Matthew Barr

Our UofG Colleagues Peter Sneddon, Erin Ferguson, Eric Yao share: Why do students decide to stop studying physics?

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No1_22 #physics #motivation osotl.org/osotl/articl...

We continue our oSoTL summer with Sarah Honeychurch's: Pragmatism in practice: Bricolage as a methodological framework for SoTL

#oSoTLSummer #SoTL #AcWri #highered #Vol2No2_22 #SpecialEdition #bricolage osotl.org/osotl/articl...

Hybrid talk at Computing Education Practice in Pakistan (PkCEP): 'Delivering a Work-Based Learning Degree Programme in Software Engineering: Lessons from Practice'

An early start this morning to deliver my talk at the hybrid Computing Education Practice in Pakistan (PkCEP): 'Delivering a Work-Based Learning Degree Programme in Software Engineering: Lessons from Practice'. Thank you to the organsiers (including @waqarnabi.bsky.social) for the invitation!

This is awful 😞

It's hard to believe this is real. Jesus.

Role Modeling as a Computing Educator in Higher Education | Proceedings of the 2022 Working Group Reports on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education

(Building on our previous work on role modeling as a computing educator: doi.org/10.1145/3571...)

From disciplinary enthusiasm to soulless tasks: norms behind computing educators' emotion display Computing educators' emotion display is regulated by various norms and conventions. These (unwritten) rules affect which emotions educators feel comfortable expressing to different extents when stu...

New journal article: 'From disciplinary enthusiasm to soulless tasks: norms behind computing educators' emotion display' with @vgrande.bsky.social, Päivi Kinnunen, Anne-Kathrin Peters, @mihaelasabin.bsky.social, Matilde Sánchez-Peña, and Ethel Tshukudu: doi.org/10.1080/0304...

Ha ha, Apple say I need to phone them to get it fixed. The world's biggest tech company needs me to use a telephone to get their streaming service working in 2025!

Same goes for the #Murderbot finale. And we wonder why people choose piracy over legit options?

The Apple TV+ app for Android is the worst streaming app I've ever used. Shockingly poor piece of software that prevents me from watching the content I've paid for. All the hype around the return of #Foundation and I can't even watch it!

@ant-workshop.com have an incredible Ruin Remix Update for Into the Restless Ruins! Guided entirely by the amazing player feedback.

➕ New Remix Levels Unlocked
🐺 Harvest Maiden & Wulver Updates
📿 Brand new room cards, charms, boons & trinkets!

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Very much enjoying this on PS5!

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We covered a lot of work in a short space of time, including our paper on video games and wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic (doi.org/10.1177/1555...) and various work on using games to develop graduate skills (e.g. doi.org/10.1016/j.co... and doi.org/10.1007/978-...).

Me playing Zelda circa 1990. I look very cool.

Thanks to the @advancehe.bsky.social team for the opportunity to speak at the Mental Health in Higher Education conference yesterday.

I failed to take any photos so here's a peek at my slides, featuring a very flattering photo of me playing the original Zelda circa 1990.

BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium 2025 - Women into Tech I strongly recommend to any women or gender minorities in computing or related at university to take advantage of this opportunity!

Lovely people, inspiring speakers, and great ideas. Our students share their experience of this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium. blogs.napier.ac.uk/womenintotec...

Dare, always dare: Lovelace Colloquium 2025 On 16 April 2025 the BCS Lovelace Colloquium celebrated its 18th birthday at the University of Glasgow Student’s Union (GUU), a building which forbade women until 1980. Georgia Smith reports.

Excellent article on this year's BCS Women Lovelace Colloquium @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social in the latest issue of the BCS @wearebcs.bsky.social IT NOW magazine:

www.bcs.org/articles-opi...

Lovely to hear from Joanna Jardine, one of our @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Graduate Apprentices!

"All those people who look like they've got it sorted? They don't." We are all still inventing ourselves. Great start to the keynote from Sharon Moore.

The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing… | Matthew Barr The BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium has finally made it to Glasgow! Amazing turnout tonight for the pre-conference social, with Colloquium founder Hannah Dee on quizmaster duties. Fantastic atmosphere in...

The @bcswomenlovelace.bsky.social colloquium finally comes to Glasgow! www.linkedin.com/posts/matthe...

a map showing the route from Kelvinbridge subway to the Glasgow University Union

Our conference tomorrow - no tickets left, sorry, we're full - is in GUU. Attendees coming by public transport should go to KELVINBRIDGE subway and head up the Great Western Road, then turn left on to Bank Street. Detailed directions + pics follow...

Ada Scotland Festival Gender diversity in computing and tech

Hello Bluesky! Work is already underway on the 2025 Ada Scotland Festival, which will run from 29 September to 10 October. Stay tuned! ada.scot

Donald Trump is not welcome.

The state visit must be cancelled.

'Four things to look for when choosing your next Responsible AI training' - really useful blog post from @oanamandrei.bsky.social and colleagues, in response to the UK government's AI Opportunities Action Plan (via Responsible Ai UK). rai.ac.uk/four-things-...

This @wearebcs.bsky.social Animation & Games 2025 competition “The Power of Connection - Design a game where the core idea is understanding, empathy, and unity among players from different cultures and backgrounds" is open to primary to postgrad students & BCS members: www.bcs.org/membership-a...

Oana and Matt (Part 1) on leadership, belonging, and micro-actions making a difference (CAL118 S6E12) - Changing Academic Life Good leadership that creates a sense of belonging and care through everyday micro actions that make a difference

This was a really fun (& sometimes unexpected) conversation about academic leadership.

Feels weird to share, but I'm glad to have been invited onto the podcast by @gerifitz.bsky.social (at the suggestion of the wonderful @oanamandrei.bsky.social).

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm/episode/oana...

Flyer advertising the 18th BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium. To enter see the details at https://bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org/

The 2025 BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium will be on April 16th at the University of Glasgow! And our call for poster abstracts is open until Monday 3rd February. Find out more at bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org

Oana Andrei at CEP '25

@oanamandrei.bsky.social @ #CEP25 kicking off our RECAP (Research Evidence-based Collaborations for Advancement in Pedagogy) session on Integrating Socially Responsible Computing Competencies in Software Engineering Education (w/ @drolga.bsky.social & @waqarnabi.bsky.social)

doi.org/10.1145/3702...

The 18th BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium is hosted by the University of Glasgow in 2025.

We are delighted to be hosting the @wearebcs.bsky.social Women Lovelace Colloquium in 2025!

The call for abstracts is now open (just 250 words!): bcswomenlovelace.bcs.org?page_id=92

So, if you're a female or non-binary undergraduate or postgraduate taught student, get your abstract submitted!

So, in no particular order, thank you to...

Lynsey Joyce, Sharon Green, Ernest Edifor (@manmetuni.bsky.social), @iamjonjackson.bsky.social (now @qmul.ac.uk), Matt Bungay, and Ann Minton

I couldn't have asked for a more generous and insightful group of experts in work-based learning!

The Design and Delivery of Work-Based Degree Programmes | 2 | Challeng The design and delivery of work-based degree programmes – also known as degree-level apprenticeships – presents a number of unique challenges. With students

I posted already about our new book, but I wanted to thank the colleagues who contributed to my own chapter, 'The Design and Delivery of Work-Based Degree Programmes: Challenges and Solutions':

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

Thank you @vgrande.bsky.social, and hello @stevemacn.bsky.social! 👋