Reimagining a physical place in virtual space

Reimagining a physical place in virtual space

A Bristol Institute for Teaching and Learning (BILT) conference session sharing an early preview of the work we are doing at the University of Bristol’s Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to reimagine how once tangible artefacts of learning – like post-its and research walls – translate into digital and hybrid forms.

Innovating the student experience

Innovating the student experience

A keynote presentation for the Oxford Brookes Evolve Conference in January 2020. The session shared how integrating innovation and entrepreneurship across the four-year Innovation Degrees at the University of Bristol has shaped teaching and learning and how the collaborative, transdisciplinary team of academics and industry professionals have actively and passionately engaged with students as co-creators.

Women in Business Conference 2018

I was honored to present at the 2018 Swindon & Wiltshire Women in Business Conference. During the keynote, I shared my story and approach to work in innovation and encouraged attendees to reflect on how a fresh look at collaboration, experimentation and perspective might help their businesses. 

This post shares presentation highlights and links to additional resources to learn more. 

Putting students at the heart of design

Introducing my career pivot and the research project that fuelled it: A 98 page Master’s thesis on designing student-centred learning experiences.

Playing with Legos®

After my first Service and Innovation Design masters seminar at Laurea University I was proud to report to my five-year-old niece that I played with Legos at school this week. Yeah, my school is pretty cool.

This left me to ask "What does it mean that a five-year-old identifies with my profession better than some adults?" At this question, I searched for a way to explain how designers balance the benefits of play and the design attitude within the context of more traditional business attitudes. Read about my journey on the SID Laurea blog.