Colin Simpson

Research update #20 – Language language covfefe

academic development, education design by Colin Simpson

Nothing like using a word that will be terribly dated in a week’s time in a title to anchor it in space/time. Language has been a particular interest in the last few weeks and months […]

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Thoughts on: The Dynamics of Social Practice; Chapter 7, Representing the Dynamics of Social Practice (Shove, Pantzar and Watson, 2012)

practice, social practice theory, space, time by Colin Simpson

This chapter primarily sums up the core ideas of the book (probably should’ve read it first). If I was to sum up the summary, I’d say that their argument is that streamlining the various elements […]

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Research update #19 – small ideas

teachers, teaching, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors by Colin Simpson

Research this week has mainly involved a continuation of working on the concise paper relating to TEL edvisor (though we’re not using this term because, well, we kind of made it up) roles and meanings […]

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Research update #18: Wow, it’s been a while

Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

While I haven’t been ‘here’ writing up things about readings, there’s still been a little bit of research action going on under the surface. I had a great meeting in person with Peter and Lina […]

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Research update #17: Making connections, learning from others

PhD, Practical tips, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors by Colin Simpson

I’ll write a fuller post on this but I’ve recently helped launch a SIG (special interest group) for TEL edvisors through ASCILITE. I have a lot of different reasons for doing this, chief amongst them […]

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Thoughts on: The Dynamics of Social Practice; Chapter 6 Circuits of Reproduction (Shove et al, 2012)

academics, community of practice, competences, education design, Education Support People, feedback, monitoring, social practice theory by Colin Simpson

This chapter seemed to take forever to work through, possibly because a bit of life stuff came up in the interim but it’s also at the more complex end of the discussion. It concludes the […]

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Research update #16 – Narrowing focus

PhD by Colin Simpson

I had a Skype chat with my supervisor and told Peter about my refined direction shifting the research question to What can TEL edvisors do to better support TELT practices in Higher Education. This moves […]

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Thoughts on: Thoughts on: The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday life and how it changes – Chapter 5 (Shove, Pantzar and Watson, 2012)

academic development, academics, materials, practice by Colin Simpson

This chapter has us looking at the ways that practices can be grouped together, what factors drive these groupings and what impact competition and collaboration between practices has on other practices. (I’m still mind-mapping the […]

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Thoughts on: The Dynamics of Social Practice: Everyday life and how it changes – Chapter 4 (Shove, Pantzar and Watson, 2012)

academics, activity, community of practice, competences, materials, meaning, practice, SAMR, social practice theory, sociomaterial theory, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Chapter 4 of The Dynamics of Social Practice takes us from the ways that the elements of practices circulate, emerge and disappear to the people that ‘carry’ these practices and some of the reasons that […]

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Research update #15 – Pat Thomson’s tips of journalling your PhD

PhD, research by Colin Simpson

There are two people that I’ve heard about repeatedly in beginner PhD student circles as goldmines of advice – Inger Mewburn and Pat Thomson. I’m lucky enough to work at the same institution as Inger […]

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