Following on from the breakthrough I had whilst delivering the workshop on sound environment a few weeks ago (see blog entitled: “Workshop on Sound Environment – A new chapter in my practice”) I was asked by the same unit leader … Continue reading →

I find data quite a reassuring part of the research process. Once I get to the data, I feel the hard work is done. Now I can play and see what story the numbers tell me. The hard part is … Continue reading →

Allan Davies’s article on Learning Outcomes (LOs) gave me some interesting points of reflection. Even as a student, I have often found LOs quite difficult to understand and felt they were more of a box ticking exercise rather than a … Continue reading →

As part of the ‘Process week’ for a unit on one of our BA courses, I was asked to lead a couple of workshops on sound for live performance and an introductory session preceding them. The introductory session was held … Continue reading →

As part of a staff development initiative I took part in a series of meetings aimed at developing a public-facing exhibition that would showcase the work of PhD students at CSM. A little context: These students’ work emerged from practice-based … Continue reading →

This past week has been quite exciting in terms of reflection opportunities and teaching practice. As Production Manager/Specialist technician, I don’t normally do much structured teaching. I find myself offering tutorials or supporting students in developing their design ideas and … Continue reading →

During our second cross-program session, we were presented with a case study extracted from Bruce Macfarlane’s book Teaching with integrity (Macfarlane, 2004). Here, apart from discussing how the teacher in question could improve on certain approaches to her teaching, what … Continue reading →

Today’s post is a couple of videos I’ve made along the way… Sonic Space Invaded: https://youtu.be/4KYMHgGsbn4 2. Some reflections on Sonic vs Physical space: https://youtu.be/gxVJbY9Ypa8 Following on from thinking about the inherit lack of boundaries that sonic environments have, I … Continue reading →

Another very inspiring session. Another session that generated (at least for me) more questions. Another instance where I started off thinking answers would be straight forward, but I soon realised the plethora of points of view and approaches made it … Continue reading →

Very interesting 1st session on the PGCERT Academic Practice in Art, Design and Communication! I was impressed by the variety of experience we all have and the context which we are teaching in. In fact the word teaching feels much … Continue reading →