Method: the VRIP matrix for analysing current and ideal tech adoption
Over the last few days i’ve been involved in yet another one of the long winding discussions that occur in the academic tech business concerning how...
February 7, 2017
Workshop: Design Thinking techniques for effective participation in the design process
I’ll be running this workshop on 14th March 2017 at 12.30, Oculus Building OC1.01, University of Warwick. The University is a design rich environment: we design...
January 30, 2017
Extended Classroom Pedagogy-First Cards
This is a H5P interactive presentation introducing a second set of Extended Classroom cards. This set has been produced by Sara Hattersley and Emma King of...
November 21, 2016
Why I gave my EU referendum vote to my 11 year old son
I’m not usually a political blogger. But this country is making me very angry. Here’s why. I’m 45 years old and I am (on paper at...
November 18, 2016
Extended Classroom presentation for LTSMG conference
This is a version of a presentation that I gave at the UK Learning and Teaching Space Managers Conference at Warwick in 2016. It is an...
November 18, 2016
Crowd sourcing questions as a student-staff partnership activity
Yesterday we had a great lecture yesterday by Prof Sue Rigby of Lincoln University. It was a rich and complex talk, with lots of good examples and...
November 3, 2016
Considerations for creating an institutional strategy for digital open badges
Here are the slides for a presentation that I am doing with Sophie this week. The audience will consist mostly of student service managers. The aim...
November 1, 2016
What are the pedagogic challenges facing teachers in HE today?
Yesterday I wanted to run a simple demo of Turning Point ResponseWare in a drop-in session at our new Oculus teaching and learning building. I left...
October 20, 2016
Calm designs for rich co-presence in crowded learning spaces: countering the fragmentation of the learning community
Here’s the overview for a paper (or possibly a chapter) that I am working on. Acceleration and the centrifuge 2015 marked the 50th birthday of the...
October 13, 2016
Connecting badges earned in Moodle with Open Badges Backpack
I am now using Moodle badges as a core part of our innovation-design strategy. Students and staff earn badges that indicate they have achieved a level...
July 22, 2016