Beccy Dresden
@dresdeb.bsky.social
Lead Learning Designer (part time) at University of the Built Environment, and online learning consultant (UK higher ed). AI agnostic. Aspiring artist, lapsed linguist, and compulsive editor (Team Oxford Comma!). Corvid obsessed. Dogs not cats.
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Hello BlueSky! This is @dresdeb.bsky.social posting on for the Independent Consultancy/Career Pathways SIG, one of many ALT (@altuk.bsky.social) special interest groups that bring together individuals or organisations around a common theme.
Find out more about us at www.alt.ac.uk/independent-...
Find out more about us at www.alt.ac.uk/independent-...
Independent Consultancy & Careers Pathway SIG | Association for Learning Technology
Who are we? The Independent Consultancy/Careers Pathways SIG was established in September 2024. The SIG aims to showcase and share a range of potential career options and pathways that are available i...
www.alt.ac.uk
Hello #LearningTechnology folks, this is me as Social/Community Officer for the ALT Independent Consultancy/Career Pathways SIG, announcing our arrival on BlueSky! If you're interested in non-traditional (squiggly) career pathways or freelancing in the sector, follow us @alt-iccp-sig.bsky.social
FFS Wordle Bot, my second turn was *not* a "lucky guess"!
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January 17, 2026 at 10:42 AM
FFS Wordle Bot, my second turn was *not* a "lucky guess"!
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If you’re cycling and see someone riding a horse, particularly if they’re alone, PLEASE slow down! A bike going by at speed can be just as dangerous for us as a car. Max jogged all the way home today after a bike went by us quickly which wasn’t the quiet ride relaxed ride we planned 🫠
January 16, 2026 at 3:40 PM
If you’re cycling and see someone riding a horse, particularly if they’re alone, PLEASE slow down! A bike going by at speed can be just as dangerous for us as a car. Max jogged all the way home today after a bike went by us quickly which wasn’t the quiet ride relaxed ride we planned 🫠
Bit of an odd one.
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January 16, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Bit of an odd one.
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Love it when that happens 😁
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January 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Love it when that happens 😁
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Well that was the fastest, most frantic (in a good way) hour of my life! A pleasure and a privilege to share the virtual stage with @anda19.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social and @niyamirandabond.bsky.social to discuss the many facets of asynchronous learning ☺️
January 15, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Well that was the fastest, most frantic (in a good way) hour of my life! A pleasure and a privilege to share the virtual stage with @anda19.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social and @niyamirandabond.bsky.social to discuss the many facets of asynchronous learning ☺️
One for the #PlayfulLearning advocates in my network: "Making Playtime: an offline symposium about creative education online."
Tues 24/03/26, 10.30am–4.30pm, Central Saint Martins, London.
Guest speakers include @nicwhitton.bsky.social and others not on here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-e...
Tues 24/03/26, 10.30am–4.30pm, Central Saint Martins, London.
Guest speakers include @nicwhitton.bsky.social and others not on here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-e...
Creative Education Online (CEO) Series
Seminars and symposia exploring creative education in online spaces, hosted by UAL Online.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
One for the #PlayfulLearning advocates in my network: "Making Playtime: an offline symposium about creative education online."
Tues 24/03/26, 10.30am–4.30pm, Central Saint Martins, London.
Guest speakers include @nicwhitton.bsky.social and others not on here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-e...
Tues 24/03/26, 10.30am–4.30pm, Central Saint Martins, London.
Guest speakers include @nicwhitton.bsky.social and others not on here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-e...
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January 13, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Great word (and thing!)
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Reposted by Beccy Dresden
#LTHEchat is always worth a look, but exploring what to do when your career is affected by redundancy is particularly relevant to our #SpecialInterestGroup #SIG, because we are all about squiggly careers, consultancy, and freelancing in the LT sector - redundancy can prompt a leap into the latter.
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow, Wednesday 8-9pm BST, for #LTHEchat, which will explore Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next with @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social.
Read the blog post at:
Read the blog post at:
LTHEchat 349: Redundancy, Resilience, and Finding What’s Next
There’s no nice way to talk about redundancy. It doesn’t arrive as a single moment, even when there is a single date attached to it. It arrives in phases: uncertainty, waiting, the conversation its…
lthechat.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
#LTHEchat is always worth a look, but exploring what to do when your career is affected by redundancy is particularly relevant to our #SpecialInterestGroup #SIG, because we are all about squiggly careers, consultancy, and freelancing in the LT sector - redundancy can prompt a leap into the latter.
That really should have been my second guess 🤦🏻♀️
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January 12, 2026 at 8:30 AM
That really should have been my second guess 🤦🏻♀️
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Very unexpected!
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January 11, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Late for a Saturday, after a busy morning tackling the domestic to-do list!
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January 10, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Late for a Saturday, after a busy morning tackling the domestic to-do list!
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Interested in asynchronous learning? Want to find out more about how the people who design and teach it strive to make it meaningful for both educator and learner? Join @anda19.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I on Thurs 15 Jan, 1–2pm (UK). Link in Lawrie's post!
this looks like a really good webinar around the intentional application of using asynchronous learning - with
@dresdeb.bsky.social
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#Pedagogy
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The power of Asynchronous learning
www.london.ac.uk
January 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Interested in asynchronous learning? Want to find out more about how the people who design and teach it strive to make it meaningful for both educator and learner? Join @anda19.bsky.social @flowerdarby.bsky.social @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I on Thurs 15 Jan, 1–2pm (UK). Link in Lawrie's post!
Beat the Bot 🥳
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January 9, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Beat the Bot 🥳
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Hello #LearningTechnology folks, this is me as Social/Community Officer for the ALT Independent Consultancy/Career Pathways SIG, announcing our arrival on BlueSky! If you're interested in non-traditional (squiggly) career pathways or freelancing in the sector, follow us @alt-iccp-sig.bsky.social
Hello BlueSky! This is @dresdeb.bsky.social posting on for the Independent Consultancy/Career Pathways SIG, one of many ALT (@altuk.bsky.social) special interest groups that bring together individuals or organisations around a common theme.
Find out more about us at www.alt.ac.uk/independent-...
Find out more about us at www.alt.ac.uk/independent-...
Independent Consultancy & Careers Pathway SIG | Association for Learning Technology
Who are we? The Independent Consultancy/Careers Pathways SIG was established in September 2024. The SIG aims to showcase and share a range of potential career options and pathways that are available i...
www.alt.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Hello #LearningTechnology folks, this is me as Social/Community Officer for the ALT Independent Consultancy/Career Pathways SIG, announcing our arrival on BlueSky! If you're interested in non-traditional (squiggly) career pathways or freelancing in the sector, follow us @alt-iccp-sig.bsky.social
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January 8, 2026 at 8:18 AM
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Messy today.
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January 7, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Messy today.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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The dog I had when I was a teenager used to love playing in the snow, but with recent temperatures in southern England down to -7⁰C 🥶, if you're an inexperienced dog owner, it's worth noting that, for some dogs, there is such a thing as too cold for a walk.
www.pethealthclub.com/uk/pet-advic...
www.pethealthclub.com/uk/pet-advic...
How cold is too cold to walk a dog?
Discover the safe temperature to walk a dog. Learn about factors like coat type, breed, and health, and how to protect your dog in cold weather.
www.pethealthclub.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The dog I had when I was a teenager used to love playing in the snow, but with recent temperatures in southern England down to -7⁰C 🥶, if you're an inexperienced dog owner, it's worth noting that, for some dogs, there is such a thing as too cold for a walk.
www.pethealthclub.com/uk/pet-advic...
www.pethealthclub.com/uk/pet-advic...
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One nice thing about the freezing cold weather is that it brings the gorgeous little long-tailed tits into the garden 😍
January 4, 2026 at 7:40 PM
One nice thing about the freezing cold weather is that it brings the gorgeous little long-tailed tits into the garden 😍
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January 4, 2026 at 9:52 AM
No yellows!
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January 3, 2026 at 10:22 AM
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One resolution for 2026 was to get back into art. Today I have officially started drawing again - doing another @sktchy.bsky.social 30 Faces 30 Days challenge, courtesy of @lizisabella.bsky.social - but it may be a while before I'm happy enough with my output to actually post anything! Baby steps...
January 2, 2026 at 5:40 PM
One resolution for 2026 was to get back into art. Today I have officially started drawing again - doing another @sktchy.bsky.social 30 Faces 30 Days challenge, courtesy of @lizisabella.bsky.social - but it may be a while before I'm happy enough with my output to actually post anything! Baby steps...
Worst result this week?
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January 2, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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