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The teaching environment that I work within as a 3D Print and Digital Design Specialist Technician is situated outside of course curriculum and all my offerings are accessible to all students and staff throughout LCF. My offering comprises of three … Continue reading →

Christine Sun Kim: “Friends and Strangers” I found Christine’s reflections on her positionality as a deaf artist profound. She opens with the quote “I can 100% promise that you learning sign language is easier than a deaf person learning to … Continue reading →

Shirley Ann Tate Ted Talk In Tate’s Ted (Tate, 2019) talk she mentions her own lived experience as a ‘BPOC’ student and mentions she was made to feel marginalised and othered by the higher education environment. I found this an … Continue reading →

My positionality as a Christian impacts my life in how I relate to other people. Both outside the workplace and my colleagues I enjoy discussing with others, however when it comes to my teaching practice and interactions with students I … Continue reading →

This unit has brought to my attention both the limited number of marginalised students attending my workshops also the massive White Male bias both the history and current 3D printing industry has and therefore how my teaching resources reflect this … Continue reading →

This is just a quick post to note the end of the Theories, Practices and Policies unit and the start of the Inclusive Practice unit.

Whilst working as a specialist technician I also maintain my own creative practice outside of my teaching time. This often directly feeds into my teaching work and helps me to engage and support students within their academic projects. During some … Continue reading →

  Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed: Induction Workshop titled 3D Print: Past Present and Future Size of student group: 12-20 Observer: Lindsay Observee: Kira Oliver   Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs … Continue reading →

I recently did the Object Based learning micro teach had hugely overthought what I should do for this & ended up really striping it back. These are my reflections around that task. Before my PgCert learning I was using objects … Continue reading →

Assessment looks quite different in my teaching space to what it does in most of the university. As I sit outside of the usual curriculum I am not assessing student’s work against grade margins in the usual manner. For me … Continue reading →