I am on sabbatical. Yes, I will have one year study leave without teaching at home! This is the first time I have done this. As of now, I officially have time to concentrate on my research for a while.<\/p>\n
I fear that I might have too much planned already. What started out as a thought of a quieter, less busy year is already turning into what looks like a very busy time. But that\u2019s okay \u2013 there are things coming up that I enjoy doing.<\/p>\n
First, from today, I will be in Berlin for a while, teaching a block course at the Freie Universit\u00e4t Berlin. I will then teach the same material there again in long form in Spring next year, when I\u2019ll spend three-and-a-half months in Berlin. During my time there, I am planning to work with the department on improving teaching techniques, material and tools.<\/p>\n
After my initial Berlin stint, I am planning to spend some time trying to build up a network of Greenfoot Hubs and to write \u2013 jointly with David Barnes \u2013 a new edition of the BlueJ book. And we are planning a lot of work on Greenfoot as well. More on all of that later, I hope.<\/p>\n
Who knows, maybe this also means that I will be able to update this blog more often, and to provide a little more regular updates of what we are working on.<\/p>\n
For now, it\u2019s time to dust of my slightly rusty German. My plane lands in an hour, and there should be a good German beer waiting for me somewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I am on sabbatical. Yes, I will have one year study leave without teaching at home! This is the first time I have done this. As of now, I officially have time to concentrate on my research for a while. Continue reading