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Spaces and places for learning and teaching
Spaces and places for learning and teaching
A short trip to Melbourne provokes some reflection
Iain MacLaren
May 15, 2018
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
The Galway Symposium on Higher Education, held on June 23rd 2017
Iain MacLaren
Jun 26, 2017
Collaborating with the Enemy: How to Work with People You Don’t Agree with or Like or Trust
A brief review of Adam Kahane’s new book
Iain MacLaren
Jun 4, 2017
Applications Open…
Applications Open…
Ten years is a long time. It’s the term of office of a University President here in Ireland and hence such an appointment can profoundly…
Iain MacLaren
May 2, 2017
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Learning Communities, Collaboration, and Collegiality
Universities, so the story goes, are scholarly communities, where students and academics engage in enquiry, discussion, and debate; an…
Iain MacLaren
Apr 19, 2017
By Franklin’s Field
By Franklin’s Field
A cold wind signalled winter’s imminent threat as I stepped out of Philadelphia airport under a laden grey sky. Distant, idle…
Iain MacLaren
Dec 15, 2016
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality
OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Digital Economy & Launch of the Cancún Declaration
Iain MacLaren
Jul 1, 2016
At the end of the longest day
At the end of the longest day
Food for thought in the pre-conference, stakeholder events — OECD Ministerial, Cancun, 21st June 2016
Iain MacLaren
Jun 30, 2016
Badges of achievement
Badges of achievement
Recognising skills and knowledge in the digital age
Iain MacLaren
Jun 20, 2016
From a doodle to a framework
From a doodle to a framework
Translating policy into practice, and practice into policy
Iain MacLaren
Jun 19, 2016
Learning spaces, places of learning
Learning spaces, places of learning
Look around you. Go on. Where you are sitting at the moment and reading this post. You might be in an office, on a train, in a cafe. What…
Iain MacLaren
Mar 13, 2016
Collegium — Living-learning communities in universities
Collegium — Living-learning communities in universities
What’s interesting at this early stage in the event, is the international dimension, with various types of collegiate system represented…
Iain MacLaren
Dec 5, 2014
the impact of the digital
the impact of the digital
Academic challenges
Iain MacLaren
Nov 4, 2014
Rectify the anomaly
Rectify the anomaly
The status quo for Scottish universities and why it ain’t
Iain MacLaren
Jul 29, 2014
Under the carpet
Under the carpet
Tuition fees, student loans and university leadership
Iain MacLaren
Jul 6, 2014
of men and metrics
of men and metrics
is higher education being destroyed by burnout and bias?
Iain MacLaren
Mar 8, 2014
stamina
stamina
why part-time study sounds great, but is far, far more difficult
Iain MacLaren
Mar 3, 2014
Structure and agency
Structure and agency
What is it about the Titanic approach that is so addictive to managers?
Iain MacLaren
Feb 13, 2014
Here we go again
Here we go again
It’s always about the money, rarely the value
Iain MacLaren
Feb 10, 2014
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