Education Research
Behind the Paper: Discipline Based Education Research for Animal Welfare Science
I’ve been working in education research longer than I worked in animal behaviour. Who knew?
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Augmented Reality Teaching
OK Glass I got a chance to use Google glass today in brief interlude between filming a super secret (a new YouTube series, not a secret at all) project. It was amazing! The digital education office had put some clinical skills videos on the Glass and I could immediately see Read more…
Knowledge Transfer
The Five Freedoms at Fifty
It’s been a busy week, but it ended with a great Hangout this Friday with me and Professor Lawrence. You can watch it below – we had a huge amount of fun. And it also got me tweeting too, so you can follow me @jilly_mackay
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Teaching to Pass the Exam
When I was at school, I was taught to pass exams. This is viewed very critically in the press – just take a look at these Google returns. But this is not the education I recognise in myself. From day 1 in my education, I was taught how to answer Read more…
Knowledge Transfer
The New Term
We’re halfway through Week Three of the new academic year. Students, I love you. I really adore you guys. I love helping you, I love seeing you puzzle out new ideas, I love when you challenge my thinking, I love when I can make you feel better about yourself. But Read more…
Knowledge Transfer
Who’s a Pretty Boy Then?
Working in the world of international animal welfare as I have been doing in the last couple of months, you are confronted by your own innate biases. These are little (or big!) ideas you have about animal welfare that influence the way you think about it and the choices you Read more…
Knowledge Transfer
World Animal Protection in Asia: Key Drivers
Berocca and cake? I must be at a conference! I’m honoured this week to have been invited to the annual key drivers in Animal Welfare for Asia conference, organised by World Animal Protection. (Formerly known as wspa). We’re half way through now and we have discussed the mooc, informal science Read more…
Fluffy Friday
Fluffy Friday – Internet Roundup
Fluffy Fridays have fallen by the wayside a bit as I keep up with the MOOC. This week has been a really interesting experience and in some ways, a lot of the discussions I was expecting, haven’t happened in the forums. The questions that spring to my mind when I Read more…
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I Lectured to 27000 Students This Week
Please do forgive the bragging in this post’s title. But I have. I have lectured to 27000 students this week. Our MOOC went live on Monday and people are still signing up, which is all kinds of mindblowing. From the moment that button was pressed on Monday morning, people have Read more…
Fluffy Friday
Fluffy Friday – Peer Review Rings and MOOCs
You’ll have to forgive the lack of original content in this week’s Fluffy Friday (and lack of content entirely in last week’s). The MOOC launches on Monday at 11 AM and this week has been spent polishing the course and obsessing over comma placements and going a little bit hysterical after Read more…
