Pandemic term: Taking stock

Back near the start of lockdown I wrote a summary of what I’d learned about online teaching and learning over the years. That now seems like a lifetime ago … Here I update some of that learning.

Preparing assessments in the context of pandemic

It’s more important than ever that our assessment approaches are practical, manageable and flexible in light of the operational reality associated with COVID-19.

Doing collaborative autoethnography

Doing collaborative autoethnography – an overview of issues arising in applying this research approach to learning and teaching themes.

Reflection and Action Research: How do they work together?

When conducting PedAR there is a need to be reflective in both the process of undertaking the research and in the reporting of the work – but what might this mean?

Weighing up the new offer: Conversations with friends

Conversations with five eighteen- and nineteen-year olds to try to understand how they are feeling about the prospect of starting their studies in the pandemic.

Lessons about online learning

There is a lot of advice and sharing going on at the moment around online learning and teaching. I thought it timely to articulate some of my own lessons from many years of developing and supporting online learning.