Still Searching for the Virtual Class: Where are we at with AR/VR?
In 1995, Tiffin and Rajasingham envisaged… ‘Shirley zips into her skin-tight school uniform, which on the outside looks something like […]
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
General thoughts and considerations
Is Abbott going to destroy Texan Higher education?
On January 27, Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a directive freezing all new H-1B visa applications for state agencies, including
All You Need Is Love (and a Master’s Degree)
I recognise that specialist courses, ‘Star Wars’ Studies, or Soap Opera Studies, often attract significant criticism from discipline purists. However,
Flexible Learning and the Policy Challenges
What impact is flexible learning having on learners from K-12 through to professional development? New Zealand has remarkably high levels
7 Questions on Educational Leadership
It was my privilege to answer 7 questions about leadership from Jonno White a Clarity. Read the full transcript and
2025 Trends in Marketing and Communications
Given my first job out of university was with Vichy L’Oreal where I served briefly as a junior product manager
Mobile Phones in Schools: On the right track
In March 2024, in response to New Governmental mandates that all state schools (publicly funded schools) ban all mobile phones
Authenticity: honest authors, being human
I briefly had a form up on my website for people to be able to contact me if they wanted
Plagiarism: desperately in need of redefinition in the age of generative AI.
The vernacular definition of plagiarism is often “passing off someone else’s work as your own” or more fully, in the
Metaverse explained for University Leaders: What is currently possible within the Metaverse? 2/4
I am not selling anything here. That should be self-evident given that my answer to the question “what is currently
The threat to the integrity of educational assessments is not from ‘essay mills’ but from Artificial Intelligence (AI)
The threat to the integrity of educational assessments is no longer from ‘essay mills’ and contract cheating but from Artificial
do-not-reply@: the inefficiencies of email use demonstrated by graduates
Graduates, and their colleagues, born after 1970 are unlikely to have worked in a context in which email was not a primary communication tool. Its inefficiency is manifest but often overlooked.
How do you define hybrid, or hyflex, learning?
I struggled recently to define hybrid learning to a client. They asked how they could go about creating ‘hybrid learning’
Very Brief Overview of ‘Innovating Pedagogy 2022’
This very brief summary is in no way to be taken as a substitute for reading the full report, or
Teaching about existential threats: why we need to teach concepts, not just facts.
It has now been more than four months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and I have been thinking how badly we need to be teaching about existential threats. I think we need to develop a curriculum that is open to contemporary real world challenges.
Academic Practice, Teaching Practice, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Ukraine: a teachable moment finding its way into our curricula.
In recent weeks as the war in Ukraine has unfolded I have watched educators trying, with significant success, to use
‘Resilience’: the latest hyped up term being applied to education.
“If you managed to cover the absences of staff successfully last semester, are you maybe just over staffed?” If you
Why we need to change how we design courses.
There are many courses out there that do a great job of teaching manual, dexterity and physical capabilities. From bricklaying,