Tue 31st January, 2012
The University of Bedfordshire played host to its first ever MirandaMod session at its Bedford campus.
MirandaMod is an informal, loosely structured, ‘unconference’ of like-minded educators to share ideas about the use of technology to inspire others. The first session focused on ’Designing education for the future as if it matters: Schools and Schooling in the Digital Age’.
More than 80 people attended the event either online or in person. Attendees included theme contributor, Dr Christina Preston, presenter Dr Yapp, one of the original authors of Shift Happens, and staff and students from the University. Christina said: “I was delighted that this MirandaMod could be held at the Bedford campus. We have such a strong educational heritage here and the event was a real success.”
One attendee said: “The MirandaMod evening at the University of Bedfordshire, where I am a second year Childhood and Youth Studies student, enriched my learning tenfold. I was amazed by Dr Yapp and his thoughts on the future of ICT in schools.”
Dean of the Faculty of Education, Sport and Tourism, Professor Marilyn Leask, was also a theme contributor. She said: “These sessions are really useful for educators and students to get together every couple of months to enhance their knowledge on a particular subject. It’s a really creative sharing process which can directly affect best practice.”
The MirandaMods stem from the MirandaNet Fellowship, which is a non-profit making professional organisation established in 1992 by Christina Preston. It boasts more than 700 members in an e-community of practice consisting of international ICT policy makers, teachers, advisers, teacher educators, researchers and commercial developers in over 50 countries.
The Fellowship is one of the most highly-regarded influencers in the use of digital technologies to enhance learning and for teacher education both in the UK and internationally. It provides a forum where professionals from different specialisms can share experience, expertise and philosophical approaches about how these digital technologies are best used in teaching and learning.
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