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An exploration of tumblr as a technology that enables lifelong learning

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My research

For anyone who wonders what my adult learning and choice making research is about, here are a couple of ways to get an idea-links to NotebookLM AI generated summaries-my last AARE presentation (an audio Podcast and a Video snapshot). Please let me know what you think. https://michaelhenderson.co/

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Journey Travelled

Reflecting on the experiences and circumstances of my friends and colleagues gives me cause to think deeply-particularly as I see some who have or are retiring, or have taken other life directions. All this as I recently embarked on a new (academic) career, far from my origins (philosophically and physically) and later in life than expected. We each take a path that is unique and…

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Home sweet home…this morning.

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Adult education <> Adult learning

I have just spent some time interrogating ChatGPT about the connections between adult education, teaching and learning. This inquiry builds on earlier work I undertook more than a decade ago by using NGRAM Viewer-where I looked at the changing use of terms like adult learning and adult education. My thought at the time was that the use of the term ‘education’ had often been detrimentally replaced…

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Genealogy and Choice Making

reflections from a recent trip...next steps.

Earlier this month we (Elizabeth, Eski-the-dog and I) travelled to northern Victoria (Aus) to explore the contexts within which my ancestors made emigration choices (and to visit interesting places). This project is very much a beginning-and the trip helped me identify potential sources for future data collection. To understand this trip and intention, an explanation is needed. I discovered that…

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New Year and New Beginnings - Smart Goals

We are already into the second month of a calendar new year (and right in the Lunar New Year period) and given that the first semester is about to begin, this remains a “New Year” by multiple measures. For me professionally and academically however this is a new beginning in several important ways. As an academic who finished my thesis fairly recently, I am very grateful to have secured tenure…

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Just sticking around... (at Warburton, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbRYkWLvVY2/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Bliss in the mist on Flickr.

Bliss in the mist

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at Warburton, Victoria https://www.instagram.com/p/B_X_vgggbWX/?igshid=oyfy5sta03ke

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Japanese influence in our decor? #tranquil on Flickr.

Japanese influence in our decor? #tranquil

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Fractured filament (at Warburton, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-1uOVgFbt/?igshid=1q35vdpr1n8os

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Helping me study right now... (at Warburton, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8SNEMhgkcO/?igshid=sziwcj3tvyj9

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My new bird carrier... they didn't even wait for me to finish. (at Warburton, Victoria) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Pt_C_AoCk/?igshid=1edsbfouv6l6g

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I draw a line... land and sky... or land and (wo)manned? on Flickr.

I draw a line... land and sky... or land and (wo)manned?

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Happy Australia day... from Poland and New Zealand! on Flickr.

Happy Australia day... from Poland and New Zealand!

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John Dewey reframed by Michael Henderson: "learning is life itself. Education is the institutionalisation of the precious learning undertaking that needs nurturing. Excellent educators learn how to and do nurture learning regardless of institutional constraints."

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WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER WHEN YOU ARE IN A BAD MOOD?

I find meditation helps me often but not always.

I also find that I am better off working through a problem that caused the unuseful mood or I can carry the problem too long.