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 →
Letters of care, a redesign of our OER20 workshop
Building stories of care against a discourse of resilience [O-019] Sharing letters of care against the backdrop of a pandemic [O-019] Update post conference - 3rd April 2020 The recording of our 'round the camp fire' discussion on care, wellbeing and resilience: https://youtu.be/v5DYEYSVJ4I The slide deck of letters Kate Molloy (@hey_km) and myself were supposed... Continue Reading →
My response to ‘Falling between the cracks: in search of a mentor’
During last summer I reached peak frustration levels and posted a piece about the difficulties surrounding defining career paths and identities in the field of educational technology. Specifically, the difficulties around finding a mentor in such a field. Then life derailed for a time and I didn’t quite find the perfect time for a follow... Continue Reading →
Falling between the cracks: in search of a mentor
Zoshua Colah Over the last couple of years I have been reading about the benefits of mentoring and colleagues have shared the many positive experiences they have gained from having a mentor. So what’s the problem? Simply put, as an education technologist, as with many other aspects of my professional life, I fall between the... Continue Reading →