Colin Simpson

Thoughts on: Third Space Slowposium (Practice – Part 1)

The practice section of the Slowposium captures ideas and perspectives about what we do in the Third Space, how and why. It’s probably more of a mixed bag than some of the other sections – […]

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Thoughts on Third Space Slowposium (Identity – part 2)

Previously on Screenface dot net, I wrote about the first half of identity themed sections in the Slowposium site. Now I am doing the rest. Negotiating third space identity through the process of writing about […]

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Thoughts on Third Space Slowposium (Identity – Part 1)

For those who came in late – I’m working my way through all the submissions to the Third Space Slowposium/Symposium by theme. There are rather a lot more entries in Identity than there were in […]

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Thoughts on: Third Space Slowposium ( Connecting)

Forgive me blog father, it has been more than a year since my last post. I have been working on the first draft of my PhD thesis – just currently (anxiously) awaiting feedback on that […]

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Thoughts on: Optimising the Potential of Third Space Professionals in Higher Education (Whitchurch, 2010)

2010 was a bit of a banner year for Celia Whitchurch as we continue this journey following the development of her work on the Third Space (3S) in Higher Education. (I write Third Space way […]

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Take two – New thoughts on Shifting Identities and Blurring Boundaries: the Emergence of Third Space Professionals in UK Higher Education (Whitchurch, 2008)

I find myself returning to what might be considered the source for discussion of ‘third space’ workers in Higher Education after first exploring it 7 years ago in this post. (As it happens, earlier today […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #85

First published in Campus Morning Mail 6th June, 2023 Before I kick off the final instalment of this column (in this place), I’d like to quickly thank Stephen Matchett for his tireless work on CMM […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #84

First published in Campus Morning Mail 6th June, 2023 Celebrating 10 Years of H5P: Empowering TEL in Higher Education from The Edvisor One of the best things that the Internet gives us in terms of […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #83

First published in Campus Morning Mail 30th May, 2023 Learning to work with the black box: Pedagogy for a world with artificial intelligence from British Journal of Educational Technology Margaret Bearman and Rola Ajjawi (Deakin) […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #82

First published in Campus Morning Mail 23rd May, 2023 Can large language models write reflectively from Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence Among the strategies often presented for designing assessment tasks to counter the GenAI menace […]

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