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On Building Dreams

Advice for developers working on an MVP

Oct 1, 2023

On Building Dreams

Oct 1, 2023

Saving the Lecture

I wrote this blog post together with the fantastic folks at 448 Studio with whom I have worked on their Scottish Enterprise grant over the…

Jul 17, 2023

A medieval painting of a lecture. The front two rows are paying close attention. The back two rows are talking and one student is sleepling.

Jul 17, 2023

How to MVP

Four questions to ask before you start

Jun 4, 2023

How to MVP

Jun 4, 2023

Could viral marketing solve student absenteeism ?

Student absenteeism is a perennial problem in higher education. As a lecturer, I’ve frequently stood in half-filled auditoriums feeling…

Aug 23, 2021

Just an empty classroom

Aug 23, 2021

Launching Handl

For the past year or so I’ve been thinking about classrooms, how they work, and how we might use technology to improve them. I’ve been…

Jun 2, 2021

Launching Handl

Jun 2, 2021

Embrace the complexity

Around 1:00 AM, on a night just before Christmas in 2009, I sat at my desk and wept tears of frustrated exhaustion into my laptop. Having…

Aug 5, 2020

Embrace the complexity

Aug 5, 2020

Assessment for gamers

When I was 14 I took my French GCSE. My French teacher, Madame Percival, had studied the exam and mark scheme intricately. She taught us…

Oct 13, 2019

Assessment for gamers

Oct 13, 2019

Woodshedding: Teaching programming not problem solving

Before I talk about programming, I’d like to put forward a theory: every discipline has its own myths. I’m referring to those beliefs…

Jun 2, 2019

Woodshedding: Teaching programming not problem solving

Jun 2, 2019

Simon Katan

Simon Katan

Digital artist and educator — I work with hidden mechanisms, emergent behaviour, paradox, self-reference, inconsistency, abstract humour, absurdity and wonder.

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