Last year I found out I got a national teaching award and within 2 hours my partner's water broke. This year I found out I've been made a Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy and didn't know if I should tell her. But honestly far prouder of my son's first selfie...

Seems to round out a week talking about the democratising potential of the internet pretty well...? 🤔 abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/a… #ALM101

Absolutely love this!! No better example than why you need to #LearnByDoing through practice. It's the only way you'll figure out what strategies work for you! #ALM101 #ALC708

A student just came across this blog and reminded me about its existence. They 'liked' it, so maybe other current students might find something valuable in it? Lots of inspirational stories in there, and none of them mine... adamgbrown.net/2020/10/11/wh… #ALM101 #ALM201 #ALC708

4 years on and the message is still the same... Here was a man. youtu.be/sCxtHcr0SPE

Just re-published 4 gamification-themed blogs from a now extinct website in the space of 30 minutes. If anyone's subscribed to my main site and is wondering whether I'm inventing a new form of 'speed blogging', I promise there were no drugs involved 🤪 adamgbrown.net/

I talk to students often about the serendipitous moments that occur when getting creative with digital content. Planning is crucial, but sometimes great things come from just doing. So don't wait too long when you're making media! 😊🐶 #ALM101 #ALC708

Gamified Virtual Challenges: an intriguing example for #ALM201 students that definitely won't be shared by your Unit Chair as the 'Lord of the Rings' theme will stop her reading before she even notices the unlockable content and environmental causes! 🙄🧙‍♂️ theconqueror.events/lotr

More importantly, does this mean I get a free Tesla (or spaceship) for hanging around here so long? Just askin'. 🤷‍♂️

Some media-making advice from my 5 year-old self to all students... If you fall over, get back up. If you stumble, regain your footing. If someone keeps filming, smile for the camera!! #ALM101 #ALM201 #ALC708

The brilliance of children was no more evident today than when I heard a toddler respond to a question at an educational native wildlife show... 'What important thing do we get from trees?' 'Toilet paper!!'

Little social media interactions can be very important in the long run... Recent graduate and #CommCareers2022 speaker @a_jay15 just reminded me of an exchange we had on Twitter maybe a year ago. You never know when reaching out with feedback and support may make a difference.

Always nice when an industry professional with amazingly diverse experience says something vaguely familiar to what you tell students all the time... 🤔 #CommCareers2022 #ALM101 #ALM201 #ALC708

I was really looking forward to the #CommCareers2022 Mega Zoom tomorrow, then Emily took my gamified quiz, re-ordered it, and made it look 820% better... 😔 #ALM101 #ALM201 #ALC708

Pretty much everyone I meet... except the people I usually don't like! 😄

A perfect metaphor for online identity-building?? You're never in complete control, but actively putting forward a positive self-presentation will keep the idiots in the background... in the background! 🤪😅 #ALM101 #ALC708

I'll be on Zoom from 12.30pm - 2pm today (Tues 19/4) for any students wanting to talk about unit themes and upcoming assignments. Feel free to visit the link in my temporary CloudDeakin News item... #ALM101 #ALC708

If spectating 'extends and deepens the culture of gaming', maybe teachers could get students dropping in to 5 hour lecture stints on Twitch...? 🤔 abc.net.au/news/science/2022…

An 'Easter Story', connecting to some past and present themes students will be reflecting on... #ALM101 #ALC708 #NotToday