Five Flames 4 Learning | Ignite your ideas about teaching, learning and technology in conversations together at the fireside.
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It’s been a while since I last blogged, and a lot has happened since then. On 12th June, I defended my thesis in an online viva in the presence of three inspirational scholars: Sally Baker as external examiner, Melis Cin as internal examiner for Lancaster University, and Kyungmee Lee , my supervisor, who joined as an observer and shared in the celebration at the end. The screenshot below shows that moment, which will forever remain in my mind and my heart. It was the culmination of four challenging years of
My thesis, Refugees’ Online Learning Engagement in Higher Education:A Capabilitarian Analysis (Witthaus, 2023a ), is available from the Lancaster Library, and an open access journal article (Witthaus, 2023b ), which reflects some of my findings, was published in the Online Learning journal in June. My OpenThesis site is still available as an archive; I hope it will encourage other PhD students to develop their dissertations in the open too. All these outputs would not have been possible without the help o
In July, I started a new part-time position (alongside my University of Birmingham role) at UCL as Research Fellow – Education in Contexts of Mass Displacement. I have the immense privilege of working in a team with Tejendra Pherali, Eileen Kennedy, Elaine Chase and Diana Laurillard on a project that supports Teacher Professional Development for people in contexts of mass displacement. This is done through MOOCs which are co-designed and co-produced with teachers based in refugee camps who are deeply famili
Five Flames 4 Learning | Ignite your ideas about teaching, learning and technology in conversations together at the fireside.