I’ve been tasked, twice, over the last couple of weeks with re-envisioning new ways of working. When I discuss working at the university, an important part of the conversation must necessarily revolve around teaching and learning – after all, that’s a significant part of the work that we do at university (and it’s a part…
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Constructive alignment and assessment
I must confess that, while i am aware of the term, I wasn’t until very recently entirely aware of the nature of what is meant by the term ‘constructive alignment’. However, I’ve now started looking into the term, with a mind for how it might be useful in the future, especially in the nature of…
Some thoughts about anonymity, confidentiality and social media.
One of the great challenges of undertaking any kind fo research or fieldwork in social media spaces is ensuring that people’s data is protected as appropriate. There is some discussion about how this should be done – and, indeed, whether it should be done at all. After all, the argument goes, if you’re only using…
Some thoughts on The New Despotism by John Keane
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my understanding of civics and citizenship education. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a…
Social media, social movements and scraping (part two)
I’ve been doing some more work on social media scraping and data analysis. In particular, I’ve been thinking about what kind of measures we can put into place in order to examine the kind of learning that is taking place across the social media platforms. This also needs to be assessed based on the kind…
Social media, social movements and scraping (part one)
This is another post that will likely be part of a series. I’m really enjoying using my blog for this part of the research process, as a tool to unpack my thoughts and consider the direction of my research. So, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere (I think), I’m interested in exploring social media as site of…
Some reflections on Small Teaching Online
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my course in Learning Design. I’m trying to stay abreast of current research and writing in the field of learning design, instructional design and other, related fields. This will help inform my own practice, but…
Some reflections on Banal Nationalism by Michael Billig (1995)
Billig, M. (1995). Banal Nationalism. Springer. Introduction societies that maintain armies – belief that some things are more valuable than life itself. What is valued – changes in times. Sometimes, these causes, after time has passed, seem trivial. This reflects a shifting balance of priorities. Great causes today – different. So is the scale of…
Social Justice and Learning Design
My slides from a recent presentation.
The life cycle of social movements (part 3)
I think there are three major differences between ‘old’ and ‘new’ social movements. The mix of the physical real and the virtual real, and the ability to make use of affordances in different spaces. Early studies of the internet (in the first instance) and social media (in the decades following) often focused on who was…