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Autonomy and the right to be.

March 11, 2023by teresamac Leave a comment

Who decides what you can and can’t do? As adults we like to think we are in control of our thoughts and actions, that we have the tools to make […]

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agency, communication, philosophy

The state we’re in.

September 5, 2022by teresamac Leave a comment

A central tennant of the Conservative Party is that of the small state. In other words: minimal governance and regulation, a belief in market forces and minimal commitment to citizens […]

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agency, money, rights

Raise your voice!

July 28, 2022by teresamac Leave a comment

I’m very aware that I haven’t been blogging for a while. Partly this is because I wanted to avoid transmitting the negativity I have been feeling thanks to the current […]

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agency, communication, philosophy, rights

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 […]

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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 […]

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#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 […]

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agency, communication, europe, power, reflection

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 […]

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#femedtech

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 […]

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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 […]

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agency, open practice, power, retirement

The price of freedom

January 9, 2021by teresamac 1 Comment

This is the first Saturday since I retired that it feels like I have gained a new freedom. Strictly speaking there was one previous Saturday but that was filled with […]

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#opencovid4ed, agency, communication, philosophy, power, reflection

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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.

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