Almost a week at work, and since ostensibly this blog is about the Institute of Educational Technology as we run up to review, I guess I should put something in about what I’ve been up to. A few highlights to get us up to date…
We started the week with IET Committee, which was pretty busy, [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Current events
Posted in management, tagged 2012, grand challenges, IET, management, new courses, promotions, scholarship on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Uncanny (Second) Life
Posted in Research, Uncategorized, tagged uncanny; second life; alternate realities; on February 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Spent a very enjoyable morning talking about alternate reality games, Second Life and Halo in a supervisory team meeting with my PhD student, followed by a fascinating talk by Sian Bayne from Edinburgh University on educational uses of social technologies. She talked about the ‘uncanny’ quality of Second Life, a concept that set me off.
As [...]
An Acting Director Directs Change!
Posted in change, tagged change, management, new building on February 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If it is possible for something to change, you can bet your bottom dollar it’s changing at the moment! Life in Universities used to be fairly stable, fairly quiet and fairly predictable, but no more. There are challenges on all horizons, many of them very exciting. I am quite happy to embrace change – my [...]
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