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A sense of community – contribution to wellbeing

As the summer draws to a close, planning and preparation begins for a new academic year. In some respects it feels similar to coming into January and a new calendar year, and in a sense that’s exactly what this time of year is like for those of us involved in education, students and teachers alike.Continue reading “A sense of community – contribution to wellbeing”

Organising the chaos… bullet journalling

Monday was a holiday this week here in Ireland and it’s the day when I usually give some thought to what I might write in my blog scheduled to post every two weeks at the moment. I would like to have a pipeline of content to write about but it just hasn’t happened that wayContinue reading “Organising the chaos… bullet journalling”

Building community… the question of reciprocity

In my last blog post I starting thinking about the concept of lurking in an online community and whether it is a good or bad thing. My instinct tells me that the term is a negative one, that lurking isn’t a good thing since it’s one-sided and no reciprocity exists. So, I did a littleContinue reading “Building community… the question of reciprocity”

Building community… a few more steps

Several months have passed since I wrote a blog post on the important topic of community, a full academic year has been completed and it’s probably time to apply some learnings for the upcoming semesters. Just like starting out as an undergrad student in a physical university environment it takes effort to get to knowContinue reading “Building community… a few more steps”

Academic writing summer school

In my last post I wrote about my increased confidence following my first year of blogging. Perhaps it was too much to expect that my academic writing might miraculously appear (not improve or develop but appear) during the same timeframe. So, when the opportunity arose to participate in an optional #acwri summer school offered by myContinue reading “Academic writing summer school”

Reflections on my first year of blogging

It’s been a year since I tentatively dipped my toes into the then cold waters of blogging to create a learning journal for myself, publishing my first post on 19 June 2017 at 2:50pm local time. The intention was for it to be a personal place to reflect on my learning, teaching and research journeyContinue reading “Reflections on my first year of blogging”