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Ed tech must reads: column #40

First published in Campus Morning Mail, 21st June 2022 Digital transformation is human transformation from Greg Satell (Medium) It’s nice to read an article about digital transformation that doesn’t include phrases like ‘in this time […]

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Ed Tech must reads – Column 16

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 30th November 2021 Edtech people weekend challenge – Twitter discussion I found this stimulating discussion started by @BenPatrickWill on the weekend. “If you (hypothetically) had 15 mins […]

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Ed Tech must reads – Column 7

First published in Campus Morning Mail 28th Sept 2021 How Dx Powers the Post-Pandemic Institution from Educause    We started with UX (User Experience), moved on to LX (Learner Experience), and now the ed tech […]

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Reflecting on: The Academic/Professional divide

I ran a webinar for the ASCILITE TELedvisors network on Thursday, with a focus on Academic Developers. One of the things that I’m enjoying most about the research process is the way that it lets […]

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Research update #51: Been a long time Been a long time Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time*

Actually it hasn’t been that lonely at all, life is pretty good on that front, but it certainly has been a long time since I last posted here – coming up to 3 months. So […]

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Research update #48: Proposal writing day 16 – Hitting paydirt

So you know how they say that you’ll never feel like you’ve read enough for your lit review and there comes a point where you just need to stop and work with what you have? […]

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Research update #39: Proposal writing Day 3: “Rest day” but with some interesting revelations nonetheless

Well it was more a day where I’d made a previous commitment to sit on an interview panel for an Education Technologist position for a friend, followed shortly afterwards by a farewell party for a […]

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Research update #38: Proposal writing Day 2 – more on edvisors, less on edvisors & institutions

I’m kind of just staring at the screen now with 27 different tabs open across two browsers so I guess it’s time to take a mental break at the very least. Going by my schedule, […]

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Research update #37: Proposal writing Day 1 – Edvisors lit review

I’ve booked in two weeks leave from work to get at least a first draft of my thesis proposal together. There’s a loose structure in place and I’m all about just getting the words down […]

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Research update #36: Playing well with others

The nature of my research topic, with a focus on the status of professional staff in an academic world, feels risky at times. While I know that academic staff occupy edvisor roles as well, I […]

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