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Tamasin Cave at 14:01, 25 July 2016

2016-07-25T14:01:21Z

Tamasin Cave: /* Lobbying for Education Reform through technology */

2016-07-25T13:40:14Z

Lobbying for Education Reform through technology

Tamasin Cave: /* People */

2015-12-22T21:49:46Z

People

David at 13:29, 2 September 2015

2015-09-02T13:29:08Z

David at 13:27, 2 September 2015

2015-09-02T13:27:44Z

Tamasin Cave at 12:12, 2 September 2015

2015-09-02T12:12:30Z

Tamasin Cave at 11:54, 2 September 2015

2015-09-02T11:54:00Z

Tamasin Cave: /* Pearson + Nesta acknowledge ed tech's failings */

2015-08-28T15:58:03Z

Pearson + Nesta acknowledge ed tech's failings

Tamasin Cave at 15:44, 28 August 2015

2015-08-28T15:44:17Z

Tamasin Cave: /* People */

2015-08-28T15:36:42Z

People

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	Next Gen. and subsequent publications appear, therefore, as lobbying tools for technology firms with a clear, vested interest in digitising learning, as well as enthusing a new generation of coders.		Next Gen. and subsequent publications appear, therefore, as lobbying tools for technology firms with a clear, vested interest in digitising learning, as well as enthusing a new generation of coders.
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		+	For a full account of the campaign to get computing onto the curriculum and more computers in schools, see [[British Computer Society]].

	====Nesta investments in Edtech====		====Nesta investments in Edtech====

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 ==People==
 *[[Geoff Mulgan]], founder of [[New Labour]] think tank [[Demos]], and former head of policy for [[Tony Blair]].
 *[[Stian Westlake]], Executive Director of Policy and Research; previously worked in social investment at The [[Young Foundation]], as a consultant at [[McKinsey & Company]] in Silicon Valley and London (where his work focused on healthcare, private equity and infrastructure), and as a policy adviser in [[HM Treasury]].
 *[[Helen Goulden]], Executive Director, Innovation Lab; previously spent five years consulting in the [[Cabinet Office]], Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Communities and Local Government.
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 ===Former staff===
 *Lord [[David Puttnam]], founder chair of Nesta.
 *Sir [[Chris Powell]], former chair (2003-2009)

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-'''Nesta''' is a UK-based 'innovation' charity, formerly known as the [[National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts]].<ref>Nesta [ - See more at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/about-us/our-history#sthash.zpifHXRb.dpuf Our History]. Accessed 2 September 2015.</ref>
+'''Nesta''' is a UK-based 'innovation' charity, formerly known as the [[National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts]].<ref>Nesta [http://www.nesta.org.uk/about-us/our-history#sthash.zpifHXRb.dpuf Our History]. Accessed 2 September 2015.</ref>
 It describes itself as a 'hub for innovators the world over' and is seen useful for bringing together lots of different interests: government, corporate, technology etc.

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+'''Nesta''' is a UK-based 'innovation' charity, formerly known as the [[National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts]].<ref>Nesta [ - See more at: http://www.nesta.org.uk/about-us/our-history#sthash.zpifHXRb.dpuf Our History]. Accessed 2 September 2015.</ref>
 It describes itself as a 'hub for innovators the world over' and is seen useful for bringing together lots of different interests: government, corporate, technology etc.

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 Within six months of the 2010 general election, [[David Cameron]]'s Conservative-led government announced that Nesta would cease to be an executive non-departmental public body and become a charity, which it did on 1 April 2012.
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 ===Education partners===
 Nesta says its education programme is supported by: [[Nominet Trust]], [[Mozilla]], [[Scottish Government]] and [[Futurelab]] at NFER [[National Foundation for Educational Research]]. It has also worked with [[Google]], [[Microsoft]] and [[Pearson]].
 ==Cities and public sector reform through technology==
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 *[[Portland PR]] (in the run-up to the 2010 general election)
 *[[Edelman]] (c2005)
 ==Contacts==

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	The report is part of [[Pearson]]'s 'Efficacy Framework', launched in 2013 with a promise to 'put the pursuit of efficacy and learning outcomes at the centre of our new global education strategy.'<ref>Valerie Strauss, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/25/brace-yourself-pearson-has-a-new-global-education-strategy/ Brace yourself: Pearson has a ‘new global education strategy'], ''Washington Post'', 25 November 2013</ref>		The report is part of [[Pearson]]'s 'Efficacy Framework', launched in 2013 with a promise to 'put the pursuit of efficacy and learning outcomes at the centre of our new global education strategy.'<ref>Valerie Strauss, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/11/25/brace-yourself-pearson-has-a-new-global-education-strategy/ Brace yourself: Pearson has a ‘new global education strategy'], ''Washington Post'', 25 November 2013</ref>
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		+	A previous report published by Nesta and authored by the Canadian school reformer, [[Michael Fullan]], and [[Pearson]]'s [[Katelyn Donnelly]], was also concerned with the quality of digital innovations in education. ''Alive in the Swamp: assessing digital innovations in education'' (2013), argued that edtech founders, funders and teachers should look for edtech products that 'produce at least twice the learning outcome for half the cost of our current tools'.<ref>[http://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/alive-swamp-assessing-digital-innovations-education Alive in the Swamp: assessing digital innovations in education'], Nesta / Pearson report, July 2013</ref>

	===Education partners===		===Education partners===

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 It is one of many organisations that believes that the current education system is failing to equip children with the skills they will need in the future (often referred to by reformers as '21st century skills' agenda, although this is often ill-defined). Teachers, it argues, also need to incorporate more technology in their teaching.
 ====Next Gen. report: lobbying tool for technology interests====
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 *Nesta Impact Investments is a fund used to support social ventures. It has invested in a number of education technology startups, including: [[CogBooks]] (adaptive learning online platform); [[Digital Assess]] (online assessment tool); and [[Movellas]], (online story sharing site).<ref>[https://nestainvestments.org.uk/education/ Education], Nesta Impact Investments, accessed August 2015</ref>
 ====Other digital education activity====
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 *One Day Digital events for teachers in Scotland on digital making for teachers.
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+====Nesta and the Education Technology Action Group====
-Nesta's ''Future Shock'' event for policymakers, which looks at trends and technologies that Nesta thinks will shape the UK and its economy over the next few years, in 2015 presented digital learning as a policy idea for the new Government. Among its recommendations were 'developing a kite mark for digital education technology', and 'adding digital making to the national curriculum'.<ref>[http://www.nesta.org.uk/sites/default/files/annual-review-2015.pdf Annual Review 2015], Nesta</ref>
+Nesta were heavily involved in the government's [[Education Technology Action Group]] (ETAG), which was set up in 2014 to advise ministers on education technology policy.
 ====Pearson + Nesta acknowledge ed tech's failings====