Espace Sisyphe

épuisant le champ du possible

Main Menu

Skip to content
  • Pour soi
  • Raison d’être

Author Archives: teresamac

Money can’t buy …

May 15, 2022by teresamac Leave a comment

The current background of political lies, lawbreaking and corruption in the UK (and elsewhere of course) has drawn my attention to the role of the press in masking truth and […]

Read Article →
agency, communication, money, power

Updating my personal story of #open

April 16, 2022by teresamac Leave a comment

Looking through Twitter in preparation for the upcoming #OER22 conference I spotted an invitation on twitter to share our stories of serendipity and open. I followed this invitation and discovered […]

Read Article →
#opencovid4ed, agency, Clavier, eurocall, open badges, open practice, praxis, profession, retirement, technology, virtual exchange

A day for reflecting.

March 23, 2022by teresamac Leave a comment

Today is a national day of reflection . I have to admit that this seems to be muddied by some of the many awful things going on at the moment […]

Read Article →
agency, communication, europe, power, reflection

Christmas presence

December 23, 2021by teresamac Leave a comment

We are all expecting presents this holiday, we may have spent many hours shopping for presents for loved ones too. However, we cannot be sure of their presence on the […]

Read Article →
reflection, virtual exchange

The will to carry on.

October 17, 2021by teresamac Leave a comment

When I saw this tweet recently it reminded me that I had been brewing a post about the importance of saying no for a while. Some of my thoughts were […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

The bleedin’ obvious.

August 16, 2021by teresamac Leave a comment

Apparently there are both male and female courgette flowers. The males are more showy, they attract the pollinators. Only the fertilized female flowers bear fruit. I have managed to get […]

Read Article →
#femedtech

Break the chain

July 11, 2021by teresamac Leave a comment

“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains” J-J Rousseau. As I finally sit down to capture my reflections on the much hyped technology Blockchain, I was quickly […]

Read Article →
Uncategorized

Bringing down the pyramids

May 2, 2021by teresamac 1 Comment

As the recent #OERxDomains21 conference drew to a close, I found myself calling, via the chat, for a levelling of the pyramids. I want to reassure that I was not […]

Read Article →
oerxdomains21, reflection

Disrupting the disruptors: freeing learning from the banking model.

March 22, 2021by teresamac Leave a comment

I’m returning to my thinking space today thanks to a provocation from Donald Clark. There is a grain of truth in each of his points about open badges but I […]

Read Article →
agency, communication, open badges, philosophy

What does Closed mean when you are an Open Practitioner?

March 7, 2021by teresamac 1 Comment

Lockdown life sees us all very familiar with the notion of closed. Everything, apart from supermarkets and chemists, is closed in the UK for the 3rd lockdown since this time […]

Read Article →
agency, open practice, power, retirement

Post navigation

1 2 … 11 Next →

I am a connected educator

teresamac

teresamac

Experienced language educator and innovator, now retired. Taught and managed language teaching (French and Spanish) for 35 years, researching voice over the internet and telecollaboration (virtual exchange) in language teaching, informal learning, assessment and learning theories.

Verified Services

View Full Profile →

Tweeting

  • Disability and illness doesn't discriminate, anyone can end up in poverty. #notmygovt have removed safety net whils… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 46 minutes ago
  • RT @guardiannews: ‘Do we want music to be a pursuit only of the wealthy?’ Anger grows at PRS Foundation cuts theguardian.com/music/2022/may… 1 hour ago
  • @ft30uk #writing twitter.com/he_papers/stat… 1 hour ago
  • RT @HelenaU: Reaching out to any #Polish tweeters. If you have young children (primary school age), but live in England. What is your go to… 1 hour ago
  • #notmovingon twitter.com/jwripple/statu… 15 hours ago
  • RT @CarolineLucas: PM's new Ministerial Code: S̶e̶l̶f̶l̶e̶s̶s̶n̶e̶s̶s̶ Selfishness ̶I̶n̶t̶e̶g̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ Deceit ̶O̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶ Prej… 15 hours ago
  • @hopkinsdavid Most media in the hands of pro Tory donors. #stoptherot #ToriesOutNow 16 hours ago
  • RT @JujuliaGrace: Dear Conservative MPs who haven’t submitted a vote of no confidence, You look worse with every passing day, and we won’t… 17 hours ago
  • RT @BiancaCelentan1: The Cost of Brexit: Brits Say EU Exit Drove up Prices, New Poll Finds – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2022/05/27/bre… No shit… 17 hours ago
  • He is beyond belief! #notmypm if the rules don't suit him he bulldozes them. theguardian.com/politics/2022/… 17 hours ago
Follow @warwicklanguage
Blog at WordPress.com.
Espace Sisyphe
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Espace Sisyphe
    • Join 34 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Espace Sisyphe
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...