The final shootout, Annie or C’lam?

The final shootout, Annie or C’lam?

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 16, 2016

It has always intrigued me, how throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals – of which I am an exceedingly huge fan – how the Western Theme ran strong. You might as well have today’s Daily Create #tdc1469 which is … Continue reading →
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#tdc1459 Dark tales of the Columbia River.

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 6, 2016

Like others, I got carried away with the Daily Create today #tdc1459. Who knew that a humble map could evoke so much trouble. We were asked to “start a story” based on a point on the old Oregon map from the … Continue reading →
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The Fishy World of Internet Dating

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
December 22, 2015

The Fishy World of Internet Dating I wrote this article on 30th April 2013 but never published it. I think it makes sense to share an updated version now. In 2013 I read a blog post by someone who bravely shared a … Continue reading →
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“I knew an old Higher Education sector that swallowed a fly”…

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
December 9, 2015

There was another nail in the coffin of the UK Higher Education (HE) sector today as we know it. I see the arena in which I have worked for 10 years undergo such recent policy changes that the underlying principles that … Continue reading →
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OpenEd15 Soup

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
December 5, 2015

#OpenEd15 Conference Reflections Vancouver 18-20 November 2015 I don’t quite know how to start this rather daunting task of summarising all that was nourishing from OpenEd15 this year. The conference community of open education practitioners, advocates, teachers, instructors, librarians, policy makers … Continue reading →
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Seven steps to MCQ heaven

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
December 3, 2015

Here are some details of a workshop that I’ve developed to help teachers and instructors think about INCLUSIVE AND EFFECTIVE multiple choice question (MCQ) development. I would not by any means consider myself an expert because there are so many … Continue reading →
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Want quality in HE – more open education then please!

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
November 5, 2015

Assessing quality in Higher Education inquiry – publications Well along with the 79 more eloquent responses on the 30th October 2015 HE quality and teaching parliamentary inquiry was little old me. It was my first time and probably not very … Continue reading →
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Working class jobs for working class girls

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
October 29, 2015

I was totally inspired and mesmerised by Cogdog’s blog post last Christmas titled “Voices from Aisquith Street” in which he was talking about a recorded conversation with his Aunt Dorothy regarding childhood memories and stories of his mum. I was particularly taken … Continue reading →
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OER Sustainability Challenges: Do the OER Shuffle!

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
October 20, 2015

I’m reminded of those endlessly long car journeys as a child where I’d constantly fight with my brother and declare “you started it“. This time for the first time ever I think I did start it! Lorna Campbell brilliantly captured … Continue reading →
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Inspired by Lemn Sissay – “Hope for Open”

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
October 16, 2015

I have been totally inspired by the work of Lemn Sissay today, and his vision for life and education. We need more dreams, more hopes, and more people like Lemn. ___ http://blog.lemnsissay.com/2015/10/16/the-installation-of-chancellor-full-video/ ___ Here are my vague efforts of a poem, possibly … Continue reading →
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How to create, curate and share open educational resources

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
October 11, 2015

Update to our SCOOTER (sicklecellanaemia.org) OER production pipeline. Bringing in latest checklists, information on creating health and medical OER from the Medev HEA Subject Centre, and lots of other goodies from OU Score, OU OER Research Hub and the RLO … Continue reading →
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ALT-C 2015 reflections: a heffalump in the auditorium?

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
September 15, 2015

In summarising my trip to the Association of Learning Technology 2015 Conference I find myself asking “why am I doing this”? Not in the sense of “why haven’t I won the lottery yet”, but I suddenly find myself questioning the motives … Continue reading →
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How to break through the glass ceiling?

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
September 14, 2015

I need your real-life solutions for a real-life problem. I’m looking for something more challenging at work, and a role that aligns with my learning and teaching experience. You can see the kinds of things I get up to from … Continue reading →
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August 12th and all ptarmigans and teaching teams run for cover

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
August 12, 2015

Today is August 12th and marks the start of the shooting season for Grouse, Ptarmigan and the Common Snipe. It also, entirely uncoincidently, marks the release day of the 2015 National Student Survey results in the UK. With much discussion … Continue reading →
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WordPress for education: giddy new heights not same old LMS doldrums

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
July 10, 2015

Week 2 of the UBC.ca Teaching with WordPress Course Well the great thing about open courses of course, is you can continue the course, ahem, some six weeks after the thing has actually finished. This week is all about how … Continue reading →
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The pic-a-mix of open education

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
June 7, 2015

Week 1 thoughts: An awesome and informative week learning about open pedagogy with details of the course right here: http://blogs.ubc.ca/teachwordpress/week-1-discussion/ The webinar by Amanda Coolidge and Tracy Kelly was super and made me think about open pedagogy really for the … Continue reading →
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Initial thoughts and why am I doing this?

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
June 1, 2015

Open Pedagogy with UBC. Week 1 I’m very much looking forward to this course by the University of British Columbia (UBC). It is strange that anything with pedagogy in the title always strikes the fear of god in me. … Continue reading →
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Open teaching with BCU!

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
June 1, 2015

Looking forward to this course kicking off. http://blogs.ubc.ca/teachwordpress/
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When I am in charge….if I make it….

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
May 29, 2015

OMG. This Minion really does look like me. I shudder to think when I am in charge what I will actually look like? But you know what, I don’t care. I’ll be in charge and sorting out this unholly and … Continue reading →
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How the UK was all astonishment

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
May 9, 2015

Statistics is the study of the collection, analysis, interpretation, presentation, and organization of data. Interpretation is the act of explaining, reframing, or otherwise showing your own understanding of something. Well that all sounds straight forward enough in our statistics-obscessed society and lord … Continue reading →
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Bring on the summer!

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
May 7, 2015

Bring on the summer. A colleague and I have just finished interviewing for 3 student internship positions to work with us over the summer. We interviewed 7 students from 1st years through to graduates, and have been absolutely blown away … Continue reading →
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Open education update – Bristol University presentation

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
May 5, 2015

I’m very excited about talking to the Bristol University ‘pedagogy’ group about open education today. Here is a PDF of my slides: SLIDES –> Open Education Update_VRolfe_5May15 The talk gave reference to a number of conference articles and papers, and the … Continue reading →
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Open education: sustainability versus vulnerability #oer15

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
April 15, 2015

Just returned from an outstanding two days at OER15 in Cardiff (Tues 14 – Wed 15th April 2015). The theme was ‘mainstreaming’ OER and one of my talks looked at the sustainability and impact of the open education projects I … Continue reading →
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#Noir106 The Music!

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
April 9, 2015

‘Strike Anywhere’ by David Kernohan and Viv Rolfe It was a privilege being part of the DS106 ‘3 Fingers of Gin‘ radio show recently. Whoever so effortlessly turned out such a professional sounding production was a genius, and I never … Continue reading →
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Rescue Jim Glitch

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
March 14, 2015

Well, Tina needed 10 GIFS to set Jim free, so I thought I’d go back to basics on this case. 1) Revisited the awesome GLITCHaCHROME – still looking good by John J. 2) Grabbed some video of Jim caught up … Continue reading →
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NSS is the name of the game…

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
February 20, 2015

...and I wanna play the game with you. What do these items have in common? Amazon gift vouchers. Drinks tokens. A free iPad. Tickets to the ball. Free entry to “Scouting for girls” £10 printing credit. You may be mistaken … Continue reading →
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Andy’s Research Group B

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 30, 2015

Welcome Group B! If you appointed yourself in GROUP B, please read these instructional materials once and try not to make additional notes. We are simply wanting to test your knowledge gained. You can download the materials to your PC … Continue reading →
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Andy’s Research Group A

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 30, 2015

Welcome Group A! Please go to YouTube and watch this 10 minute video on asthma. It does not matter if you have ever done immunology before or not. Please do not look at the materials more than once – and … Continue reading →
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Andy’s Research Project

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 29, 2015

Biomedical Science Final Year Project I’m really lucky this year to be working with Andy Nguyen who is a final year biomedical scientist and also international student from Vietnam. Andy was interested in looking at student use of multimedia resources in … Continue reading →
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Oh shit.

by vivrolfe

| Syndicated
January 24, 2015

Have you ever had that stomach-sinking feeling and you think “oh shit”? I had it the other night when I realise Spike had found one of David’s slippers, and I failed utterly to convince David that sling-backs might be … Continue reading →
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