Author Archives: stevecayzer
An educational FLAN
On Friday I went to the FutureLearn Academic Network (FLAN) meeting in Milton Keynes to present my work with Bath Mechanical Engineering graduate Simon Coton.
Dr Fox and effective feedback
Today’s Conversation with Cake involved a look at a recent paper reappraising the Dr Fox phenomenon. This led onto a discussion of meaningful student feedback – that is, feedback that informs and improves our teaching
The Big Rocks Board
I’ve taken to using my whiteboard as an information radiator.
Sustainable Innovation
On Monday 7 November, I went to the Sustainable Innovation conference at the Centre for Sustainable Design in Epsom. The theme of the conference was “Circular Economy” which ties in very nicely with my teaching and research on #itmbath.
Disappearing WiFi
Does the wifi disappear on your laptop? It might be just me, but I’ve had this recurring, intermittent and extremely annoying problem for a while. By wifi disappearing I don’t mean the wifi network, I mean the wifi adaptor itself. … Continue reading
ITM – The First Week
Well, the 2016-17 season has started well. Again, the Innovation and Technology Management MSc cohort is both international (15 nationalities) and diverse (automotive engineering, economics and marketing to name a few). The first intensive week of teaching is now complete; … Continue reading
The Global Classroom
Last week, I travelled to London with my colleagues @TraceyMadden and @FabioNemetz to attend the #ESLTIS16 conference. The conference was fascinating (some thoughts below). Tracey and I presented some work that we have done with @DanishMishra on using Social Network Analysis … Continue reading
Christmas Puzzle
This is a logic puzzle I picked up some time back. I think a version appears in a great book called Modern Heuristics. Warning – it’s a bit of a time waster. But there is a solution, I promise.
No email in the morning
For the time pressured, the title of this post is the conclusion. Read on to find out why.
Agile in Government
Despite my last blog on some well publicised troubles, agile is still firmly central to the UK government’s digital strategy (incidentally this appears to be true over the pond in the USA). This topic was explored on Friday morning at agile … Continue reading
