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SUMMARY:Can the new technologies transform learning? - Professor David Har
 greaves\, Associate Director for Development and Research for the Speciali
 st Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT)
DTSTART:20091112T171500Z
DTEND:20091112T190000Z
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CONTACT:Louise Johns-Shepherd
DESCRIPTION:David Hargreaves is Associate Director for Development and Res
 earch for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT)\, and Fellow o
 f Wolfson College\, Cambridge.  He has played leading roles in both academ
 ic and policy arenas having previously occupied positions that include: Ch
 ief Executive of the QCA\, a Professor at the University of Cambridge\, Ch
 ief Inspector of the Inner London Education Authority\, and Chairman of BE
 CTA. \n\nIt was as chairman of BECTA that David took a critical interest i
 n the relationship between learning and information/communication technolo
 gy\, the potential power and inherent limitations of ICT. As the embrace o
 f technologically driven solutions continues to grow the question becomes 
 more urgent – can the new technologies transform learning?\n
LOCATION:Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\
 , Cambridge. Room GS4
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