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June 22nd 2007: Digital Technology, Communities and Education: World
Yearbook authors reflect
Institute of Education, London, Rm 412
A debate for all educators who are interested the impact of the digital age on learning.
Three professors who have had great influence on the culture of the MirandaNet community since 1992 will be leading a debate about the learning issues that face schools in this digital world.
5:00 to 6:00pm - Professor Gunther Kress, Institute of Education, University of London, will be talking about multimodal signs of learning in the context of digital technologies : Professor Bridget Somekh and Di Mavers, Manchester University, will describe their research into children’s learning within and beyond the classroom with particular reference to evidence collected through the study of concept maps. Professor Niki Davis, Iowa State University and Christina Preston, MirandaNet, will be drawing examples from transnational learning communities that now exist online and face to face.
6:00 to 7:00pm The discussion will be open to participants to ask questions of the speakers and share their views.
This seminar was recorded, and we have extracted the talks for playback or download. They were recorded in High Quality DSS format, and if you have a DSS Player you can download and listen to them using this format. However, most people will have a suitable audio player installed on their computer and can simply click on the MP3 format files and listen. You can also right click on these files to download them and listen at your leisure or even on your MP3 player as you do your work out at the gym, or queue for your groceries ...
Gunther Kress, Institute of Education
Bridget Somekh and Di Mavers
If you prefer, use the link below to download the DSS versions (follow this link to download a free DSS Player)
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