This is the 8th post in Over a cuppa, a series which offers prompts to reflect on learning and teaching during the time it takes to make and drink a cuppa. I have set myself the challenge of keeping these posts to 300 or so words. Cross-posted from Teche, original artwork by Fidel Fernando. For … Continue reading Don’t be the wizard behind the curtain
listening
Goals for today
This post is simple. Perhaps too simple for these complex times; and written from a place of safety and privilege as I watch and listen to the turmoil of the world. Every day—weekday or weekend, work day or holiday, ordinary day or significant in some way—I hold on to the same goals. These quotidian goals … Continue reading Goals for today
A to-do side list
I am at Sydney Airport awaiting a flight to Melbourne for a few days of thinking and writing together with the Academic Identities project team. I am committing my waiting and commuting time to tasks that are never achieved at work. This list is far too ambitious for a 90 minute flight to Melbourne, but … Continue reading A to-do side list
The Slow Academic 