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A Man Walked into a Bar: humour, space, self-deprecation, #activelearning

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Andrew Middleton

In this post I explore the pedagogy of humour in the context of higher education teaching and learning and begin to realise there’s more to humour in the classroom than having a bit of fun! This was my starting point, … Continue reading →

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Conversational Learning Spaces for #activelearning

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

In an earlier post I referred to Learning Walks as conversational learning spaces. As such, they exemplify active learning spaces. The focus on conversation as a dimension of active learning is at the heart of the rationale for advocacy for … Continue reading →

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Active listening for active learning

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

Active Listening sketch note by Claudio Advocates of active learning must consider the active learning space from many perspectives. For example, I tend to think about space experientially, creating a picture in my own mind of a space that is … Continue reading →

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Friendship and the classroom

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

I attended a seminar today given by my colleague Emma Heron. I was fortunate enough to mentor Emma through a year-long research project looking at the role of friendship in the student experience. It was good to catch up today … Continue reading →

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#BYOD4L Barcamps, beer and where we take our own devices

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Andrew Middleton

#BYOD4L has run its course, but is not over. I have tasks I intend to complete and much thinking that has only started. The chats provided a good, engaging structure that allowed us, as participants, to think about things in … Continue reading →

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Sailing the 5 Cs of BYOD. Or is that 6?

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Andrew Middleton

In my previous post I referred to the 5Cs being used by #BYOD4L as the framework for the 5 day open online course. These are: Connect, Communicate, Collaborate, Create, Curate.. I have discussed some of these already and will undoubtedly … Continue reading →

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