The hot place to be in Ultraversity at the moment is the Hotseat tool. It is interesting to see the tool come to life like this. Other Hotseats have been good but perhaps this one really gets to the nub of the degree in a way that others haven't.

The community itself is very quiet with hardly anyone on First Class this weekend. Now maybe like me they are trying to nail Report 5. (It keeps running off and trying to be about delightful learning, reflection, creative processes, anything and everything except the dreaded Personal Development Plan!) Or maybe they have lives - remember those?

Anyway it has been interesting to watch and take part in the hot seat discussions this week. There has certainly been some lively debate. One thing has been the bug which has allowed anonymous posting including this little gem


Ah well I thought it was funny but not everyone saw the humour in it, I just hope they 'preserve' it for posterity when they make the website. (Sorry couldn't resist it and it's not even my pun!)
On a more serious note the discussions have really shown what level of debate is possible amongst the community members. It seems a pity that it is so rarely achieved in FC. I wonder what we can do to take the lessons we are learning in the tool back into the main community? If this sort of discussion was happening in there a couple of times a month we'd all be happier and more energised.
Some people have said they felt an edge of hostility in some of the postings but I don't see it myself. Sadly as it's password protected I can't provide a link for our friends in NZ but you'll see it afterwards when they anonymise it all and make it into a website.