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The New Way to Present Academia

It is time to modernize the way we academics present the fruit of what we do in the Ivory Tower. Lets face it we academics are without doubt experts in not only HOW teaching and learning takes place and is disseminated today but we are also experts in our own particular fields of study. So [...]

Idea Space… DIY!

I love the idea of Idea Paint. The 1st thing I love is the site. When you go watch the upload counter and stop it to see the words! 00=limitations or zero limitations, very cool! The second thing I like is the institutionalized idea of breaking the rules and thinking out loud all over the [...]

An Education rethink?

There is no better place to be than the UAE when it comes to rethinking how education can, should and might be delivered to meet the challenges the next generation will face. Primary and secondary education is rapidly evolving in the UAE and trying to come to grips with the lessons from welfare states around [...]

Wandering off the Path.

Students, professionals, education they all seem to be geared around the idea that we have some idea what we want to do and that we can study today for the path of tomorrow. Over and over again I have told my students that what we learn at school is secondary to the process. Sure there [...]

Can a professor be a social media expert?

www.gapingvoid.com for the image! Social media is an important part of our education, communication, political and economic environments today. I have seen the writing on the wall for a bit over 2 years and the writing is in neon paint! The problem we are confronted with is academia really has not been listening, walking around [...]

Back to Basics! Leadership 101

Recently I have been very vocal about my children leaving the Taaleem education group in the UAE. The recent 6000 dirham hike in student fees at Uptown School was the straw that broke the camels back. What Taaleem was,Beacon Education, and where it is going is no longer clear to me. In 2005 I was [...]

Have we missed the point about the demise of journalism?

There is a lot of talk, globally, about why journalism is in the state it is. Some point a finger at politics, others culture, others economics and many say WWW! So what is it? How do we even begin to think about the change that is happening in our communication landscape? I point you to [...]

What if the way we educate is all wrong?

Last night I had a conversation with Sheena Reynolds, an occupational therapist, who with her husband has designed a school The British Institute for Learning Development to fix the wrongs of the traditional education process. And it seems to work! Education Re-Boot with Sheena Reynolds Nightline a Conversation

Media Education for yesterday not tomorrow!

I am a very lucky academic in that I am today teaching in a program at Zayed University that has thrown out what we are doing and totally reinvented not only what bit how we will teach. The what we will teach was the easy part, the how is still to come. The big words [...]

To be young and foolish!

I often ask myself if it was a perfect world how would I build a team to actually make change happen! And I keep coming back to the idea of being young and foolish! The people who we charge with making change, on the whole, are old, tired, jaded and pretty much worn out as [...]

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