How do small sample sizes help us understand a broader population?
What’s the point of talking to so few people? Well, I’m glad you asked…
How do you stop students from lying in research interviews?
Most research participants don’t intentionally mislead - and our questions can help with better insights.
9 mind maps from APAIE 2024
From inclusivity to employability, capturing highlights from sessions at this year’s APAIE conference.
Practice, not perfect: international student support
New research explores the practices underpinning international student support in the Asia-Pacific region.
Half-baked insights? Try a little sourdough…
Are your insights getting stale? Give them the artisanal treatment and taste the difference!
Six strategies for better listening
Many people think they’re great listeners, but even those of us who get paid to listen need to sharpen our skills regularly. Here are 6 strategies you can try out yourself.
Identities, lost and found
It started with a question: what impact does learning English have for international students, in the long term?
Meet complexity with the ‘SANE’ Framework
Complexity theory, meet international education. Explore the SANE Framework for student support, then adapt it for yourself.
Invisible women, evaluations and the myth of meritocracy.
Is your institutional data giving you the full picture? ‘Invisible Women’ author Carolina Criado Perez highlights bias hiding in plain sight, from publications to student evaluations.
Artefacts from the future: connecting dreams to reality
Drafting a fictional future can help you design better ways to get there. Stretch your brain and make it happen!
From micro to macro: can you master education in 7-week sprints?
An update at the halfway point of an online Master of Education, via a series of 7-week sprints and a whole lot of multi-tasking!
Look EAST: how to generate ideas from behavioural insights
How can we push beyond basic brainstorming to generate new ideas based on authentic human insights? Look EAST...
The Art of Innovation
If you want to innovate, iterate! Artist Michelle Stevens shows how gentle teaching and a staged process can bring out your creative side.
Barefoot and breathing: 7 lessons from a Buddhist teacher training workshop
How can Buddhism help us to approach teaching and learning in different ways? Take a deep breath, and read on.
MBA marketing wrap: Why read the classics?
Just like classic works of fiction, the four marketing P's are timeless, yet somehow keep us talking, debating and making good use of them.
How useful can I be at this moment in history?
How useful can we be to our community as educators, facilitators, leaders and managers during times like these?
MBA marketing strategy in 6 mindmaps
Brushing up on your marketing fundamentals? Start with 6 mind maps sharing key concepts from marvellous Mark Ritson's Mini MBA course!
[Guest post] Just Enough Research: in practice
Guest author Anna Krajewska shares a practical view on how education organisations can use 'Just Enough Research' to design better experiences
Just Enough Research: in theory
How much research is enough? Erika Hall responds by showing how research can be focussed, human, collaborative and develops skills for all.
In Praise of In-Person
Has in-person research become an act of defiant rebellion now? How do we make the most of being present, now we know what we've missed?