The Digital Classroom of Technology Project is exporing the boundaries of digital technologies and their application to learning.

The Project was started by Chartered IT Professional, Cllr Jonathan Bishop, in July 2002 and has outputted a number of publications and prototypes since then. In his MSc E-Learning Thesis, Cllr Bishop proposed a conceptual model to direct the design of e-learning systems in a blended learning environment, which while reliant on policy changes in order to exist tomorrow, is technically possible today.

This model is based on the view that the classroom of tomorrow will not simply consist of educators and learners or indeed only hard-wired personal computers, but will be accessible at a distance through many forms of new media, including mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and interactive television (iTV). Indeed, the classroom of tomorrow may consist mainly of these ubiquitous systems, not tied to any geographical location or boundary. Portable technology could enable people to learn anywhere; on the bus or on the train, while at home or while on the plane.

Now part of the Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, it is bringing together people and resources from several universities in South Wales to research the role digital technologies can play in creating social change.

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