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Opportunity: Internet of Toys Technical Intern

 

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This post focuses on partner building and market research for a novel early learning technology design: The Magic Cloud. The Magic Cloud is an Internet of Things platform linking soft toys to digital animations. Key to this project is building partnerships with local education focused organisations, such as Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh Zoo, or Glasgow Science Centre.

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'Teach Computing Science' resource delivered across Scotland

 

'Teach Computing Science: A Guide for Early Years and Primary Practitioners' delivered across Scotland

Primary school teachers across Scotland will be getting a free printed copy of Teach Computing Science: A Guide for Early Years and Primary Practitioners this week. It's a guide to teaching the new Computing Education aspects of the Technologies curriculum in Curriculum for Excellence to help teachers who need an in depth introduction to the new expectations and outcomes.

Visiting student, Mitchell Peters

The Centre for Research in Digital Education welcomes Mitchell Peters from the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona)

Mitchell will be based with us at Moray House School of Education from October to December 2018.

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Project Update: Inclusive Education and Lecture Recording

The Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS) project ‘Lecture Recording for Inclusive Education' examines the impact of lecture recording on the inclusivity of teaching and learning at the university.  The research team has been interviewing students and staff across the institution, reflecting on inclusion (of themselves and others) and commenting on perceived benefits and drawbacks related to the lecture recording service.