My turn in tonight – and, little ladies put to bed, this means I can actually write a semi-timely, blog entry! Brief tho’ cos I have to go and make a bacon butty!
Look at this:
Its the University of Melbourn’e Learning Lab. Mike went to a conference this week where its creator was speaking. Very relevant to us as we are discussing how we might bring together library, IT and student services in one location on the Caerleon Campus and how that might look …
My comment was that, while it is truly gorgeous for what it is – and I’d love to teach/learn in it. However, calling it a “model. for new approaches” is a bit like saying that Porsche is a model for new motor cars. Very costly to buy/run, and you can’t fit many people in it – you really have to know what you are doing to use its potential fully and forget it if you have a wheelchair. Fair play though, that’s only a comment on the University’s news site – and it looks the business!
Met with the Head of RISE, an EU funded learning network hosted by the University. The ORA of the meeting was as follows: Outcome- to come up with ways that we could help each-other be more effective; Reason- to because RISE success is in the interests of the University and external learners; Actions- to talk through each-others activities in order to spot areas of possible further interaction….
Incremental Change discussions – or rather, how we deal with this many tentacled octopus and ensure that systems are in place that allow appropriate agility within the curriculum, yet maintain standards and quality control throughout all of our systems.
Wrote an article on request by the VC for a new electronic journal and signed the order for a new Timetabling system (now the work REALLY starts).
Got briefly involved with an FOI issue and another self-declaration CRB case.
Somebody I admire is going to Read “Good to Great” by Jim Collins. If you’re in a position of being able to – and want to – make your organisation better, please please read it too (or listen to Jim read it on the unabridged audio CDs).
Finally, can you decipher this?
11 was 1 race horse, 22 was 12. 1111 race, 22112
and
YYUR, YYUB, ICUR YY4ME
In club, we had a Strine translation quiz (translate Aussie slang into English) – fun, check out: http://www.strine.org.uk/Dict.html . Such classics as:
Airpsly Fair-billis: Exceptionally good or pleasing (“Aw heddan Airpsly Fair-billis toime lar snoite”)
An archer mean: Strine expression of agreement and solidarity (“Thet blokes a dairm lunatic!” “Air! An archer mean”)
Baked Necks: Popular Strine breakfast dish, as are Emma Necks, Scremblex, and Fright Chops
Egg Nishner: Electro-mechanical device used for cooling & purifying air
To Gorf: To leave suddenly (“He to gorf like a rocket!”)
X (plural of eggs)
and, of course: Split nair dyke (bad pain in the head)
Childish yes, but I liked ‘em. Now, where’s that bacon butty … might even throw in some X!
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