Sep 11, 2017
I’m looking forward to this semester’s teaching on our MSc in Digital Education – between now and Christmas I will be co-tutoring with the brilliant Jen Ross on the Digital Futures for Learning Course, which takes an ‘open curriculum’...
Mar 8, 2017
I’m delighted to be part of an exciting new project led by colleagues Mark Naylor and John McCloskey in the School of Geosciences. Research for Emergency Aftershock Response is aiming to develop methods for getting information and support quickly to earthquake...
Aug 16, 2016
We’re proud to have a new web site for our Masters programme: in particular, we’ve worked hard with our students to pull together a showcase of outstanding student work, and also to highlight the terrific video produced by James Lamb for our 2016 Manifesto...
Aug 16, 2016
I’m looking forward to some research trips and talks in the next few months. In September I’m travelling to the University of Guadalajara, Mexico to talk about the work we are doing in multimodal assessment and critical approaches to teacher automation....
May 17, 2016
We have just received funding from the Edinburgh Principal’s Award Scheme to research Yik Yak for understanding teaching, learning and assessment at the University of Edinburgh. Yik Yak is a location-based social media app, launched in 2013, which has quickly...
Feb 24, 2016
I have a few keynotes lined up between now and the summer: The 10th International Conference on Networked Learning is in May, and I am looking forward to presenting some new work on the theme of ‘Campus codespaces for networked learners’ in my keynote, as...
