Learning Without Frontiers

About this original series

Learning Without Frontiers is a global platform for disruptive thinkers and practitioners from the education, digital media, technology and entertainment sectors who come together to explore how new disruptive technologies can drive radical efficiencies and improvements in learning whilst providing equality of access.

  • Category

    Learning

  • # Episodes

    125 episodes

  • Rating

    TV-G

Episodes of Learning Without Frontiers

    • Play Sir Ken Robinson - Leading a Learning Revolution - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Sir Ken Robinson - Leading a Learning Revolution

      Sir Ken Robinson provides the closing statement for the LWF 12 conference under the theme "leading a learning revolution". Reforms are required for our industrial scale education systems but what forms shall they take, what will they value and what purpose shall they serve? In closing the conference Sir Ken reflects on what we have heard and discussed with previous speakers and offers a call to action for the delegates to look at the future with a new determination based upon the challenges th...

      • Release date
        Feb 22, 2012
      • Runtime
        28:50
    • Play Emma Mulqueeny - Young Rewired State - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Emma Mulqueeny - Young Rewired State

      Young Rewired State is the philanthropic arm of Rewired State and is a network of developers aged 18 and under. Its primary focus is to find and foster the young children and teenagers who are driven to teaching themselves how to code, how to program the world around them. This is a mighty challenge though well-supported with free tutorials online, but inevitably an isolating and solitary activity. Young Rewired State developers, as well as developers from Rewired State and Coding for Kids too...

      • Release date
        Feb 21, 2012
      • Runtime
        20:45
    • Play Jim Knight - If Steve Jobs Designed Schools - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Jim Knight - If Steve Jobs Designed Schools

      What if Steve Jobs had re-invented the education system rather the computer and consumer electronics industry? Steve Jobs was a contradictory character, combining control freak and Zen Buddhist, and technology with design. He had a revolutionary impact on computing, animation, the music industry, printing, and publishing. Last year he and Bill Gates together expressed surprise at how little impact technology had had on schools. Jobs's wife is an educational reformer, he was a college dropout; ...

      • Release date
        Feb 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        20:22
    • Play Anthony Salcito - The New Classroom Experience - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Anthony Salcito - The New Classroom Experience

      Anthony Salcito, Global Vice-President for Education, Microsoft discusses why technology and computers have yet to have a significant impact on education in the classroom. In this talk Anthony explain why he believes technology can be used to make a difference on learning, how learners and teachers can be empowered with new techniques and experiences that connect them to 21st century skills that enable them not only contribute to the economic workforce but also to solve some of the challenges ...

      • Release date
        Feb 20, 2012
      • Runtime
        23:02
    • Play Francis Gilbert - Escaping the Education Matrix - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Francis Gilbert - Escaping the Education Matrix

      In this searing polemic on our industrial scale education systems teacher and author, Francis Gilbert, discusses the myths and purpose of education, the promise and reality of the teaching profession, the negative impact of assessment on learning and how teachers construct their identity. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, London, January 26th, 2012. http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com

      • Release date
        Feb 19, 2012
      • Runtime
        19:43
    • Play Stephen Heppell - Child Led Learning - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Stephen Heppell - Child Led Learning

      "We need to trust our children to be good learners, we need to trust ourselves to be professionals, and we need to trust our systems to get out of the way." Drawing upon real world examples and programmes Stephen Heppell (heppell.net) discusses the impact of exponential technological change on learning calling for a greater involvement and participation in the design of learning and learning environments by the learners themselves. "We are not going to build better learning for our children; w...

      • Release date
        Feb 19, 2012
      • Runtime
        21:55
    • Play Jesse Schell - Learning is Beautiful - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Jesse Schell - Learning is Beautiful

      Jesse Schell, Chief Executive and Creative Director - Schell Games. Jesse Schell believes that the future of learning is beautiful. Renowned video game designer and frequently credited with popularising the concept of employing gaming mechanics to solve problems and engage audiences in non-gaming software in a technique known as "gamification". Jesse Schell discusses his thoughts and experiences of how to make learning and education beautiful by using customisation and gaming techniques within...

      • Release date
        Feb 11, 2012
      • Runtime
        22:51
    • Play Martin Rees - Learning to Survive - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Martin Rees - Learning to Survive

      Martin Rees, The Astronomer Royal. Whatever part of the world we live in we're going to have to contend with the fact that the world is getting more crowded and that each individual is going to become more demanding of resources, energy and food. If we are to cope with this more crowded world we are going to have to deploy science and technology in a more optimum way, a way that requires international partnerships. Martin Rees presents the case that scientists have a special role to play in pr...

      • Release date
        Feb 15, 2012
      • Runtime
        27:34
    • Play Jason Wishnow - Learning from TED - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Jason Wishnow - Learning from TED

      Jason Wishnow, Film Director at Large for the TED Conferences explains how to shoot a TEDTalk and discusses the value of video-recorded lectures for learning. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, London, January 26th, 2012. http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com

      • Release date
        Feb 14, 2012
      • Runtime
        15:48
    • Play Lisa Ma - Learning from the Fringe - Learning Without Frontiers on Blip Learning Without Frontiers episodes on Blip

      Lisa Ma - Learning from the Fringe

      Lisa Ma, speculative designer & researcher. Lisa discusses her work with fringe communities and ethnographic research. Lisa creates a series of scenarios showing functional relationships between fringe groups and the mainstream that challenges our sense of normality whilst deciphering the values, beliefs and talents of the fringe through personal encounters and the creation of unique services. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, London, January 26th, 2012. http://www.learni...

      • Release date
        Feb 14, 2012
      • Runtime
        15:05
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