I am passionate about elearning, online communities, and writing online. I specialise in learning support, online tutoring, blogs, social media and online content. I tutor writing courses, and run online communities of practice. In the day job I’m a learning technologist at the University of Nottingham – Helen Whitehead
There’s a theory that by experiencing and reading widely, particularly outside one’s own field, one can be inspired by ideas from wildly different domains and encourage innovation and problem-solving. So I like to remain open to new ideas and concepts and sometimes actively seek them. Or at least, that’s the excuse I make when I have one of those “follow the links” marathons on the Internet. Reading Jean Auel’s latest book, The Land of Painted Caves, I became interested in finding a...
Periodic FableWhen you move on to a new phase of your life it’s time for a good clear-out. We are becoming empty nesters. For longer and longer periods our children are no longer at home, and it’s time...
recrafting your lifeWhile I am blogging more often these days at Learning Technology Blog (from University of Nottingham Learning Technology Section) I’m always intrigued to find out what was on my mind at this time...
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