Tag Archives: twalk

#spacetwalkLeeds – our route map

Posted on March 26, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

Here is the map we are using at the University of Leeds-Twalk-March19 tomorrow 27th March 2019, meeting by 12.55 for a 1pm start. You might like to use a similar approach if you are planning a twalk at your own … Continue reading →

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Twalking back to happiness #twalk #spacetwalkLeeds

Posted on March 21, 2019 by Andrew Middleton

Join us for a Twalk , 27th March 2019 Theme: Doing, Being, Belonging, Becoming and Connecting – the role of learning space I have posted on each of the theme keywords. The key question for us to explore is, how … Continue reading →

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Productive failure, drawing and erasing – exploring visual literacies #twalk #possibilities

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

More walking, talking and Twalking (just about) I co-led a Twalk today on the subject of visual literacies as part of Sheffield Hallam University’s Learning & Teaching Conference with my colleague Helen Rodger. It was billed simply as a learning … Continue reading →

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Crashing or connecting? Navigating the #twalk boundaries

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

The #connectedlearning space, in its many and various meanings, is central to my thinking about the future classroom. This is obviously epitomised in the concept of the #twalk. It was lovely to hear that Alex Spiers was leading a Twalk … Continue reading →

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Global #Twalkday

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

Global #Twalkday Wednesday 3rd October 2018 Theme: Doing, being, becoming, belonging and connecting Time: 3pm GMT (but options for other time zones to be decided) What is Twalkday? The Twalk will be co-ordinated globally and is planned to coincide with … Continue reading →

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#minitwalk demonstrates the flexibility of the #twalk model at #socmedhe17

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

    Since our first successful use of the #twalk model in May 2017, a number of #twalks have used the model in different situations. Our experience and understanding of the #twalk is growing. A number of us involved in … Continue reading →

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Place is our starting point

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Andrew Middleton

“In Aristotle …we have a very powerful philosophy of place as the starting point for all other forms of existence.” (Cresswell, 2009, p. 2) This year will see the publication of my book Reimagining Spaces for Learning in Higher Education. … Continue reading →

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Twalking as digital placemaking #twalk #socmedhe17

Posted on December 16, 2017 by Andrew Middleton

This 10 minute screencast introduces the key ideas of the twalk concept – learning walks with integrated tweetchats – and the pedagogic rationale underpinning walking, talking, tweeting and thinking. The video is part of the Twalk Toolkit being developed on … Continue reading →

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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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