Oh my! Finally here we are at the end of the 23 Things! I named this blog BlogXperiment because I wanted to try out anything I haven’t had a chance to do so in the past. Turns out not everything in 23 Things I like very much, but at least I tried. Overall, I’d say it’s been…
Category: learning
Thing 21: Online Games & Learning
It was fun playing “Design a clinical trial” and “Design a baby” on National Museum of Scotland website. At the same time, playing these little games helped me learn things like “it is impossible to design a baby we desire with specific features” (at least we cannot do it for now), and “what sort of ethical…
Thoughts on a legacy
Working at Breast Cancer Now was a privilege. In March last year, on my 52nd birthday, I met up with two amazing women to take part in a radio discussion about access to medicines. Both had a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer. Being alongside women pleading for the hope of more time is gut-wrenchingly emotional. … Continue reading Thoughts on a legacy →
My Garden – where all stories begin.
This is the excerpt for your very first post.
Slow musings …
I just noticed that my last entry (about the Brookes Learning and Teaching Conference in July) is already more than half a year old, and I’m asking myself if there isn’t that much happening any longer which would be worthwhile musing about.One of the t…
Slow musings …
I just noticed that my last entry (about the Brookes Learning and Teaching Conference in July) is already more than half a year old, and I’m asking myself if there isn’t that much happening any longer which would be worthwhile musing about.One of the t…
Thing 21 : Online Games & Learning Tools
I am familiar with games wether online or offline. Many of my fun times are playing games and sometimes making games. In my opinion games…
Thing 14 – Podcasts
I like podcasts, and used to subscribe to quite a few. I stopped listening so frequently when I changed mobile phone, which seems a bit silly as setting them up on the new phone wouldn’t have taken much effort. I do still make sure I always catch the Thinking Allowed podcast which I am a…
Are we inspiring all learners?
Last week was Dyslexia Awareness Week. In the main I think awareness weeks are a good idea, especially now we have social media as anyone can pitch in with comments, ideas, stories and have a voice. I really didn’t know … Continue reading →
Synchronous or asynchronous – is that the question?
The TeaLaB session (Teaching and Learning at Brookes) on Friday 31 January was titled ‘Synchronous technologies – the answer to poor online engagement?’ Its focus was on Abi Ball’s research about the use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies in …
Synchronous or asynchronous – is that the question?
The TeaLaB session (Teaching and Learning at Brookes) on Friday 31 January was titled ‘Synchronous technologies – the answer to poor online engagement?’ Its focus was on Abi Ball’s research about the use of synchronous and asynchronous technologies in …
ocTEL Week 1 – another MOOC experience
I’m trying to spend some time following the #ocTEL MOOC. While I’m now at least starting to engage with the material on offer, I’m still finding it difficult to actually participate. The contributions of other participants seem mostly relevant and are …