Monthly Archives: March 2023
Effective leadership in Higher Education: a literature review.
Alan Bryman (2007) This is the first article I have read on Leadership in Higher Education, something I was pointed towards in my latest formative tutorial. Although this paper is written to be a learning opportunity around leadership in Higher … Continue reading
Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers
Gloria Dall’Alba This paper, described my feelings when starting the Pgcert, I am thankful that I waited to read this, if I did so at the beginning, I don’t think I would’ve understood the concepts or vocabulary used in this … Continue reading
The becoming of a designer: An affective pedagogical approach to modelling and scaffolding risk-taking
Lisa Grocott and Kate McEntee – Monash UniversityKathryn Coleman – University of MelbourneRoger Manixv -Parsons School of Design and Brooklyn College This was a fascinating article to read, I came across it while reading Tim Savage’s paper on creative technician … Continue reading
Creative arts technicians in academia: To transition or not to transition?
Tim SavageUniversity for the Creative Arts Is this it? have I found answers to the questions I have been having… Where am I?, do I belong? , Am I on the right journey? Tim Savage has really opened my mind … Continue reading
Micro-sessions from my peers.
The micro-teaching session was a really fun and exciting day, after going first I had some great observations and reflections on my own skills and took this day as a learning day. Alix – Laptop image of a Jordan shoe … Continue reading
Active Learning Pedagogy (ALP)
Active learning and creativity in education.Anna Douglas (Goldsmiths College, University of London) andAdam Unwin (Institute of Education, University of London) Active learning has been apart my approach to teaching in my career, before I started teaching professionally. I will upload … Continue reading
Systems thinking, learning and values in evaluation
Systems thinking, learning and values in evaluation In this article, the breakdown of loop interactions of learning comes into scope. The values relate to the purpose of the outcome, either embedding relatable system thinking or building a sustainable practice. Reading … Continue reading
Innovative pedagogies series: Wow: The power of objects in object-based learning and teaching
Dr Kirsten Hardie, Associate ProfessorArts University Bournemouth I wanted to reflect on this piece of writing due to two points: active learning and Object-based learning. One I already use, I will upload my document for active learning below the other … Continue reading
The Technical Community
Chapter 12 of the Talents commission- Recommendations for technicians. Technical contribute massively to the HE systems especially creative based. Design, teach and make learning resources. Plan teaching activities and take on responsibilities that academic staff should be doing. Provide Quality … Continue reading
Beyond the tips of my fingers.
I was alerted of the ELIA community (LINK) by my line manager, who was in attendance at the most recent technical summit. Here she sent me a link to Tim Savage and requested that I should reach out, that was … Continue reading