Monthly Archives: July 2017

Peripatetic space – we twalked again, like we did last summer

Posted on July 31, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

On Friday we twalked again – that is we walked, talked and tweeted (#twalk). Unlike our hot, sunny walk in May, it rained a lot! As mentioned in the previous post, Friday’s twalk was part of ALT’s Learning Spaces Special Interest … Continue reading →

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Stretch your legs #lssig #twalk #TwalkBoundaries

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

Join us for a Twalk tomorrow, Friday 28th July between 14:15 and 15:30 BST If you joined us at the end of May on the #MELSIG #SIGCLANS Twalk you will undoubtedly want to join us again – wherever you are. You will … Continue reading →

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Reflections on workshops given on Active Learning Classrooms #activelearning

Posted on July 12, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

These slides capture our reflections on Active Learning and Active Learning Classrooms following workshops presented at Nottingham Trent University, Sheffield Hallam University and University of Sheffield teaching and learning events. If you are working in this area we would love … Continue reading →

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Ghost walks, palimpsest, psychogeography

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

As a printmaker I was/am (?) obsessed with the subject of urban ‘witnesses’, Tinsley viaduct and the cooling towers outside Sheffield being a particular favourite subject for me. I painted, drew, photographed gasometers, weaving sheds, wind turbines and other edifices, … Continue reading →

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Studio for All – ecologically inclusive

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

I have met with a colleague today who comes from a studio-based discipline and is thinking through how she will engage her international students. Immediately I find two fascinating dimensions here – the studio as an inherently inclusive space i.e. … Continue reading →

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The future ain’t what it used to be – looking at key drivers for change in HE up to 2020 #uogapt

Posted on July 10, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

I was invited to be a panel member at the University of Greenwich’s APT 2017 conference in lieu of George Siemens who had been scheduled as keynote, but who was unable to make the journey over from Texas due to illness. Myself, … Continue reading →

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Studio for all #uogapt

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

I studied as an artist in a studio for five years. During this immersive experience in the 1990s I learnt about the role of the studio as a place and context for learning. Perhaps the strongest outcome of being an … Continue reading →

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