Alexandra Mihai
@anda19.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Innovation in HE at Maastricht University. Educational developer at heart, passionate about helping faculty to thrive. Join the Educationalist community: http://educationalist.substack.com.
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Alexandra Mihai
@anda19.bsky.social
· Feb 4
Understanding the complexity of centers for teaching and learning: introducing a four-dimensional model
link.springer.com
So happy to finally see this paper out in the world!
I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations with many enthusiastic CTL Directors in the US and I hope our model can help untangle the complex position CTLs are in, especially in this stormy HE landscape.
💡 link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
I thoroughly enjoyed the conversations with many enthusiastic CTL Directors in the US and I hope our model can help untangle the complex position CTLs are in, especially in this stormy HE landscape.
💡 link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007...
The wet air bearing
earthy undertones;
Colours fading away.
Bare-bones.
A shadow of what used to be.
Or maybe
The essence of everything.
A beginning.
Step slowly
In silence:
The earth is resting.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Time to pause
Recharge
So we can be again.
earthy undertones;
Colours fading away.
Bare-bones.
A shadow of what used to be.
Or maybe
The essence of everything.
A beginning.
Step slowly
In silence:
The earth is resting.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Time to pause
Recharge
So we can be again.
November 16, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The wet air bearing
earthy undertones;
Colours fading away.
Bare-bones.
A shadow of what used to be.
Or maybe
The essence of everything.
A beginning.
Step slowly
In silence:
The earth is resting.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Time to pause
Recharge
So we can be again.
earthy undertones;
Colours fading away.
Bare-bones.
A shadow of what used to be.
Or maybe
The essence of everything.
A beginning.
Step slowly
In silence:
The earth is resting.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
Time to pause
Recharge
So we can be again.
"Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists."
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Rebecca Solnit
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Rebecca Solnit
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Hope is an embrace of the unknown and the unknowable, an alternative to the certainty of both optimists and pessimists."
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Rebecca Solnit
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Rebecca Solnit
"What do we have to hold on to? Only the certainty that nothing will go according to design; our hopes are newly built wooden houses, sturdy until someone drops a cigarette or match."
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Pico Iyer, "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells"
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Pico Iyer, "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells"
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"What do we have to hold on to? Only the certainty that nothing will go according to design; our hopes are newly built wooden houses, sturdy until someone drops a cigarette or match."
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Pico Iyer, "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells"
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Pico Iyer, "Autumn Light: Season of Fire and Farewells"
Colourful autumn ikebana in my new Korean mini vases.
November 9, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Colourful autumn ikebana in my new Korean mini vases.
10 beautiful days exploring South Korea 🇰🇷
🏞 Walked 130 km through the beautiful landscape.
🍲 Discovered the culture and tasted delicious food.
📸 Took over 1000 pictures.
🍁 Enjoyed the most vibrant autumn weather.
Will be back!
🏞 Walked 130 km through the beautiful landscape.
🍲 Discovered the culture and tasted delicious food.
📸 Took over 1000 pictures.
🍁 Enjoyed the most vibrant autumn weather.
Will be back!
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
10 beautiful days exploring South Korea 🇰🇷
🏞 Walked 130 km through the beautiful landscape.
🍲 Discovered the culture and tasted delicious food.
📸 Took over 1000 pictures.
🍁 Enjoyed the most vibrant autumn weather.
Will be back!
🏞 Walked 130 km through the beautiful landscape.
🍲 Discovered the culture and tasted delicious food.
📸 Took over 1000 pictures.
🍁 Enjoyed the most vibrant autumn weather.
Will be back!
Going on a food-themed holiday in South Korea be like...
November 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Going on a food-themed holiday in South Korea be like...
Have been living in beautiful Maastricht for 3 years now and I never get bored of this gorgeous view on my way to work.
October 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Have been living in beautiful Maastricht for 3 years now and I never get bored of this gorgeous view on my way to work.
"Maybe a self is just a bunch of little stories glued together in some haphazard way that we use to comfort ourselves."
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Siri Hustvedt, "Memories of the future"
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Siri Hustvedt, "Memories of the future"
October 19, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Maybe a self is just a bunch of little stories glued together in some haphazard way that we use to comfort ourselves."
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Siri Hustvedt, "Memories of the future"
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Siri Hustvedt, "Memories of the future"
"When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
October 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult. Those are childish thoughts. Home is neither here nor there. Home is within you, or home is nowhere at all."
Hermann Hesse
Hermann Hesse
"Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again."
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Katherine May, "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times"
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Katherine May, "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times"
October 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"Life meanders like a path through the woods. We have seasons when we flourish and seasons when the leaves fall from us, revealing our bare bones. Given time, they grow again."
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Katherine May, "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times"
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Katherine May, "Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times"
"We are told that we must always find, generate and consume something new, something unusual, something completely “original”. As a culture, we have been so conditioned in this direction that we neglect to see what is already here, within us."
(Elif Shafak)
elifshafak.substack.com/p/sacred-riv...
(Elif Shafak)
elifshafak.substack.com/p/sacred-riv...
Sacred Rivers, Pregnant Earth
It is true for individuals, it is true for societies: in our strengths lie our weaknesses.
elifshafak.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
"We are told that we must always find, generate and consume something new, something unusual, something completely “original”. As a culture, we have been so conditioned in this direction that we neglect to see what is already here, within us."
(Elif Shafak)
elifshafak.substack.com/p/sacred-riv...
(Elif Shafak)
elifshafak.substack.com/p/sacred-riv...
Reposted by Alexandra Mihai
Call for Papers for @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprsgeu.bsky.social section “Teaching in EU Studies in the Digital Age”
to explore how AI, digitalisation & new pedagogies are reshaping #EU Studies
more info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
deadline: 10 December 2025
to explore how AI, digitalisation & new pedagogies are reshaping #EU Studies
more info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
deadline: 10 December 2025
Teaching in EU studies in the digital age
European Consortium for Political Research
ecpr.eu
October 7, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Call for Papers for @ecpr.bsky.social @ecprsgeu.bsky.social section “Teaching in EU Studies in the Digital Age”
to explore how AI, digitalisation & new pedagogies are reshaping #EU Studies
more info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
deadline: 10 December 2025
to explore how AI, digitalisation & new pedagogies are reshaping #EU Studies
more info: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
deadline: 10 December 2025
"Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't- and it surprises me how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown."
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"A Field Guide to Getting Lost", by Rebecca Solnit
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"A Field Guide to Getting Lost", by Rebecca Solnit
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
"Worry is a way to pretend that you have knowledge or control over what you don't- and it surprises me how much we prefer ugly scenarios to the pure unknown."
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"A Field Guide to Getting Lost", by Rebecca Solnit
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"A Field Guide to Getting Lost", by Rebecca Solnit
When you hike in the Dolomites and the landscape just doesn't feel real. So much beauty!
October 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
When you hike in the Dolomites and the landscape just doesn't feel real. So much beauty!
Flying above the Alps this morning.
September 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Flying above the Alps this morning.
Baking time.
I've been baking every Sunday for the past weeks and I remembered why I love it: the process is really cozy, mindful & satisfying and I have tasty home-baked snacks all week. Win-win.😋
I've been baking every Sunday for the past weeks and I remembered why I love it: the process is really cozy, mindful & satisfying and I have tasty home-baked snacks all week. Win-win.😋
September 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Baking time.
I've been baking every Sunday for the past weeks and I remembered why I love it: the process is really cozy, mindful & satisfying and I have tasty home-baked snacks all week. Win-win.😋
I've been baking every Sunday for the past weeks and I remembered why I love it: the process is really cozy, mindful & satisfying and I have tasty home-baked snacks all week. Win-win.😋
Let's remember that how we spend our time⏳ & organise our workload📚 is *our choice*, though it may not feel like it.
Growth also means knowing how & where to set our boundaries and managing our (finite) resources effectively.
Wrote down some thoughts here:
educationalist.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
Growth also means knowing how & where to set our boundaries and managing our (finite) resources effectively.
Wrote down some thoughts here:
educationalist.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
What do you choose?
The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai
educationalist.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Let's remember that how we spend our time⏳ & organise our workload📚 is *our choice*, though it may not feel like it.
Growth also means knowing how & where to set our boundaries and managing our (finite) resources effectively.
Wrote down some thoughts here:
educationalist.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
Growth also means knowing how & where to set our boundaries and managing our (finite) resources effectively.
Wrote down some thoughts here:
educationalist.substack.com/p/what-do-yo...
Autumn shows us letting go can be beautiful.
September 23, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Autumn shows us letting go can be beautiful.
"I walk because it confers- or restores- a feeling of placeness. A space becomes a place when through movement we invest it with meaning, when we see it as something to be perceived, apprehended, experienced."
Lauren Elkin, "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London"
Lauren Elkin, "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London"
September 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"I walk because it confers- or restores- a feeling of placeness. A space becomes a place when through movement we invest it with meaning, when we see it as something to be perceived, apprehended, experienced."
Lauren Elkin, "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London"
Lauren Elkin, "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice and London"
Building a chatbot for your course might seem fun & popular right now, but for me it feels like an upgraded version of "talking to the hand".
I believe education is about PEOPLE.
Human interaction is a crucial part of learning. I won't be convinced to bounce ideas with a (ro)bot.
Sorry not sorry!
I believe education is about PEOPLE.
Human interaction is a crucial part of learning. I won't be convinced to bounce ideas with a (ro)bot.
Sorry not sorry!
a smiley face with its eyes closed and a hand on it
ALT: a smiley face with its eyes closed and a hand on it
media.tenor.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Building a chatbot for your course might seem fun & popular right now, but for me it feels like an upgraded version of "talking to the hand".
I believe education is about PEOPLE.
Human interaction is a crucial part of learning. I won't be convinced to bounce ideas with a (ro)bot.
Sorry not sorry!
I believe education is about PEOPLE.
Human interaction is a crucial part of learning. I won't be convinced to bounce ideas with a (ro)bot.
Sorry not sorry!
"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
September 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"To photograph is to hold one's breath, when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality. It's at that precise moment that mastering an image becomes a great physical and intellectual joy."
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
You feel autumn started when you let the sun inside and start chasing shadows.
September 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
You feel autumn started when you let the sun inside and start chasing shadows.
