Tag: Higher Education

  • Badges – who do we trust, and why?

    I’ve been interested in badges for a while now, and impressed with what the good folks over at Mozilla have been doing to create open badges. There’s a badge kit, discussed here, and you can carry your badges around in your backpack.  Cool stuff.

  • Dangerous research

    I’ve been catching up on and re-reading the recent regulatory literature coming from the ABA, now that I’m here in the USA and discussing experiential learning, assessment and much else with Roberto Corrada and his colleagues at Sturm Law School, University of Denver.  The ABA Task Force report & recommendations that came out earlier this year…

  • The journey to Scotland

    On 18 September Scotland will go to the polls to decide its future.  We will be asked the question, ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’  If there is a majority vote in favour, Scotland will gain independence from UK.  How should we vote?  Here’s my view of the landscape…

  • Papay Convivium

    Well, the convivium was held on Papay the first week of July, and what a remarkable experience it turned out to be.  I’ve been to many conferences, in many different formats.  This one was unique.  First, it was intense and focused.  Michael McGhee and I took turns to chair the sessions, and with more time…

  • Papay Convivium

    Eager readers of this blog, both of them, will have noticed that there’s a new tab top right for something called the Papay Convivium, which was trailed here.  What it’s all about is on the tab, so I won’t spoil your anticipation, except to say, modestly, that it’s an attempt to re-define and transform the nature…

  • HEA conference, roundup

    On the train, back to Newcastle.  Reflections on the last two days…