The Digital Academic

This is my online place for sharing thoughts and ideas around learning, teaching and research in UK higher education. I’m a digital education developer and my role is supporting staff to use technology within their own teaching alongside the development of digital capabilities for everyone who teaches and supports learning. The blog is primarily work- related but other topics can slip in, like travel, fossils, my allotment and poetry. I also have pages for promoting digital inclusion and for reflections on the progress of my PhD which is about technology enhanced learning and creating support for academics to shift from face-to-face to online practice through immersive and experiential online engagement.

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Posts by The Digital Academic

Janus head

image from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus#/media/File:Janus1.JPG Christmas is coming. Under review, my post excluded from the suggested new structure, I don’t know what lies ahead. The process has […]

Tips for part-time PhD research

A part-time doctorate is a challenge on many levels. In 2014 I posted my top tips for surviving a part time phd Looking back, I think […]

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borrow my eyes

The Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations 2018 puts digital inclusion under the spotlight. It’s an opportunity to wave the diversity flag […]

digital blindness and rethinking Maslow’s Hierarchy through a digital lens

image from http://ddnews.gov.in/health/blue-light-smartphones-may-speed-blindness Digital blindness is increasingly common. The medical risks are growing but blindness to digital theory and practice are also a concern. Too […]

political

Events this week remind me of Shelia McNeil’s fabulous post on being political – Struggling with my Silence You’re unaware of getting politicised at first. […]

Protected: Keep the diversity flag flying

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Will the new Accessibility Regulations make any real difference?

On 23 September, 2018, the EU Web Accessibility Directive became law. Websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies have to meet an accessibility requirement. While not explicitly […]

political and critical; a personal reflection

ALT and motherhood on the same page? I didn’t see that coming!. Last week Catherine Cronin and Frances Bell presented A personal, feminist and critical retrospective […]

Start the week backwards #ALTC #femedtech

We look ahead and forget the value of looking behind. It’s ALT time again. If you’re involved with technology for teaching and learning, then ALT is the […]

landing a jumbo jet on a postage stamp

image from  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Aviation/Selected_picture#/media/File:Inverted_Jenny.jpg Some blog posts bubble and brew for months. Others burst out of nowhere – like this one. It started earlier today with […]

The Other Side of Lurking Part One; a unique distance from isolation

What is lurking anyway? I call it consuming without contribution and we are all great digital consumers. Truely, here and now in 2018, we risk Amusing […]

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