Teams, team-working, and design principles for supporting it
I recently published an article in which I argued that Microsoft Teams is a team-working platform, works well as such, and we should not try to...
Microsoft Teams is not a VLE, and perhaps should never become one
In his book Well Designed, Jon Kolko explores “how to use empathy to create products people love.” We start from understanding real people, both in what...
5 key roles for supporting teachers and students to change educational practice
Changing how we teach and learn is often a messy and inefficient process. In this article, I will describe an ideal change cycle, which I think...
Should we use anonymous discussion and messaging channels?
There are very good reasons for wanting to allow anonymous student participation in discussion forums and messaging channels. Students can feel less inhibited, more open to...
For teaching we must now adopt a connectivist mindset
Education has very suddenly moved to a hybrid and flexible mode, sometimes referred to as “hyflex”. What does that mean? Hybrid: The media in which these...
Use MS Teams like a pro
That’s an attention grabbing headline, but the message behind it is simple: You can use Teams for videoconferencing, and it’s OK. But that’s like using an...
Two (virtual) heads are better than one for online lectures
Bo Kelestyn and I were asked to do an online version of our Introduction to Design Thinking lecture for the Humanitarian Engineering MSc at Warwick University....
Planning for students, inspired by the Japanese Kanban method
Kanban is simply the Japanese word for signboard. But also one of the most popular and effective methods for organising work. It has enabled people in...
5 key types of (digital, online) collaboration
This is an excerpt from the unit I created for the Warwick Online Learning Certificate, a course completed by thousands of undergraduates at Warwick University. It...