Jilly MacKay

We have a new preprint available, a pre-registered methods study looking at the relationship between practical exam performance and academic practice, self-efficacy and self-esteem in vet students. The results may shock you!

#EdResearch #Academia #VetEd

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/r7vug

This has been a very interesting project to be part of (for many reasons!) but I'm delighted to say we've preprinted our submission to #ALTC24 @A_L_T

@emilynordmann.bsky.social‬ and I were interested in how educators understood the terms #BlendedLearning #HybridLearning and #HyflexLearning so we asked a bunch of people!

https://osf.io/preprints/edarxiv/fjkq8

I wrote a blog about becoming a parent, dealing with post-partum anxiety, buying a lot of yarn, and creating a crocheted blanket charting my parenting . . . an eclectic mix. #parenting #academicparenting #academia #academicchatter #crochet

https://jillymackay.com/post/goodmumproject/

The #PositConf2023 talks are up! Here's mine if you missed it! https://youtu.be/MerXS6LJybA?si=fKe3DWeEckiVhgWv

A paper accepted on the last day of the working week. You know, when I was an Early Career Researcher this would be cause for slacking off all the rest of the day. Might revisit that time honoured tradition today as an #AcademicParent 😴

Hey, I'm now a fosstodon.org person - mastodon.scot was a great server, but I mainly used Twitter as a work vehicle and I think I'm better off treating the fediverse in the same way. I am really interested in #ResearchMethods #OpenScience #OpenEducation, and recently I've gotten very passionate about #AcademicParenting In my spare time, such as there is, I'm a big crafter and also enjoy #writing fiction. #introduction

If you're interested in #QualityAssurance in #VetEd2023 my talk is briefly summarised here along with our #shiny app to support everyone to make use of data analyses: https://jillymackay.com/talk/veted-2023/

Huge turnout from all over for #VetEd2023 It's lovely to see how much the conference has grown even in the ten years I've been coming

Curious if any Mastodonites are going to #VetEd2023 #VetEd this year or if I'll be tooting alone?

Cool #knitting initiative for #premie #babies in the UK - knit orange hats to make babies who need extra care more easily seen by staff when they're in their parents' arms #crafting #midwives #Neonatalcare

https://www.royalfree.nhs.uk/services/services-a-z/maternity-services/orange-hat-appeal/?fbclid=IwAR2boPScL56NwUDaIXzdDCVpV8wEoWRONcG4aOqqPUaGmhriwNnwBw-9xHo

We're working on getting baby to nap independently and every time I've gotten her to sleep this week I've sat down in the chair with her and can't bear to put her down 🤣 Making a rod for my own back in sure #NewParent #Parenting #motherhood #BabySleep

The long term plan to get chickens has been dealt a bonus card now it turns out baby will annihilate a soft boiled egg and soldiers #chickens #food #BabyLedWeaning

We were again really lucky - we got pregnant quickly, had a very smooth pregnancy, and a labour with minimal interventions and easy recovery. I want to highlight here that the #MaternityServices and #midwives we dealt with in #NHSLothian were superb. Couldn't fault them, though they were clearly overworked and underfunded. This is another representation of my privilege I know, in that I am very capable of navigating NHS systems, but it deserves to be said they were wonderful

Weaning the baby has given us an incidental corvid friend #BabyLedWeaning #magpies #birding