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Why We Needed to Retell the Story of Computing
When we started this work, we weren’t trying to retrofit sustainability or decolonisation into our existing computing teaching. We knew that would never be enough. Instead, we asked a more foundational question: What does a decolonised computing professional look like? Not just in theory, but in lived, everyday practice. That question led us down a […]
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In this paper…
June 25, 2025
“In this paper…” is a collection of responses from computer scientists to the silencing ofscience. Book: https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6863 Genre prompts: A set of 219 genre prompts for professional practice creative non-fiction. https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6854 Reverse panel prompts: Cite as: Guruge, D., Mann, S., Myers, R., Bates, 0., Goldweber, M., Williamson, A., Lasenby, J., & Brooks, I. (2025). Surviving […]
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Ensuring technology remains our tool
January 16, 2025
The newspaper asked me to write a piece exploring the last 25 years from a technology perspective. Here it is in print (along with the other really interesting contributions). “Write a 400-word article reflecting on the past 25 years of the 21st century, focusing on information technology,” I typed. Within seconds, ChatGPT presented me with […]
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Post of a thread of a conference presentation as a podcast on podcasts as research on practice
December 11, 2024
That was a fun one – podcasting an #OPSITARA conference presentation about podcasts in professional practice research. With Tim Lynch and Lucky Hawkins (plus the words of Jules Tautz and Finn Boyle, with Mawera Karetai). “Like and Subscribe and Learn: Podcasts in Learning”. Jules Tautz recently completed her Master of Professional Practice at Capable NZ, […]
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Abstract Generator for Professional Practice Research
August 28, 2024
Professional practice research integrates both a practice challenge or opportunity, and professional development, usually an articulation of a professional framework of practice. These two sides need to play nicely. This integrated approach can make it challenging to describe and summarise, especially when all the exemplars are for more traditional research. This template is adapted from […]
Computing for Sustainability 
June 29, 2025
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