Beck McCarter

Educational Developer | Consultant | #TeamBasedLearning #tbl expert | #SFHEA | #pracademic | Professional Enthusiast | she/her

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

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#AcademicTwitter #ActiveLearning #FacDev #ProfessionalDevelopment

[The National Teaching Repository @NTRepository]

The Fundamentals of Team-Based Learning - thank you for sharing this brilliant resource @beckmccarter View it here: https://t.co/f7mOSCToOe

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@beccajiggens I'm definitely interested but can't seem to message you or find an email address: how should I get in touch please?

[Laura Green @heblau]

Excited to announce that the 2024 European @TBLearning Team Based Learning symposium is happening this summer in Manchester! Keynote speakers include Larry Michaelson and Judy Currey

Call for abstracts now open https://t.co/T54mSe00cJ

#TBL #pedagogy @FBMH_UoM @OfficialUoM

[LTHE Tweetchat @LTHEchat]

For #LTHEchat 275, we will chat about
"Neurodiversity in university students - recognising and supporting achievements" with our guests Dr Emma Whewell @UoNPEemma & Helen Tiplady @helen_tiplady

https://t.co/OS41gO6e62

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@LJ_Rees Fantastic news, very well done!

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university.

American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀

Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

[Justine Musiime - MSc MPH MCSP FRSPH @JustineMusiime]

Racism, discrimination & bullying are such thieves!
Of time
Of energy
Of passion!

The other day, I had an experience, and it wasted my time. I spent the next day feeling unhappy & upset!
My brain cells, instead of focusing on work were being wasted on...
thinking about the experience,
second-guessing myself- wondering whether I had misread the situation,
thinking of whether to do anything about it?
If so, what would I want to do about it?
If I was to talk, who would I talk to?
My line manager?
A colleague?
Which colleague?
I wouldn't want it to become a big issue??
How would it impact this person whose actions had made me feel this way?
Maybe I should ensure that I do not talk to a colleague who knows them?

I feel, this person stole from me.
Energy, time, passion.
I lost momentum. Now I have to use my valuable energy and time
to try and suppress the negative emotions,
to try & block it out,
to try and give excuses for this person's behaviour,
to try and get my thought process back,
to try and get back into flow
to get my positive, smiley self back.

Evening came and I was still angry. I attended a church meeting and the theme was around praise & being grateful. The church band played & sang some beautiful songs. I had actually decided not to tune in and just go to the kitchen and cook. Then I thought to myself, there's no harm in logging on and leaving my camera off and just doing my cooking in the background, which is what I did. It's a virtual church meeting.
As the cooking progressed, slowly, I found my head moving to the beat, slowly, my shoulders started shaking, before long, my waist was like, what am I waiting for?
We are a small group, we meet together, watch a recording together, discuss our takeaway messages at the end & pray together. The assignment from the recording was to testify of God's goodness, in essence, to tell each other things we were grateful for.

I am a positive person usually, but I was having to work really hard to think of what (good thing) to say. This one experience was like a dark cloud that had covered my ability to see or recall the good things.

That's how people's emotional well-being descends into the dark. In the UK, Black people are disproportionately affected by poor mental health. Is it a surprise?

Just thought I'd share this, and make this request; please do not be the cause of someone's descent into a dark place.
Please do not be the person who causes someone to lose their momentum, their flow.
Just think for a moment, how would it feel if one day, someone is invited to testify, to say what they are grateful for, and all they can say is,
they are grateful for YOU.
That you are compassionate,
and kind,
and you listen to their views,
you engage them in decision making,
they feel respected & valued,
and they love coming to work so much,
...because of YOU!
How about that?

Or are they not worthy of experiencing good things because they are black?
#Equity #Diversity #Inclusion #Belonging #EDI #EDB #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #AntiRacist #Leadership

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@SchrodingrsBrat Affinity bias leads to groupthink. We should consider culture add instead of culture fit as this would positively impact staff experience, a range of performance metrics and provide opportunity to live the values we claim in our EDI commitments.

[Cllr Oliver Patrick 🔶 🇬🇧 🍏 🕊 @LibDemPatrick]

“SCHOOLS THAT HAD [AIR CLEANERS] SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER[ED] ABSENCE RATES” • Clean air campaigners will be vindicated👇
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[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@LTHEchat Great to see LTHEChat in such safe hands for this slightly uncertain time. Can't wait to join the experiment for alternative ways of hosting and participating!

[Dr Adam @DrAdamTate]

#LTHE Community and beyond this looks an interesting opportunity

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@cuthbert_kate @DrSBroadberry @suebecks @ProfSallyBrown @DivyaSnape @KalwantBhopal @linguist1980 @BradS4 @tavoer8 @drdre4000 @lstinson81 @Bianca_Fox82 @j_glazzard @beckmccarter @Tee_Nadan @santanuvasant

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@ProfALaville Congratulations 🎉

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

It's obvious that colleges in the US have started their new academic year because ChatGPT can't keep up with demand 👀
I hope they can scale up service in time to cope with the launch of the new term here in Europe in a few weeks.

[LTHE Tweetchat @LTHEchat]

Date for the diary! A summer special LTHEchat Wednesday 30th August 8pm BST ALT 30th Anniversary LTHEChat – Remembering 30 years of educational / learning technology #altc23 ALT @ 30 #LTHEchat with @Lawrie and @santanuvasant

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

I love this

[Emma Clayton @Brilliant_Teams]

It’s the new buzzword of team development but here is how to build psychological safety, and the hierarchy of needs that define the order of how #psychologicalsafety is built.

#modernleadership

[andrew gao @itsandrewgao]

A 🧵 of peer reviewed published scientific research where the authors left out a key coauthor 😉:

“As an AI language model…”

@MicrobiomDigest

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@HalaMansour @RCA Congratulations Hala 👏

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@adhd_beans I'm so sorry to hear this. I hope you are able to take a little time to process and that a good opportunity presents itself when you are ready.

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@karenraycosta Hello, would love to connect 👋

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@rachelleeobrien Yes, I'm always thrilled for everyone to achieve it but my heart did a special dance for joy at Ed Dev representation.

[Beck McCarter @beckmccarter]

@neilwithnell @AdvanceHE @NTF_Tweet Congratulations 🎉