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The identity and portrayal of the design studio teacher in the hybrid studio classroom.

March 31, 2020April 3, 2020 Eli dissertation, studio, syndicated-feed, vitual studio

Studio, the signature pedagogy of art and design teaching maintains its ancient identity as a discipline used to teach students the habits of thinking, doing and being in order to prepare them for life as a practitioner. However, regardless of the impact technology has made on society and culture, and the increasing demand for on-line education, the studio as a practice remains almost unchanged. This study set out to explore the experiences of five studio teachers, currently teaching in a hybrid (on-line/face-to-face) programme teaching design This explores teacher-practitioner identity, how teaching presence is created in the studio (on-line and face-to-face) and the impact that technology or other factors may have on this.

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Accessibility toggles in WordPress

January 21, 2020January 23, 2020 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, accessibility, syndicated-feed

Thing 6 – my continuing adventure with 23things Today’s thoughts have been a long time coming, mostly because it has

members of UCU (University and College Union) on strike outside of the University of Edinburgh

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Down tools, everybody out!

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Eli strike, ucu

I’m 45 and yesterday, for the first time in my life I stood on a picket line as part of

Photo by: Paul Dodds 2016 https://www.pauldodds.com/

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Variety, apparently it’s the spice of life

September 20, 2019December 22, 2019 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, accessibility, disability, dyslexia, irlen syndrome, syndicated-feed, thing 5, thing 6, usability, visual stress

For all the folk out there in the blogosphere who also work in higher education, let me just say, we

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Today’s “thing”: I’m reflecting on information security and my smartphone

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, data, device, gdpr, security, smart phone, syndicated-feed, tablet

I’ve been spending a while between these last few blog posts for my digital capabilities adventure because I wanted to

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Digital footprint – what info of yours is public

June 7, 2019June 8, 2019 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, digital capabilities, digital skills, syndicated-feed

I do a lot of work with students about creating their online presence, especially senior year students who are about

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My digital capabilities adventure continues – thing 1 & 2: social media

May 25, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, digital capabilities, digital skills, Social media, syndicated-feed, thing 1, thing 2

So it’s a rainy Sunday afternoon, my mocha has somehow mysteriously evaporated and my wife is ignoring me for an

someone using laptop image by University of Edinburgh

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Using my blog as a medium for some self development: a project on digital skills

May 17, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli 23ThingsEdUni, digital skills, personal development, syndicated-feed

Today I start something which will give my blog a bit of direction for a while, but which I am really hoping will help me push the boundaries of my digital skills. Digital skills is quite a focus at work just now, the Scottish Government published it’s learning and teaching strategy, which basically aims to make it possible to allow all of Scotland’s educators, learners and parents to take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital technology in order to raise attainment, ambition and opportunities for all.

planning a blog theme image by Eli Appleby-Donald 2019

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How do you get your blog to look like that?

May 16, 2019May 29, 2019 Eli blogging, digital skills, syndicated-feed, themes

I use blogging as a way of gaining thinking space, so having my own hosting means I can make and delete blogs as need be. It also means I can use some pretty cool themes which is probably the most asked question I get. How do you make your blog look like that?