Experiential Learning
Don’t know what I want, but I know how to get it
Learning can be a strange process. I was recently at a session that explored issues around student satisfaction. This is a phrase that has many meanings, and many people arguing over those many meanings. Spending the [...]
Web 2.0
Making connections: Using your flickr more effectively to build networks
Flickr (and other photo sharing applications such as Facebook) are very interesting examples of web 2.0 interaction. Pictures are quite emotive, interesting and personal, but can be equally creative, informative, descriptive or simply abstract. Web 2.0 is built on the concept of user generated content, where the people who populate and use the site are [...]
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Don’t know what I want, but I know how to get it
Learning can be a strange process. I was recently at a session that explored issues around student satisfaction. This is a phrase that has many meanings, and many people arguing over those many meanings. Spending the [...]
Simplicity
Sometimes we can get caught up in trying to find ever more complex reasons for why something happens. We use bigger words; we divide concepts up into smaller and smaller fields, fracturing them beyond recognition. Are we missing the simplicity that can inform some of our most profound moments of learning? Recently I have written [...]
Network formation
Making connections: Using your flickr more effectively to build networks
Flickr (and other photo sharing applications such as Facebook) are very interesting examples of web 2.0 interaction. Pictures are quite emotive, interesting and personal, but can be equally creative, informative, descriptive or simply abstract. Web 2.0 is built on the concept of user generated content, where the people who populate and use the site are [...]
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Professional Practice
Sustaining professional practice
I have just returned from a two week study tour of the US, where I was interviewing American artists about their professional practice. I thought I would share some of the insights that I gained. For me, the key focus was looking at how emerging artists move from training to practice, and the different paths [...]
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Educational Development
Capability and competence
The debate between capability and competence is an interesting one, especially in terms of the way we approach our understanding of professional practice. In some instances, these terms are used interchangeably to indicate some measure of the skills we have, either collectively as a troupe, company or organisation or individually; evaluating our own practice against [...]
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assessment
some thoughts on assessment
Alan, Adesola and I attended a conference in Berlin this week about curriculum in art and design. One of the more challenging questions for me was about assessment. A lot of the questions sent to me by email have been about the assessments for the module, how much, where to put information etc. Assessment is [...]
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Research methodology
Getting the best out of your survey
many of you are starting to use surveymonkey or other online survey tools to collect some exploratory data about your topics. This is a great start to your inquiry. However, not all surveys or questionnaires are created equal! There are some simple, but effective things you can do to make any questions you ask, but [...]