
Lauren JohnstonSmith
@yarnoverhook
Knitter, runner, singer, pianist, higher education digital marketer, believer in Scottish Independence. All views my own. #eastlothian
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22-01-2009 22:31:29
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"We need different learning pathways for different people; if you teach different ways, you get different learners coming; stackable education enables finely grained education system [interdisciplinarity]" - Rachid Hourizi Institute of Coding #FLPF2021

Online learning isn’t “the answer” to everything ... But for the right person, at the right time in the right format, it could be just perfect. 💭My thoughts on the FutureLearn partners' forum which I attended yesterday. blogs.ed.ac.uk/ede/2021/07/30…


A lovely trip to Friends of Dalry Cemetery and the Dean Gardens today as part of Cockburn Association (The Edinburgh Civic Trust)'s #DoorsOpenDays - highly recommend the cemetery for a wander + bonus free book library 📚




Doom dahhhhhh! When Lauren, Laura, Angus and Ross met Foil Arms and Hog - fabulous show guys! (Weirdly, it looks like we're at a football stadium... rather than McEwan Hall 🤔)


The Pans bus stop Prestonpans Bus Stop - East Lothian in solidarity & raising awareness for #WorldMenopauseDay2022 #EastLothian

Great pecha kucha by Ari from my #onlinelearning marketing team today at The University of Edinburgh 's first in-house communications & marketing conference in the Playfair Library. She's gathered amazing content from Online Learning | The University of Edinburgh students so we can tell their story on social platforms 🙌



If you missed us at The Dome yesterday fundraising for the wonderful Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity then why not enjoy our 2020 festive fundraising video & donate to #GiveChristmasBack to children at the Sick Kids Hospital. Video -> youtu.be/loIHqQI7L8Q Donate-> echcharity.org



Making the most of summer by having our Online Learning | The University of Edinburgh Marketing team meeting outside this morning ☀️ Great to catch up with the team face to face and enjoy the outdoor space on our campus 🌳


Being an educational institution it's so important to support students with valuable work experience that will benefit their careers. This summer we had Ashlin join us in the Online Learning | The University of Edinburgh Marketing team to support one of our research projects. Read more ⬇️




On #THECampus: Moocs required rethinking how to create free courses to engage large numbers of students. Lauren Johnston-Smith Lauren JohnstonSmith and Nikki Stuart The University of Edinburgh explain how their approach evolved from what they learned from their experiments timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-moo…