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Transgressive learning – moving away from a mindset of inevitability

Posted on July 27, 2023 by Andrew Middleton

Transgressive learning is a term associated with sustainability. Wals (2021), for example, discusses the Power of Transgressive Learning in an excellent post. My own interest in the term, however, came from reflecting on educational work I am currently involved in … Continue reading →

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Being smarter than AI – rethinking our assessment design?

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Andrew Middleton

The discussion channels used by educational developers have been dominated by the topic of ChatGPT since the New Year. There are two dimensions to this: concerns over academic integrity and the opportunity ChatGPT and other AI tools bring to assessment. … Continue reading →

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Being part of something – having a sense of presence #activelearning

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Andrew Middleton

The idea of ‘being’ is about presence and is central to an active learning philosophy. It reflects two things: personal identity and social presence in the learning environment. Lehman and Conceicao (2010) describe this as ‘being there’ and ‘being together’. … Continue reading →

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The Connected Classroom – “The Hub of Connectivity” #activelearning #hybridlearning

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

I am preparing a workshop for #ARUDigiFest titled ‘Digital collaborators: developing a digital classroom approach of connected learning’ (Cambridge 9th September and Chelmsford 11th September). Working with my colleague Uwe Richter, we will explore the idea of the digital classroom … Continue reading →

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Holistic model of active learning for integrated employability #activelearning

Posted on May 24, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

You may be aware that I changed job this year and I now have the privilege of leading work in support of Anglia Ruskin University’s Active Curriculum Framework. It was the institutional commitment to active learning in its Education Strategy … Continue reading →

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Promoting learner autonomy and the question of fail-safe strategies

Posted on April 7, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

As an advocate of active learning, learner autonomy is never far from my thinking. The development of confident autonomous lifelong learners and intrinsically motivated self-determined graduates captures, for me, the primary purpose of a UK higher education. It is the … Continue reading →

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A Dependency-Autonomy model for personal and professional development planning

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

The challenge of framing employability in relation to personal and professional development planning has been a constant consideration for the team I am leading to support an integrated view of employability in the curriculum. The natural inclination of academics, in … Continue reading →

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Negotiated learning and the subject of teaching

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

What is the subject of teaching? In this post, I mull over this question, its several meanings and its implications for negotiated active learning. In my role as an educational developer with responsibilities for both staff and curriculum development, the … Continue reading →

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A place for imagining – blue skies under the tree canopy

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

Myself and a colleague have some difficult thinking to do this week. Exciting thinking, but difficult nevertheless. So, we could book out a teaching room lined with whiteboards for the day and see what happens, but that feels too ‘inward’ … Continue reading →

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The future is active – implications for future academic practice

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

I have been thinking about the future academic and the implications for academic development recently. The Open University’s ‘Innovating Pedagogy’ is an insightful annual report (http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/innovating/), though I would love to see one for 2018. I have seen Mike Shales … Continue reading →

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