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The Classroom in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

This is a very long read that takes a few paragraphs to get to the point. It’s a point other … More

elearning, learning, teaching, tech

Virtual Shut Up and Write: now with added Video

This post was co-authored by a really generous bunch of people, some of whom we met for the first time … More

collaboration, shut up and write, work from home

New name, same old blog

Ahem. So Research Degree Voodoo is being moved over to a new name. RDV was a catchy search term that … More

blogging

Moving on to Pastures New

After two and a half years at Academic Skills, where I started this blog to share some of the advice … More

New digital literacies? Nah, it’s same, same but different.

One of the things I’m exploring on this blog is ways of writing in a way that is more open, … More

academic writing, collaboration

Sounds and silence and headspace

A final reflection on music for writing (see the first and second parts here). In this reflection (which first existed … More

academic writing, bread making, excercise, Music, reflection, silence

Writing to Music 2: You responded

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on Writing to Music. I asked you: What music do you use to … More

academic writing, Music, silence

Writing to Music

I am a HUGE fan of writing to music. I wrote my PhD to 8 hours of Tori Amos on … More

generative writing, Music, shut up and write, Writing

Marking emotions

This is the other half of the post on marking. It discusses the role of emotions in marking (see Inger … More

social media

Blogging as a ‘Third Space’

A while ago I read this fantastic article (Hemer, 2012) about ‘Supervising PhD candidates over coffee‘ Using the concept of … More

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