This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. 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 range of different fields. I…
Category: Academia
Change and Pandemics
There’s been a lot of discussion about how society, or education, or the economy, or all of the above might changes as a result of COVID-19. Of course, I think any such discussion is quite premature, and those heralding paradigm shifts often either have a vested interest in such a paradigm shift, or a perhaps…
Education and Complexity
One of the things that I’m really enjoying about my sojourn into higher education at the moment is the chance to really engage with – and do some deep thinking about – some of my previously cherished notions about education. I guess this is part of becoming an increasingly critical thinker – and consumer –…
Epistemology and Subject Matter Experts
My graduate certificate is slowly making its way through the various committee it needs to in order to be approved. There are, of course, always comments and suggestions about how the subjects and even the course as a whole might best be improved or altered. I think I’ve mentioned elsewhere that there are some concerns…
Some reflections on The Civic Organisation and the Digital Citizen
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my book. 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 range of different fields. I…
Design: Designing for Learning
I feel that my ideas for the Graduate Certificate in Learning Design are really beginning to be formed at quite a granular level. This makes sense as I am now in the process of developing the full subject descriptions for each of the eight subjects. I’m prioritising four to begin with as they will be…
Pandemics and Active Citizenship
The COVID19 pandemic is a scary situation. Even in Australia, where thankfully its spread appears to have been limited thus far, it has already changed society in a temporary fashion. Whether this leads to more permanent changes is, at this point, unknown, but we can certainly hope that the recognition shown to so-called ‘unskilled workers’…
Pandemics and Online Learning
1. This is not business as normal. The first point that I think is really important to make is that, due to the effects of COVID19, we are not dealing with a normal or orderly transition to online or distance learning. Rather, we are dealing with what many Learning Designers are describing as emergency remote…
Citizenship and Complexity
One of the key features of my thesis was my application of complexity theory – or at least some concepts related to that that theory – to civic and citizenship education. It’s a theme that I imagine I am going to return to quite regularly, and it is currently informing the work that I am…
Create: Designing Interactive Learning Objects
Another subject that I’m really interested in – and looking forward to – teaching is a subject that I have tentatively entitled ‘Create: Designing Interactive Learning Objects’. I flipped back and forth about calling it Create or Design. To be honest, I’m not entirely sure it matters – I think that it’s clear what the…