This has been a busy week, as we had a full morning of planning the next few months and further ahead for where the team is going. Like so many other Educational Technology teams, its very much full of plans we’d have probably had anyway; just not all at the same time, nor with the…
5 years …
… ago I joined Dundee University. (5 years & 5 days if you’re being particularly picky) Like all of us, I’d never anticipated this last year; though like many others I’ve spoken to, as an Educational Technologist, we’ve had to introduce new approaches, tools and ways of working that we wanted to – just not…
A wee while since the last post …
At the start of lockdown, other than the fact I hadn’t really thought I’d still be working from home (and now planning a garden room to help me feel like I was “going” to work – the Guardian had some other handy suggestions last weekend, too) – I re-started to blog. It worked well for…
Another week over …
Over the course of the last couple of weeks, I’ve been doing a fair bit of investigation into the ABC model for learning design, something I mentioned last week. We ran 3 workshops last week, trying to get to grips with adapting a face to face activity to an online scenario. This week, the decision…
The defining event of my lifetime …
Over the years, had you asked me what I’d expect defining events of my lifetime to be, I suspect the list would have gone something like Falklands War Miners Strike Berlin wall falling Year 2000 Brexit Covid-19 Right now, that feels as if Covid will be the defining event of my life – it’s certainly…
There’s light at the end of the tunnel …
I’d started the notes for this towards the end of last week, and then forgot to do anything with those notes! Having finally got all the exam modules ready and prepared; found a few issues, fixed them, and then staffed our online support on the Saturday am – no students needed support submitting their 23…
I’ve got teams, they’re multiplying…
… and I’m losing control. Well, not quite, but it feels like that at times. Communication is so important. Methods of communication that suit everyone is so difficult. Teams have exploded recently, I’ve been added to quite a lot – I’ve actively joined some, mostly outwith the University, but I’ve not got the time to…
Just a 4 day week :)
Two four day weeks, actually, with a 4 day weekend between. That really helped me this week, I think. I’d not realised how tired I was getting (or grumpy, though I suspect colleagues may have …) The weekend was spent well away from the computer – mostly in the garden, trying to prepare a bed…
It’s becoming the new normal …
I’ve heard this phrase a lot this week; I can relate to it – in several different ways. As well as getting used to working remotely, and all the changes that’s brought – there are a few other normals. Generally, Dundee (like most other Scottish Unis, as far as I know) treats Good Friday and…
Juggling with water …
… and drowning in a sea of URLs. While in some ways this week was easier than last week – I was, after all, in the same location all week, it’s also been yet another week of change. At the weekend, I’d decided my old bike was on its last wheels, so went to get…