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Getting started with pedagogic writing
Later this week I have been invited to share ideas with colleagues on how to get started with pedagogic writing.… Read More
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CARN (2018) Conference Slides
Here are the slides from the CARN (Collaborative Action Research Network) Conference 2018, held in Manchester where Lin Norton and I… Read More
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Screencast -reflections on feedback
One of my most used and valued technologies in practice is screencast. For anyone unfamiliar, screencast allows you to create… Read More
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Action Research: For Zombies or Revolutionaries?
Prompted by CARN’s conference 2018 theme ‘Daring and Doing’ … I have been reflecting on whether I/we are being bold and… Read More
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Media rich patchwork assessment: Reflections
I’ve been involved in supporting media rich, student led, patchwork assessment types for as long as I have been in… Read More
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SFHEA Case Study Planner
After an earlier post around improving D3vii) within HEA Senior Fellowship Applications, I am now offering a planning tool, to help… Read More
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Playful learning publication – A playful example of PgC Action Research
This year some of my colleagues (those undertaking the PgC Teaching and Supporting Learning in HE) have agreed to allow… Read More
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Action research practice guide and sector case studies
I’ve been asked where to find the action research guide, written by myself and Professor Lin Norton. As background, we… Read More
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D3vii – the Achilles’ Heel of Senior Fellow Applications
In my experience, Senior Fellow (SFHEA) applicants often struggle to show D3vii) – this is the criterion that relates to… Read More
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Action research conference resources
Thank you to all those who made me very welcome at Newcastle College University Centre yesterday. Here are the resources… Read More
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TILT Festival of Learning – Event Slides
Here are slides from today’s event at Nottingham Trent University, where I shared work undertaken with two colleagues (Steve Barnett… Read More
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Messiness in action research
“Action-reflection cycles may give the false impression that action research always follows a linear path. Action researchers face real-life issues… Read More
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Apps we like
Asking colleagues what apps and tools they are currently using to support practice … here are 8 favourites Want to… Read More
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Tips for using literature in action research projects
Within action research it is sometimes tricky to pin down the role of literature. To help with this and as… Read More
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What works? … Just ask
Sometimes we are so caught up in the demands of practice, and the continual search (and pressure) for enhancement, we… Read More