education design

Thoughts on: Reflecting or Acting? Reflective practice and continuing professional development in UK Higher Education (Clegg, Tan and Saeidi, 2002)

assessment, communication, education, education design, higher education, PhD, professional development, reflection, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Clearly one of the key ingredients in enhancing teaching practice is teacher professional development and a vital element of deriving meaning from this is reflective practice. It is at this point however that we need to […]

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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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When Schools Overlook Introverts: Why Quiet Time is Important for the Learning Process – The Atlantic

education design by Colin Simpson

For many students, quiet time is key for the learning process. Source: When Schools Overlook Introverts: Why Quiet Time is Important for the Learning Process – The Atlantic I found a lot of value to […]

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Week 1 of the 11.133x MOOC – tick.

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

MOOCs often take a little while to ramp up but the MITx 11.133x Implementation yada yada – I’m going to stick with 11.133x for now, that’s a long title – MOOC feels like it’s just […]

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Why mathematicians are hoarding chalk – and why it matters

choice, education design by Colin Simpson

This post  on Gizmodo caught my eye because I noticed the other day that one of our classrooms still has a blackboard / chalkboard that appears to be getting a decent amount of use.  At first […]

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Two great presentations from iMoot – Jim Judges and Gina Veliotis

discussion, ed tech, education, education design by Colin Simpson

The iMoot online Moodle conference was held recently and while the overall standard of presentations was quite high, there were two stand-outs for me. Jim Judges from the University of Warwick in the UK was […]

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Try-a-tool challenge Week 3 – LessonPaths and Blendspace

curation, education, education design, elearning, multimedia, resource creation by Colin Simpson

This challenge is about a couple more content curation tools – LessonPaths and Blendspace. On first glance they don’t seem as rich or interactive as Ted.Ed but I’ll see what I’m able to put together […]

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Try-a-tool challenge Week 2 – ed.ted.com

ed tech, education, education design, elearning, free, interaction, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The last couple of months a little hectic, with wrapping up one job and starting another (I’m now in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the Australian National University (ANU)) and so I have […]

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