#TELresearchers with Dr Donna Lanclos & Prof. Lawrie Phipps
Fri 24 Feb 2023, 2:30pm - 4pm (GMT), online
Fri 24 Feb 2023, 2:30pm - 4pm (GMT), online
We cannot tell you how excited we are to have these two fine people as our opening guests for #TELresearchers 2023!
Neither Donna nor Lawrie are your typical TEL researchers, but both of them have done a huge amount of TEL or as they would probably prefer to say, digital education, related research. Their research impact reaches far and wide in the HE community across the world with particular (not exclusive) focus on digital education leadership and generally speaking up for the little people, or officially/technically those of use third spacers.
As individuals, both Donna and Lawrie are well respected researchers and practitioners! When they join forces, which happens often, you can expect fireworks!
We cannot wait to meet them later in Feb!
Learn more about Donna & Lawrie:
Donna Lanclos was born in the desert. She thought very carefully about the names she wanted to give her children and they in turn have very carefully thought about the names they want now that they have a choice in the matter. This is something she should have anticipated, as her parents still call her “Michelle.” Donna has very little patience for bullshit, despite her American heritage. She is an anthropologist in all things and you really shouldn’t invite her to speak or write or work with you if you are unclear about what that means. Her love for shoes and cocktails has thus far not managed to get in the way of her work on leadership, academia, and digital and physical places and practices. She has lived on the prairies of North Dakota, the coast of California, and in the North Carolina foothills, as well as in the UK and Ireland. She is generally still happy to be here, wherever that is.
Lawrie Phipps was born in a place that was red by night and black by day: a childhood amongst relics and the slag, waste and debris of an industrial wasteland, much of which has now been “saved” in a West-Midlands “Living Museum”. A veteran who has crossed both polar circles, he did an Environmental Science degree late in life, but instead of saving the planet accidentally became an Academic Developer. He spends some of his free time traveling at no more than 4 miles per hour on the canals he once played around (and sometimes in) when he was a child. He has worked across technology, education, research and leadership for over 30 years. Both an enthusiast and a sceptic he likes to play with ideas around technology and how it impacts on practice. He cannot not notice birds. His favourite phrase is “Slàinte Mhath”. He is harsh but fair.
Donna and Lawrie have been arguing with each other since 2014, and the work they do on digital in higher and further education emerges from the places where they might happen to agree. They cast a particular eye to recognizing, describing, and facilitating leadership in and across organizations regarding digital places, tools, and practices. They try in their approach to center human behavior and motivations, and to see and value current practices before working to help people figure out what else or more they might want to be doing. They push back against (and curse and spit about) the idea that people’s age has anything to do with what they are or are not capable of, digitally or otherwise.
To connect with Donna:
@DonnaLanclos@scholar.social
Donna Lanclos on LinkedIn
Donna’s blog: www.donnalanclos.com
To connect with Lawrie:
@Lawrie@scholar.social
Lawrie Phipps on LinkedIn
Lawrie’s blog: www.lawriephipps.co.uk
Donna & Lawrie also write together:
Feel free to download and circulate the poster:
This talk is open to all students and staff at Lancaster University and the general public. if you have any questions regarding this talk or issues with booking a place, please contact Puiyin Wong at puiyin.wong@lancaster.ac.uk
Please note, all talks from this series are solely for academic purposes. Whilst we welcome your reflection during and after the talk on social media, we and our guests do not and will not endorse any services and products. Unless it is a TEL related service or product that our guests’ research practices investigate. We kindly ask our audience to respect this.