Digital learning professional, PhD student
I’ve been conceptualising and refining my first experiment (VR1) since around March. I’m now in a position where I have a full methodology, most of my instruments and my participant information documents. My plan also received ethical approval in August. I’m hoping to run the experiment in Easter term 2024. This experiment is focused on…
Read moreThis is the first in a series of probably (okay, undoubtedly) sporadic posts following the process of learning, stumbling and recovering on my PhD journey. It’s probably helpful to start out with an idea of what I’m hoping to achieve, so in a nutshell, here’s a bit of background. Research area My research area is…
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This is a little outside my area, but after reading about the clean air zone proposals for Manchester, I both agree that something HAS to be done about air pollution in Manchester, and also that the current support and help for small businesses etc is totally insufficient. I was noodling around with some thoughts, and…
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What is it? A 10.3-inch e-ink/e-paper tablet that runs Android 11 with a 227ppi display and colour-tunable front light – think large, customisable Kindle rather than iPad Navy aluminium casing 64 GB storage USB-C for charging – decent battery life, certainly lasts for days of reasonable use Bluetooth 5.0/Wifi Weight: 420g (definitely a two-handed device for…
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There are two types of writer. Well, okay, there’s a lot more than two types and how dare I be so reductive, but bear with me. Much academic writing seems to be dominated by dense prose (verbiage might be more the word) that seems to go on forever and defines its terms lightly. It tends…
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Project brief: This was a quick turnaround project that arrived on my desk within a couple of weeks of starting work in my new role at Durham University. The development team was asked to produce a video to support the imminent and short-notice rollout of Covid-19 self tests for students and staff at the University….
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