Ask someone what a learning technologist does and there is a reasonable chance the answer will involve the VLE/virtual ...

When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student experience. Where should students expect to find their ...

Over the past year, one question has surfaced repeatedly in conversations about generative AI in higher education: “What do we do about assessment?” For many, the immediate response has been to look ...

Digital transformation is often misunderstood as being about the technology and implementing it: buy the right platform, implement the right system, train the right people, leave them alone.

One of the phrases I hear most often when discussing (digital) learning is that we need to make our content “more engaging” or “more exciting”. It appears in project specifications, conference ...

A while ago (way, way back) I wrote a few posts about things I was learning from my kids. As they approach their GCSE and A-level years, the topic of ‘what do you do next’ has risen a few times. Both ...

Well. Something that should have taken just 100 days to complete has taken me over 5 years and 4 jobs. Starting on August 31st, 2020, it’s taken me 2006 days to complete the #100DaysToOffload ...

Shouting into the void is what it feels like when you speak to be heard, to add to the conversation, and realise no one is really listening. Not because they disagree. Not because they’ve thought it ...

The idea of unbundling the university degree is often framed as something radical: a disruption driven by technology companies, MOOCs, or an impatient labour market. Degrees are described as being ...

Back in 2013, I wrote a short post reflecting on Emily Moore’s article From Passive Viewing to Active Learning. At the time, the situation was clear: video was increasingly present in online courses, ...

My son dropped his phone in the sink. It was in there for seconds, not minutes. Retrieved quickly, dried out, switched off and left alone. Then came the waiting to see whether it would turn back on, ...

Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s annual collection of things learned, here are my ’52 things I learned in 2025′. The list is usually presented under the comment that ‘no explanation or context of what it is ...