The below text is an extract from my recently submitted teaching portfolio for the University's Enhancing Teaching Programme. As well as including this statement in my portfolio (hard copies submitted), I have placed it here on the Web, hyperlinked to relevant articles - rather than using the required academic referencing format - and open for … Continue reading A Teaching Statement

I have found that providing pedagogical staff development for academics raises a whole heap of challenges in terms of engagement. As part of the Enhancing Teaching Programme I am undertaking with the Oxford Learning Institute I have had the opportunity to reflect on this in relation to the digital pedagogies we hope to embed more … Continue reading Understanding University Lecturers as Learners

Our programme to bring in a new VLE for the University is more than a technology replacement programme. Canvas@Oxford is an opportunity to open up conversations around digital education and the role of the VLE.  It also provides an opportunity to break down some of the barriers that exist around using digital tools and spaces … Continue reading Breaking down the barriers, breaking down the vision…Canvas@Oxford

The subject of putting reading lists online is a rather contentious one at the University, and one which colleagues at other Universities struggle to understand. I was fist met with 'strength of academic opinion' when I was undertaking some institutional research for my MSc in Education in 2006, during which I interviewed academic colleagues on … Continue reading Shhhh…

It seems that University Union debating societies in 1931 were having very much the same discussions that we have had in the past few years on the subject of recording lectures, albeit the technology may have moved on somewhat. As we move into the second year of our opt-in lecture capture service, lectures have been … Continue reading That the college lecturer could be replaced by the Gramaphone…