Author: obrienatrix
on course design
shiny new site
It is the season of exams and marking. For all of us higher education people, it’s a time of procrastination, as well as the usual and expected work, overwork, and unnecessary extra work which is entirely your own fault. That is to say: as well as them, and because of them, in what is sometimes a vicious circle and sometimes a creative constructive critical virtuous spiral.
(more…)teaching, course design, pedagogy: a Medieval Studies / Romance Studies course – mid-term update
nature is healing (2) UPDATED: now with more peas on earth and goodwill to peaple
nature is healing (1)
Summer 2024 was the first time in ten years that I had taken my full contractual month of annual leave to travel and spend quality time in the nearest approximation, by conventional standards, to what counts as “home.”
(more…)September pedagogical motivation
An idea board, collected and curated over the last year or so, in reverse chronological order from today back to mid-August 2023. May contain sequences, nonsequiturs, and serendipitous juxtapositions. May it provide inspiration and aspiration, ideally at least one giggle and one groan because they’re vital for your breathing.
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31 August is Ken Campbell Day: learning as radical pedagogy
It is time for the annual pilgrimage.
While the pace of this blog might vary through a calendar year, Ken Campbell Day remains a constant at the threshold of the educational year.
meta-meta-medieval 