Tag: education

  • Make the magic happen: ALT Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1

    Make the magic happen: ALT Annual Conference 2025 – Day 1

    Motivational and a celebration of our professional community. That’s my initial reaction to Day 1 of the Association for Learning Technology Annual Conference 2025 in Glasgow. With all the uncertainty in our sector, I am thankful that we have come together to acknowledge the value of our profession and our collective desire to be responsive…

  • Look beyond the edge of the plate

    Look beyond the edge of the plate

    Short post. Open thinking. Bear with me on this one. I don’t normally share encounters on public transport, but I think you will find this resonates. What does a quality manager in the central European automotive industry have in common with a delegate to an education conference in the UK? This rather unpredictable question was…

  • MOOCs – Enough of the sensationalism, will they really affect Higher Education?

    I have avoided writing a post on MOOCs (massive open online courses) for far too long. Partly because many other people have written about them already, and partly because I fear I might just write a diatribe. I’m not against the concept of MOOCs I hasten to add (I’d love to develop one), but against…