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 tab, top left. 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.

Reflections on making flipped lectures

I’ve been recording flipped lectures. In this vlog I reflect on points of interest that have come up. 1. How lecturing style can be...

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Aug 26, 20121 min read

Can we talk about leadership?

Can we talk about leadership? Specifically, can we talk about the relationship between leadership and undergraduate degrees? I have a...

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Jul 17, 20122 min read

‘Difficult Thinking’ and Interdisciplinarity

At the SRHE conference on Structuring Knowledge last week, Gareth Williams said that we need people in our universities to do the...

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Jul 5, 20125 min read

Your education is a work of art

So often these days we talk of education as a mechanical or, at best, physical process: you need to ‘tick boxes’, ‘jump through hoops’,...

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Jul 5, 20124 min read

Reclaiming Generalism

Ask yourself this: would you prefer your prime minister to have studied one thing at university or to have had a more rounded higher...

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Jun 30, 20126 min read

Knowledge, Democratisation and Power

My job takes me to meet and speak with people who have radically different ideas about the nature of knowledge: its origins, its history,...

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May 20, 20126 min read

Test Poll

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May 18, 20121 min read

T-shaped people, pancake people and Stickle Brick people

A couple of months back, Chris Rapley reminded me of the description ‘T-shaped people‘, started in the 1990s. This phrase is used to...

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May 12, 20124 min read

Visualising education – first thoughts on uses of imagery

In this vlog I float some questions about the way we visualise certain concepts and processes in education. 1. Why do we think of one...

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May 4, 20122 min read

Breadth vs Depth in university education

Health Warning: I am finding it increasingly difficult to keep separate my personal views about education, as expressed on this blog, and...

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May 2, 20125 min read

I Know Nahthing…

I had an excellent day at the PELeCON at Plymouth University, despite a mad dash to get there and a chest infection. I learned a great...

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Apr 21, 20124 min read

Update on vlogging for academic purposes

A few points that have arisen since my first vlogs – some sent in via twitter. Thanks to all who have engaged or sent comments. 1....

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Apr 14, 20121 min read

Failure and Confusion

Encouraged by recent discussions of failure in learning (both here at Wimbledon High School for Girls and at the upcoming PELeCON...

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Apr 14, 20121 min read

Academic vlogging II

Can a vlog ever be truly academic? What about academic register? The right use of jargon? Are we ‘rushing to print (video)’ when we vlog,...

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Apr 4, 20121 min read

Vlogging and academic work

What are the implications of the move towards video for academic work? For culture? For history? Economically for the protagonists? Some...

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Apr 2, 20122 min read

Assessment in universities

The way we assess students at university is currently subject to some interesting challenges. I discuss two of these challenges in the...

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Apr 1, 20121 min read

Flipping and Polling Questions

Here is the link to my Echo 360 lecturecast on ‘Five Steps to Successful Flipping’, which I gave at the HEA assessment event in UCL on...

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Mar 11, 20123 min read

Humanities – a source of future value?

This is my first vlog. I discuss how recent reports from think-tanks and discussions with major employers point to a re-evaluating of the...

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Mar 5, 20121 min read

Design for Learning vs Emergent Outcomes

There is a growing interest in what is called Design for Learning. I am reading a nice book on the subject by Julie Dirksen, and Aaron...

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Feb 29, 20125 min read

Drill Classes? Really – in the age of web 2.0?

A few months back now, there was an interesting debate between Steve Wheeler and Larry Sanger about, essentially, the value of learning...

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Feb 20, 20125 min read

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CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

Reflections on making flipped lectures

Can we talk about leadership?

‘Difficult Thinking’ and Interdisciplinarity

Your education is a work of art

Reclaiming Generalism

Knowledge, Democratisation and Power

Test Poll

T-shaped people, pancake people and Stickle Brick people

Visualising education – first thoughts on uses of imagery

Breadth vs Depth in university education

I Know Nahthing…

Update on vlogging for academic purposes

Failure and Confusion

Academic vlogging II

Vlogging and academic work

Assessment in universities

Flipping and Polling Questions

Humanities – a source of future value?

Design for Learning vs Emergent Outcomes

Drill Classes? Really – in the age of web 2.0?

CONTACT

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