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. 

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”

Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3

Okay, so the activity guidelines were quite specific: “Find a public space that interests you and spend a few hours (over a period of a few days, ideally) making some field notes about what you see going on. The following questions might be useful as a guide to your field notes: Where are you? – describeContinue reading “Reflections on participant observation – #SOCRMx Week 3”