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Online Course: MNDA Care Worker’s Module

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022Tom BriggsPortfolioLeave a comment

The Motor Neurone Disease Association commissioned me to update their online training course for new MNDA Care Workers.

Click the image or the Read more… link below for more details, including a link to the course.

Tags: digital, education, MOOCs, online, teaching

Florence Nightingale Comes Home: Classroom Resources

January 7, 2022September 21, 2022Tom BriggsPortfolio1 Comment

As part of Kate Travers Associates I was commissioned to develop classroom resources to support the AHRC-funded project Florence Nightingale Comes Home for 2020. Click the image above to find out more.

Tags: Catherine Holden, digital, Kate Travers, maths, museum, online, resources, teaching

Case Study: Bletchley Park – Past, Present, Future: Cryptography

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021Tom BriggsPortfolio2 Comments

“I had long entertained an idea of some sort of “codebreaker training course” accessible to people who were interested in finding more about how codes and ciphers work, but who did not necessarily see themselves as a ‘maths person’.”

Tags: cryptography, mathematics, teaching, workshop

When am I ever going to need this?

March 13, 2021March 13, 2021Tom BriggsPortfolioLeave a comment

“OK: hands up everyone who at some point during the last teaching year has heard the question above from a student in one of their classes?”

Tags: education, mathematics, teaching, writing

Mathematics in Indonesia: An Infographic

December 22, 2020November 17, 2022Tom BriggsPortfolio1 Comment

My first assignment for my MA in Education (module: International Perspectives on Education) was to produce an infographic looking at an aspect of education in another country. See the result here!

Tags: academic, education, MA, mathematics, research, study, teaching