Getting responses from #DNA matches is certainly a trying experience. Many folks really aren't into the genealogy aspect or perhaps they get a surprise in their results and decide they don't want any part of it.

Don't give up trying, though. Today I got a response from a woman I wrote in 2021. Now I can see her tree and can confirm she is related to my great grandfather, Ernest Jobson. I have a new 3rd cousin! #genealogy #Geneadons #AncestryDNA #GeneticGenealogy.

New article klaxon!

'Five lessons from teaching family history to older students online' has just been published online with History Australia.

It's all about how we build online learning that works for people with lower digital literacy and why that's really important.

You can see the publisher's version here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14490854.2023.2171268

Or I've put my author accepted OA version in the Hum Commons repository here: https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:51505

#pedagogy #AcademicMastodon #Academic #Teaching #OnlineLearning #Education #Humanities #OpenAccess #DigitalLiteracy #AdultLearning #Genealogy #Histodons #history #FamilyHistory

Let's be honest: How much time do you spend with private (!) activities not related to work (like surfing the web, making phone calls etc.) ?

Please do not vote when you're self-employed or out of work and please calculate it based on an eight-hour working day for comparison.

Please #boostMe for range. #survey