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Steve Parkinson
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Head of Learning Systems (Platforms) at the OpenUniversity. Interested in how the future will look. Particularly learning. I'm easily distracted.
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Also think I understated this bit a little “Let’s not kid ourselves. As great as it is, the internet can be a weird place and some strange things can happen there.”.

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Looks like it’s still there. Not sure it stands the test of time or it’s what’s being asked for. Still, it’s a nice look back to simpler times (when I apparently had far more time to write that kind of thing!). medium.com/@GoTeamOU/wh...

Why use social media to support learning?
Why use social media to support learning?

The Learning Systems Team of the Open University, the UK’s largest university and a distance learning specialist, talk about why they…

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I’ve come onto campus for a day. The face to face meeting I’m here for is delayed as someone is stuck on the motorway. Everyone else in the open plan area are in Teams meetings. The noise is incredible. Reminds me of when I worked in a call centre. Not sure this is more productive than remote.

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Bookings open for the next session of the Working Class Leaders in Higher Education Network. I’ll be joined by Iesha Small talking about career-building, communications and social media presence. Not to be missed. Reshares appreciated. www.eventbrite.co.uk/d/online/eve...

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Hope you have a lovely time.

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In London this morning I caught one of the bands of the Foot Guards warming up at their barracks. Very impressive. Particularly as they did the theme tune to one of my favourite 70s kids cartoons, ‘Battle of the Planets’.

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I like to play this in hard mode and buy raw denim jeans that will shrink by an unspecified percentage after the first wash.

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According to our stats it seems our online tutorial system recorded over one million minutes of attendance on Monday. Not bad at all. I think we're going to refer to it as the Million Minute Monday from now on.

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Steve Parkinson
@stevepuk.bsky.social
Head of Learning Systems (Platforms) at the OpenUniversity. Interested in how the future will look. Particularly learning. I'm easily distracted.
103 followers182 following11 posts