Learning futures

I have enjoyed my short stay here in Doha, Qatar, where I was an invited speaker at the Technology in Higher Education Conference. Doha is a futuristic, high rise city that didn't exist ten years ago. There is major construction work wherever you look, and the technological infrastructure is impressive.

The conference event (#the2013) was organised by the Qatar Foundation in alliance with a number of overseas universities, based within the Education City network.

Along with other invited speakers, we have been on a 'sand duning' expedition (some of the images of this exhilarating and somewhat terrifying activity are captured in the slideshow below), a visit to the Museum of Islamic Art, and several dinners in wonderfully colourful surroundings.

My presentation was entitled 'Learning Futures: Emerging technologies, pedagogies and contexts', where I explored some of the potential of new technologies to disrupt our current educational practices. During my presentation there was an earthquake in Iran, which we felt in the Gulf area, and although it didn't affect us directly in the conference centre, it did affect several downtown areas, where buildings were evacuated as a precaution. It has certainly been an eventful visit to Qatar.

Learning Futures: Emerging technologies, pedagogies, and contexts from Steve Wheeler

Photos by Steve Wheeler


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