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.
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.
16. International collaboration in educational research: A discussion with Victoria Marín
Meet & Eat event: International collaboration in educational research: A discussion with Victoria Marín
Date: 14 December 2022.
We discussed: Bond, M., Marín, V. I., & Bedenlier, S. (2021). International Collaboration in the Field of Educational Research: A Delphi Study. Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 10(2), 190-213.
Watch video of International collaboration in educational research event
15. Autoethnography in Online Doctoral Education: A discussion
Meet & Eat event: Autoethnography in Online Doctoral Education
With contributions by: Kyungmee Lee, Paul Ashwin, Lesley Gourley, Swapna Kumar and Tony Adams.
Date: 4 October 2022.
We discussed the special issue: Lee, K. (Ed.). (2022). Autoethnography in online doctoral education. Studies in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2(3).
Watch video of Meet & Eat Event about autoethnography special issue
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.