Change
In/Visible
One of the things that has evolved as part of my explorations of the third space is a photographic exhibition – a series of portraits of third space staff. Several paths led to this particular Read more…
Change
Defining a third space
There’s been a long history of talking about and claiming the third space in the learning design/academic development neck of the higher education woods, and some in other spheres too, but in my observations to Read more…
Neurodivergence
Systems thinking: a superpower
One of the set texts for my PhDI is on systems thinking, which has just pointed out something to me that I have always known but not understood: ‘We are complex systems – our own Read more…
Change
Lies, damned lies and evidence-based
I have come to the conclusion that academia is a lie, and not for the reason you might think I’d express that sentiment. The whole institution is built on the premise of being evidence-based, scholarly, Read more…
Design
In pursuit of ultimate simplicity
It was probably a fairly offhand tweet in the first instance, but she has a point. And lately as I have been slogging through a quagmire of killing conceptual darlings in my research design for Read more…
Aside
Twittering landscape
Kandinsky, he says. Paul Klee, I’m sure. They’re making the first pictures ever made of it. A whole new landscape painting. They’re picturing the view from inside of the eye, but precisely when the migraine Read more…
Human stuff
Emotions
TIL: emotions are just sensory feelings that we have all agreed to put a taxonomy around…! Who knew?
Human stuff
How to get stories
The problem I have found with qualitative inquiry and specifically narrative inquiry is that it turns out you can’t just ask people questions. There’s a huge amount of groundwork involved in intentionally crafting a conceptual Read more…