I am going to teach
Teaching is something you do, not somewhere you go… Okay so teach and work aren’t as interchangeable as I would like to think, and I recently wrote a couple of pieces on the nature of work and working...
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Image by Engin Akyurt from Pixabay This week we saw new Covid measures put into place across the UK to try and reverse the increase in coronavirus infections over the last few weeks. The impact of...
View ArticleDesituated Art School (a provocation)
Reflecting on the idea of an Art School (or university) with little or no access to physical spaces. What have we learnt from Lockdown during 2020? Dave White thinking about the future and what we have...
View Articlee-Learning Stuff: Top Ten Blog Posts 2020
This year I have written 94 blog posts. In 2019 I had written 52 blog posts which was up from 2018 when I only wrote 17 blog posts. Image by fancycrave1 from Pixabay I decided when I got my new role in...
View ArticleDVD pedagogy in a time of digital poverty
Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash The challenges of digital poverty are making the news, with demands to ensure students have access to devices and connections. What isn’t making the news so much is...
View ArticleYou will need a tray…
Image by Alex_K_83 from Pixabay So sometimes you have to backtrack and change your mind. I have been working on a variety of blog posts about transformation over translation. When discussing the...
View ArticleHow can we best support learners coming in to HE from a Covid context?
Update Supporting Students to Transition to HE in September: There are a few places left to join us for a shareshop on ways HEIs are supporting new and returning students for the new academic cycle. We...
View ArticleDay 21: Most used website
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. Image by 377053 from Pixabay I have no idea. Mainly as I use multiple devices and browsers. On Chrome on my iMac, it would be Twitter, but on...
View ArticleDay 22: EdTech Metaphors
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. Image by Gerhard Traschütz from Pixabay I use metaphors a lot when I am discussing edtech or delivering training. One example that others use which...
View ArticleDay23: Best conference merch
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. I could say the iPad I got, but it was a prize, so guessing doesn’t count. I really loved my Cambridge University Press mug I got at UKSG in 2011....
View ArticleDay 24: Favourite theory read
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. TALL blog » Blog Archive » Not ‘Natives’ & ‘Immigrants’ but ‘Visitors’ & ‘Residents’ by Not ‘Natives’ & ‘Immigrants’ but ‘Visitors’...
View ArticleDay 25: EdTech Klaxon
->-> Digital Natives <-<- Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. My EdTech Klaxon goes off each time I hear the term Digital Natives. This...
View ArticleDay 26: Best recent EdTech Read
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. Probably this recent blog post by @Lawrie and @nicwhitton. Image by S. Hermann & F. Richter from Pixabay Though I didn’t post these posts each...
View ArticleDay 27: Hot fads
Image by Jürgen Schmidtlein from Pixabay This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. I have seen many hot fads over the years, people focus on something and assume it will radically change...
View ArticleDay 28: Golden edtech oldies
From 2006. Mobile Learning on a VLE? Wouldn’t it be nice if all learners in an educational environment had access to a wireless laptop and free wireless access to their digital resources at a time and...
View ArticleDay 29: A piece of your edtech past
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. The WCC. Though I didn’t post these posts each day in June (and to be honest I didn’t post it each day on the Twitter either) except the final...
View ArticleDay 30: Showcase your EdTech Journey
This post is part of the #JuneEdTechChallenge series. The final day of the #JuneEdTechChallenge asks you to showcase your EdTech Journey so I created an infographic of some of the key moments in my...
View ArticleLet’s be more innovative
We often talk about innovation in education and sometimes the context in which it used implies that innovation is required to make things better. Photo by Christin Hume on Unsplash When I think about...
View ArticleTurnitin is quite good, it once showed me that I had plagiarised myself
Gloucestershire College by James Clay Was reminded of this tweet this week. Turnitin is quite good, showed me that RSC London had plagarised me. — James Clay (@jamesclay) July 3, 2012 Turnitin is quite...
View ArticleWhat happens now?
Image by Peter H from Pixabay So the Guardian is reporting that nine in ten university students in England have had at least one Covid jab. This does have implications for in-person teaching at...
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