Doug Belshaw

Nov 18, 2024 | dougbelshaw.com | Doug Belshaw

TL;DR: probably notAt the weekend I picked up a copy of Seth Godin’s 2020 book The Practice: Shipping Creative Work which was staring out at me from the window of our local Oxfam bookshop. It’s written in the familiar Godin style: short, declarative sentences at the beginning — almost like a non-fiction Jack Reacher book — until you get a couple of chapters in. That’s where the good stuff tends to be. Each section of the book is numbered.

Oct 22, 2024 | dougbelshaw.com | Doug Belshaw

TL;DR: Bryan and I ran a couple of workshops for N-TUTORR: an introduction to digital badging for staff CPD, and developing and implementing a badging policy. He created some great new imagery for it. Ken McCarthy was kind enough to invite Bryan Mathers and me to run two workshops as part of the N-TUTORR programme. This initiative, which comes to an end in the next couple of months, is “helping the technological higher education sector in Ireland to transform the student experience”.

Aug 28, 2024 | dougbelshaw.com | Doug Belshaw

This post was prompted by attending another excellent AMA session with the Digital Credentials Consortium (DCC) yesterday. The discussion raised a recurring issue in the world of digital credentials: unrealistic expectations. People often expect too much and too little from these technologies, leading (I would argue) to both over-ambitious and underwhelming demands.

Jul 26, 2024 | dougbelshaw.com | Doug Belshaw

Note: this is a post reflecting on one of the modules of my MSc in Systems Thinking in Practice. You can see all of the related posts in this category. The components of power within group dynamics, initially outlined by French and Raven (1959), can be closely related to the dynamics within systems thinking in practice (STiP) (‘French and Raven’s bases of power’, 2024).

Jul 23, 2024 | dougbelshaw.com | Doug Belshaw

Someone got in touch with me recently to ask for some advice after listening to the episode on Open Badges I recorded with Matt Linaker for the Totara Talks Talent podcast. It’s been a few years since they were up to speed around badges and digital credentials, and so wanted some recommendations on some resources to get them up to speed. Instead of keeping such recommendations in the silo of an email inbox, I thought I’d share them here.