reflections on being lost and found
Thursday, May 19, 2022, marked the 11th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and I was privileged to give a talk at University College Cork at their Inclusive UCC Symposium - Creating Inclusive Assessment and Digital Experiences. This was my very first in work in a physical setting since March 2020 and everyone made the experience more... Continue Reading →
In February 2022 I gave a talk entitled: Educational (Technology) Project Funding: Getting Started for the fabulous ALT 2022 CPD webinar series. Technology is intentionally in brackets as the advice is relevant to all educational projects and could even apply to awards/prize applications etc. I hope you find some useful tips in the recording/slides below and good... Continue Reading →
I rarely draw on my identity as a mother in my professional self; you won't see any photos of my children in presentations and you would be hard pushed to know any details about them from my social media postings. Yet, lying awake these nights reflecting on the turmoil across the world, I can't help... Continue Reading →
Keeping Going by Seamus Heaney is a difficult poem but these are difficult times across the world. I’m not at all qualified to critique poetry but coming back to Heaney as an adult with the parallels of growing up on a farm in the countryside, then leaving it along with the violence-torn country behind, then... Continue Reading →
Back in October 2020 I put together a thread in defence of the student right to decide whether to turn cameras on in live sessions. This is one of the most passionate stances I had throughout the pandemic and I will continue to advocate for choice. As a predominantly staff facing learning technologist, I can... Continue Reading →
I've finally got my slides and approximate transcript together for my first ever Gasta talk (5 mins and not a second more), delivered at the EdTech 2021 conference at the end of May. Thanks to Tom Farrelly, the Gasta Master who chaired the session and ensured it was a fabulous experience in a packed Zoom room. Enjoy my... Continue Reading →
I'm on the cusp of beginning data collection for my PhD (yay) and following a couple of pilot interviews my thoughts have turned to transcription. For many years I have transcribed audio using the free software ExpressScribe. I loved how you could tailor your favourite work flow to match your skills/needs. I usually opted for... Continue Reading →
*This post has been updated after the conference to include the six questions released in the chat. In recent years institutions are increasingly providing wellbeing activities in the face of the creeping discourse of resilience. However, this discourse is situated in an era of meritocracy, amplified surveillance and high tuition fees, with students increasingly under... Continue Reading →
This post has been half written for a while now but listening to @Jessifer’s keynote during the 2020 Digital Pedagogy Lab has prompted me into finally finishing it. Head to the discussion around 55 mins in. “With a nod or an acknowledgement of the fact that professional risk is not distributed equally so not everyone... Continue Reading →
Having great intentions of writing pithy and insightful memoirs of the initials stages of Covid-19 lockdown, from the perspective of being an educational technologist and mum to three school age girls. Well here it is: ** Schitts Creek No GIF By CBC: Text "Yeah. That's not gonna happen." Credit for post image: Photo by Oscar Keys... Continue Reading →
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