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Thoughts on: Optimising the Potential of Third Space Professionals in Higher Education (Whitchurch, 2010)

2010 was a bit of a banner year for Celia Whitchurch as we continue this journey following the development of her work on the Third Space (3S) in Higher Education. (I write Third Space way […]

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Take two – New thoughts on Shifting Identities and Blurring Boundaries: the Emergence of Third Space Professionals in UK Higher Education (Whitchurch, 2008)

I find myself returning to what might be considered the source for discussion of ‘third space’ workers in Higher Education after first exploring it 7 years ago in this post. (As it happens, earlier today […]

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Test

The appearance of computers in the workplaces at the turn of the 21st century has added ‘algorithmic thinking’ and ‘computing literacy’ to the repertoire of thinking skills and literacies that have been seen as essential […]

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ChatGPT – when good citations go bad

One of the ‘tells’ that people have been noticing in ChatGPT (or ChattieG as Anitra Nottingham calls it) is a tendency to make up citations when you ask for references. Many of these seem plausible, […]

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Clicks on the ASCILITE papers from the CMM column

This is just a quick supplementary post to the last “must reads” ones. Stephen Matchett, the publisher of the CMM newsletter is kind enough to provide me with data on click-throughs from the email each […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #54

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 27th September Loose Ends: A Mixed-Initiative Creative Interface for Playful Storytelling from MaxKreminski It is probably fair to say that many of the ‘AI in education’ stories […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #53

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 20th September Do zoom meetings really help? A comparative analysis of synchronous and asynchronous online learning during Covid-19 pandemic from Journal of Computer Assisted Learning The author […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #52

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 13th September Scientists Asked Students to Try to Fool Anti-Cheating Software. They Did. From Vice Proctoring software for online exams has undoubtably been the most controversial part […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #51

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 6th September A framework for designing asynchronous learning activities from Alexandra Mihai A tweet last week about students not turning up to a lecture got me thinking […]

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Ed tech must reads: column #50

First published in Campus Morning Mail on Tuesday 30th August Scanning students’ rooms during remote tests is unconstitutional, judge rules from NPR This story is from the US and so the legal implications in Australia […]

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