academics

Ed Tech must reads – Column 19

academic freedom, academics, blog, CMM, research by Colin Simpson

First published in Campus Morning Mail, 25th Jan 2022 Vignette – Blogs for cogs from Lexi Keeton While there is a lot of discussion about replicating face to face learning in the online environment, this […]

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Ed Tech must reads – Column 16

academic developer, academic development, academics, CMM, higher education, pedagogy, teaching by Colin Simpson

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 11

academics, activity, assessment, CMM, game based learning, game design, video by Colin Simpson

First published Campus Morning Mail, Oct 26th 2021 Team-based quizzes on no budget from Amanda loves to audit Australia’s favourite lecturer on auditing, Amanda White at UTS, integrates technologies into her teaching to inspire and […]

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Thoughts on: 2020 vision: What happens next in education technology research in Australia (Thompson & Lodge, 2020)

academics, attitudes, collaboration, edvisor, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The latest issue of AJET (Australasian Journal of Educational Technology) opens with an editorial from two people whose work in the space of TEL I’ve found of interest over the years – Kate Thompson (QUT) […]

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Reflecting on: The Academic/Professional divide

academic developer, academic development, academics, attitudes, edvisor, Professional staff by Colin Simpson

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 #36: Playing well with others

academic developer, academics, higher education, reflection, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

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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Thoughts on: Agency and stewardship in academic development: the problem of speaking truth to power (Peseta, 2014)

academic developer, academic development, academics, agency, politics, reflection, strategy by Colin Simpson

In some ways this is a ‘thoughts on thoughts on’ as I’m writing about Tai Peseta’s summary reflection at the end of a special issue of the International Journal of Academic Development focusing on the […]

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Research update #35 – Writing like a proper academic

academics, communication, language, writing by Colin Simpson

My writing style in this blog is intended to be conversational and focused on using the act of writing to help me to give form to my ideas. So sometimes it can be insightful and […]

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Thoughts on: Reconceptualising academic work as professional practice: implications for academic development (Boud & Brew, 2013)

academic developer, academic development, academics, attitudes, community of practice, education design, Education Support People, emotion, social practice theory, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I’ve been really struggling to process my thoughts on this paper for the last week. I’ll read a few pages, furiously scribbling notes all over it, and then need to step away to deal with […]

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Thoughts on: Academic developers as change agents: Caught in the Middle (Hicks, 2005)

academic developer, academic development, academics, Education Support People, higher education, institution, management by Colin Simpson

Maybe it’s just a happy coincidence but I picked up a paper that I’d made a note to read in full after skimming it a while back and I don’t think I could’ve found something that […]

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