Sisley: ”Oh, it’s Marc from the Newquay Weekend, I guess.” Mel answering: “Yes, exactly, and guess what else, he’s coming over for the weekend, there’s the Belushi’s opening party he is on the invitation list, and he’s asking me to join him. You want to come down and join us there will be many prominent […]
I am publishing this to Tactile first, and will republish on the MELSIG site which is currently moving server from our original home MELSIG is the Media-Enhanced Learning Special Interest Group, a UK higher education academic development network. I hope … Continue reading →
I could not sleep again last night, tossing in bed, thinking how to make my online classes more engaging! I am happy with the content and the structure of the class, but I am not so happy with the delivery. I feel that most of the current platforms tha...
Week 1 This is the first week of my Outreachy project and I am super excited! Being part of a team that is developing drivers for the Linux Kernel and specifically for the Hypervisor from Microsoft! Sounds like an amazing experience and times to come, doesn’t it? I am very grateful to everybody who helped […]
The future of books flickr photo by Johan Larsson shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license A quick note about the next few weeks. I will be putting this newsletter on a brief hiatus until after the new year. So … Continue reading →
A week has passed since the two girls had been on their weekend-trip Sisley had covered one colleague’s desk who went on holiday and she did really, well. She actually had enjoyed the past week talking with the customers and making the arrangements for the delivery. Even sometimes it got a bit harsh and busy […]
So for this term we have been looking at how social media is used overall. I’ve come to the realisation that people will use social media how ever they want. Weather its to advertise their company and products or to just simply share their interest with their friends. Some people specifically use it to... Continue Reading →
Over the summer more than 30,000 meals were given out to children in Leicester for free as past of a way of beat holiday hunger. £28,000 was given by the government to support this local scheme. this was started to help families who struggle to feed their kids without the help of free school meals.... Continue Reading →
So its the end of term 1 and what a term its been! Third year seems to be going so fast its scary! However, I’ve had a super fun term and I’m actually excited to get on with the rest of the year after christmas! A lot has happened this term during our Social Media … Continue reading In summary…→
Recently we have been looking at how social media is used to help promote products. We visited the store Timberland in highcross and spoke to the manager. He told us how even though its a Timberland its not an actually Timberland store….if that makes sense. to make it a bit clearer, that particular Timberland... Continue Reading →
The future of books flickr photo by Johan Larsson shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license Apologies for the delayed delivery. After feeling a bit under the weather and then feeling the full force of a grading bottleneck since re-entering … Continue reading →
The first principle of active learning according to Bonwell & Eison (1991) is that it is more than passive listening. A rather negative note to start on perhaps, but we can see where they’re coming from. As we prepare, at … Continue reading →
Building upon research I conducted with student-nominated inspirational teachers in 2014 and then developed with colleagues here at SHU, to relate my work to the NSS, I have been working closely with all academic staff across three departments this year … Continue reading →
Learning walks are ‘one of my things’ and I am pleased to say that regular walking with peers is part of office culture now. Charmaine Myers is one of my team and we have come to value walks as the … Continue reading →
After a manic week at uni last week it was super fun and refreshing visiting the Highcross shopping centre for our lab. We spoke to the manager at the the Timberland store and he spoke to us about how the company uses social media. I was particularly interested in how they promoted their black Friday … Continue reading Timberland/Highcross→
The future of books flickr photo by Johan Larsson shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license Thanksgiving may well be my favorite of all holidays. I love the even longer weekend, as well as all the food. Plus, it is a … Continue reading →
Sunday afternoon the two girls Sisley and Mel are diving the M5 passing Exeter Mel tells about last night when Marc had picked her up with this hot Cabrio a red Alfa-Romeo Spider. They had taken the Riverside Coast Way driving through Pentire towards West Pentire and the drive had been amazing. Marc […]
Record numbers of youngsters fed at city’s summer holiday clubs This headline really caught my attention as feeding young people in UK has never really seemed like a big issue to me and I’m sure many others feel the same. When I read about this sustainability goal I assumed it was aimed at countries less … Continue reading Holiday Hunger Project→