Meet & Eat
Meet & Eat is a hybrid reading group and seminar series. We select a publication to read and then invite the author(s) to come to discuss their work with us. The name Meet & Eat derives from the fact that we attempt to run the events over lunchtime and to give them a convivial feel. Authors are asked to provide a brief overview of their work, but we try to reserve most of the time for questions and discussion.
The list below shows past events in the series, together with links to videos where those are available.
Upcoming events will be listed on the Centre events page.
14. Special Issue: Technology enhanced learning in the MENA region
Meet & Eat event: Special Issue - Technology enhanced learning in the MENA region
With contributions led by: Brett Bligh, Tendai Charles, Rob Miles, Sebah Al-Ali, Zoe Hurley, Pamela Johnson, Karl Coutet, Rasha Essam, Monique Taylor, Reya Saliba, Hany Fazza, Mohamed Mahgoub, Maxine Minton, Rasha AlOkaily, Halah Nasseif and Christopher Hill.
Date: 27 April 2021.
We discussed the special issue: Miles, R., Al-Ali, S., Bligh, B., Charles, T., & Hill, C. (Eds.). Technology enhanced learning in the MENA region. Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, 1(2), 285-499
13. Phenomenology vs. Phenomenography in TEL/Networked Learning research
Meet & Eat with Maria Cutajar and Mike Johnson
Special guests: Dr Maria Cutajar, Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Malta; and Dr Mike Johnson, School of Healthcare Sciences, Cardiff University, Wales, UK
Date: 15 April 2021.
We discussed the two publications:
- Cutajar, M. (2019). Teaching Using Digital Technologies: Transmission or Participation? Education Sciences, 9(3), 226
- Jacobs, N. (2019). The Phenomenology of the First Date after Connecting Online. Phenomenology & Practice, 13(1), 42-51.
Watch video of Meet & Eat with Maria Cutajar and Mike Johnson
12. The Change Laboratory: Transformative agency and expansive learning
Meet & Eat with Yrjö Engeström and Annalisa Sannino
Special guests: Professor Yrjö Engeström, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland; and Professor Annalisa Sannino, Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Finland.
A joint event with ThinkLab, University of Cambridge.
Date: 17 March 2021.
We discussed the two publications:
- Engeström, Y., Rantavuori, J., & Kerosuo, H. (2013). Expansive learning in a library: Actions, cycles and deviations from instructional intentions. Vocations and learning, 6(1), 81-106.
- Sannino, A. (in press). Transformative agency as warping: How collectives accomplish change amidst uncertainty. Pedagogy, Culture & Society.
Watch video of Meet & Eat with Yrjö Engeström and Annalisa Sannino
11. The theory, practice and pedagogy of networked learning
Meet & Eat with Vivien Hodgson
Special guest: Professor Vivien Hodgson, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University, UK.
Date: 26 October 2020.
We discussed the two publications:
- Hodgson, V., McConnell, D., & Dirckinck-Holmfeld, L. (2012). The theory, practice and pedagogy of networked learning. in L. Dirckinck-Holmfeld, V. Hodgson, & D. McConnell (Eds.), Exploring the Theory, Pedagogy and Practice of Networked Learning (pp. 291-305). Springer.
- Networked Learning Editorial Collective. (2020). Networked learning: Inviting redefinition. Postdigital Science and Education.
10. Online teaching in response to student protests and campus shutdowns: Academics’ perspectives
Meet & Eat with Laura Czerniewicz
Special guest: Professor Laura Czerniewicz, Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Date: 13 July 2020.
We discussed the paper: Czerniewicz, L., Trotter, H. & Haupt, G. (2019). Online teaching in response to student protests and campus shutdowns: academics’ perspectives. International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education 16, 43.
09. Ecological teaching evaluation vs the datafication of quality: Understanding education with, and around, data
Meet & Eat with Tim Fawns
Special guest: Dr Tim Fawns, Centre for Medical Education, The University of Edinburgh, UK.
Date: 30 April 2020.
We discussed the paper: Fawns, T., Aitken, G., & Jones, D. (2020). Ecological teaching evaluation vs the datafication of quality: understanding education with, and around, data. Postdigital Science and Education.
08. Others and the problem of community
Meet & Eat with Lynn Fendler
Special guest: Professor Lynn Fendler, Department of Teacher Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Date: 30 April 2020.
We discussed the paper: Fendler, L. (2006). Others and the problem of community. Curriculum Inquiry, 36(3), 303-326.
07. Poor understanding? Challenges to global development education
Meet & Eat with John Buchanan
Special guest: Associate Professor John Buchanan, STEM Education Futures Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Date: 21 May 2019.
We discussed the paper: Buchanan, J., & Varadharajan, M. (2018). Poor understanding? Challenges to global development education. Cosmopolitan Civil Societies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 10(1), 1-26.
06. Networked learning and institutions
Meet & Eat with Chris Jones
Special guest: Emeritus Professor Chris Jones, Centre for Educational Research, Liverpool John Moores University, UK.
Date: 15 April 2019.
We discussed chapter 5 (Networked Learning and Institutions) in the book: Jones, C. (2015). Networked Learning: An educational paradigm for the age of digital networks. Springer.
05. Casting the ‘Net’ in autonetnography
Meet & Eat with Lyz Howard
Special guest: Dr Lyz Howard, Department of Health, Public Services and Care, University College, Isle of Man.
Date: 25 February 2019.
We discussed the book chapter: Howard, L. (2018). Casting the ‘net’ in autonetnography: Exploring the potential for analytic autonetnography as an emerging e-research methodology. In J. Huisman & M. Tight (Eds.), Theory and Method in Higher Education Research (Vol. 4, pp. 163-187). Emerald.
04. Disrupting education using smart mobile pedagogies
Meet & Eat with Sandy Schuck and Kevin Burden
Special guests: Professor Sandy Schuck, STEM Education Futures Research Centre, University of Technology Sydney, Australia; and Professor Kevin Burden, School of Education and Social Sciences, University of Hull, UK.
Date: 02 October 2018.
We discussed the book chapter: Kearney, M., Burden, K., & Schuck, S. (2019). Disrupting education using smart mobile pedagogies. In: L. Daniela (Ed.), Didactics of Smart Pedagogy (pp. 139-157). Springer.
03. Parents’ expectations, perceptions and concerns when schools implement a 1:1 program
Meet & Eat with Therese Keane
Special guest: Associate Professor Therese Keane, Department of Education, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Date: 02 July 2018.
We discussed the paper: Keane, T., & Keane, W. F. (2018). Parents’ expectations, perceptions and concerns when schools implement a 1:1 program. Education and Information Technologies, 23(4), 1447-1464.
02. Delivering an online MBA course in post-Soviet countries
Meet & Eat with Ruslan Ramanau
Special guest: Dr Ruslan Ramanau, Business School, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Date: 22 March 2018.
We discussed the paper: Ramanau, R. (2016). Delivering an online UK MBA course in post-Soviet countries: Global and local perspectives. Academy of Management Proceedings, 2016(1), 17342.
01. Understanding nomadic collaborative learning groups
Meet & Eat with Thomas Ryberg
Special guest: Professor Thomas Ryberg, E-Learning Lab, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Date: 24 October 2017.
We discussed the paper: Ryberg, T., Davidsen, J., & Hodgson, V. (2018). Understanding nomadic collaborative learning groups. British Journal of Educational Technology, 49(2), 235-247.