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John Brindle (He/Him)

@johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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Learning Design Manager, PhD Student, Guitarist, and Singer. My favourite things are inclusive practice, miserable singer songwriters, and a good chinwag

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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@puiyin.bsky.social and I won a thing (CATE 2026) for #telresearchers and #heresearchers Puiyin as Team Lead and me as Deputy - also pictured is Alice who helped make it happen at Lancaster Uni!
A picture of three people, Alice is on the left, Puiyin is in the middle holding a CATE certificate and I am on the right. We are stood on the stage for the Advance HE CATE and NTF awards.
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Looks interesting!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Thanks for having us - it’s a privilege to engage with this community - looking forward to continuing the conversation #LTHEchat
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
It’s been awesome work 🥰
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
With budgets being the way they are, open practices are vital to the continuation of the sector. Institutions should be allowing dedicated time and space for engagement with open practices from all staff.
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A6 - *cough cough* look at what we are all doing tonight … #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q6 - How can open practices help turn individual curiosity into shared learning and community? Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q5 - What helps you feel able to move from listening quietly to actively contributing in a learning community? Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A5 - I find the other way round difficult if I’m honest - I sometimes struggle to take a step back because my brain runs at a million miles an hour. Sometimes I have to take a breath and relax and listen. #LTHEchat
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I like this perspective ☺️ - personal learning network can also = personal support network
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I love this gif 🤣
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q4 - Which of the four C’s — Consuming, Creating, Connecting, or Contributing — feels most natural to you, and which would you like to develop further? Reply with A4 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A4 - personally, I like connecting with people … colleagues will say I’m always contributing (I.e. I don’t shut up 🤣) #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q3 - What role has your personal learning network played in helping you learn, reflect, or grow? Reply with A3 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This sounds really cool 😎
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A3 - it’s nice having external people to rely on and speak to about things where you think you’re going crazy! “Is this an insane idea?” “How would you approach this?” It’s great learning from others #LTHEchat
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
We met at an informal learning opportunity walking through stargates at a #altM25 group meeting!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A2 - informal learning, for me, had been the most powerful thing because it allows me to peruse my own interests.sometimes formal CPD can be a bit “stuffy” and inorganic - informal opportunities happen naturally and in the moment ☺️ #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q2 - How has informal learning shaped your professional development compared with more formal CPD opportunities? Reply with A2 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A1 - I think for me really it was being encouraged into action research as a teacher - being able to see the impact of small changes to practice made me curious about scholarship ☺️
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A1 - it’s the little things really, meeting inspiring people, how do you do what you do? How did you get there? #LTHEchat
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Q1 - What questions or interests first sparked your curiosity in learning, teaching, or research? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response @puiyin.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
John Brindle here - Learning Design Manager at Edge Hill University #LTHEchat
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just about!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
This is today! Looking forward to it ☺️
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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat which will explore curiosity driven informal learning with @puiyin.bsky.social and @johnbrindletel.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2026/05/18/l...
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LTHEchat 365: From Curiosity to Community
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 20th May at 8pm BST with guests Puiyin Wong (@puiyin.bsky.social) and John Brindle (@johnbrindletel.bsky.social) to discuss how curiosity-driven conver…
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Looking forward to this!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Looking forward to it Laura! The programme looks great!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
With my PhD bestie and pea in a pod @puiyin.bsky.social - attending the @jisc.bsky.social Student Experience Experts group meeting - some awesome talks and activities around TNE so far - looking forward to a great afternoon!
A picture of me with Puiyin Wong in front of the giant bull in Birmingham New Street station
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I haven’t shot, graded and edited video footage for such a long time - this was an idea I had for my band’s video that I was able to run with, it bought the joy of video production back. Shot in #anamorphic on a #fujifilm xh2s - graded and edited in DaVinci resolve
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Best quote so far from #duuk “Data is like chips, you always want more but it’s not necessarily good for you. Now I want chips, I’m hungry, it’s lunchtime”
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is my second post on Programme design. Here I talk about Safe Spaces. Happy to discuss more with anybody interested!
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Creating Safe Spaces in Programme Design Workshops
"All the information I got from the other departments is gold" - workshop attendee In this post I'm going to explore the first stage of a five stage process that I use within a programme design workshop a lot of this work is based on Gilly Salmon's 'Carpe Diem' approach. I'd encourage you to read my other article on the '
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Our pod is always big enough!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I love this human 🥰
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Thanks David ☺️
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
I don't really enjoy writing blog posts, but this is the first of two discussing programme level design. It's mostly opinion, definitely not the best writing but hopefully you get the gist.
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3 Essential Principles for Programme Design
I recently delivered a CPD talk for the Association for Learning Technology, in it I discussed approaches to programme-level design. I thought it would be good to put together some further ideas around what I discussed so people have something they can reference. This is the first of two posts, in this post I cover some of the justification for an approach to programme design, in the second I'll outline tools and techniques that can be used to explore a programme with stakeholders.
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
It was pretty pointless, but not as pointless as this Bluesky post 🤣
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Enjoy! X
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@altuk.bsky.social members! I'll be running a lunchtime #cpd workshop on the 12th February 2025. It's on the topic of programme level design approaches. You can sign up here - www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/even...
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CPD Webinar Series 2025: Approaches to programme-level design | Association for Learning Technology
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
ALT is a great thing to get started with, some of the JISC communities are also useful. The JISCmail lists are really useful and a font of knowledge and sharing. There are also various SEDA networks that I have found useful ☺️
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
@puiyin.bsky.social ☺️
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
YES (fistpumps)!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
It was great seeing you ☺️
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
YES! Woohooo!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
Having a walk before I head over to @jisc.bsky.social for the beyond blended pilot launch - @puiyin.bsky.social dared me for this selfie 🤣
A photograph of me in front of Big Ben
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 27/10/2024
It’s about flipping time … www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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DfE to stop grading English schools based on proportion of Russell Group students
Updated accountability measures aim to encourage school leavers towards wider range of institutions and vocational options
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
Started recording the second Bobhowla album today - intense piano playing from me - took until it was dark and there was a nice glow I. The studio to get the right vibe - tomorrow - guitar guitar guitar!
A photograph of me sat behind a piano in a large studio, there’s a guitar pedalboard in the foreground - the studio is bright!
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 17/10/2024
Yes you should! 🤣 - I was busy and then stuck in traffic for three hours getting home 😭
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John Brindle (He/Him) @johnbrindletel.bsky.social · 04/10/2024
All I know is that they asked for a pizza so they could feed it and then took it to the little beach on the university lake. I love the eccentric nature of it all!
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