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“Schools must harness cutting edge technology to engage and inspire the next generation”

September 5, 2018

An article by Professor of Learning Technologies and Social Computing at The Open University (OU), Shailey Minocha. Mobile technologies and apps have become integral to our…

‘Open’ education – a celebration of knowledge sharing

March 7, 2018

Education is all about sharing; sharing information and sharing knowledge. Open Education Week (Monday 5 – Friday 9 March 2018) is a celebration of the global Open Education Movement.…

English in Action wins top award for innovation in international education

September 11, 2017

The OU’s English in Action project has won the award for progressive education delivery at this year’s PIEoneer Awards. The Awards, which took place in London…

OBE for eminent OU professor

June 11, 2016

Professor Eileen Scanlon has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday honours list for services to Education. This is the latest accolade for her work,…

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Zuckerberg is ploughing billions into ‘personalised learning’ – why?

December 10, 2015

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg believes personalised learning is the answer to many of education’s current woes, and is one of the four key areas that he…

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