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This post was catalysed by a discussion thread on the Global Innovative Language Teachers group (#GILT) on Facebook. The relationship between theory and practice in education, between research and teaching […]
This post was catalysed by a discussion thread on the Global Innovative Language Teachers group (#GILT) on Facebook. The relationship between theory and practice in education, between research and teaching […]
I have been thinking recently about values. On Friday I will be hosting a discussion webinar for the Open Ed Sig on this very topic so my reflections are in […]
Today I was fortunate to be able to participate in a discussion which was part of the MELSIG conference at Edgehill. The SIG is a community of practice for media […]
Image: NASA via wikimedia A recent trailer for a BBC programme about our planet included a soundbite which struck me so much I wrote it down: “This is our home […]
When streams rush together to meet and make their way to the ocean, they foam and bubble, oxygen rich waters feed the area, bringing life and carving through rock and […]
Prepared for the #101openstories project to celebrate 2017 as Year of Open. 1980’s My early days as a teacher involved lots of learning. As a new teacher you have to […]
A response to discussions in #creativeHE. There are so many flavours of pedagogy flying around in HE at the moment: paragogy, discipline-specific pedagogies, critical digital pedagogy, androgogy and many more. […]
There are times when we each have to let others know what we feel. The past few months have brought me to a point where I can no longer dismiss […]
Prompted by musings after the #BYOD4L final topic of Creating, I am coming here to pull together my deeper thoughts around what creation means to me. The post title comes […]
(gif via giphy) If I remember correctly (and it was over 20 years ago now) my children were very effective at getting my attention whatever time of the day or […]