Mc² = E Learning Reflections

  I've written about this before, my love of horror movies.  But I wanted to write down my thoughts after recently going to the cinema to watch a sequel production.  I think what got me was how this movie was little more than a retelling of the original story but with a minor twist.  I was largely a bit bored half way through.  The name of the movie itself doesn't matter, I think what got me was the "sameyness" of it. It got me thinking about one of my favourite characters from a famous shark movie.  She was the wife of Martin Brodie who began as a supporting character backing up the stereotypical male hero figure, staying at home while he goes off to sea to kill the monster shark.  But by the time the the fourth movie came along, Ellen was quite a different character taking to sea herself on a mission to finish it and put an end to the whole watery saga.   ( " 'Jaws' pictogram movie poster " by  Viktor Hertz  is licensed under...

As we're getting to the end of the academic session here in Scotland, I have to say I'm so looking forward to the summer holidays.  It's been a long year, but there's a lot to do still - meetings, paperwork, form filling...  It's been really interesting this past week though because it's allowed me to reflect, not so much on the processes that are underway, but on how they're happenning. (" tea break " by  Kanko*  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 .) With a range of formal programme review meetings taking place, getting the chance to have those face-to-face informal "water cooler" conversation with colleagues you haven't seen in ages has felt like a breath of fresh air.  Some of the meetings took place face-to-face while others have been online or some hybrid combination of both.  But they've all felt like a pressure release.  Sometimes it's provided the opportunity to venting our frustrations, other times its allowed teams to refl...