by admin_tony | Oct 4, 2023 | facilitation
Faced with a potentially dreary course on US organisational law, Roberto Corrada set his students to read Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park. There were complaints, murmurings, a bit of truculence. Then came the project: to create all the policy needed to protect...
by admin_tony | Sep 28, 2023 | empathy
Ask around about ‘positionality’ and you may just be told it’s a term connected with research, particularly qualitative research. But stay with me: its relevance for learning designers and educators is increasingly recognised too. Whether you’re learning in a...
by admin_tony | Sep 14, 2023 | community
Starting a new course at university can be both exciting and terrifying for students. But however students feel, they are unlikely to be able to focus on their studies until they feel accepted as part of a new social group. Designing social experiences for new...
by admin_tony | Jul 26, 2023 | technology, The Ding-O-Meter Podcast
In this episode, my guest is Penelope Bellegarde, founder of The Data Touch consultancy and Data Coaching for Leaders. Penelope’s mission is to bring data into the boardroom using simple, clear language in order to bridge the gap between data and business. Her aim...
by admin_tony | Jul 24, 2023 | inclusivity
Metacognition (at its simplest, thinking about thinking) is gaining some ground in primary and secondary outposts; in higher education and the workplace, you may draw a blank. However, say researchers De Backer et al. (2011:559): ‘It is widely recognised that...
