FLANZ President’s Review of 2021
2021 may have proven to be only slightly less challenging than 2020. If only because some disruption and tumult were […]
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
General thoughts and considerations
A new national vocational learning strategy. What could a Te Pūkenga Ako Strategy look like?
Te Pūkenga (https://tepūkenga.ac.nz), the centralised vocational tertiary organisation in New Zealand created in the last two years, represents an exciting
Blended by us or differentiated by learners: the future of courseware design
Ten years ago, in 2011, I wrote a blog entitled ‘there’s no such things as blended learning’, which essentially suggested
Why there is no place for self-directed learning in formal and non-formal education
I have a problem with the use of the term ‘self-directed learning’. Or more precisely, the misuse of the term,
-, Academic Professional Development, Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, Higher Education, Learning Design, Tertiary Education, Theoretical Perspectives, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Designing Pathways: which way to innovation?
We need to continue to move away from seeing tertiary education as the imparting knowledge and see it rather as
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise, Tools and Technology
What Role for Social Media in Education?
This graphic was created in 2019 as a discussion tool for Sixth Form students (Senior high school).
Academic Practice, Academic Professional Development, Higher Education, Staff Development, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Coffee Notes: Personal Reflection and Evaluation (5’8″)
I thought I would share some cross-platform videos which reflect whatever is on my mind professionally each morning. Shot in
Higher Education, Learning Analytics, Theoretical Perspectives, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Why ‘learning analytics’ is like a sewer
Back in the late northern hemisphere summer of 2013 I drafted a background paper on the differences between Educational Data
Academic Professional Development, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
An Opinion on a new approach on Personal Tutorial Systems
(Extracted for a draft Working paper) In the previous four posts I have outlined the changing nature of student support
Academic Professional Development, Epistemology, Internationalisation, Learning Design, Theoretical Perspectives, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Kaupapa Māori and the Pragmatic Pill
I delivered a webinar recently on technology enhanced learning. It was a 90-minute session (possibly too long) in Adobe Connect
Academic Professional Development, Teaching Practice, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Reflective Practice: a non-negotiable requirement for an effective educator
BPP colleague John Irving has taught me a great deal about reflection, self-coaching and self-observation since I joined BPP University
Academic Professional Development, Learning Design, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Learning Design becomes mission critical
In my last posting I suggested that a module specification could usefully have four sections, clearly articulated, for Intended Learning
Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
1% of the World’s Population has a college education.
1% of the World’s Population has a College education? I’ve been looking recently at some of the policy declarations around
Theoretical Perspectives, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
New Ivy-League: Nice idea, wrong model
The education press fizzed this week, having caught up with an end of 2011 TED talk from former Snapfish CEO
Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, Theoretical Perspectives, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Post human frontiers for educational technology
The Society for Research into Higher Education (www.srhe.ac.uk/) or SRHE, held the inaugural meeting if the new Digital University Network,
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Ending the year as a non-Cartesian?
There is something slightly disturbing about checking the web for uses of your work. One finds the odd undergraduate presentation
Academic Professional Development, Conferences, Workshops, Meetings, SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
OER: the death of the solipsistic academic?
The challenge faced by the Open Educational Resources University is not translation, context or learning styles, it is not a
SOLE, Thoughts, Idle and otherwise
Which Universities will shape the learning spaces of the future?
“In search of the virtual class: education in an information society” published in 1995 by John Tiffin and Lalita Rajasingham