Little things, big pressures #DURBBU
There’s something quietly comfortable about reflecting on an event like last week’s DURBBU. Reflection and time away helps me gather
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From feature to framework: why an upgrade isn’t a strategy #DURBBU
Last week I attended the Durham Blackboard User Conference, my first visit in nine years and over 13 years since
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The importance of a VLE review
Most VLEs are treated as standard infrastructure, a static system that is, at best, functioning; delivering modules, hosting content, running
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Time to Adapt and Adopt
Every body of work reaches that familiar moment: the big announcement, the new platform/course/system is live, the training sessions are
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Design, Not Disruption: Reclaiming the Core in Digital Learning #ALTC25
Originally written as a conference proposal for ALTC 2025, this post reflects on a university-wide shift in digital learning practice
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AI Literacy vs AI Awareness
Let’s make a bold statement and an even bolder assumption: your university (like many others) has already decided it will
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How far have we come?
I don’t always have time for reflection or writing reflective pieces, but every now and then a post from my
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Built around students
A VLE has to be built around the needs of students. An upgrade is an opportunity to reassess and reaffirm
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Operational clarity
Operational clarity isn’t something that happens at the end of a project; it’s something you have to build into delivery
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From repository to ecosystem
How do we really use the VLE or LMS? At its core, the VLE is normally viewed as a container
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