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Thinking about switching blog

26 January 202518 February 2025 Niall

 I’ve been blogging here intermittently for about 14 years. I actually thought it was longer than that, but it seems to be 14 years since the first post that still exists. Maybe there were older posts that I deleted. I’ve… Read moreThinking about switching blog

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The importance of a morning walk for mental health and productivity

19 October 202418 February 2025 Niall

 Before lock-down I used to drive to work, leave the car in the nearest car park, at Kelvinbridge, and then walk through the park, along the bank of the Kelvin, then up the hill to the campus. During lock-down I… Read moreThe importance of a morning walk for mental health and productivity

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Update

16 January 202318 February 2025 Niall

 It’s almost 4 years since I last published to this blog; there have been a couple of reasons for this, but fundamentally really comes down to me not having had anything to say that didn’t seem too negative. However, I… Read moreUpdate

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A toolkit for efficient educational video production

27 May 202018 February 2025 Niall

This blog post describes some prototype software, which, teamed up with the right hardware, can make producing decent quality videos at your desk slightly easier. If you want to jump forward to see the demo rather than read about it,… Read moreA toolkit for efficient educational video production

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Planning to move teaching online (suddenly)

14 March 202018 February 2025 Niall

So it seems that we will be moving to distance learning, not the baby steps that we’ve been taking (in many iterations) over the last 23 years, but suddenly, all at once. A whole moderately large, very traditional University, with… Read morePlanning to move teaching online (suddenly)

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A sad list of cancelled and never started learning technology projects…

23 February 202018 February 2025 Niall

Recently I attended the first day of our annual learning teaching conference, which is spread over three widely separated days this year. Most of the presentations were really good, but it was the discussions that followed them that got me… Read moreA sad list of cancelled and never started learning technology projects…

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My thoughts on an IT Strategy for Learning & Teaching

23 January 202018 February 2025 Niall

This week we had a meeting of IT staff from around the University, with our director of IT telling us about the University’s new IT strategy. There was a lot of good things there – major new investment in infrastructure… Read moreMy thoughts on an IT Strategy for Learning & Teaching

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Office noise levels part 2

11 September 201918 February 2025 Niall

As a comparison to the office nose graphs I posted last week, at the weekend I set up my noise meter in my study at home and created the same graphs for that location. Like the previous graph, this shows… Read moreOffice noise levels part 2

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Office noise levels

26 August 201918 February 2025 Niall

A couple of months ago I sat a decibel meter on my desk for a few days, and recorded the noise levels in my office. Although I feel my office is very noisy, the figures I got didn’t seem too… Read moreOffice noise levels

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Creating an environment for Learning Technology development.

22 August 201918 February 2025 Niall

In a recent post “A supportive environment for developing learning technology” I discussed two Universities with specialist departments that allow them to develop cutting edge learning technology that addresses their needs. At the end of that post I said I’d… Read moreCreating an environment for Learning Technology development.

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