Welcome
The Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard once said 'Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards'. Steve Jobs expressed the same idea in a different way 'you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.' This website helps me look back on my life, capture moments from the present and look forward to the future. It helps me understand my own lifelong and lifewide learning and how I develop my ecologies for learning, developing, achieving and creating. I record my thoughts in two blogs scraps of life blog #creativeHE blog I have just started a new blog Garden Notes to record my experiences in my garden over a year. I maintain profiles on three professional social networking sites 
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@lifewider1 @lifewide @academic creator RSA Fellowship
I have always admired the work of the Royal Society of Arts and I am proud. to be a Fellow. I am currently developing a project proposal with RSA staff.
My hobby
With my band I try to raise money for charity. We have supported children's cancer charities, alzheimer's society and White Lodge Centre for disabled children http://www.freeworldband.uk 
I'm currently working on a musical with musician/song writer Graham Morgan and we have created a small recording studio through which we are learning how to record and mix music.
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Lifewide Learning
Eduard Lindeman writing over 80 years ago said, 'the whole of life is learning therefore education can have no ending'. Lifewide Education
I founded the Lifewide Education network in 2011 to help universities, colleges and schools develop their own approaches to supporting these forms of learning and personal development. The foundation for this enterprise is based on the research and practical development undertaken at the University of Surrey and published in Learning for a Complex World: a lifewide concept of learning, education and personal development 
Creative Academic
I have a long standing interest and involvement in encouraging higher education to support students' creative development as well as their academic development. In January 2015 I formed Creative Academic to support universities and teachers who want to enable learners to use and develop their creativity. 
Chalk Mountain
Chalk Mountain helps people communicate in interesting, engaging and creative ways. We produce and publish magazines, books and other digital media for the higher education sector. http://www.chalkmountain.co.uk/ |
Speaker
I am an experienced and well respected speaker and have given many talks in the UK and overseas on themes like, 'Creativity in Higher Education', 'Lifewide Learning & Education', 'The Ecology of Learning and Development' and 'Change and Innovation in Universities'.
Example talks, seminars, workshops 
Facilitator
I enjoy designing and facilitating processes that really engage people and enable them to share their understandings and imaginations to co-create ideas and solutions to the complex challenges they face. I enjoy teaming up with illustrators to integrate graphic facilitation into group working processes. Writer & Editor
Books
Writing is an important part of my life. I have authored/edited nine books. My latest book is Exploring Learning Ecologies' published in March 2016 In addition to my own writing I am commissioning editor for three publications With Jenny Willis I co-edit Lifewide Magazine.
With Jenny Willis I co-edit Creative Academic Magazine
With Brian Cooper I co-edit the Lifewide Learning, Education and Personal Development e-book
Professional writing
I recently helped Southampton Solent University produce a book on their strategic change process. The book is based on over 50 interviews with staff who were involved in accomplishing significant change. 
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LEARNING ECOLOGIES: A NEW WAY OF VISUALIZING & DESIGNING TEACHING for LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION 
Most recent book
available at Lulu 
#creativeHE blog
my blog for the open learning platform #LTHEchat Creativity in Development Curated conversation -over 500 posts on STORIFY My reflections Lifewide Magazine 'Exploring Ecologies for Professional Development' published in March 2016 under a creative commons license. http://www.lifewidemagazine.co.uk/ Creative Academic Magazine CAM7 published monthly through 2017 Exploring Creative Pedagogies for Creative Learning Ecologies http://www.creativeacademic.uk/magazine.html CAM8 Role of the Body in Creative Processes & Practices June 2017 GOOGLE+ COMMUNITIES Our Creative Life For people who would like to share stories of everyday creativity. https://plus.google.com/communities/106367720977059375674 Our intention is to grow a meta-narrative of how creativity emerges in the everyday lives of people. Creative Academic To encourage and support conversations about creativity and innovation in higher education https://plus.google.com/communities/113507315355647483022 #CreativeHE https://plus.google.com/communities/110898703741307769041 I support Chrissi Nerantzi in her courses and lead and facilitate my own conversations | ||
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