Echoes of teaching practice, reflection, and growth.

Welcome to my little corner of the internet, a space where I share reflections, questions, and insights about the ever-shifting world of higher education. This isn’t a formal resource hub; it’s more of an open notebook for honest conversations about teaching, learning, and everything in between.

Here you’ll find posts on what sparks my curiosity: new approaches to pedagogy, fresh takes on assessment, the role of technology in shaping classrooms, and whatever else emerges along the way. Some entries might be thought-provoking, others might simply capture me working things out in real time.

My focus is higher education, what works (and what doesn’t) in our teaching practices, how we can better support students, and what the future of learning might hold.

If any of this resonates, I invite you to stick around. Let’s share ideas, challenge perspectives, and learn from each other.

Latest Reflections

  • When Did Learning Stop Being the Real World?

    The phrase “in the real world” is often used in higher education. Educators use it to inspire students, while industry partners critique courses with it. It’s spoken casually, as if its meaning is clear and universally accepted. In the classroom, phrases such as “in the real world……………..(fill in the blank)”… more ›

  • Not Reinvention, but Intention: Beginning a New Teaching Year

    The beginning of a new year always invites reflection. Fresh diaries. Clean calendars. The quiet promise that things might feel a little different this time around. In Australia, that sense of renewal holds extra significance because a new year also marks the start of a new teaching year. New classes.… more ›

  • Do Teaching Philosophies Actually Matter?

    As the new school year begins in many regions, educators are encouraged to revisit their teaching philosophy. For some, this is a real opportunity to pause and consider what genuinely matters in their teaching. Others see it as little more than busywork, a document they produce simply because it’s required,… more ›

  • Why Higher Education Must Separate Assessing from Grading

    In higher education, we often talk about assessment, but what is usually meant is grading. The two have become so closely linked that we forget they serve very different purposes. When they blend together, it is learning that suffers. If we see assessment as the process of understanding where a… more ›

  • Leading From Where You Stand: Rethinking Academic Leadership in Learning and Teaching

    Recently, I had the opportunity to co-convene the Higher Education Practice & Learning Symposium. Our keynote speaker, Bruce Mackh, shared a deceptively simple reminder that resonated throughout the day: “we are all leaders.” That statement has stuck with me not because it was provocative, but because it expressed something many… more ›