Zayba Ghazali-Mohammed, Research Associate Move2Learn

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Computer Science Education Week

We're excited about international Computer Science Education week which runs from December 3^rd to 9^{th (}https://csedweek.org).  A feast of events will be running at Moray House School of Education from Tuesday 4th December - Saturday 9th December. 

A new primary teachers’ guide to teaching computer science can be downloaded at www.teachcs.scot 

Vacancy: Research Assistant, Move2Learn

The Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, requires a part-time Research Assistant for 12 months to work on a Wellcome Trust funded Institutional Translational Award. This Translational Award is in conjunction with a Wellcome Trust/ ESRC funded Science Learning+ project: Move2Learn (M2L).

'Gadamer, Bakhtin and dialogic space: implications for teaching and learning in the digital age'

This seminar took place on Tuesday 6th November at Moray House School of Education.  Watch Peter's seminar via Media Hopper

This seminar is jointly hosted by the Community Education Research Group and the Centre for Research in Digital Education.

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SHEILA project MOOC 

Professor Judy Roberston discusses one of the first workshops on data science delivered at Newbattle HIgh School - a Digital Centre of Excellence.  Pupils were given the opportunity gain experience programming, work with micro-controllers to collect and analyse data, and make decisions about what to do with the information. 

Michael Gallagher, Lecturer in Digital Education

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Job Purpose:

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.

Policy networks, performance metrics, and market-making: charting the expanding data infrastructure of higher education

This seminar was held on 12th October 2018 at Moray House School of Education.  Watch Ben's seminar via Media Hopper

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'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.