Learning in Limbo #blimage

Preamble The gauntlet was thrown down by David Hopkins, to participate in a game or challenge if you will. David had responded to a similar challenge passed on to him by Steve Wheeler, who, in turn, was enlisted in the original challenge offered by that High Priestess of EduPunkery, Amy Burvall. This is the aim […]

Learning Spaces: A Bibliography

In 2011, I had just successfully completed my MSc in e-Learning (now MSc in Digital Education) with the University of Edinburgh. My Master’s dissertation was called “Towards aligning pedagogy, space and technology inside a large-scale learning environment“, which to some extent was an extension to a JISC funded project called iBorrow and also coincided with the […]

Edubury and the Art of Presenting

On Tuesday 11th June, 2013 I attended a very informal gathering of teachers, teaching assistants, academics, student teachers, learning technologists & other education related professionals. The event was called “Edubury” which provides an informal space for people to share ideas via short inputs and presentations and is seen as an informal alternative to externally driven […]

Learning, spaces and technology: exploring the concept

The “Learning, spaces and technology: exploring the concept” is a publication aimed at anyone who has, or may be, engaged in creating, managing or supporting a large-scale learning space. It is not simply an account of the jointly funded JISC/CCCU iBorrow Project or the Augustine House Programme at Canterbury Christ Church University. Rather, it draws on our experience within the project […]

Towards aligning pedagogy, space and technology

As part of my MSc dissertation, entitled “Towards aligning pedagogy, space and technology inside a large-scale learning environment“, I did some research on how academic staff and students used the “learning spaces” and the mobile technologies with Canterbury Christ Church University‘s new library and student services centre called Augustine House. I have accumulated a lot […]

Mapping the Learning Space

So here we are at last, the sixth and final module that is “research methods”. I know that I would like to do my dissertation on learning spaces as my institution has just opened it’s doors to a new Library and Student Services centre called Augustine House. If you want a feel for the place, […]