The Higher Education (HE) world and the associated academic discourse would appear to be in a state of panic right now – at least in the British and American HE sectors. We have open rebellion at Durham against online learning and COVID-19 gutting finances whilst (going by job boards, LinkedIn, etc) an apparent rush to hire… Continue reading Panic in the disco(urse)
Change to ‘Portfolio’, Ethos and About
The pages that were previously under the headings About, Ethos and Portfolio are in the process of being merged under About. Why? It seemed like these, along with posts such as those on ideas such as Novice Media and The Learning Reducer, were merging anyway. In addition, the blog’s ideas are as much a part… Continue reading Change to ‘Portfolio’, Ethos and About
Future of the “Novice Media” idea
Whilst the “NM” icon will remain in use on this site, that idea for a brand will be archived for now. Elements from the previous page (and links to some resources I had built) about the Novice Media idea are copied below for posterity. The proposal is for Novice Media to becomes a site/brand for… Continue reading Future of the “Novice Media” idea
Site updates
Please note that I will be playing around with the settings and content for this site over the next few days. This may mean some odd alerts if you subscribe. Why? Reasons include that the Theme in use on this site was retired by WordPress a few years ago so I will be updating based… Continue reading Site updates
Some of the problems we can anticipate post COVID (for learning and working)
As someone who has long advocated for remote working and has worked on distance learning programmes (in various formats) for a while it feels like a hollow victory that the world has finally come to terms with these concepts only through forced circumstances. So knowing what we know about remote learning and working, what problems… Continue reading Some of the problems we can anticipate post COVID (for learning and working)
