Aesthetics are a very important part of almost everything, especially in the digital world. With the instrumental approach to education, students behave like consumers when it comes to education (p29 of the Manifesto) and expect a good educational experience for the fees that they pay. Whether a course is digital or more traditionally taught face […]

According to some learning is best achieved when it takes place in the traditional, face to face setting, where eye to eye contact is often seen as the marker of authentic teaching (p87 of the Manifesto). Learning does not necessarily take place in the class room or lecture theatre though, even in the traditional setting. […]

Online teaching should not be downgraded to “facilitation.” (Bayne, Sian, et al. The Manifesto for Teaching Online) is one of the statements from the Manifesto. But is facilitation really a downgrading of teaching? Used correctly and in some settings, I think facilitation is completely appropriate for a teacher but maybe the negativity partly lies in the […]

Reflect on any specific aspects of digital environments for learning you hope to address through the course, you asked me in your comment. I have taken some time to mull this over. In a way, I am trying to understand what is different in online learning; how the learning takes place differently (if it does) […]

My name is Femke and I am a Dutch national, who moved to Edinburgh 14 years ago. I have been working for the University of Edinburgh for the last five years, in the Edinburgh Medical School as an administrator. Education has always interested me, but with a degree in History, Medical Education is not the […]