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Editorial: Practitioner research and commentary in a networked society

Over the past decade, self-published polemic on education topics has become widely disseminated through a burgeoning culture of social media, and has increasingly challenged the products of...

The edublogger, the school and the academy

In December 2018, BERA published my blog, ‘In pursuit of a secure base? Education commentary in times of socio-political uncertainty’. The core point of that article was to consider a topic...

CollectivED: Curating voices in professional learning

The thread As a new professor I was invited to establish a research and practice centre, and it was suggested by the dean of my school that creating a working paper series would be a valuable...

Research Ethics Case Studies: 1. Twitter, data collection & informed consent

Research Ethics Case Studies 2019

BERA’s Research Ethics Case Studies series begins by looking at the ethical issues that can arise when using social media as a means to recruit participants or gather data. To what extent are...

How do material properties and designed form indirectly influence learning activity?

Motivated by a desire to increase participatory forms of teaching and learning, the case study we present in the new special section of the British Journal of Educational Technology on ‘future...

What are the drivers to inspire more girls to study computer science?

As our 21st century society evolves, computer science (CS) proves fundamental (Cotteleer & Sniderman, 2018) to our global communities’ economic growth, national security, sustainability and...

Experience, represent, apply (ERA): A heuristic for digital engagement in the early years

Presenting a powerful new mechanism for encouraging play-based learning that reflects a more up-to-date and holistic view of technology use in the early years.

Jill Jameson

Professor of Education and Chair/Director, Centre for Leadership and Enterprise

Professor Jill Jameson is Professor of Education and Chair/Director, Centre for Leadership and Enterprise, Faculty of Education and Health, University of Greenwich, a Visiting Fellow (2018) and...

Artificial intelligence and multimodal data in the service of human decision-making

Artificial Intelligence in educational research and practice

The question, ‘What is an appropriate role for Artificial Intelligence(AI)?’, is the subject of much discussion and interest. There is little doubt about the great potential and the disruptive...

Lifelong learning ecologies: The challenge of capturing emergent forms of learning

Why does a powerful metaphor of learning in our contemporary society poorly convey empirical research, research transfer and applications? This appears to be true of the concept of ‘learning...

Technology-mediated learning theory: A holistic and field-specific referent for the analysis of technology-enhanced learning

The recent 50th anniversary special section of the British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET) on ‘Developing Critical and Theoretical Approaches to Educational Technology Research and...

The roles of school leaders and teachers in a technology-facilitated instructional reform

Generous access to technologies in the digital age provides alternative resources for educational practices. While the educational use of information and communication technology (ICT) increases...