Beyond consistency: designing a VLE template for quality, regulation and student success.
When we started developing a new Blackboard module template, the obvious direction was to consider consistency, usability and the student
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Tag: Educational Technology
The interview before the interview
Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a change in the way organisations are approaching interviews; increasingly, candidates are being
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Designing beyond detection #GenAIN3
Over the past year, one question has surfaced repeatedly in conversations about generative AI in higher education: “What do we
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What problem are we actually trying to solve?
Digital transformation is often misunderstood as being about the technology and implementing it: buy the right platform, implement the right
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Does this help someone learn?
One of the phrases I hear most often when discussing (digital) learning is that we need to make our content
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Microcredentials in HE (webinar)
Earlier this week, I attended the Digital Learning Institute’s webinar ‘Micro-credential Design Trends in Higher Education‘ with guest presenter Stuart
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Using video: from passive viewing to purposeful engagement
Back in 2013, I wrote a short post reflecting on Emily Moore’s article From Passive Viewing to Active Learning. At
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52 things I learned in 2025
Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s annual collection of things learned, here are my ’52 things I learned in 2025′. The list
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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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