Glow reached for the stars but digital dimness holds it back

The Glow network, a government-backed intranet to supply digital content to schools – doesn't really work. I can already hear the chorus – so what? I could say it's a waste of £37.5 million. I could say it makes Scotland look stupid on the international stage, because Glow has been hailed by educational technologist and Star Wars director George Lucas as a world pioneer.

But the failure of Glow to deliver cracking, colourful, imaginative teaching material and a common e-platform for student, teacher and parent exchange, is more serious than that.

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