Clare McNally
@claremcnally.bsky.social
Higher Education Assessment, Innovating Student-Centred Dental Education, Dental Hygiene
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Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guest @richbale.bsky.social on Wednesday, 19th November at 20:00 GMT to discuss 'AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?'
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LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining professional recognition through…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guest @richbale.bsky.social on Wednesday, 19th November at 20:00 GMT to discuss 'AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?'
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Really looking forward to giving the keynote at this important seminar at Trinity College, Dublin next week: The Inclusive University in Theory and Practice.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
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INHEF Seminar #3: The Inclusive University in Theory and Practice
A seminar with Prof Jan McArthur (Lancaster University) organised by the School of Education.
www.tcd.ie
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Really looking forward to giving the keynote at this important seminar at Trinity College, Dublin next week: The Inclusive University in Theory and Practice.
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
The timing does work for Australia but Wednesday is when I see patients 🦷
The rest of my team participating should be there and I will be hoping I don’t have a 9 o’clock 🩷
The rest of my team participating should be there and I will be hoping I don’t have a 9 o’clock 🩷
Please join us for a promising and meaningful book club with author @josheyler.bsky.social.
Josh has been wonderfully generous with his time and expertise.
We have 76 folks signed up already. Hope you can join us in February! 😀
Josh has been wonderfully generous with his time and expertise.
We have 76 folks signed up already. Hope you can join us in February! 😀
February 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The timing does work for Australia but Wednesday is when I see patients 🦷
The rest of my team participating should be there and I will be hoping I don’t have a 9 o’clock 🩷
The rest of my team participating should be there and I will be hoping I don’t have a 9 o’clock 🩷
Visited the Ant exhibit at the #melbournemuseum today… my kids seemed a bit old but it was really awesome - a wonderful sensory experience.
And amongst that all I could think about @phlaimeaux.bsky.social was #wdydy and Huge Davies you tube he follows 🐜
Ants are fascinating
#recommend #ants
And amongst that all I could think about @phlaimeaux.bsky.social was #wdydy and Huge Davies you tube he follows 🐜
Ants are fascinating
#recommend #ants
February 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Visited the Ant exhibit at the #melbournemuseum today… my kids seemed a bit old but it was really awesome - a wonderful sensory experience.
And amongst that all I could think about @phlaimeaux.bsky.social was #wdydy and Huge Davies you tube he follows 🐜
Ants are fascinating
#recommend #ants
And amongst that all I could think about @phlaimeaux.bsky.social was #wdydy and Huge Davies you tube he follows 🐜
Ants are fascinating
#recommend #ants
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Same here, Clare — saw all those familiar names and felt a bit nostalgic about the vibrant community we built back in the day!
January 29, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Same here, Clare — saw all those familiar names and felt a bit nostalgic about the vibrant community we built back in the day!
Getting ready for the #fof-book-club reading @josheyler.bsky.social Failing Our Future.
Felt a sense of loss reading the acknowledgments knowing how connected all these people were on the other platform and how I felt so welcomed in their community.
@dbuckedu.bsky.social
Felt a sense of loss reading the acknowledgments knowing how connected all these people were on the other platform and how I felt so welcomed in their community.
@dbuckedu.bsky.social
January 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Getting ready for the #fof-book-club reading @josheyler.bsky.social Failing Our Future.
Felt a sense of loss reading the acknowledgments knowing how connected all these people were on the other platform and how I felt so welcomed in their community.
@dbuckedu.bsky.social
Felt a sense of loss reading the acknowledgments knowing how connected all these people were on the other platform and how I felt so welcomed in their community.
@dbuckedu.bsky.social
My 2024 word was Create…. Hadn’t settled on a 2025 word - maybe #bemoredolly will suit me too 🩷
January 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
My 2024 word was Create…. Hadn’t settled on a 2025 word - maybe #bemoredolly will suit me too 🩷
It has arrived just in time @dccmath.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social so looking forward to this #bookclub
January 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It has arrived just in time @dccmath.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social so looking forward to this #bookclub
First day for 2025 @ Unimelb (no handle yet) Melbourne Dental School for it was a pleasant day after a wonderful holiday.
Starting tomorrow with yoga because 2025 is going to be all about me & making me feel worthwhile and well.
#academia #highered #assessment #burnout #recovery
Starting tomorrow with yoga because 2025 is going to be all about me & making me feel worthwhile and well.
#academia #highered #assessment #burnout #recovery
January 13, 2025 at 10:49 AM
First day for 2025 @ Unimelb (no handle yet) Melbourne Dental School for it was a pleasant day after a wonderful holiday.
Starting tomorrow with yoga because 2025 is going to be all about me & making me feel worthwhile and well.
#academia #highered #assessment #burnout #recovery
Starting tomorrow with yoga because 2025 is going to be all about me & making me feel worthwhile and well.
#academia #highered #assessment #burnout #recovery
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Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the #LTHEchat, which will explore approaches to effective feedback with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm. Read the blogpost at t.co/c6g6dRYY6C
January 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the #LTHEchat, which will explore approaches to effective feedback with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm. Read the blogpost at t.co/c6g6dRYY6C
December 23, 2024 at 9:33 AM
Summer holidays in Australia
December 19, 2024 at 11:20 AM
Summer holidays in Australia
2024 in #highered #assessment has been brutal. I hit proper #burnout after loitering close to burning out in 2022 & 2023 - it’s hard to come back from.
I’m really looking forward to refreshing over our summer and coming back to fulfil my life & my work and try to get some kind of harmony.
I’m really looking forward to refreshing over our summer and coming back to fulfil my life & my work and try to get some kind of harmony.
December 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM
2024 in #highered #assessment has been brutal. I hit proper #burnout after loitering close to burning out in 2022 & 2023 - it’s hard to come back from.
I’m really looking forward to refreshing over our summer and coming back to fulfil my life & my work and try to get some kind of harmony.
I’m really looking forward to refreshing over our summer and coming back to fulfil my life & my work and try to get some kind of harmony.
Right so didn’t notice the US dates lol… I will catch up
Q1: A few, but one that sticks out was when I saw a pattern of students putting “doing it right” (evidenced by grades) over embracing the process (learning). I’m a grad faculty member so my goal is to develop critical thinkers. With no grades we can focus on learning. #UngradingChat #SlowChatting
Looking forward to another great week of #Slowchatting #UngradingChat
December 3, 2024 at 10:36 AM
Right so didn’t notice the US dates lol… I will catch up
Can’t wait
Q1: A few, but one that sticks out was when I saw a pattern of students putting “doing it right” (evidenced by grades) over embracing the process (learning). I’m a grad faculty member so my goal is to develop critical thinkers. With no grades we can focus on learning. #UngradingChat #SlowChatting
Looking forward to another great week of #Slowchatting #UngradingChat
December 3, 2024 at 10:34 AM
Can’t wait
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Q1: A few, but one that sticks out was when I saw a pattern of students putting “doing it right” (evidenced by grades) over embracing the process (learning). I’m a grad faculty member so my goal is to develop critical thinkers. With no grades we can focus on learning. #UngradingChat #SlowChatting
Looking forward to another great week of #Slowchatting #UngradingChat
December 3, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Q1: A few, but one that sticks out was when I saw a pattern of students putting “doing it right” (evidenced by grades) over embracing the process (learning). I’m a grad faculty member so my goal is to develop critical thinkers. With no grades we can focus on learning. #UngradingChat #SlowChatting
Well tonight at Flinders St Station #melbourne was atrocious - all lines thru Richmond canceled in peak hour… disrupting the whole network #ptv
December 3, 2024 at 10:33 AM
Well tonight at Flinders St Station #melbourne was atrocious - all lines thru Richmond canceled in peak hour… disrupting the whole network #ptv
Been a tough few weeks in #higjered #assessment this weeks #shrinking episode & the whole series has been a highlight. I don’t often cry watching tv or movies… a little weepy tonight.
November 28, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Been a tough few weeks in #higjered #assessment this weeks #shrinking episode & the whole series has been a highlight. I don’t often cry watching tv or movies… a little weepy tonight.
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YES THIS. I feel like there is a feedback practice of letting go but I can’t articulate it very positively yet - letting go of my own need to be perfect, to say EVERYTHING, to overwork in the name of supporting students - something along those lines
Last week, in a panel discussion, I mentioned an approach to pedagogy that’s been in my mind for a while … so here’s The (very simple) Pedagogy of Letting Go lydiaarnold.net/2024/11/24/t...
The Pedagogy of Letting Go
I’ve had a phrase in my mind for some time that captures a way of teaching that intuitively appeals to me: I’m calling it the pedagogy of letting go. I mentioned this in a panel last week at Staffo…
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November 25, 2024 at 9:00 AM
YES THIS. I feel like there is a feedback practice of letting go but I can’t articulate it very positively yet - letting go of my own need to be perfect, to say EVERYTHING, to overwork in the name of supporting students - something along those lines
I’m encouraging others at the #unimelbMDS to adopt this philosophy… I mean in #dental #education we literally sit beside our students to guide them through simulation and patient care. This is a nurturing approach to reaching milestones that I’m sure enhances student’s experiences and abilities
Assessment Does NOT Equal a Test
Read more here 👇
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#EduSky #EduCoach #EduLead
Read more here 👇
letsquitteaching.com/assessment-n...
#EduSky #EduCoach #EduLead
November 24, 2024 at 2:27 AM
I’m encouraging others at the #unimelbMDS to adopt this philosophy… I mean in #dental #education we literally sit beside our students to guide them through simulation and patient care. This is a nurturing approach to reaching milestones that I’m sure enhances student’s experiences and abilities
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When you need to get Sunday stuff done and prep for the week, but all you want to do is play with #bluesky and reconnect with "old friends" & start using it like the good old days! #edusky #edtech #ktifamily #mieexpert #educoach
November 17, 2024 at 2:37 PM
When you need to get Sunday stuff done and prep for the week, but all you want to do is play with #bluesky and reconnect with "old friends" & start using it like the good old days! #edusky #edtech #ktifamily #mieexpert #educoach
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Assessment does not mean test.
Assessment does not mean test.
Assessment does not mean test.
Assess means "to sit beside."
Assessment is about our job in knowing where kids are, in communicating where they need to go, & in providing actionable steps to get there.
#EduSky #EduCoach #EduLead
Assessment does not mean test.
Assessment does not mean test.
Assess means "to sit beside."
Assessment is about our job in knowing where kids are, in communicating where they need to go, & in providing actionable steps to get there.
#EduSky #EduCoach #EduLead
November 20, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Have spent a few quality hours this weekend watching & loving the new #AlexCross series and building my @bsky.app connections - great weekend!!!
November 23, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Have spent a few quality hours this weekend watching & loving the new #AlexCross series and building my @bsky.app connections - great weekend!!!