Anyone who knows my professional work, either in project management or in teaching and learning, appreciates that I’m a stickler for detail, i’s dotted, t’s crossed, and everything in between. I consider myself to be organisation personified. For this journal article I’m working on, based on a PhD module paper, I read the instructions forContinue reading “Confessions of a rookie researcher”
Category Archives: 4. Professional Knowledge and Skills
Lessons from my students – Spring 2020
Spring 2020 has not been a normal time for anyone and we have all been affected one way or another by the global pandemic known as Covid-19. I lost half my small group of research students as circumstances deprioritised their research studies and they deferred to this summer.
What’s in a name?
Well, quite a lot as it happens…
Learning online to teach online – openly of course!
Note: This post was originally published on OpenTeach.ie I first came across OpenTeach in October 2019 as I browsed through the World Conference on Online Learning programme scheduled to take place in Dublin early in November. I knew that if I were to attend it would only be for one day and while the attractionContinue reading “Learning online to teach online – openly of course!”
PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning
Part of this week’s PACT homework involves digging into the national PD Framework (for all staff who teach in higher education). I love the ‘all staff‘ focus since it certainly helps with the identity crisis that regularly hits me – but that’s a post for another day since we have a 250 word limit onContinue reading “PACT week 3: Domain 4 Professional Knowledge and Skills in Teaching and Learning”
Organising the chaos… hello Trello
In my newly created bullet journal I have a page dedicated to blog ideas for September. Regular readers will know that I currently only write two blogs per month but it’s a step in the direction of organisation and this post is about the first of those ideas, sharing how I’ve recently come to startContinue reading “Organising the chaos… hello Trello”
