Learning and play is one of our central themes at IM, so for us the link between the two is a cause we always champion. However, one could still see one-player video games as the antithesis to positive personal and social development. What we really love about educational gaming is that it acknowledges that learning…
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This one takes a moment to sink in. At first it looks like any other game of hide-and-seek, but once you realise the ‘bots’ have been let loose with no environmental knowledge and learned to play and strategise on their own, it’s truly extraordinary. Advances like this are like gaping into a world of infinite…
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Making, by nature, implies being hands-on – or does it? This new VR app gives unprecedented access to maker workshops. Even physically being there wouldn’t allow this close an involvement in the making process. It’s a revolutionary way to break down the barriers of safety, access and expertise in order to engage and inspire. A…
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As artificial intelligence and automation innovates, so, it seems, should we. Exercising creative skills allows us to bring to the table what only we can in terms of abstract, free, untaught thinking. This endorsement from the tech industry places much-welcome value on alternative methods of learning and arts education. uniquely human skills John Fallon, Pearson…
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Now for the final instalment in our series looking at this BBC programme – it’s ‘The Rocket‘. With each invention humanity tell its story and adds a new string to its bow; and rockets virtually represent an entirely new dimension. In some ways they’re the ultimate symbol of freethinking. We want to know what lies…
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Beavers and the imagination might not seem like an obvious connection, which is why we value the inspiration of authors like Ben Goldfarb. Here, environmentalist, blogger and imagination champion Rob Hopkins explores Ben’s ideas with an interview about his new book and the work behind it. What we found interesting was positioning beavers as the…
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There’s a lot to be said about the future of work, and much of it centres around inevitable digitisation and automation. What’s interesting about the ideas in this piece from the World Economic Forum is their dynamism. The trend we noticed is that we’re going to have to constantly change where and how we learn…
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Next in our journey through the BBC series Revolutions is The Car. As presenter Jim Al-Khalili says, this could be the most divisive invention on the list. While we might not support the pollution, cost, danger and lives lost, we can’t deny the capability that motor transport has brought us. This machine symbolises our insatiable…
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