A few weeks ago I recorded an episode of Getting Air with host Terry Greene. This excellent podcast series is focused on all things technology-enabled and open learning practices and I was delighted to join Terry and really appreciated the opportunity to have this conversation. If you haven’t discovered this podcast for yourself, browse through the episodes and you are sure to find a conversation that is not to be missed… starting with the recent…
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It’s nearly September and since 2008 that’s meant that – at least in my world – it’s time to get ready for ALT’s Annual Conference. It’s an exciting time of busy preparations, 101 things to remember and, importantly, shoes to line up to pack for the week ahead (those of you who know about #shoetweets will understand). As ALT’s chief executive my role in the conference run up is all about strategy, income generation, academic…
This post was originally published here http://femedtech.net/published/humanity-of-data-altc/ . Inspired by this post by Frances Bell and the upcoming ALT Annual Conference I have been reading up on a this approach for āaspirational metricsā DāIgnazio & Klein (2018) use for their forthcoming book Data Feminism, and in particular their thoughts on the humanity of data, which Iām quoting below: We acknowledge the humanity of data We recognize that the transformation of human experience into data often entails a reduction in…
Like many, I have been inspired by posts and a conversation about writing, in particular these posts: There are pieces of writing in the comments here that augment and change what was there before. New ideas have shown up. I see now itās co-written in deep ways. https://t.co/2cCmJT3XxD ā Kate Bowles (@KateMfD) August 15, 2019 blog post: Want to be a paperback writer https://t.co/8UVK8icPTS (following on from @KateMfD post) ā Martin Weller (@mweller) August 15,…
Hello and welcome to this monthās post on leading a virtual team. In this post (cross-posted here) the two of us, that is Martin Hawksey (@mhawksey) and Maren Deepwell (@marendeepwell), continue our series of openly sharing our approach to leadership.Ā If you are new here, you can catch up on earlier posts and podcasts or find out more about ALT, the organisation we work for as senior staff. We really appreciate comments and feedback and…
It’s hot! Even for home-workers. So in this post, which is an ‘outtake’ from my regular series of Virtual Teams posts with Martin Hawksey, I share some of our experiences and tips for home-working during a heatwave… When I was still office-based hot days were always a challenge. Fans were going on all the desks, commuting was a nightmare (if the trains were running at all) and everyone was trying to schedule as much time…
Last week I was invited to contributed to a symposium organised by Policy Connect for the Further Education Trust for Leadership (FETL), an independent FE think tank. The symposium was chaired by Lord Chris Holmes, Chair of the EdTech Leadership Group and APPG for Assistive Technology; and fellow panellists included Paul McKean, Head of Further Education and Skills, Jisc, Deborah Millar, Group Director of Digital Learning Technology, Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education and…
I have collected all kinds of stationary, envelopes and postcards for about three decades and recently I have returned to my habit of sending mail, sending letters more often. I collect books about it, I have folders of postcards that I started collecting in the 1990s, a few that I love, a few that are souvenirs, a few that are waiting for just the right moment, just the right person, just the right occasion to…
Hello and welcome to this monthās post on leading a virtual team. In this post (cross-posted here) the two of us, that is Martin Hawksey (@mhawksey) and Maren Deepwell (@marendeepwell), continue our series of openly sharing our approach to leadership.Ā If you are new here, you can catch up on earlier posts and podcasts or find out more about ALT, the organisation we work for as senior staff. We really appreciate comments and feedback and…
Next week is the week! Mum & I are going to complete 5k to mark a big family milestone – 3 years of mum being cancer free! Grateful to have another year we didnāt think weād have together as a family & for all the care and kindness that got us here. https://t.co/tec8TNIf9j pic.twitter.com/MkfxVIK93p — Dr Maren Deepwell (@MarenDeepwell) July 6, 2019 We are raising money to say thank you and give back to those…