CALRG Acceptance

June and July look to be quite busy with speaking as it was confirmed this week that my presentations for the CALRG (Computers and Learning Research Group, generally pronounced as “cal-r-g“) one with my student hat on and one with my work hat on have also been accepted. The CALRG conference is over two days

Changing job in a pandemic – my first week

Well, it’s the end of my first week! A short week because of the bank holiday. I thought I would do a follow-up to my last post on this topic and share my first week experiences. I am thrilled to be finally working at the Open University, my dream employer (well, except perhaps Disney…) who

Changing job in a pandemic

It goes without saying that I am very aware of how fortunate I am. And I am extremely grateful to both my outgoing and incoming employers that they have both continued to provide me with employent and my expected salary, as well as looking after my safety and providing me with the necessary tools and

My friend Trello

Someone at work introduced me to Trello and I have never looked back! I heard a saying one day: Your head is a lousy office And it is so true! You simply cannot keep all the myriad of stuff that you need to remember, or that pops up and you want to make a note

Reflections on my 2015

2015 was a pretty huge year for me, some lessons I’ve learned and some highlights are below.   Work In January 2015 I ran/led my first direct mail campaign (of course I have been involved with them before but this one was my baby as I was head of the team at the time) with