Scottish Higher Education Developers October 2018 | Page 8

really made it off the start line; my neon blue, reptilian Second Life avatar happily
wasn’t required to write this short article. What is apparent is that, throughout it all,
educational developers in Scotland have created and maintained a forum in which we
can come together to discuss, share and critique the ideas listed here, amongst myriad
others, in a scholarly, supportive environment. Alongside this, though, we have also
created a sense of a place for ‘us’ as professionals, into which welcoming new colleagues
and being willing to answer those ‘daft laddie’ questions was something I benefitted from
when I first took up post and am delighted to see this tradition being maintained by
SHED. Long may it continue.
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Celebrating 25 years of SHED