Dear Samantha, I love this blog. Please forgive the re-sending to SEDA but would you like to join (if only as a silent partner on the email list) a network of international universities who are working together on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jFVTCuSCOg Very best wishes Theo ________________________________ Dr Theo Gilbert, SFHEA Senior Lecturer, CAE; Academic Skills Tutor School of Humanities University of Hertfordshire de Havilland Campus Room R323 College Lane Campus Room 1B152 AL10 9AB [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> ________________________________ From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development Association <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Ahern, Samantha <[log in to unmask]> Sent: 25 January 2018 15:57 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Blog post: The purpose of education? Hi all, I have written a slightly unusual blog post for me. Instead of focusing on learning analytics or data ethics I have been thinking about the nature and purpose of education. These are preliminary thoughts based on events attended recently. Hope you find them of interest: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/digital-education/2018/01/25/the-purpose-of-education/ Regards, Samantha Samantha Ahern (Associate CISSP, FHEA) Learning Technology Project Officer, Digital Education, Information Services Division, University College London Location: 1st Floor The Podium, One Eversholt Street, London NW1 2DN Postal address: Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Tel: 0203 549 5216 (Int: 65216) Blog: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/digital-education/category/our-views/sams-scribbles/