Thom Jones
ENGAGEMENT: DOES IT EVEN EXIST?
SATURDAY 29 APRIL, 2023 | 17:00-17:50 (UK TIME)
ENGAGEMENT: DOES IT EVEN EXIST?
Look at you! What are you doing, right now!? Drinking coffee?! Scrolling!? That’s fine, me too...! The way we operate online, researchers agree, is always at 50% in terms of our focus. Most people in an online meeting, class or any other form of online interaction are doing something else at the same time. But this was always true anyway and... does it matter? We’ll look at ways to engage students and teachers, benefit from reduced focus on what we teach and... whether we need to radically change how we teach.
THOM JONES has lived in more than a dozen countries and delivered training in over 70. Before becoming Director of Operations USA for Studygroup, he returned to the UK to work with Trinity College London and now works with a range of organisations on a wide variety of projects. He is College Principal for an international summer programme in Cambridge each summer. He presents regularly around the world on a range of topics and is a guest lecturer at four universities. He is also a freelance trainer in business and management. Ten years ago he cycled from the UK to Turkey, travelling through 11 countries.
