This is an interesting presentation from Clive Shepherd that discusses the skills gap that individuals and institutions face. I have been mulling on many of these issues myself over the last couple of years in particular. Increasingly academic staff are facing a bewildering array of choices in the tools that they can use for course delivery and student engagement. It certainly was a much simpler life 30 years ago. I hope to post more on this soon because I think it is fundamental to some of the issues that universities face in encouraging the uptake of educational technologies. Continue reading →