Special Interest Group
The purpose of the Educational Technology SIG is to provide a meeting place for BERA members interested in the application and impact of new technologies in education across both curricular and professional areas. The SIG is unusual in that it includes members with backgrounds across education settings and sectors ranging from early years education to professional learning. Its work complements that of other organisations which work primarily in FE and HE (JISC and ALT) and groups and conferences with a specific interest in Computer-based Learning, AI in Education or Instructional Technologies. The SIG runs a ’strand’ at the annual conference which attracts UK and international speakers.
The Educational Technology SIG uses the Twitter Hastag #BERAEDTECH
Senior Lecturer at The Open University
Dr Koula Charitonos is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Educational Technology in the Open University. Her research is integrative and spans three areas: 1. Professional learning for complex professional knowledge work; 2. Pedagogies and...
PhD Student at The University of Winchester
Jennifer Crowdy is a 1st year PhD student and Senior Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) Developer at the University of Winchester. She has worked in the education sector since 2011, working in a range of roles with a technology and early years...
Lecturer at Durham University
Dr Nashwa Ismail has a MSc and PhD in education and she is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Dr Ismail’s area of expertise is educational leadership and management with a focus on digital technologies. Her current role is...
Welcome to the BERA Annual Conference 2023 The programme is now live online. We have a fantastic array of presentations! The mobile app will soon be launched, which will allow you to favourite...
Call for SIG Convenor The purpose of the Educational Technology SIG is to provide a meeting place for BERA members interested in the application and impact of new technologies in education across...
BERA Council is pleased to issue a call for the BERA Small Grants Fund 2023/2024. This year the theme for proposals is "Education in a digital age: perspectives from policy and practice"
The notion of open educational resources (OER) was set out in the ‘Cape Town Open Education Declaration’ (2007), calling on educators, authors, publishers and institutions to release their...
Continue reading blog postThe field of early childhood education (ECE) has seen a rise in the use of programmable robotics to introduce coding, computational thinking (CT), and sequencing ability to young learners. While...
Continue reading blog postIn the last three decades, digital technologies have become an integral part of our lives, societies and education systems worldwide. The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns since early...
What is Digital Citizenship anyway? Where does it fit in the curriculum – is it Computer Science, or is it Citizenship & PSHE? Where does it sit in the wider life of the school, whether in the...
What is Digital Citizenship anyway? Where does it fit in the curriculum – is it Computer Science, or is it Citizenship & PSHE? Where does it sit in the wider life of the school, whether in the...
