‘A Near Miss’
“On belay”, “Belay on”, “Climbing”, “Climb on” is the constant mantra of climbers. It’s the communication pattern that allows you to climb safely with your partner. By being consistent it [...]
‘Seven Generation Ring’
She escaped from Los Angeles with barely a carload of possessions, leaving behind her Hollywood lifestyle, her eccentric artist husband and the famous actors and actresses that were her neighbours. [...]
‘Kili’
They say the only people who can call it ‘Kili’ are the people who have reached its summit, gazed upon its glaciers, felt the biting cold of -25 degrees and [...]
‘Close Encounter’
Ruaha National Park, was the fifth game park of the trip, and was also one of the remotest in Tanzania. Mike had seen it all, experienced the elephants of Tarangire [...]
‘First Time’
Darrell unzipped the tent with his gloved hand and entered gruffly and stood above him….”You’re up…” Bob couldn’t believe it was already his turn. Bob rubbed his eyes fearing the [...]
‘Standing in the Rain’
Salim sat cross-legged as frankincense flooded the room and the sweet coffee soothed him. He stared out the window lost in thought. His long white robes covered him from shoulder [...]
Designing Learning-oriented Assessment for Flexible Learning and Teaching
I have been invited to present at the CODE International Symposium committee an annual international symposium to be held in Chiba, Japan, on Thursday, February 16, 2012. The symposium will be [...]
ASCILITE Life Member Award
At the 2011 ascilite conference in Hobart on the 6th December I was honoured to receive a Life Member Award "in recognition of sustained and outstanding service to ascilite through significant [...]