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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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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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Delivering DDLR & DDeLR: Reflections

edtech, education, education design, teachers, teaching, training by Colin Simpson

Life got quite busy in the last few weeks, so screenface had to go on the back-burner for a little while. I think it’s worth taking a look at what happened with the DDLR & […]

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Technology-enhanced learning – workloads and costs | The Weblog of (a) David Jones

ed tech, elearn, elearning, screenface, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson

http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/technology-enhanced-learning-workloads-and-costs/#comment-6535 A sensible overview of long overdue research into the real costs (time and money) for teachers developing and delivering eLearning. The number one issue that our teachers raise with me is that they would […]

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Great e-Learning designs for Moodle – Karyn Milne CIT Creative Industries

education design, elearning, Moodle, Practical tips, teachers, video by Colin Simpson

The following short video (5:03) showcases some of the fantastic design work that one of our Creative Industries teachers – Karyn Milne – has done in her Moodle course. (We call our Moodle system eLearn, […]

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