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#unmeeting @CMetSPA
I have the opportunity to visit the Cardiff Metropolitan University Cyncoed Campus today. My host, Darrell Cobner, has arranged an itinerary that includes an unmeeting with performance analysis...
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Reflecting on an #unmeeting
I was the guest of Darrell Cobner at the Cardiff Metropolitan University Cyncoed Campus today. With his agreement and the participation of performance analysis students, we tried out an #unmeeting...
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Voice, Anchor and Waves
I received a Medium alert this morning about a post written by Gilad Lotan. The post introduced me to Anchor. It’s been incredible to witness last week’s launch of Anchor. Not only has the app struck...
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Exploring Confluences and Encouraging Imaginations
Introduction Paul Glazier shared a vision for a unifying theory of sport performance in his paper published online by Human Movement Science (2015). I enjoyed the detailed argument he presented....
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An introduction to #ds4oer: ready to dive in
This morning, I received alert to an OERu course DS4OER. One of the introductory tasks in the unit is to declare myself in a blog post. This short post is my declaration for the course. The task...
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#coachlearninginsport: soundtracks
I have been watching a lot of T20 cricket in the last month. BBL05 has been broadcast on free-to-air television here in Australia. During breaks in the coverage, one advert has really grabbed my...
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#coachlearninginsport: Phoebus moments
Introduction I have been thinking about how coaches transform their own and others’ learning environments. I thought it might be instructive to look at how Edward Elgar found Phoebus moments to...
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#relearn motets: sharing voices
I saw Alex’s tweet about #relearn 2 Developing a community of storytellers, that through sense making, allows a deeper narrative to flourish #relearnhttps://t.co/NiSHewFhkK — Sporticus (@ImSporticus)...
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#ACUGCPA: Introductions to #performanceanalysis
On Monday 8 February, I have an opportunity to meet students enrolled on the Australian Catholic University’s Graduate Certificate in Performance Analysis course. It is the first day of an intensive...
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#coachlearninginsport: good vibrations
On 12 February, David Blair, the Director of the Australian International Gravitational Research Centre at the University of Western Australia, wrote: Our observation of the gravitational waves from...
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ePortfolios, Pedagogy and Personal Flourishing
Introduction Ontario’s Distance Education and Training Network has published a review of how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are influencing teaching and learning. One of the impacts the paper...
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Analysing Performance: Hearing Other Voices
Introduction David Ormerod’s account of the fourth Go game between Lee Sedol and the AlphaGo computer program has sent me off thinking about two aspects of the analysis of performance: How do we...
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The fractal potential of microlearning
Introduction I read James Gleick’s introduction to chaos when it appeared in 1987. It fascinated me then and still does now. Three recent posts by Audrey Watters, Alex Ellison and Mike Crowley brought...
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vale Johan
I watched the Netherlands v Sweden World Cup game live in 1974. The Guardian has a delightful account of the game here. The game contains a transformational moment. If you blinked during the live...
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Lifelong Learning and the Imagined Worker: Hine Sight
Introduction I am fortunate to live in a beautiful house in a beautiful town in rural New South Wales. Although my access to the internet is constrained by living in a rural community, I can access the...
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Meeting Lewis and Willard
Last week I was introduced to the work of Lewis Hine. Today I have met Willard Brinton. Both have returned my thoughts to the sociology of knowledge and personal learning journeys. I met Lewis through...
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Gender Divided
Introduction Jocelyn Mara, a colleague at the University of Canberra, is receiving her PhD this week in a ceremony at New Parliament House, Canberra. Jocelyn’s thesis is titled The Physical and...
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The Point Of It
Simone Tynan spoke at a meeting of the Braidwood MPS Consultation Committee this week. She manages the Needle and Syringe Program (NSP) for the Southern NSW Health District. Braidwood is about to offer...
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@UC_RISE Football PhD Graduations
Yesterday evening (7 April), four PhDs were conferred in the University of Canberra’s Faculty of Health graduation ceremony. All four were students in UCRISE. Three of the students, Jocelyn Mara, Adam...
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Adam Hewitt’s PhD Thesis
Introduction Adam Hewitt received his PhD at a University of Canberra conferral ceremony on 6 April. His graduation marked the end of a decade of scholarly activity that started when Adam was at the...
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