Abstract submissions for the inaugural CROPSNet conference are now open! If you're involved or interested in online PGT teaching & delivery and you have anything to share with the online PGT community, submit your abstract via the link below: imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Join us for a vibrant, student-led conference showcasing critical, creative, &scholarly work in #digitaleducation by students & alumni of the MSc Digital Education Programme @morayhouse.bsky.social University of Edinburgh. Free and online. Tickets at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe

New publication: Is education better because of us? How ed tech can answer the call to produce research that matters. rdcu.be/ekuFN #EdTech #AcademicSky #eLearningDesign

One of my papers on #Games4Research is all about gamification of research skills training. Did it work? Find out here! radar.gsa.ac.uk/9317/ #GBL #GameStudies #AcademicSky #research #EduSky #EdTech #LoveLD

Reminder to register for our FREE "Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference" to hear from our Masters in Online Teaching students and keynotes from Prof Neil Selwyn and Prof Shailey Minocha. Details and registration link here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

Looks like the Psychosis Research Group (PRG) have joined BlueSky - give us a follow! @psychosisresearch.bsky.social 🦋

Registration is open for our FREE 2025 H890 Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference! Join to hear our Masters students present their work alongside keynotes from Prof Neil Selwyn (Monash Univ,Aus) and Prof Shailey Minocha (Open Univ,UK). www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

The 2nd CROPSNet Newsletter is out! You can read up on the network's upcoming projects and events here: www.cropsnet.org/resource-lib...

Interesting 🧐 reading

"learners want their learning experience within a microcredential to facilitate career progression and help them apply their new skills in different contexts"

The Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network is looking for speakers to present at our seminars! 💻 If you would like to present a 20-minute talk on a topic relevant to online PGT teaching & delivery, please let me know ☎️ #EduSky #OnlineEducation #UKHigherEd #PGT

THE have published their 1st Online Learning Rankings for Higher Education Institutions: tinyurl.com/mr325e8v It seems like a very positive step in recognising online higher education as a domain which requires its own approaches, awards, and scholarship. #onlinelearning #UKHE #onlinePGT

While maybe not the best social idea for online programmes, we made the most of our colleague's Joe Kerr's expertise in architectural history to offer a tour of Albertopolis! Extra-curricular learning is a great community building tool! Read more about the event below: tinyurl.com/bde3yxz8

It was a hostile takeover and it was easy www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...

My colleague @anniewaldman.bsky.social has a bombshell expose on UnitedHealth, how it uses an algorithm originally intended to help flag patients at risk of suicide or substance use to instead flag "overuse" of mental health services. She's got internal documents: www.propublica.org/article/unit...

Are you interested in improving and innovating practice in online PGT programmes? Along with colleagues from the IGHI, we launched the Collaborative Research for Online Postgraduate Studies Network (CROPSNet) - we're always looking for colleagues (from all job families) to join! Sign-up below!

Interesting paper! Makes me wonder if introducing a 1-2-1 portion where students take turns explaining a key learning point to each other would be a useful addition to online live sessions #onlinePGT #HigherEd

Out now in BJET - Supporting equitable access to learning via SMS in Kenya: Impact on engagement and learning outcomes - it was brilliant working in collaboration with colleagues at M-Shule on this paper doi.org/10.1111/bjet...

Probably one of many to have switched over from the other website today! If you're interested in: 🎓 Online Postgraduate Teaching & Delivery 💻 Online Education 🧠 Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Please connect with me! Feel free to repost this and suggest people for me to add to my network 😊

Educator friends, let's get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren't working on but keep thinking about. 1) how to best support the MH&W of ODL PGT students? 2) are ODL PGT prgms limited by their mirroring of on-campus approaches?

Collaboration for a sustainable future 🌱 Unlocking the value and potential of #HigherEducation through new shared approaches to #digital, #data and #technology Download and read the new report from @jisc.bsky.social ↩️ www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/coll...

Hello! 👋🏼 I’m found here most often posting about #Learning in #HigherEd, and #StudentCentred #Teaching practices, from the perspective of a Canadian academic administrator. Also featured: life as dad of a teen and tween, and fulfilling my obligation to pay the #DogTax for our two #BorderTerriers.

Probably one of many to have switched over from the other website today! If you're interested in: 🎓 Online Postgraduate Teaching & Delivery 💻 Online Education 🧠 Student Mental Health & Wellbeing Please connect with me! Feel free to repost this and suggest people for me to add to my network 😊