Designing, tame and wild
In Chapter 19 of Thinking, Fast and Slow, the psychologist Daniel Kahneman1 uses an argument that is useful to us in answering the question what is...
January 12, 2020
Interdisciplinarity for students at Warwick
We’ve got lots of interdisciplinarity opportunities for students at Warwick. So important for their ability to cope with & succeed in the modern world. Here is...
June 26, 2019
Innovation spaces at Monash University
The Innovation Studio is a purpose designed building in which staff and students may work together to design and develop innovative products and services for the...
November 12, 2018
Monash Teaching and Learning Building
The Education Building is a new state-of-the-art, purpose-designed, building at the heart of the Monash Campus. It seems to be approximately three time bigger than the...
November 12, 2018
Exploring the Monash campuses
We visited the two main campuses, both in Melbourne. Clayton seems to be a bit smaller than Warwick, with less student accommodation apparent. The buildings are...
November 12, 2018
General observations about Monash
In October 2018 I visited Monash University in Melbourne, as part of a Warwick/Monash project investigating immersive technologies in engineering education (with Graeme Knowles of WMG...
November 12, 2018
Using a Catchbox mic to change the dynamic in a lecture
I used the new Catchbox mic (borrowed from our AV team) last week, and it was great. It is a soft throwable mic in a cube....
February 26, 2018
Why study philosophy? Advice for prospective students
I was asked by our philosophy department to write an almuni profile, to be used at open days etc. This is it, with an explanation of...
January 11, 2018
How I fell in and out of love with the iPad Mini: a self-reflective design study
By Dr. Robert O’Toole When I started my PhD in 2010 the bag that I carried around with me everywhere contained the following tools: Apple iPad...
December 19, 2017
20 ways to use ResponseWare
The following activities may be conducted using ResponseWare: 1. Attendance registration – students, signed into the system using their username and password, indicate their presence in...
October 30, 2017