Educational Technology and Practice

What makes a great school? Water Hall Featuring: video, Copyrighted Image The Open University

The rebuilt Water Hall School in Milton Keynes has found favour with the people who have to use it every day - the pupils. They shared...  Read more : What makes a great school? Water Hall

Let's hear it for AristotleTilemahos Efthimiadis under CC-BY-SA licence

By Dr Geoff Andrews (The Open University)

Is there any reason to study the thoughts of a long-dead Greek? Geoff Andrews find inspiration in the work of Martha Nussbaum.  Read more : Let's hear it for Aristotle

Waste products; wasted time; wasted lives: What does a lack of access to sanitation mean?Pam Furniss

By Pam Furniss (The Open University)

Over two and half billion people have no access to sanitation - and that means a lot of people being exposed to health risks. What...  Read more : Waste products; wasted time; wasted lives: What does a lack of access to sanitation mean?

Reading and child development: Research findings: The backgroundCreative Commons Image Walters Art Museum Illuminated Manuscripts under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

By Professor David Messer (The Open University)

Humans appear to be the only species that can record their communication - and this is a very powerful ability.  Read more : Reading and child development: Research findings: The background