Opening Education reports

Futurelab’s ‘blue skies’ series - intended to open up areas for debate, to provoke, challenge and stimulate new visions for education.
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2020 and beyond
June 2007
This report explores predictions about developments in digital technologies over the next 13 years, examines the implications for education, sets out some future scenarios and suggests how we might harness the changes.
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Beyond the digital divide
June 2007
There is overwhelming evidence that asICT becomes part of everyday life the divisions in its use are strengthening rather than diminishing. This report explores why thedigital divide remains a complex social problem.
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Towards new learning networks
December 2006
What should the educational landscape of the future look like? Where, and with whom, should learning happen? This report argues for a move towards the network logic of the learning community.
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What if...? Re-imagining learning spaces
October 2006
We are currently witnessing a massive investment in the design and build of new schools to equip the UK education system for the 21st century. But how much of this effort has been inspired by an equally wide-reaching educational vision?
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Social software and learning
July 2006
This report explores the relationship between the emergence ofsocial software and thepersonalisation of education, suggesting that there is a changing view of what education is for, with a need for young people to develop skills for the evolving global knowledge economy.
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The potential of open source approaches for education
May 2006
Open source is an example of peer-production driven by collaborative modes of interaction and knowledge exchange. This paper discusses some of the ways in which these approaches might be applied in educational contexts.
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Personalisation and digital technologies
November 2005
This report sets out some of the challenges and opportunities that might form the basis for dialogue aboutpersonalisation, and the role of digital resources in enabling and shaping this arena. It also includes a 'Learner’s Charter' for a personalised learning environment.
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