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Category Archives: audience
a parable for online teaching
The early 1930s. Pre Nazi Germany. Walter Benjamin, philosopher and cultural critic, regularly presents a twenty minute “book lore”programme on German radio. In his story “On the minute” Benjamin tells us that when his programmes were first commissioned, the department … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, audience, online teaching, pedagogy
Tagged audience, online teaching, Pat Thomson, pedagogy, Walter Benjamin
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revising with a reader in mind – ten questions
Academics write for different kinds of readers. We are often accused of writing only for each other, but this is no longer true. Many of us now write for many different kinds of readers – or audiences, as they are … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, audience, reader, readership, revision, revision strategy, thesis revision
Tagged audience, Pat Thomson, reader, revising for your reader, revision
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conference blog – who’s coming to my paper?
You know those insecure feelings you get when you throw a party… that anxiety that no-one will turn up… You’ve got more than enough supplies for everyone you’ve invited as well as for some uninvited hangers-on. The food is arranged … Continue reading
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Tagged audience, conference paper, Pat Thomson
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who is the public in public engagement?
One evening, a long time ago, I opened my front door to find a teacher from the school in which I ‘d just enrolled my son. After an initial introduction she launched into a spiel about the English classes that … Continue reading
Posted in audience, dissemination, knowledge exchange, knowledge mobilisation, public engagement, theory, writing
Tagged Pat Thomson, public engagement, theory, writing
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rules for conference presentations
Having just returned from a conference where the presentations were a little mixed – to say the least – I was reminded of the reality that conference presentations are not the same as the conference paper. The paper is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Weston, argument, conference presentation, Pat Thomson
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