Conferences and Events – lawrie : converged

Education is not the filling of a pail, but rather the lighting of a fire.*

20 June 201723 June 2017 Lawrie Phipps 16 Comments Conferences and Events

It’s been over a month of events and workshops. I’m trying to reflect on all of the things that have happened; delivering a course in Manchester the morning after the tragic event of 22nd May, talking about Rhubarb as a metaphor for digital strategy in Southampton and about Digital Leadership in an age of supercomplexity…

What cats taught me about project management

17 January 20173 March 2017 Lawrie Phipps 8 Comments Conferences and Events

Recently we held a really fun day of internal talks around a variety of issues. I chose to build on the metaphor that Amber Thomas first suggested around "cats and dead birds". I have used this before in workshops, but I wanted to build on it, and with limited time available (max 10 minutes) this…

Open Analytics?

22 July 201622 July 2016 Lawrie Phipps 7 Comments Conferences and Events, Connectivism

Digital Pedagogy Lab : Prince Edward Island : Third Reflections So the reflections keep coming, and the connections get stronger as we continue to reflect in the open. There have been some great blog posts from fellow #DigPed delegates in the last few days and maybe at some point we should write a collective piece…

Connectivism and the tyranny of print

21 July 201621 July 2016 Lawrie Phipps 11 Comments Conferences and Events, Connectivism

Digital Pedagogy Lab : Prince Edward Island : Second Reflections [caption id="attachment_8246" align="aligncenter" width="730"] Welcome address at Digital Pedagogy Lab : UPEI[/caption] The recent pedagogy lab on Prince Edward Island was split into two tracks, Digital Literacies and Networks. My experience was mostly with the network track, focusing on the nature of digital networks and…

Red Roads and Connectivism

20 July 2016 Lawrie Phipps 6 Comments Conferences and Events

First Published on Medium Digital Pedagogy Lab : Prince Edward Island : First Reflections I am just back from Digital Pedagogy Lab on Prince Edward Island, a two track digital workshop and essentially an unconference opportunity. It is only now as I suffer from jet lag and start the reflection process that I realise how…

Perspectives on Digital: Change isn’t coming, it’s here and it’s permanent

8 July 20168 July 2016 Lawrie Phipps 5 Comments Conferences and Events

I have done two keynotes recently where I have been asked to talk about the future, to look ahead at the horizon and suggest what it might look like when we reach it. Quite frankly, I would be an idiot to try and do that beyond what we know already, and even more so if…

Leading Change in Libraries: A keynote for UXLibs 2

2 July 201625 August 2016 Lawrie Phipps 3 Comments Conferences and Events, Uncategorized

We all have experience of change initiatives at one level or another. After being involved in more than 200 change projects across the higher education sector, and working with senior staff at more than 60 universities, this keynote was trying to communicate some general principles around leading change. A lot of people helped me in…

Reflecting on UXLibs 2

27 June 2016 Lawrie Phipps 1 Comment Conferences and Events

UXLibs II was my first time engaging with this particular library audience. From the outset (as far back as being asked to do the closing keynote) I got the impression it was going to be a different kind of event. But I wasn’t prepared for the sheer level of enthusiasm and engagement with everything about…

Preparing for @UXLibs

2 May 2016 Lawrie Phipps 1 Comment Conferences and Events

Last week I was preparing my keynote for the second UXLibs conference in Manchester, in June. The UXLibs approach is to use ethnographic, usability and human-centred design research approaches to gather invaluable behavioural and attitudinal user information, to inform the work of libraries and beyond. It’s a privilege to be invited to speak to this…

Reframing the debate? Learning Technologies part 2

27 June 20152 July 2015 Lawrie Phipps 1 Comment Conferences and Events

Last week Donna Lanclos and I had our session accepted to ALT-C. It builds on a debate around whether Learning Technologies are fit for purpose? We know this is not a new debate: Previous debates around this subject have been focused on the ‘purpose’ of the Virtual Learning Environment. As argued by Stiles 2007: I…