Owers Lecture 2004

Dr Stan Owers

The Owers Lecture was initiated in 2004 by Prof Stephen Heppell, the founder and director of Ultralab, to celebrate Stan's achievement and to maintain the debate about the vital issues he raised.

Ultralab was the learning technology research centre at Anglia Ruskin University from 1990 - 2006.

The lecture is now supported and maintained by Core Education UK under the direction of Richard Millwood, former head of Ultralab from 2005-2006.

Dr. Stan Owers has, since 1995, been researching the perception of technology in society and education, and concludes that our culture fails to recognise its importance.

On 24th February 2004, the inaugural Owers Lecture took place in front of an appreciative audience.

We expect another lecture in the series in February 2005 - watch this space!

Contact:
Dr. Stan Owers
stan.owers1@gmail.com

The first of this annual series, presented by Stan Owers, followed this agenda:

• Introduction - Step-changes in the vectors of direction
  The theme for this and future Owers Lectures. Download notes.
• The Owers Lecture 2004 - Technology and the Hidden Curriculum. Download notes.

There was also an opportunity to collect a complementary signed copy of Dr. Owers’ latest report at this event, entitled 'Our hidden curriculum: a comparison of two surveys in technology and other subjects' - this report is still available.

Dr Stan Owers January 2004