Beck McCarter

Pinning this and will make a thread as the others become available. #AcademicTwitter #ActiveLearning #FacDev #ProfessionalDevelopment

@beccajiggens I'm definitely interested but can't seem to message you or find an email address: how should I get in touch please?

Fridays 10.30-12.30 I'm doing informal internal teach-ins on disability employment law from a practical & litigation perspective. Different aspect each week - NOT planned in great detail, the transcripts will help create a more refined course for 2025. Email if you're interested.

Excited to announce that the 2024 European @TBLearning Team Based Learning symposium is happening this summer in Manchester! Keynote speakers include Larry Michaelson and Judy Currey Call for abstracts now open sites.manchester.ac.uk/etblc-symposiu… #TBL #pedagogy @FBMH_UoM @OfficialUoM

For #LTHEchat 275, we will chat about "Neurodiversity in university students - recognising and supporting achievements" with our guests Dr Emma Whewell @UoNPEemma & Helen Tiplady @helen_tiplady bit.ly/40aDybd

@LJ_Rees Fantastic news, very well done!

Very pleased to be recognised as a Senior Fellow of Advance HE. Thank you to all in my #Personal Learning Network for your contributions to my development and encouragement in making the claim #SeniorFellowship

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university. American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀 Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

Racism, discrimination & bullying are such thieves! Of time Of energy Of passion! The other day, I had an experience, and it wasted my time. I spent the next day feeling unhappy & upset! My brain cells, instead of focusing on work were being wasted on... thinking about the experience, second-guessing myself- wondering whether I had misread the situation, thinking of whether to do anything about it? If so, what would I want to do about it? If I was to talk, who would I talk to? My line manager? A colleague? Which colleague? I wouldn't want it to become a big issue?? How would it impact this person whose actions had made me feel this way? Maybe I should ensure that I do not talk to a colleague who knows them? I feel, this person stole from me. Energy, time, passion. I lost momentum. Now I have to use my valuable energy and time to try and suppress the negative emotions, to try & block it out, to try and give excuses for this person's behaviour, to try and get my thought process back, to try and get back into flow to get my positive, smiley self back. Evening came and I was still angry. I attended a church meeting and the theme was around praise & being grateful. The church band played & sang some beautiful songs. I had actually decided not to tune in and just go to the kitchen and cook. Then I thought to myself, there's no harm in logging on and leaving my camera off and just doing my cooking in the background, which is what I did. It's a virtual church meeting. As the cooking progressed, slowly, I found my head moving to the beat, slowly, my shoulders started shaking, before long, my waist was like, what am I waiting for? We are a small group, we meet together, watch a recording together, discuss our takeaway messages at the end & pray together. The assignment from the recording was to testify of God's goodness, in essence, to tell each other things we were grateful for. I am a positive person usually, but I was having to work really hard to think of what (good thing) to say. This one experience was like a dark cloud that had covered my ability to see or recall the good things. That's how people's emotional well-being descends into the dark. In the UK, Black people are disproportionately affected by poor mental health. Is it a surprise? Just thought I'd share this, and make this request; please do not be the cause of someone's descent into a dark place. Please do not be the person who causes someone to lose their momentum, their flow. Just think for a moment, how would it feel if one day, someone is invited to testify, to say what they are grateful for, and all they can say is, they are grateful for YOU. That you are compassionate, and kind, and you listen to their views, you engage them in decision making, they feel respected & valued, and they love coming to work so much, ...because of YOU! How about that? Or are they not worthy of experiencing good things because they are black? #Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #Belonging #EDI #EDB #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #AntiRacist #Leadership

@SchrodingrsBrat Affinity bias leads to groupthink. We should consider culture add instead of culture fit as this would positively impact staff experience, a range of performance metrics and provide opportunity to live the values we claim in our EDI commitments.

I think the most vital yet secretive aspect of a job interview is the vibe check. Corporate calls it “culture fit” which sounds like it’s about how collegiate the firm is, but it really boils down to an unspoken, emotional, and subjective assessment of “are you fun to work with?”

“SCHOOLS THAT HAD [AIR CLEANERS] SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER[ED] ABSENCE RATES” • Clean air campaigners will be vindicated👇 1/

@LTHEchat Great to see LTHEChat in such safe hands for this slightly uncertain time. Can't wait to join the experiment for alternative ways of hosting and participating!

Curious to know what we've got planned this term? We've just posted a new blog with some more information about our plans lthechat.com/2023/09/10/hap… The blog for this Wednesday's chat will follow this evening, so keep a look out for that, we're excited to share it with you!

#LTHE Community and beyond this looks an interesting opportunity @hintondm @cuthbert_kate @DrSBroadberry @suebecks @ProfSallyBrown @DivyaSnape @KalwantBhopal @linguist1980 @BradS4 @tavoer8 @drdre4000 @lstinson81 @Bianca_Fox82 @j_glazzard @beckmccarter @Tee_Nadan @santanuvasant

@ProfALaville Congratulations 🎉

Yesterday, I married my best friend and soulmate, Matthew. I couldn’t be happier!

It's obvious that colleges in the US have started their new academic year because ChatGPT can't keep up with demand 👀 I hope they can scale up service in time to cope with the launch of the new term here in Europe in a few weeks.

Date for the diary! A summer special LTHEchat Wednesday 30th August 8pm BST ALT 30th Anniversary LTHEChat – Remembering 30 years of educational / learning technology #altc23 ALT @ 30 #LTHEchat with @Lawrie and @santanuvasant

I love this

A 🧵 of peer reviewed published scientific research where the authors left out a key coauthor 😉: “As an AI language model…” @MicrobiomDigest

@HalaMansour @RCA Congratulations Hala 👏

@adhd_beans I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope you are able to take a little time to process and that a good opportunity presents itself when you are ready.

I just got fired. From my job. Of 15 years. I'm dissociating so bad...nothing feels real except the panic. 😭😭

@karenraycosta Hello, would love to connect 👋

@rachelleeobrien Yes, I'm always thrilled for everyone to achieve it but my heart did a special dance for joy at Ed Dev representation.

@beckmccarter Thanks Beck! Feels good to be doing this for the Ed devs!

I'm proud to say that I'm a National Teaching Fellow #NTF! It feels strange to say that out loud. Thank you to everybody who cheered me on, read my waffle and engaged with my bonkers ideas. Here's to a more escape room heavy, inclusive and playful HE! #NTFSawards2023

@neilwithnell @AdvanceHE @NTF_Tweet Congratulations 🎉

Extremely proud to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship - would not be possible without the support from great colleagues @AdvanceHE @NTF_Tweet advance-he.ac.uk/awards/teachin…