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#OER24 – a reflection

In this post I reflect on my first time attendance at OER24, the annual Open Education, Research, Practice and Policy conference hosted this week by Munster Technological University, Cork, Ireland. I also had the opportunity to present my current work, a video recording of a practice run is available through this link: https://learningdigitaltogether.com/our-pilot/

From 50k words to a 10-minute slideshow!

Continuing my practice of striving to be an open researcher I decided I would try and summarise my PhD thesis in a sub-10-minute PowerPoint presentation. Ambitious? Definitely. Possible? Oh yes! Disseminating our research doesn’t have to be all about journal publications and the like, right?

2023 in review; 2024: a preview

Professionally and academically, 2023 closed out on a high point, attending my graduation ceremony at Lancaster University, marking the end of my PhD studies that I started in January 2019. I had the honour of being conferred with my degree by The Rt Hon Alan Milburn, Chancellor of Lancaster University, pictured here (image courtesy ofContinue reading “2023 in review; 2024: a preview”

Our BorrowBox experience

The following story is shared by two anonymous interview participants from my PhD research, a husband and wife who have developed their digital skills over the years with support from one another and occasional troubleshooting support from a family member who lives nearby. /*! elementor – v3.18.0 – 20-12-2023 */ .elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-headingContinue reading “Our BorrowBox experience”