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Ah, How I remember the banda machine…
Beloved friend… beloved foe…
Ruth
Sigh
From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Hilsdon
Sent: 21 October 2011 12:13
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Subject: Re: Goodbye OHPs
I was just going to post my response this but my Banda is out of spirit – and, dammit, the Gestetner ink has dried up ...
John Hilsdon
Head of Learning Development
01752 587750
http://www.learningdevelopment.plymouth.ac.uk
From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christine Smith
Sent: 21 October 2011 12:04
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Subject: Re: Goodbye OHPs
I am reminded of attending my first international conference back in the early 90s in Madrid to give a poster and very nervous I was too about that. It turned into a fun but very bizarre experience. For example:
· In a paper session at the same conference the first speaker arrived to find a dead pigeon placed ceremoniously on the OHP. Thankfully he chose to remove it before continuing to present.
· And another presenter read verbatim from his text-laden slides and I recall thinking ‘please, don’t ever do this’ – perhaps someone should have cut them up as in Gwen’s examples (or given him the pigeon??...)
Adieu and farewell to the OHP
Chris
Dr Christine Smith
Head of Academic Practice
Academic Development Unit (ADU)
103 Clifford Whitworth
Tel: x56505
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From: Online forum for SEDA, the Staff & Educational Development
Association [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Gwendolyn Van Der Velden
Sent: 21 October 2011 11:51
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Subject: Re: Goodbye OHPs
This reminds me of the event during which the VC of an Arts institute 'cheered up' my slides while I was presenting, by putting jelly beans on all the bullet points...
Or the science lecturer who after many, many complaints about cramming too much information on his slides... Cut them all in half to solve the problem.
Or in fact, my old curriculum design teacher who frequently corrected his slides with tipp-ex...
Strangely enough, I think I may miss OHPs for all those reasons!
Enjoy collating the obituary...
Gwen van der Velden
Sent by mobile device
On 21 Oct 2011, at 11:32, "Race, Phil" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
The message below was sent last week by a DVC to all teaching staff…
“Over the past few years we have seen a significant drop in the use of Overhead Projectors (OHPs) and many sit idly in teaching areas gathering dust. We propose to remove all OHPs from teaching areas between June and August 2012. Therefore, by September 2012 all OHPs will have been removed from teaching spaces.
We appreciate that there may be some staff who still utilise OHPs especially for historical materials or items which may no longer be physically available”.
[The message continued by pointing out help available for colleagues who wished to 'digitize' old materials].
Anyone wish to contribute to the obituary for OHPs? I’m happy to collate this, if you’d like to email me two or three short, eloquently-phrased eulogising sentences.
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Professor Phil Race
BSc PhD PGCE FCIPD SFHEA NTF
Visiting Professor: University of PlymouthEmeritus Professor: Leeds Metropolitan University
Adjunct Professor: James Cook University: Northern Queensland.
(but home address is Newcastle-upon-Tyne).
normally best contact me by email - I'm rarely at my phone!
Main email: [log in to unmask]Website: http://www.phil-race.co.uk/
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