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The price of freedom

January 9, 2021by teresamac Leave a 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

Why I signed the #OpenCovid4Ed pledge

September 1, 2020by teresamac Leave a comment

Inspired by this initiative I am dedicating this post to making explicit the reasons why I belive it to be so important at this point in history. I will be […]

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#opencovid4ed, agency, power, reflection

Thoughts on curating #femedtech

January 26, 2019by teresamac 1 Comment

Back at #OER17 in London I joined a small group of women meeting to sort out how we could support each other online where some of that group had experienced […]

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#femedtech, agency, power

You’ll miss them when they are gone

January 1, 2019by teresamac Leave a comment

A reflective post and a warning for 2019. A line from Luhrmann’s song will always remind me of 2018: “be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone” […]

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agency, europe, power, profession

An accident of birth.

November 11, 2018by teresamac 1 Comment

Many years ago, in my first year of secondary school in Leamington Spa I recited a poem in front of my English class. Our teacher had asked us to choose […]

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europe, power, reflection

On the case

September 22, 2018by teresamac Leave a comment

  For my final Creative Commons accreditation I decided to embark on a case study of the use of the copyright environment in the UK. I have been employed as […]

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agency, creative commons, open practice, power, profession, reflection, technology

Off my own bat.

August 15, 2018by teresamac Leave a comment

This place of contemplation attracted me during a family weekend near Bath.  I love a willow tree. We had one in the garden when I was growing up. I love […]

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agency, power, reflection

On ownership and the American dream

July 23, 2018by teresamac Leave a comment

  In a prolonged dry spell I have started to get quite sentimental about rain. The UK is generally a damp place but for weeks now we have had hardly any […]

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agency, open practice, power

When society is s*it

April 29, 2018by teresamac Leave a comment

Some the links in this post may only be available if you live in certain parts of the world I’m afraid, due to the wishes of the content owner. Firstly […]

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agency, power, reflection

The privilege of privacy.

April 18, 2018by teresamac Leave a comment

The first day of #oer18 is over and one of the many talking points has been around open vs private. In the wake of the Facebook data scandal and with […]

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agency, oer18, open practice, power

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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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