CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

Higher Education, Interdisciplinarity, and some related things like Expertise and Future of Work

Welcome to my new blog. You can read more about me in the About section. I'm looking forward to getting back to 'writing and thinking out loud' about Higher Education, Interdisciplinarity and other things that interest me. You can talk to me either here or on my linked Twitter feed.

The web, ways of learning, interdisciplinarity and a history of knowledge

Our first round of applicants came to the Open Day of UCL Arts and Sciences BASc last week. It was a very enjoyable day for us and great...

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Dec 5, 20117 min read

Flipping the lecture hall: first thoughts

Inspired by Khan, reading more at Steve Wheeler’s blog and many other links, I am thinking more about how we can use technology at...

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Nov 28, 20114 min read

The Khan Academy and undergraduate education

I’ve been struck today by this story on the BBC pages, which pulls together things I have been writing on the blog since I started and...

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Nov 23, 20114 min read

Interdisciplinary education in an established environment – emerging thoughts

I feel at risk once again of getting sucked into the discipline of interdisciplinarity, prompted this time by some excellent articles on...

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Nov 17, 20115 min read

Future Universities – teaching low-tech

Lots on the future of universities in the air. I’m sorry I missed the series at Cambridge with Martin Rees, Stefan Collini and others...

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Nov 10, 20115 min read

Teaching yourself

‘We can only teach ourselves’ is a phrase one hears in educational circles. I guess this is true on some level, but I do not want to turn...

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Oct 12, 20114 min read

Global anxieties, local hope

My current job takes me out to talk to young people. I visit schools, and also they come to our university to discuss the Arts and...

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Sep 30, 20115 min read

Economist bashing – enough already?

I am one of those who has enjoyed taking a pop at many academic economists recently. Informally and to friends, I have compared academic...

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Sep 28, 20115 min read

Series learning versus parallel learning

One of the principal criticisms one meets when setting up an interdisciplinary degree is that what the student learns will be...

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Sep 22, 20115 min read

Resisting expertise

As I read more on interdisciplinarity, learn more about it through my daily work, talk more to colleagues who do fascinating...

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Sep 16, 20114 min read

Enoughness of expertise in higher education in the age of web 2.0

I want to introduce the concept of ‘enough expertise’ into higher education – particularly with respect to teaching undergraduates. The...

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Sep 14, 20114 min read

10,000 hours and interdisciplinary learning

The notion that 10,000 hours is what is required to reach expertise in a given area has been popularised by Malcolm Gladwell and appeared...

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Sep 6, 20115 min read

Social science and value judgements

I had a nice conversation with one of my favourite philosophers at UCL recently, a man I respect greatly. His main research area has been...

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Sep 3, 20115 min read

Experts, PhDs, research, employment – and musicians

There is anxiety that the UK is not producing enough PhD level researchers, particularly in science and engineering. The view of some...

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Sep 2, 20114 min read

Interdisciplinarity, future work and the learning of ‘languages’

Currently my work has me thinking about future employment, the world of work and the role of universities in preparing students for this...

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Aug 28, 20116 min read

Why go to university?

Leaving aside the discussion of value for money from a university education, why, if learning is what you are interested in, should you...

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Aug 23, 20114 min read

Cross-reference theory of understanding – the Searchlight Metaphor

I hold that you get the best understanding of something by looking at it from many different angles. You can think of this as...

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Aug 22, 20113 min read

‘Value for Money’ in university education

There is concern among students, their parents and guardians, politicians and the media that university students should get ‘value for...

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Aug 18, 20116 min read

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CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

The web, ways of learning, interdisciplinarity and a history of knowledge

Flipping the lecture hall: first thoughts

The Khan Academy and undergraduate education

Interdisciplinary education in an established environment – emerging thoughts

Future Universities – teaching low-tech

Teaching yourself

Global anxieties, local hope

Economist bashing – enough already?

Series learning versus parallel learning

Resisting expertise

Enoughness of expertise in higher education in the age of web 2.0

10,000 hours and interdisciplinary learning

Social science and value judgements

Experts, PhDs, research, employment – and musicians

Interdisciplinarity, future work and the learning of ‘languages’

Why go to university?

Cross-reference theory of understanding – the Searchlight Metaphor

‘Value for Money’ in university education

CONTACT

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