This is a new posting after a very long time, more than two years!  I want to share some of my interests and experiences as an educational developer and share any modest insights I have about teaching and learning in higher education.  I hope you enjoy reading my meanderings and whatever text I end up [...]

At Sussex, I attended a conference on Creativity in Teaching and Learning, sponsored by LINKS+II, a Franco-Anglo consortium of universities that share knowledge for mutual economic benefit. You can take a look at the slides from the presentations at the creative links site. The keynote speaker (sorry, her name is not with me at this [...]

The VLE (Virtual Learning Environment) at Sussex is built in Moodle and called StudyDirect. Sussex has only had a university-wide VLE since last September. Several times this year, IT Services has asked users to come together to talk about what they like and don’t like about the system, and in particular, what they’d like changed. [...]

The Teaching and Learning Development Unit at Sussex has 7 staff members who accomplish amazing things for the University. They offer a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education which is compulsory for new faculty who have less than 3 years of teaching experience. The second year of the program is a [...]

This blog is to record and share my reflections and daily learnings from my visits to teaching and learning centres in the UK. My first few days here have been very busy and I keep running across exciting people who are doing extraordinary things. I’ve been at the University of Sussex since Friday – it’s [...]