Wilson Waffling

This appears to be the time for conferences, as my twitter time line is awash with hashtags and images of powerpoint slides. Reading through the tweets I like to see and hear people’s views and practices. Tomorrow I will be attending our faculty away day at a local hotel with the theme of building bridges. Bridges, as you are aware, join two places together usually across some sort of barrier whether this be a river, chasm or transport system. Within universities there exists many faculties and although the chasm between these is limited to the confines of the university buildings, it is always beneficial to establish links between faculties in order to share not only resources but also practice. Last Tuesday I received a ‘bridge’ in the form of an email from the Dean of the Faculty of Arts to attend a session about Team Based Learning. Being keen on any form of learning, I quickly rearranged my calendar in order to attend – so what is my opinion about Team Based Learning (TBL)? Well, that is what this waffle is all about…

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Friday was a very important day. Not as important as today being the longest day - downhill to winter from here on in! But important nevertheless because it was sign off day for the first years. Yes, they had finished their final placement and their first year at university with only assignment marks to be verified before, after the summer, they start on their second year. Soon, everyone will be finishing for summer and the cycle of education will be completed for this year and a new one started. As this happens I started to think about working within a cycle and how this impacts on both my teaching and my learning...

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Every now and again, I feel that I would like to write more of a personal waffle. When I say personal, I mean that rather than sharing my views or thoughts about teaching, technology and twaddle, I want to tell you something about myself and how this impacts on my learning and, in some cases, my teaching. This is going to be one of those waffles and I am going to start with a confession...

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Yesterday was quite a momentous day for me since my Teach 100 badge actually dropped below 500 for the first time. Of course, this didn't last long and it is back to over 500 now. I did take a screen shot of it and tweeted it as proof though! Your ranking on the site is basically calculated by engagement and that made me think about the ways and stages we engage with blogs, videos and tweets. So here are my very own levels of internet engagement!...So, be honest, which stage did you reach?...

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Every now and again, we should all take the time to sit back and reflect on what we are going in the classroom and lecture theatres. It is important to think carefully about what we are doing and why we are doing it and, perhaps most importantly, is it being effective. It was while following a link on my twitter feed that I came across the term -‘unbundle’. So I decided to share my initial unbundling with you today…

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I always think that if I have watched something or bought an item of technology then I will instantly be able to actually do what ever I have watched or, using the piece of equipment, make or produce something special. The classic examples of these are watching tutorial videos and buying digital cameras. Unfortunately, although in the hands of an expert it might be true, buying a really expensive camera does not make me a great photographer! Photography has changed throughout the years and now taking pictures/images has never been easier…but how are we engaging with this imagery and what do we actually use it for…time for a waffle!

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Do you ever have those moment when you start to think about something and then actually get worried or befuddled (<--great word!) as your thoughts progress. I often get it when I start to think about the vastness of space or whether there is an afterlife or even whether that table is actually made of atoms. I was talking to the students about the effective use of technology within sessions and we started to wonder what possibilities might be available for the use of technology in the future and how it would support teaching and, more importantly, learning. I continued after the session with my thoughts and the possibilities might indeed be considered scary!

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I've en using Twitter almost since it poked its little blue beak from its own virtual egg. I first came across it while listening to the Paul Boagworld Podcast when I was in primary school and was super interested in web design and web 2.0 in general. Throughout the years, seems like centuries rather than decades, although the actual platform has not altered, the way it has been integrated and embedded into education has. Practitioners across the world now use Twitter effectively to support both teaching and learning. But how are students engaging with Twitter as an educational resource. Well, maybe Twitter has turned on its turbos!

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Before I started to teach in higher education, I had never heard of the term/job title of Learning Technologist. It is a term that I have been considering for some time from the perspective of am I a learning technologist? do I want to be a learning technologist and, if I do, then how do I achieve this. I have also considered if it should or shouldn't have capital letters! What follows are my own personal views about the title and job role.

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Time is always of the essence in our busy lives and as I try to squeeze every ounce of time from every second of the day, I try to think of efficient and effective ways to address traditional activities. One activity which I have been considering recently is the attendance and the presentation at conferences. I have seen on twitter, examples of people who have presented at conferences virtually and recently I have been attending webinars virtually as well as listening to keynotes online. Last week I waffled about using Twitter at conferences and this week I wanted to waffle about attending conferences virtually. There are a wealth of conferences happening both nationally and internationally all the time. In my current role, the majority of my time is taken up with teaching and the associate tasks that accompany this - e.g. preparation and marking - which means the time for either exploring possible conferences or even attending them is limited. But is attending a conference virtually the best way? I thought I would waffle about the advantages and disadvantages of this approach.

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