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Urban Learning Space Seminars episodes
- What Makes Me Me? Part 4: Hungry for Success: Attitudes Values and Beliefs by Michael O'Neill OBEPart four is presented by Michael O’Neill.A graduate of Glasgow University (Economics/History) he began as an Economist/Town Planner before switching to teaching. He spent 15 years at the chalkface as a teacher, principal teacher and assistant head, followed by posts of adviser in social subjects, senior adviser and education officer in 2 divisions of the former Strathclyde Region. In August 1995, he took up the post of Director of Education in North Lanarkshire from which he retired in March 2007.In 2000, following the SQA exams problem, he was on of the 4 directors asked to investigate the causes on behalf of the Education Minister. He is currently Chair of the National Review Group of the Chartered Teacher Scheme. In 2004 he was awarded an OBE for services to education in Scotland.38 min
- What Makes Me Me? Part 3: Education at the "Heart" of the Economy with Stuart PatrickPart three is a presentation by Scottish Enterprise Glasgow's Operations Director Stuart Patrick.9 min
- What Makes Me Me? Part 2: Ministerial Address by Fiona HyslopPart two of the What Makes Me Me? event. An address by Scottish minister for Education, Fiona Hyslop.11 min
- What Makes Me Me? Part 1: Introduction from Keir BloomerThis National Conference was hosted by the Tapestry Partnership and supported by Urban Learning Space. The event is framed in the context of education in Scotland in its widest sense. It had as its focus the importance of the brain in learning for young people and adults. Lord Winston requires no introduction; he is a world renowned scientist who is committed to scientific education and regularly writes or hosts popular science programmes for TV.5 min
- Creative Collaboration and the Future of Education part 2This is the second part of the recording from the Creative Collaboration seminar by Andy Polaine. In this part he hosts a question and answer session with the audience.1 hr 7 min
- Creative Collaboration and the Future of Education part 1The past few years have been a buzz with terms such as the Creative Economy, social networks and Web 2.0. Yet many industries and institutions are struggling to adapt to this rapidly changing landscape, often mistakenly focus on the technological rather than the cultural shifts that make this change so fundamental. Collaboration and creativity have been part of designers' processes for years as well as being the foundations of the Web and there is much to learn from this rich history.51 min
- Digital StorytellingWe all have many stories to tell. Stories represent who we are, portray our life experiences and when presented to others, help connect us to others through common shared experience.By starting to tell these stories and hearing those of others, we can start to shift our perspective on who we are, explore the ways in which we are attached to the communities we belong to and develop new insights into people whose stories we may never have had the opportunity to hear before.This recording begins with an introduction and poem by Liz Lochhead, Glasgow's poet laureate.43 min
- Digital Media - Jobs for the Boys? Group discussion part 2In part two of the recording from Digital Media - Jobs for the Boys?, Jemima hosts a question and answer session with the audience.25 min
- Digital Media - Jobs for the Boys? Group discussion part 1Since 2005, Jemima has run Women in Film and Television’s Technical Change mentoring scheme, backed by ESF EQUAL and UIP, which provides mentors for women in technical areas.This seminar, based around the findings/conclusions from Technical Change, proposed what might be holding women back in technical areas and asked how we can encourage more women and girls to pursue leading roles in digital technology. The two-year programme came to an end in June 07 so now is the ideal time to explore and disseminate Jemima's findings.Biography54 min
- Designing the Learning Experience, part 2Sean referenced schools located in the middle of shopping centres, robotics, interactive fountains, new ways of learning and different approaches to risk management. He argued that other countries have made a crucial distinction between places of learning and ways of learning. He believed that there is a fantastic opportunity to develop, in the UK, new learning and ways of learning that engage stakeholders of all ages, respond to their needs and change with the times.31 min
About Urban Learning Space Seminars
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This podcast series features inspirational talks by some of the most innovative educational consultants and developers in the world. They have been recorded at the Urban Learning Space in The Lighthouse in Glasgow, Scotland.
Urban Learning Space is a learning lab equipping the people of Scotland with the capabilities to face the challenges of 21st century life.
Urban Learning Space was established with core funding from Scottish Enterprise Glasgow. We are working with people around Scotland to address real life challenges. Our network of experts are using transformational design practice to promote individuals’ capacities for change. Nurturing an innate capacity for learning by using collaborative design processes, we create new approaches. These range from the building of creativity tools to support innovation, transforming public spaces into learning landscapes, and harnessing emerging technologies to explore new learning contexts.