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Dom Pates

End of an Error

Wandering through a local Cardiff park with my parents at some point in 1979, I spotted the then Prime Minister on the campaign trail and…

Oct 31

Photograph of TV screen featuring image of Kier Starmer surrounded by group of young people and the BBC headline ‘Labour wins General Election’ at the bottom of the screen.

Oct 31

Dom Pates

Where Learning Technology meets Internet Radio

You work with or are interested in learning technology. You love music. Yet somehow, you’ve never quite found a way to combine the two…

May 19

Promotional image for Association for Learning Technology’s annual conference, to be held in Manchester 3–5 September 2024. Image contains event text on abstract background of geometric shapes.

May 19

Dom Pates

Getting The Next Ten Years Right

tldr: CogX gave me the cognitive dissonance of trying to balance retaining a critical mindset on AI and the now familiar feelings of…

Apr 15

Sketched image contains seven panels representing individual sessions attended as well as a selection of scattered photographs, handwriting, and placements of CogX logos.

Apr 15

Dom Pates

Building blocks for ‘City 2030’

A co-design climate workshop

Feb 18

Two tables of women in discussion at a workshop. Both tables have three people at them. There is a display of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on the wall behind the tables.

Feb 18

Dom Pates

Bringing Climate to the Curriculum

A Rendezvous with Disaster

Feb 17

View of New York skyscrapers from the vantage point of a viewing platform with an orange sky from the pollution particiles from Canadian wildfires.

Feb 17

Dom Pates

Memories of a Home Retreat

As a kid, up until my 30s, I was a diarist. This meant that thoughts got captured for posterity in the private space of my journal rather…

Feb 17

Timeline graphic showing the adoption of varying reflective writing tools over the period 1984–2024. Covers a paper diary from 1984–2013, Blogger (2006–2013), three different instances of the use of WordPress, Twitter (2009–2024), Medium (2016–2024), Mastodon (2022–2024) and Bluesky (2023–2024).

Feb 17

Dom Pates

A Climate Copilot for Digital Education

So, Microsoft have made their new OpenAI-powered tool Copilot (‘Your everyday AI companion’) available to certain education clients. On…

Dec 19, 2023

A Climate Copilot for Digital Education

Dec 19, 2023

Dom Pates

Breaking new ground with ALTc Radio

On farms and lockdowns

Nov 1, 2023

Photograph of programme for 1992 Glastonbury Festival. Includes an illustration of three people dancing in a field, being watched by a fox.

Nov 1, 2023

Dom Pates

Mind The Gap

July 26th 2012, following a trial set the previous week, The Thursday Night Show launched with a full evening of internet radio.

Jul 27, 2023

Poster advertising an evening of radio shows to mark the 11th birthday of The Thursday Night Show. Each set is themed around a particular line on the London Underground, with each listing on the poster being depicted in a circular form inspired by the specific tube line.

Jul 27, 2023

Dom Pates

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

Heading back into the room

Jul 14, 2023

Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire

Jul 14, 2023

Dom Pates

Dom Pates

Global thinking, technology, education, learning spaces, music, Japan, writing, travel, peace... City, University of London Senior Educational Technologist...

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