international experts invited to speak at a public summit on the Polish government's recently announced plans to give a laptop to every first-grade pupil over the next five years. The summit was held in Warsaw on 6th April and was organised by the Polish broadsheet newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza.
Speaking alongside Katarzyna Hall (Polish Minster for Education), Magdalena Gaj (Deputy Minister for Infrastructure) and Michal Boni (Chief Strategic Advisor to the Prime Minister), Neil spoke on the Lab's various research projects on UK schools technology initiatives, as well as highlighting key areas of policy advice arising from similar programmes around the world.
Dr Yishay Mor announced winner of the second TELEARC award
Latest News
Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Dr Yishay Mor has been announced as the winner of the second†TELEARC award for PhD
excellence, which will be delivered on the occasion of the 2011 edition of the
Alpine Rendez-vous.† The†Technology
Enhanced Learning European Advanced Research Consortium†(TELEARC) has been
created with the mission to keep on the legacy of the Kaleidoscope Network of
Excellence.† Its key objectives
are: to contribute to the shaping of the scientific evolution of technology
enhanced learning, to strengthen the scientific collaborations between research
teams and foster integration of European research teams in the field of
technology enhanced learning, to promote the excellence of European research in
the area of technology enhanced learning, and to raise awareness in the area
toward the scientific community, policy-makers and the general public.
The†Alpine
Rendez-vous†is an event, legacy of the Kaleidoscope Network of Excellence,
now funded by STELLAR, the FP7 European Network of Excellence on
Technology-Enhanced Learning.
Dr Mor
completed his PhD in October, under the supervision of Professor Richard Noss
at the London Knowledge Lab.† His
thesis, entitled, "A Design Approach to Research in Technology Enhanced
Mathematics Education" explores the prospect of a
design science of technology enhanced mathematics education (TEME), on three
levels: epistemological, methodological and pedagogical.† Its primary domain is the
identification of scientific tools for design research in TEME.† The outputs of this enquiry are
evaluated by a demonstrator study in the domain of secondary school mathematics.† The main outcome of this study is a
methodological framework for design science of TEME which combines design
narratives and design patterns into structured cycles of enquiry.† This framework is supported both
theoretically and empirically.† Inter
alia, it is used to derive a contribution towards a pedagogical pattern
language of construction, communication and collaboration in TEME."
Children's Playground Games and Songs in the New Media Age receives national media coverage
Research
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
Professor Andrew Burn has been leading a project on children's playground games and songs for the past two years working with members of the London Knowledge Lab, University of East London, the British Library and University of Sheffield.
The findings of the study were unveiled on Tuesday 15 March 2011 at the British Library as part of a conference launching a new British Library website. The unveiling of the study which has found that childrens playground games are as popular as ever has created national and international media interest.
We are seeking applicants for three ESRC three-year PHD studentships
Study
Wednesday, 09 March 2011
The studentships we are offering are linked to the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), node on Multimodal Methods for Researching Digital Data and Digital Environment (Directed by Professor Carey Jewitt). The studentships will commence in October 2011.
Application closing date: 16 May 2011
The PhD studentship will examine the following topics:
The Kineikonic Mode: Developing A Multimodal Theory Of The Moving Image
(Supervised by Professor Andrew Burn)
Multimodal transcription in primary classroom digital learning environments
(Supervised by Dr Diane Mavers)
Researching digital communication and learning within social networking
environments †(Supervised by Dr Neil Selwyn and Professor Carey Jewitt)†
Neil Selwyn is the author of a new book published by Continuum. Education and technology: key issues and debates, the book introduces the key issues and takes a critical approach to
explore the major debates and practices in the use of digital
technologies in education.†
The use of digital technology lies at the
heart of contemporary education provision and this book considers the
key issues and debates in the field and addresses some fundamental but
often unvoiced questions about the ever-growing use of digital
technologies in education. Neil Selwyn focuses on the social rather than
technical aspects of these issues - thinking carefully about the
people, practices, processes and structures behind the use of
technologies in education. The book considers the wider picture of
technology and education, examining the past, present and future uses of
technology across a range of educational settings around the world.†
London Knowledge Lab and TEL Director Professor 
The studentships we are offering are linked to the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), node on Multimodal Methods for Researching Digital Data and Digital Environment (Directed by 