Category Archives: University

Secondment

Posted on 5th February 2018 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve been dying to shout this out loud, and now I can. As my Facebook friends will know, on March 1st I take up a two year secondment to our Adam Smith Business School as a Teaching Fellow working with … Continue reading →

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Cargo Cults

Posted on 31st December 2017 by NomadWarMachine

Arthur C. Clarke’s Third Law states that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. I think that’s probably true of many things and not just limited to technology – that many things that others do look like magic from the outside. … Continue reading →

Posted in #CLMOOC, Capitalism, Critical pedagogy, DS106, Learning, MOOC, Online learning, Peer interaction, PhD, Rhizomes, Social Media, Teaching, Technology, University | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Creative Playfulness and Convivial Interactions

Posted on 16th December 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I’m giving a paper at the SocMedHE conference at Sheffield Hallam this Tuesday called Creative Playfulness and Convivial Interactions in a Participatory Culture: recent findings and implications for Higher Education. It’s based on some of the findings from my PhD research … Continue reading →

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Ticky-tacky feedback

Posted on 2nd December 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I’ve had two things on my mind this week – the first is the amazing cover of Little Boxes by Walk off the Earth: (this is a serious earworm – catchy tune and lyrics which are political satire as relevant … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical pedagogy, Jigsaw Technique, Learning, Peer interaction, Teaching, Twisted Pair, University | Tagged , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Learning and Meaning

Posted on 25th November 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I rewatched a superb TedX talk yesterday by Tesia Marshik called Learning styles & the importance of critical self-reflection. She talks about the myth of learning styles and the danger of believing in them, and it’s a powerful and persuasive critique. What … Continue reading →

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From Scotland with love

Posted on 18th October 2017 by NomadWarMachine

This week hurricane Ophelia hit the UK. Well, I say hit, but it was really more of a tickle in Glasgow – wet and windy, but no worse than the usual Autumn storms. And as I reflected on today’s Daily … Continue reading →

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Independence Day

Posted on 1st July 2017 by NomadWarMachine

Last year the place I work was restructured and my post as a learning technologist was made redundant. However, there was a post in the new structure with more responsibility and more money, which I applied for. So since January … Continue reading →

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The professional is always personal

Posted on 4th June 2017 by NomadWarMachine

O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An’ foolish notion: What airs in dress an’ gait wad lea’e us, An’ ev’n devotion! To a … Continue reading →

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Help

Posted on 2nd June 2017 by NomadWarMachine

Help! I have to put together a website as part of my role of Good Practice Adviser. I’ve decided to begin by using the six categories that we are using for our CPD programme this year, and choose an image … Continue reading →

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The best decision I ever made

Posted on 18th May 2017 by NomadWarMachine

I had a training course off campus today, so all week I’ve been planning to use this as an opportunity to respond to Kim’s weekly photo challenge and take photos of the path I chose to walk along. As a bonus … Continue reading →

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