Emotional Intelligence and Leadership
I went on a course on emotional intelligence … so interested in this piece that came up in this weeks Times Higher Education: It is about recognising your own emotional reactions Continue Reading →
View ArticleGetting a Scholarly Monograph Published
Having published my first book, with calls for a sequel of case studies … I would like to get my PhD turned into a book this year (10 years aftetr Continue Reading →
View ArticleOverwork = Less Creativity? Milking the academic cow dry?
A fascinating piece on the culture of overwork within academia, finishes: We need coalitions of the sane to lead discussions about what can reasonably be expected of academics, to recruit Continue...
View ArticleMOOCs are damaging Mentoring?
Having spent a significant chunk of today talking about mentoring, an interesting piece to come across in Times Higher Ed: I have spent nearly my whole life, since kindergarten in 1956, Continue Reading →
View ArticleLectures Still of Value?
Really interested in the debates about teaching styles, especially re: lectures: By the 1970s, educational scholar Donald Bligh had written one of the first comprehensive reviews of the research...
View Article“Good Works” = “Academic Citizenship”
The realities of academic life – more than research and teaching … and incredibly difficult with short-term funding/contracts For Mary Evans, centennial professor at LSE’s Gender Institute, the rewards...
View ArticleTwitter and blogs are not add-ons to research
The importance of social media as part of the ‘impact agenda’ within Higher Education: If scholars continue to have “small (vociferous) conversations amongst ourselves, in professional seminars and at...
View ArticleFacebook hubs may influence grades
Useful thinking about university course Facebook groups, which students typically set up themselves: At the start of term there is “a big rush” to create the most popular Facebook site Continue Reading →
View ArticleKeeping distractions to the minimum?
Learning and teaching in a digital age … remove the digital distractions? To help create such a place, I keep distractions to a minimum. Everything about the interior is designed Continue Reading →
View ArticleMOOCS need more interaction? (@timeshighered)
Currently undertaking three variants of online courses or MOOCs, and largely listening, taking notes, sharing some notes, with the occasional bit of conversation. Ironically the one with most...
View Article[BOOK REVIEW] Sharing our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media,...
Another book to add to the wishlist, particularly related to my interests on identity (online): In Sharing our Lives Online, journalism scholar David Brake explores many of the potential harms from...
View Article[Book Review] Speed Limits: Where Time Went and Why We Have So Little Left,...
This looks interesting: Howard P. Segal on an examination of the accelerating pace of life whose scope extends beyond fast food and computers In our high-tech culture, speed is all Continue Reading →
View Article[Book Review] The Marketplace of Attention: How Audiences Take Shape in a...
Also looks interesting: Now that digitisation has revolutionised the media, what are we watching – and how? By Sharon Wheeler S o I’m sitting on the sofa, surfing rapidly through Continue Reading →
View ArticleGoogleGlass in the Classroom
We’ve had a GoogleGlass in CODEC since the summer, but it’s not been used to much acclaim by the team, but this is an interesting experiment where it seems to Continue Reading →
View Article[BOOK REVIEW] Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness
Now, here’s an interesting looking book, and this first couple of paragraphs sums up a lot: The relationship between academics and Wikipedia is a complex one. At one level we Continue Reading →
View ArticleBook Review: Pressed for Time by Judy Wajcman
Well, this looks interesting: Pressed for Time – Judy Wajcman’s clearly, interestingly and highly accessibly written investigation into the many facets of the acceleration of time in our increasingly...
View Article#FollowFriday: Using Twitter in Learning
Interesting story in THE, with Rosie Miles, who I heard from at Winchester in the past: Dr Miles used Twitter, she said, as a kind of “ludic learning” tool, allowing Continue Reading →
View Article"Born into a second life"
Some interesting thoughts here re ‘digital natives‘: In my field, we are accustomed to rehearsing all the usual anxieties about threats to material book culture: we lament the loss of Continue Reading →
View Article[Book Review] Wikipedia U: Knowledge, Authority and Liberal Education in the...
This looks worth a read … had many discussions about the use of Wikipedia within academic life … and let’s face it, many of us use it as a first Continue Reading →
View ArticleInternet Addiction Impacting Studies?
Curious about this piece of research: Internet addicts were less motivated to study, according to responses given in the survey. Students with mild or worse internet addiction were judged to Continue...
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