CARL GOMBRICH - BLOG

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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....

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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