More transitions online, podcasts, and music
I am going to share music now and again that I find very helpful for inspiration. I have moved away from that in this blog but there was a lot more of that in its earlier iterations (I started this in some form in 2004). Either way, there are very few musicians that I like […]
M&M Podcast: Episodes 5 and 6 on data justice, Teacherbot, and more
In the fifth and sixth episodes of the M&M (Michael and Myles) podcast we are joined by Dr Jeremy Knox, the co-director of the Centre for Research in Digital Education (Data Society) and a Lecturer in Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. We discuss projects that Jeremy has worked on including Data Justice Week, Learning Analytics Report Card, and the impact […]
Expanding the Teacher Function: Call for Edinburgh community both online and off
We are looking for participants from the University of Edinburgh community (students and staff) to help us chart a values-based future amidst all the technological change impacting what we do as a university. We need your help to ensure that what we create as a university is from and for the University of Edinburgh and […]
M&M Podcast: Setting the Scene, Terms, Topics
Based on ongoing discussions and projects I have been having in my role from the Centre for Research in Digital Education with my colleagues at Learning, Technology, and the Web, Myles Blaney and I decided that all the exploratory conversations we were having naturally as part of that work might be shared. So with nifty […]
New Project: Exploring the Teacher Function: Continuing Speculative Interventions in Automated Teaching
I just kicked off a new project at the Centre for Research in Digital Education building on Sian Bayne’s work on Teacherbot. I am joined by Markus Breines, Myles Blaney, and Marcello Crolla, all of the University of Edinburgh, on this one. Project page is here. This project builds on the work of Teacherbot (Bayne 2015) and its model […]
Near Future Teaching: Final Report
A project I am very proud to be a part of has just produced our final report on the future of digital education at our University of Edinburgh. Worth a read to see how we are using collective values to drive our future.
Near Future Teaching Themes and Values for the Future of Digital Education: “we’re not a unicorn tech start-up…We are a university.”
A post shared by Michael Gallagher (@mseangallagher) on Jun 1, 2018 at 12:51am PDT I haven’t been writing all that much here but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing. Head down doing the academic work of the summer, drafting chapter and journal paper one after the other. I have also been writing a bit […]