Author Archives: Sean-henry Fitzsimons
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
Reflective re-blogging
Reflecting on another blog post – (LINK) I selected Nina’s blog post for a few reasons, they have the same name as my housemate and their surname O’Reilly is Irish, connecting my personal surroundings to the Blog directory to help … Continue reading
Community Practice with Colechi
Colechi (LINK) A brief extract from their website. “We are Colèchi – a multidisciplinary insight collective and agency teaching sustainable development in the fashion industry. We collaborate with thought-leaders, brands, education and government to build locally focused projects to understand, … Continue reading
2. What would a map of a teaching practice do? Propose a method….
To identify the areas where, how and why you might incorporate…– Climate, racial and social justice principles– Link to existing activity at a personal, classroom course team, school/college and local-global level– Note any gaps using the integrating educational ethics in … Continue reading
Cohort Seminar #2 Utopian Thinking
Defining key terms and understanding the methods of research on canvas. The second half of the cohort seminar was around utopian thinking and using a guided structure to find and source materials within the UAL canvas system to help us … Continue reading
Cohort Seminar #2 Values and Ethics
20/02/2023 Tim Stephens & Chris Rowell (Linda absent) Overall the day was probably the best I’ve experienced so far, although some of the tasks were confusing (personally I thought it was my knowledge, but others had similar difficulties). I did … Continue reading
Spring School (INSIGHTS PROJECT)
This year, I have joined the insights team, to build on my teaching skills through a mixture of students that are pre-higher education entry level. Hopefully providing me with a more rounded knowledge on inclusive education that teaches across all … Continue reading
Micro Teaching and Learning session
08/02/2023 – Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development VIDEO LINK FOR THE TEACHING AND LEARNING MICRO-SESSION A 15minute micro teaching session, hosted by Santanu Vasant. The concept, zone of proximal development was developed by Soviet psychologist and social constructivist Lev Vygotsky (1896 – … Continue reading