edtech

Thoughts on: Change Thinking, Change Practices (LTSN Generic Centre, 2003)

change, community of practice, ed tech, edtech, education, higher education, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I’ve been thinking that a core theme of my research – looking at how to support TELT practices in Higher Education – is Continuity and Change. This is a tiny bit tongue in cheek, referencing […]

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Thoughts on: Two guides from Ako Aotearoa on education projects and researching learners

communication, community of practice, ed tech, edtech, education, facilitation, higher education, methodology, PhD, reflection, research by Colin Simpson

It was always my intention that researching in the area that I work in would help me to shape my professional practice (and it is) but I’ve been surprised lately at how much things are flowing […]

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Defending University ICT teams

ed tech, edtech, expertise, ICT, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

There has been a minor flurry of activity in the local edublogosphere (it’s a word) with three widely applauded posts from Martin Weller, Mark Smithers and David Jones about the problems with university ICT teams. (I guess […]

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More thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – Technology, practical solutions and further questions

communication, community of practice, culture, discussion, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, feedback, forum, higher education, organisation, pedagogy, Practical tips, reflection, research, teaching, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Previously on Screenface.net: I’ve been participating in an online “hack” looking at “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” with a number of other education designers/technologists. It’s been pretty great. […]

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Rethinking Ed Tech at our university

communication, community of practice, culture, discussion, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, higher education, organisation, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I’ve embarked on some sort of ramshackle process of evaluating what we’re doing in terms of Ed. Tech and design with some of my fellow Ed Techs […]

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Thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – how education support staff can bring change

community of practice, culture, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, organisation, pedagogy, PhD, professional development, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson 2 Comments on Thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – how education support staff can bring change

One of the best things about my research and being part of a community of practice of education technologists/designers is that there are a lot of overlaps. While I’d hate to jump the gun, I […]

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Thoughts on: “What works and why?” OLT Project 2016

ed tech, edtech, higher education, Practical tips, research by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Thoughts on: “What works and why?” OLT Project 2016

The Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) is – now was – an Australian government body intended to support best practice in enhancing teaching and learning in the Higher Education sector. It funds a number of […]

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Starting a PhD

ed tech, edtech, education, PhD, teaching by Colin Simpson

This is me, today, Tuesday the 1st of March 2016. This is the day that I officially start my PhD studies (is it studies or research?) with the Faculty of Education and Social Work at […]

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Week 4 of the 11.133x MOOC – Bringing it on home

11.133x, ed tech, edtech, mooc by Colin Simpson

The final week (ok 2 weeks) of the MITx – Implementation and Evaluation of Educational Technology MOOC – is now done and dusted and it’s time for that slight feeling of “what do I do […]

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Week 3 of the 11.133x MOOC – On fire

11.133x, ed tech, edtech, feedback by Colin Simpson

In comparison to last week, I ploughed through this weeks’ work. Probably because I have a separate education tech training event on this week – the ACODE Learning Technology Teaching Institute – and wanted to […]

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