Matt PhillpottChallenges for Learning Design: the case for increased flexibility and Teaching TeamsLet’s start by analysing what this course is meant to achieve and who the students will be, then we can storyboard it — ensuring that the…Sep 8, 2023Sep 8, 2023
Matt PhillpottA conversation about the ‘good life’ with ChatGPTChanges during one's lifetime come in fits and starts. For years things remain largely the same and then suddenly — bang! — things change…May 2, 2023May 2, 2023
Matt PhillpottDoes online and distance education work?How well does it work, for whom, under what conditions, and what doesn’t it do so well?Jan 27, 2023Jan 27, 2023
Matt PhillpottLearning about annotated bibliographiesThe first time that I had to write an annotated bibliography it was for an assignment as part of a first-year History module. This was…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Matt PhillpottThe Ruin of History and its Reconfiguration in sixteenth-century polemicWhat is a ruin? What is it’s meaning and what power does it hold? Are the physical ruins important or is there more hidden within?Mar 17, 2022Mar 17, 2022
Matt PhillpottLearning with Albert EinsteinWhat does Albert Einstein think about education and how we learn? Let’s take a look at Einstein’s views.Mar 7, 2022Mar 7, 2022
Matt PhillpottWriting about Honeybees in the sixteenth centuryWho wrote about Bees in Tudor England? In this essay, we take a brief overview of the key publications.Feb 24, 2022Feb 24, 2022
Matt PhillpottIs moving house a bit like a Doctor Who-style Regeneration?In December I moved home with my family from the south-eastern shores of Kent to the north-east of London. Whilst doing so, I realised just…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Matt PhillpottAre they prepared? Supporting Students in their dissertation projectsThe dissertation is one of the most complex assignments that a student will undertake. How can we help them to excel?Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Matt PhillpottJohn Joscelyn — the forgotten Anglo-SaxonistThe origins of what would become called Anglo-Saxon studies can be found in the early years of Elizabeth I’s reign, in the late sixteenth…Jan 13, 2022Jan 13, 2022