University Leaders will doubtless come away from the latest round of late summer conferences with ideas about how to seize some real estate in Metaverse. With some caveats, I would suggest it is worthwhile that Universities start thinking now about
Evaluation, Assessment and Feedback (Guidance to Educators)
Transcript Welcome all. Please feel free to share this video if you think it would be of interest to your colleagues. I want to talk today about some of the terminological differences that we have across the English language teaching
How is leadership in higher education responding to changing notions of autonomy and accountability?
With the disruption to delivery models, timetables, and staff and student expectations in the last 18 months some institutions are struggling to maintain their faculty’s motivation and commitment. Some are wrestling with changing notions of autonomy and accountability.
Is the Future of Education Inevitably Going to be Digital First?
The FLANZ webinar ‘Is the Future of Education Inevitably Going to be Digital First?’, held 6th November 2020, was a conversation about how the world of higher education, in particular, has responded to the Covid-19 pandemic and whether the future
The student is at the centre of the educational process (Interview)
I have been rather busy of late, so this is a rather delayed post from an interview done in June 2020 with SRCE, the Croatian National e-Learning Centre. The Interview appears under the title “Student je središte obrazovnoga procesa”, which
Strategic Directions in Higher, Vocational and Professional Education: Student Profiles
This article is one in a series of reflections on strategic directions in higher, vocational and professional education. It is written with an audience of senior managers in learning organisations in mind. It is part one of eight. Each section
What is missing from the UKPSF?
(Coaching is available for direct entries for Fellowship. Contact me to discuss) The majority of academic staff in the United Kingdom will have come across the UKPSF in one form or another. It has been a benchmark for my academic
Potential for International Exchange
I am in Mexico City this week sharing ideas around academic good practice with colleagues from the international network to which my institution belongs. Looking at the program it becomes apparent that there is a deep rich potential for faculty
Paper: Rethinking personal tutoring systems, the need to build on a foundation of epistemological beliefs.
Newly uploaded, here is the final paper that was previewed in blog postings during December 2014. Atkinson, S. P. (2014) Rethinking personal tutoring systems: the need to build on a foundation of epistemological beliefs. BPP University Working Papers. London: BPP University. My
Resources: International Student Lifecycle
The Higher Education Academy issues extensive guidance on supporting the International Student Lifecycle. This is the result of The Teaching International Students project which was a joint initiative between the HEA and the United Kingdom Council for International Student Affairs