The aim of this post is to summarise my understanding of the feedback I received over the weekend on the progress of my blog, and to consider how I can address the points raised in the feedback in order to further exploit the possibilities offered by the blog and corresponding dialogue with my tutor. Overall, […]

This week I have experienced Minecraft for the first time, which has been quite a lot of fun at the same time as prompting reflections about digital game-based learning that I would like to give some attention to in this post. Until last week I had barely heard of Minecraft and possessed only a vague […]

In this post I’d like to talk about my experience over the past couple of weeks of interacting with my course colleagues and tutors via numerous channels of communication. The IDEL course so far is designed in such a way that participants gradually build up a ‘portfolio’ of experiences of synchronous and asynchronous interaction using […]

This paper questions the suitability and accuracy of the term TEL, challenges its apparently uncritical adoption in some educational technology research, and argues for a more careful and critical approach to the use of terminology by researchers and educational institutions. By breaking down the term TEL into its constituent parts, the author explores the underlying […]

Last week was big: I was reminded of the importance of situating contemporary developments within their historical context, as well as the potency and centrality of feminist perspectives in the discussion of contemporary issues. When viewed through a historical lens, what may at first appear to be new and unprecedented debates and dilemmas arising in […]