The challenge of “remaining current” part 1

A couple of months ago I created a placeholder for a future post with this title. I drafted a few notes with the idea of expanding the traditional notion that for teachers “remaining current” meant keeping up to date with our knowledge area / domain (replace with your preferred term). I was particularly interested inContinue reading “The challenge of “remaining current” part 1”

Goodbye blog, hello learning portfolio 👋

Participants were welcomed to the second iteration of the online PACT course with a clear statement of its aims: The aims of the PACT badge are to familiarise you with the PD framework, to encourage you to use the PD framework to develop effective PD strategies, and to develop your PD learning community. We encourageContinue reading “Goodbye blog, hello learning portfolio 👋”

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”

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”

What’s in a name?

At the outset of every new semester, students in my face-to-face class always appear unsure about what to expect from my module. It is called ‘International Project Management’ but the titles of the texts range from the aforementioned International Project Management to Global Project Management and Mastering Virtual Teams. By the end of the firstContinue reading “What’s in a name?”

Chaotic organisation or organised chaos?

I’ve always thought of myself as an organised type of person, everything in it’s place even if it doesn’t appear so – you know the sort. I’m open to trying new things – technologies, note-taking techniques – in fact anything that will make my life more efficient. Since starting my current study programme, I’ve foundContinue reading “Chaotic organisation or organised chaos?”