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Thoughts on: Distributed Leadership: a collaborative framework for academics, executives and professionals in higher education (Jones, Lefoe, Harvey & Ryland 2012)

culture, education design, Education Support People, expertise, higher education, organisation, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Thoughts on: Distributed Leadership: a collaborative framework for academics, executives and professionals in higher education (Jones, Lefoe, Harvey & Ryland 2012)

The other day as I was reading and frustratedly scribbling notes all over this paper, I took a moment to tweet about it. I was about 2/3s of the way through and finding the honest and […]

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Thoughts on: Changing perspectives: teaching and learning centres’ strategic contributions to academic development in higher education. (Holt, Palmer & Challis, 2011)

community of practice, culture, education, education design, Education Support People, higher education, organisation, professional development, Professional staff, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

As I’ve been investigating Education Support People as a theme in my lit review reading and writing this month, I came across a wealth of interesting papers by Dr Dale Holt at Deakin University. (Australia) This […]

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Thoughts on: Shifting Identities and Blurring Boundaries: the emergence of Third Space Professionals in UK Higher Education (Whitchurch, 2008)

Education Support People, Professional staff, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

As I’ve delved into the place of Education Support People (academic/educational developers, designers and technologists) in shaping TELT practices in Higher Education, there have been repeated references to “Third space professionals”. This paper by Celia […]

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Research journals relating to education in business and economics

education, higher education, research, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Sometimes you need to spend hours poring over a list of 20,000+ academic journals looking for those related to education in business and economics. I’d advise against it. Here are the ones that I found, […]

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Thoughts on: Reflecting or Acting? Reflective practice and continuing professional development in UK Higher Education (Clegg, Tan and Saeidi, 2002)

assessment, communication, education, education design, higher education, PhD, professional development, reflection, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Clearly one of the key ingredients in enhancing teaching practice is teacher professional development and a vital element of deriving meaning from this is reflective practice. It is at this point however that we need to […]

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Thoughts on: Change Thinking, Change Practices (LTSN Generic Centre, 2003)

change, community of practice, ed tech, edtech, education, higher education, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I’ve been thinking that a core theme of my research – looking at how to support TELT practices in Higher Education – is Continuity and Change. This is a tiny bit tongue in cheek, referencing […]

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Defending University ICT teams

ed tech, edtech, expertise, ICT, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

There has been a minor flurry of activity in the local edublogosphere (it’s a word) with three widely applauded posts from Martin Weller, Mark Smithers and David Jones about the problems with university ICT teams. (I guess […]

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More thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – Technology, practical solutions and further questions

communication, community of practice, culture, discussion, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, feedback, forum, higher education, organisation, pedagogy, Practical tips, reflection, research, teaching, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Previously on Screenface.net: I’ve been participating in an online “hack” looking at “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” with a number of other education designers/technologists. It’s been pretty great. […]

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Rethinking Ed Tech at our university

communication, community of practice, culture, discussion, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, higher education, organisation, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago that I’ve embarked on some sort of ramshackle process of evaluating what we’re doing in terms of Ed. Tech and design with some of my fellow Ed Techs […]

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Thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – how education support staff can bring change

community of practice, culture, ed tech, edtech, education, education design, expertise, organisation, pedagogy, PhD, professional development, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson 2 Comments on Thoughts on: “Digital is not the future – Hacking the institution from the inside” – how education support staff can bring change

One of the best things about my research and being part of a community of practice of education technologists/designers is that there are a lot of overlaps. While I’d hate to jump the gun, I […]

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