Committee, CPD, HigherEd, Post-event Reflections

Reflections from being an Advisor for ELESIG Scholar Scheme

For 2023, in addition to several other committee roles in which I have been engaged in, I also registered to be part of the ELESIG Scholar Scheme 2023. As a mentor, I regularly document my CPDs to encourage my mentees to engage in similar activities, either for them to learn new skills or simply to… Continue reading Reflections from being an Advisor for ELESIG Scholar Scheme

Committee, CPD, HigherEd

The antiracism agenda in Higher Education – is it a showpiece or is there real impact?

Blog post ahead of my participation in LTHEchat on 7th Feb 2024, along with other officers from the Antiracism and Learning Technology Special Interest Group (ARLT SIG). LTHEchat #284 will be led by guests Dr Teeroumanee Nadan @Tee_Nadan with Amin Neghavati @neghavati, Rachel Branham @ARLT_SIG & Dr Olatunde Durowoju @OADurowoju In this blog, we take you… Continue reading The antiracism agenda in Higher Education – is it a showpiece or is there real impact?

ALT, Committee, Conferences, CPD, HigherEd, Post-event Reflections

Decolonising computing ~ reflections & observations

On 25th May, I attended the "Decolonising Computing" exploratory workshop held by the University of Leicester School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, in collaboration with The Open University, The Council of Professors and Heads of Computing and eSTEeM (The OU centre for STEM pedagogy). I attended this event with the aim of observing attempts to… Continue reading Decolonising computing ~ reflections & observations

ALT, Committee, Conferences, CPD, HigherEd, OER, Post-event Reflections

OER 2023 – my committee member contributions & reflections

For the third year in a row, I have been part of the OER conference committee. Read my OER21 commitee experience (http://bit.ly/3MvmJms) OER22 committee experience (http://bit.ly/3KmGx93) OER blogs (https://teeroumaneenadan.com/category/oer/) Source: https://altc.alt.ac.uk/oer23/ As a mentor, I regularly document my CPDs to encourage my mentees to engage in similar tasks, either for them to learn new skills… Continue reading OER 2023 – my committee member contributions & reflections

Committee, CPD, HigherEd, Post-event Reflections

When the bird chirps at 8pm on Wednesdays

I cannot recall when was the first time I got involved in #LTHEchat, I had since then been among the chirping birds on Wednesday evenings, sometimes even playing catch up to join the chirping. Source: LTHEchat.com Recently, well more like 3 months back, I got involved as part of the #LTHEchat quarterly organising team (https://lthechat.com/organisinggroup/)… Continue reading When the bird chirps at 8pm on Wednesdays

ALT, Committee, Conferences, CPD, HigherEd, OER

My OERxDomains21 committee member experience – to be repeated

To say that I enjoyed the OERxDomains21 committee experience would be underrated. Despite the pandemic, I had felt the energy that I often had when chairing in-person conferences myself. Why? Because Discord brought some fresh air from Zoom, BlackBoard Collaborate, and the likes that I have been using so far during the pandemic. That I… Continue reading My OERxDomains21 committee member experience – to be repeated