Presentation at 'Online and open access learning in Higher Education: MOOCs, new pedagogies and business models' (5 February 2013).
Professor Diana Laurillard, Professor of Learning with Digital Technologies,
Institute of Education, University of London
Teachers in the 21st century have to cope with an ever-changing cultural and technological environment. Teaching is now a design science. Like other design professionals - architects, engineers, town planners, programmers -- teachers have to work out creative and evidence-based ways of improving teaching with technology. But no-one gives them the means to do this. What teachers get is expectations, demands, and criticism. They have not had support, time, rewards, incentives, or tools. This session takes a look at the potential of power tools for teachers.
