This is an archive of the 2013 version of ocTEL.

Re: Introduction….and no question yet..have thought of a BIG question

'Education is on the brink of being transformed through learning technologies; however, it has been on that brink for some decades now.'

Is a great question, and I think that we are often too close to the issue to be able to see the answer, or what the answer might be. We often see the changes that happen and the hard work in getting teachers and learners to engage with new methods. I also think that new technologies are grossly over-hyped when they are new, and all sorts of promises are made that they will fundamentally change education (or teaching [...]