Tag Archives: Resources

Helping others with using simulations

Posted on May 21, 2013 by

Of late, I’ve been working with the Higher Education Academy once more, developing more resources for their excellent New to Teaching Toolkit site. This is intended to help those with less experience develop their own practice in a supported way. … Continue reading →

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Learned helplessness all round

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Following on curiouscat’s response to my post, I’ve been rather taken with the idea of learned helplessness. This past week I’ve been tied up with validating our new degree programmes: we had our final meetings with the panel and got … Continue reading →

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A New Year, Same Old Problems

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

While the discussions among the ALPS group continue on the weighty subject of whether to wear tracksuits for our short course at APSA L&T in Long Beach, I have also been talking recently with the UK’s Higher Education Academy on … Continue reading →

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Cali-forn-i-ay!

Posted on October 23, 2012 by

This week, I got the happy news that my paper has been accepted for the APSA Teaching & Learning conference in Long Beach, California, in February. Obviously, it will take some time to come to terms with having to fly … Continue reading →

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Managing Transitions

Posted on August 28, 2012 by

After my summer hiatus, I find myself back in the office, working through the pile of things that has accumulated on my desk in my absence. At one level, it’s a classic case of work-as-usual, in that there’s nothing that … Continue reading →

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