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The importance of a VLE review

Most VLEs are treated as standard infrastructure, a static system that is, at best, functioning; delivering modules, hosting content, running

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Stay Safe

100 days of #100DaysToOffload

Well. Something that should have taken just 100 days to complete has taken me over 5 years and 4 jobs.

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Disruptors

The way “disruptor”, as a buzzword or business approach, is used in the film Glass Onion isn’t admiration. It’s satire.

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Waves

Sponge or stone?

The ‘sponge and stone’ theory is a simple metaphor, but it carries an uncomfortable amount of truth. Faced with the

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Meetings & transcripts & summaries

There was a time when recording meetings felt exceptional. It implied formality, risk, or mistrust. Today, it’s becoming something else

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Unbundling the university

Unbundling the degree

The idea of unbundling the university degree is often framed as something radical: a disruption driven by technology companies, MOOCs,

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Using video: from passive viewing to purposeful engagement

Back in 2013, I wrote a short post reflecting on Emily Moore’s article From Passive Viewing to Active Learning. At

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Redundancy, resilience, and finding what’s next. #LTHEChat

I joined the LTHEChat team in 2015 for their 31st community chat on Twitter to ask questions about the ‘intrinsic

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