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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 10

CMM, edtech, education design, Education Support People, LMS, teaching by Colin Simpson

First published in Campus Morning Mail, 19th October 2021 Watch Party Lectures: Synchronous Delivery of Asynchronous Material from Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education Something that I’ve noticed recently in online conferences is an […]

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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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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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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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Teaching with Moodle – the Moodle for beginners MOOC

badges, elearning, mooc, Moodle, pedagogy, teaching by Colin Simpson

I’ve been using Moodle for 3-4 years now but as a big part of my job is to train our teachers in it, it seemed wise to sign up for the new Teaching with Moodle […]

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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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