What is a dissertation?
During the pandemic, I was working on a Centre for Online and Distance Education (CODE) project to develop training materials for Masters students embarking on a dissertation project. This was a really enjoyable project to work on. Working alongside three…
Creating a vision for a freelance business
How I learned by building For six months after leaving the world of universities and entering into this freelance operation I tried to come up with words that would explain my vision and purpose. For some reason, I struggled. I…
How we teach
My first article on this website took a brief look at learning styles, where I briefly considered some different models that attempt to categorise different learners. There is so much more to that subject, but there is also another side…
Conformity, Curiosity, and Interest in Learning practices
When talking about Einstein’s life, writers tend to note that Einstein only studied those things that interested him and that he refused to conform to the expectations of others. He struggled at school, not because he lacked ability, but because…
Learning about annotated bibliographies
The first time that I had to write an annotated bibliography it was for an assignment as part of a first-year History module. This was quite a few years ago now (more than a few actually) and while the art…
Learning with Albert Einstein
Two months ago I referred to the quote on my website homepage: “Once you stop learning, you start dying” (see Question Everything). Websites such as Goodreads and Quotefancy, claim that this was said or written by Albert Einstein. I’ve found…
Are they prepared? Supporting Students in their dissertation projects
If there is one assignment that can terrify, confuse, but also excite a student, then that would probably be the dissertation. In the UK at least, when you reach year 3 of your undergraduate study you are confronted with this…
Question Everything
I like this quote. That’s why I’ve included it on my website. It invokes the exact message that I want to convey; that is, that learning isn’t something that you must do, but something that you should want to do.…
Sometimes, it really is just too complicated!
I really struggled with maths as school. I had to work hard to obtain a B at GCSE when I was 16 years old (this is now a ‘6’ in the UK system as I understand it). Maths didn’t come…
Learning Styles
How do we learn new things? Let's take a look at a few theories about learning styles to find out.
