TEL edvisors

Research update #61: The massive data dump

Analysis, edvisor, presentation, survey, TEL edvisors by Colin Simpson

I have a reason for not having posted for a little while, for a change. I’ve been swimming in the data from my first survey, learning about statistics and stats tools and generally working to […]

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Research update #55: 10 months later

reflection, research, technologist, TEL edvisors by Colin Simpson

The cool thing about not blogging for a little while is that I get to do one of those cool narrative jumps that you get in your better TV shows* where a bunch of stuff […]

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Research update #39: Proposal writing Day 3: “Rest day” but with some interesting revelations nonetheless

academic developer, edvisor, technologist, TEL edvisors, writing by Colin Simpson

Well it was more a day where I’d made a previous commitment to sit on an interview panel for an Education Technologist position for a friend, followed shortly afterwards by a farewell party for a […]

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Research update #37: Proposal writing Day 1 – Edvisors lit review

academic developer, Education Support People, edvisor, Professional staff, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors, writing by Colin Simpson

I’ve booked in two weeks leave from work to get at least a first draft of my thesis proposal together. There’s a loose structure in place and I’m all about just getting the words down […]

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Research update #23 – The ‘troublemaker’

organisation, Professional staff, reflection, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Research update #23 – The ‘troublemaker’

I went to a cross institute training thing last week and for some reason we did an icebreaker exercise where we had to introduce the person that we were sitting next to to the room. […]

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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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Research update #17: Making connections, learning from others

PhD, Practical tips, TEL edvisors, TELT advisors by Colin Simpson

I’ll write a fuller post on this but I’ve recently helped launch a SIG (special interest group) for TEL edvisors through ASCILITE. I have a lot of different reasons for doing this, chief amongst them […]

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