Sandra Sinfield
@danceswithcloud.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor #studychat #LoveLD #creativeHE. For playful pedagogy; creativity as liberatory practice; making, drawing & animation for learning.
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These things were underestimated and often removed in the name of efficiency. What wasn’t realised was what they did acting as the oil for the wheels or sparks. If you think you can decide ever place and hour ahead, you miss what you haven’t thought of.
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February 4, 2026 at 10:46 PM
These things were underestimated and often removed in the name of efficiency. What wasn’t realised was what they did acting as the oil for the wheels or sparks. If you think you can decide ever place and hour ahead, you miss what you haven’t thought of.
Support non transactional times/spaces.
Support non transactional times/spaces.
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A6 #LTHEchat YEah that element of trust from above is a key, I agree. Often the lack of apparent trust is linked to a fear response of losing control, I think. But good communities are based on trust and the undestanding that life can be scary! :-)
February 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
A6 #LTHEchat YEah that element of trust from above is a key, I agree. Often the lack of apparent trust is linked to a fear response of losing control, I think. But good communities are based on trust and the undestanding that life can be scary! :-)
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Q6: Should the drive to create an effective learning community in our institutions be top-down or bottom-up?
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Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
February 4, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Q6: Should the drive to create an effective learning community in our institutions be top-down or bottom-up?
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Reply with A6 #LTHEChat and your response
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Q5 How can we design our learning activities to embed students within a wider learning community?
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Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
February 4, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Q5 How can we design our learning activities to embed students within a wider learning community?
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Reply with A5 #LTHEChat and your response
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A4 I think making the community open to anyone who would like to share questions or contribute answers. Also, understand that not everyone prefers to learn in teams. Meanwhile, we create different learning environments and students select how they prefer to engage, then it should be fine #LTHEChat
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February 4, 2026 at 8:38 PM
A4 I think making the community open to anyone who would like to share questions or contribute answers. Also, understand that not everyone prefers to learn in teams. Meanwhile, we create different learning environments and students select how they prefer to engage, then it should be fine #LTHEChat
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A4 #LTHEchat encourage students especially (but also staff) who might feel that this isn't for them to engage & to contribute their experience. But also recognise that a community includes members who are quite peripheral & not active but still valuable (see Lave & Wenger's work on this)
February 4, 2026 at 8:36 PM
A4 #LTHEchat encourage students especially (but also staff) who might feel that this isn't for them to engage & to contribute their experience. But also recognise that a community includes members who are quite peripheral & not active but still valuable (see Lave & Wenger's work on this)
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Modelling what is valued is powerful. It provides psychological safety, something missing from current neoliberal max higher education at the moment. Wellbeing is one thing, but getting values and structures right is important. #LTHEChat
February 4, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Modelling what is valued is powerful. It provides psychological safety, something missing from current neoliberal max higher education at the moment. Wellbeing is one thing, but getting values and structures right is important. #LTHEChat
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A3 In the case of staff learning communities, this can take different forms and levels. For example, office mates help each other, buddy / mentoring schemes, MS Teams chat with colleagues. For a staff to help student communities, we can organise team activities, discussion boards #LTHEChat
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February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
A3 In the case of staff learning communities, this can take different forms and levels. For example, office mates help each other, buddy / mentoring schemes, MS Teams chat with colleagues. For a staff to help student communities, we can organise team activities, discussion boards #LTHEChat
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A4 #LTHEchat
Build brave learning spaces - reward & model inclusion through courageous leadership #NotSheep
• Micro‑communities
• Shared values
• Transparent systems
• Courageous conversations
• Genuine representation
• Everyday acts of inclusion
Build brave learning spaces - reward & model inclusion through courageous leadership #NotSheep
• Micro‑communities
• Shared values
• Transparent systems
• Courageous conversations
• Genuine representation
• Everyday acts of inclusion
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February 4, 2026 at 8:39 PM
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A2 I've found it begins when students are working collaboratively as groups on an applied project that benefits a client or the community when they realise how much they can achieve by drawig on each others strengths and learning from each other in the process #LTHEchat
February 4, 2026 at 8:20 PM
A2 I've found it begins when students are working collaboratively as groups on an applied project that benefits a client or the community when they realise how much they can achieve by drawig on each others strengths and learning from each other in the process #LTHEchat
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A1 It reminds me of a group of people who reflect and share practices, ideas, issues and solutions that help them to learn from them #LTHEChat
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February 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
A1 It reminds me of a group of people who reflect and share practices, ideas, issues and solutions that help them to learn from them #LTHEChat
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A1 #LTHEchat it's a term I use a lot & the key thing is about a university as a place of learning for both students & staff. I particularly like instances where staff, in any function & at all levels, learn things from students who bring their own experience
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
A1 #LTHEchat it's a term I use a lot & the key thing is about a university as a place of learning for both students & staff. I particularly like instances where staff, in any function & at all levels, learn things from students who bring their own experience
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A2 #LTHEchat primarily by talking to them and explaining the benefits. Once the ball is rolling hopefully the community becomes self sustaining
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
A2 #LTHEchat primarily by talking to them and explaining the benefits. Once the ball is rolling hopefully the community becomes self sustaining
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#LTHEchat Hello everyone, I’m joining from a train heading back from a workshop in Leeds — looking forward to the conversation this evening. Today’s discussion about learning communities is also giving me lots to think about for next week’s chat on authenticity and climate change across disciplines…
February 4, 2026 at 7:57 PM
#LTHEchat Hello everyone, I’m joining from a train heading back from a workshop in Leeds — looking forward to the conversation this evening. Today’s discussion about learning communities is also giving me lots to think about for next week’s chat on authenticity and climate change across disciplines…
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Welcome to this evening’s chat hosted [email protected] Are you ready?
Let’s get started... #LTHEchat
Let’s get started... #LTHEchat
February 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Welcome to this evening’s chat hosted [email protected] Are you ready?
Let’s get started... #LTHEchat
Let’s get started... #LTHEchat
#LoveLD - love #LTHEchat: Bluesky Wednesday 4th February at 8pm GMT with guest Prof Stephen Rutherford to discuss how we can empower students to be part of a larger university ‘Learning Community’: lthechat.com/2026/01/30/l...
LTHEchat 352: How can we empower students to be part of a larger university ‘Learning Community’?
Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 4th February at 8pm GMT with guest Prof Stephen Rutherford to discuss how can we empower students to be part of a larger university ‘Learning Community…
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February 3, 2026 at 10:42 AM
#LoveLD - love #LTHEchat: Bluesky Wednesday 4th February at 8pm GMT with guest Prof Stephen Rutherford to discuss how we can empower students to be part of a larger university ‘Learning Community’: lthechat.com/2026/01/30/l...
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Oddly the first case of a change I saw when working in a uni was insourcing this. The cleaning was taken back from outsourced, their conditions matched to normal uni (aka much better). Within a year the drop in sickness and staff turnover meant they also made a profit on doing this.
January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Oddly the first case of a change I saw when working in a uni was insourcing this. The cleaning was taken back from outsourced, their conditions matched to normal uni (aka much better). Within a year the drop in sickness and staff turnover meant they also made a profit on doing this.
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Yes #LegoSeriousPlay is soooooooo illuminating
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January 28, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Yes #LegoSeriousPlay is soooooooo illuminating
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A6 Sharing what we do with our students #LTHEchat
My colleague shared this through our SoTL blog
Making Learning Meaningful: Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness, Belonging and Play
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My colleague shared this through our SoTL blog
Making Learning Meaningful: Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness, Belonging and Play
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Making Learning Meaningful: Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness, Belonging and Play | SoTL @ SHU
In higher education, learning is often discussed in terms of outcomes. Success is measured through grades, progression, satisfaction scores, and employabili ...
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January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
A6 Sharing what we do with our students #LTHEchat
My colleague shared this through our SoTL blog
Making Learning Meaningful: Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness, Belonging and Play
blog.shu.ac.uk/sotl/making-...
My colleague shared this through our SoTL blog
Making Learning Meaningful: Reflections on a Pedagogy of Kindness, Belonging and Play
blog.shu.ac.uk/sotl/making-...
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Thank you @profdamienpage.bsky.social for these great questions 🙏👏 - to all other senior leaders - as Delia Smith once said 'let's be havin' you!' #LTHEChat
January 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Thank you @profdamienpage.bsky.social for these great questions 🙏👏 - to all other senior leaders - as Delia Smith once said 'let's be havin' you!' #LTHEChat