education

Ed tech must reads: column #46

academic integrity, CMM, ed tech, education, engagement, research by Colin Simpson

First published in Campus Morning Mail, 2nd August 2022 How to make your teaching more interesting from Times Higher Education The digital age has made it hard to be bored, with entertaining stimuli everywhere. This […]

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Ed Tech must reads – Column 14

AR/VR/XR, CMM, education, education design, professional development by Colin Simpson

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 16th November 2021 Professional Development Opportunities in Educational Technology and Education via Stephen Downes Stephen Downes has been a go-to source for information and opinion about online […]

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Why it’s better to be a TELT Advisor than an Education Advisor

academics, attitudes, edtech, education, Education Support People, higher education, image, Professional staff, TELT advisors, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

For people working in roles like mine in tertiary education – education designers, academic developers, learning technologists etc – one our greatest challenges is being listened to and having our skills and knowledge recognised. I think that adopting […]

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Thoughts on: Exploring factors that influence adoption of e-learning within Higher Education (King & Boyatt, 2015)

academic development, academics, community of practice, discussion, ed tech, education, Education Support People, higher education, organisation, pedagogy, students, teachers, teaching, theory, tools by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Thoughts on: Exploring factors that influence adoption of e-learning within Higher Education (King & Boyatt, 2015)

This is a big post because it is about a journal article that covers some of the core issues of my thesis in progress. I’ve spent far longer looking over, dissecting and running off on […]

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Thoughts on: National Students as Partners Roundtable 2016

academics, conference, education, education design, Education Support People, higher education, learning, Professional staff, research, students, Students as Partners, teachers, teaching, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I was recently invited by @UQKelly – Kelly Matthews of the University of Queensland – to attend the National Students as Partners Roundtable on a glorious Brisbane Spring day. (For which I am grateful almost […]

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Thoughts on: Teaching online (in Teaching thinking: Beliefs and knowledge in Higher Education) (Goodyear, P. 2002)

academics, communication, discussion, education, education design, elearning, learning, methodology, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Thoughts on: Teaching online (in Teaching thinking: Beliefs and knowledge in Higher Education) (Goodyear, P. 2002)

Writing about work by your supervisor feels a little strange but, as adults and scholars, it really shouldn’t. Obviously there is a power dynamic and a question for me of what to do if I disagree […]

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Quick reading: Five papers on Academic Development (Hannon, 2008; Hicks, 2005; Boud & Brew, 2013; Lee & McWilliam, 2008; Bath & Smith, 2004)

academic development, academics, culture, education, education design, Education Support People, literature, methodology, professional development, Professional staff, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Academic development refers to the professional development of academics – which makes sense when you think about it. Evidently I hadn’t thought about that a lot because until I skim read these five papers, I had put […]

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Thoughts on: Changing perspectives: teaching and learning centres’ strategic contributions to academic development in higher education. (Holt, Palmer & Challis, 2011)

community of practice, culture, education, education design, Education Support People, higher education, organisation, professional development, Professional staff, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

As I’ve been investigating Education Support People as a theme in my lit review reading and writing this month, I came across a wealth of interesting papers by Dr Dale Holt at Deakin University. (Australia) This […]

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Research update (and post #100)

change, culture, discussion, education, Education Support People, higher education, Professional staff, tools by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Research update (and post #100)

I thought twice about making this post, given that (according to the WordPress stats) it’s the 100th but my slightly neglected PhD Wunderlist has an ongoing to-do item involving making update posts about my research. […]

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Research update

community of practice, conference, education, Education Support People, professional development, Professional staff by Colin Simpson

The formal “research” part of my pre-research – the literature review essentially – has gone off the rails a little in the last couple of months. I’ve been collecting things to read here and there […]

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