At a time when social media is playing an important role in mediating opportunities for professional development, dissemination of practice and international, intra-institutional collaboration, this tweet chat will share examples of what it means to support learning and collaborate in the open. It will be part of the activities in the #altc winter conference and […] View Article
Leave a commentMessage from Teresa The committee members of the Open Education Special Interest group would like to get to know you. In the coming months we will each post a profile to tell you more about who we are and why we support opening up education. Here’s our first fabulous post! Name Debbie Baff Institution Senior […] View Article
Leave a comment2017/18 ( Alphabetical Order) Look out for our new series of blog posts highlighting members of our lovely committee … Coming Soon Debbie Baff ( Co-Chair and Secretary) Terese Bird ( Influencing Champion) Alastair Clark (Advisory Capacity) Helen Crump Teresa MacKinnon (Chair) Ella Mitchell ( Open Practice Champion) Thomas Palmer ( ALT) Paul Richardson Vivien […] View Article
Leave a comment“Destroying open ed” That was the title of the workshop I attended virtually at #opened17 this year. Taking place in California, the timing in the UK was a challenge as it would start at 11.30pm on a Friday night. Would I manage to stay awake sufficiently to take part? The format was experimental based […] View Article
Leave a commentTaken in the 1960’s, this picture shows my dad, Clifford Whitney, talking about products he used in our family hairdressing business Villa Hair Fashions in the Midlands. He was chosen to be the face of L’Oréal’s latest salon professional product line. My parents had little formal education. With financial support from an auntie they were […] View Article
Leave a commentIn this post Terry Loane examines what we mean by the 'sharing economy' and asks what the implications of the sharing economy might be for education. View Article
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