Education, digital, change and transformation
Right now in the UK we are focused on climate change. Why? Because we just broke previous temperature records – we hit 40°C– for colleagues in the US, that’s 104°F. I’m not going to debate climate change here; it’s real and if you think it isn’t you’re an idiot, or you’re an idiot and you’re…
Read moreWe often see individual requests for help, we see staff trying to make things work. One area that is well supported by both IT and Learning Tech teams is the kind of inquiry that leads to a “push this button” type response. For example, how do I narrate a PowerPoint? How do I upload this…
Read moreIt’s been a strange week, even by lockdown standards. Last Sunday we saw a government advisor justify breaking his own government guidelines,visiting family 260 miles away, I don’t have words for the tale he spun, the way he manipulated the narrative to put himself in the role of victim; and then justify a 60 mile…
Read moreI have been in conversation with that Dave Cormier, I found myself on a recent walk out in the countryside near where I live looking around and saying to myself “that’s a rhizome, and that’s a rhizome, and that’s a rhizome…” But also I have been working with colleagues around thinking about education visions (yes…
Read moreI didn’t post last week. I experienced the impact of the pandemic and the way it is impacting not just health but also the infrastructures that keep society going. People are working from home, in front of screens and on their phones, but communication, or access to the right information is not “business as usual”.…
Read moreThis week has been really busy, mostly doing research around academic behaviours during the crisis. We’re learning really important stuff and we hope to be able to share early findings soon and publish later in the year. And this is a short reflection, prompted by the conversations with academics, and my own engagement with people.…
Read moreThe end of my week 5 in lockdown (and I know that is not the same as my country’s lockdown period but right now I am grateful for my organisation who decided we should all work from home earlier than required). My twitter timeline blew up this week over a couple of articles, one in…
Read moreWell it’s now Week four… We’re starting to reflect and understand a little more about how we work in this situation. Maybe. Maybe for some, not so much for others. Most of my current work is now focused on the future, looking at what we are doing now, looking at the impact and the ramifications.…
Read moreIt is the end of week three. This is a week I would have been on the NB Haversham, a narrow boat, with friends from the US, cruising the picturesque, lazy backwaters of the Blackcountry and Birmingham canal systems. (Video of the NB Haversham in the week before lockdown – Graham Holden) The people I…
Read moreAnd here we are at the end of Week Two. How are people feeling? I was wondering this week if there’s been a bit over compensation to the isolation. FTR, I have been locked up in restricted spaces for extended periods before and whatever hints, tips and tricks you find online to this particular time,…
Read moreIt’s been a bit of a week hasn’t it? And I am not really sure if this is week one! Three weeks ago I think some people were wondering if there would be an impact, two weeks ago, after having run one of the workshops that she’d come to the UK for, Donna Lanclos arrived…
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