Friend in Pakistan needs to leave without seeking asylum. High-achieving proactive academic and researcher in access to and accessibility of education incl for women, disabled people, mental health issues, and LGBTQ+. Would be ideal PhD candidate. Please share widely. We must find them a way out.

Registration now open for OU online Masters module Technology Enhanced Learning: Foundations And Futures for Feb 26 start. 60 PG credits, entirely online. Also part of Masters in Online Teaching. Ideal for new and experienced educators from all sectors & countries. www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

In a world that seems to be speeding up by the second, with notifications pinging, deadlines looming and AI tools promising instant answers, Helen Greetham has been thinking about ways of slowing down when it comes to digital learning and infrastructures in our latest #altc blog:

Registration is now open for Open University postgrad module Research and Scholarship in Digital Education www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... Aimed at those moving into postgrad study or thinking of or starting a PhD. Starts Oct 4th (until May 2026). Students can participate in April Online Conference.

The legal press - whose job it is to help lawyers advise their clients - knows this is a serious change of position. And that's why the public facing press - which understands its job to be spreading transphobic propaganda - won't cover it. www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk/governance/3...

Sacre Bleu! According to the BBC absolutely nothing happened in Westminster hall today, hundreds of Trans people definitely did not undertake a mass lobby and MPs certainly didn't hear from their constituents about why the EHRC is a liability. Meanwhile in France... www.france24.com/en/live-news...

You can now read a summary of the brilliant 2025 H890 Research And Scholarship In Digital Education Conference. Two insightful and thought-provoking keynotes (thank you @neilselwyn.bsky.social @shaileyminocha.bsky.social ) and 9 truly excellent student presentations! www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/i...

We have been fortunate enough to be awarded some more Commonwealth Scholarship places for entry onto our Masters in Online Teaching next year. Please share this information far and wide, especially if you have contacts in the eligible Commonwealth countries. iet.open.ac.uk/commonwealth...

One day to our Research & Scholarship in #DigitalEducation conference. Join us on: Friday 11th April 2025, starting at 09:00 BST Saturday 12th April 2025, starting at 13:00 BST #studentconference

🎧new interview! We all saw reports in 2021 that Denmark was 'banning' Google from schools ... but what actually happened next? I talk to Emilie Groth about the complexities of the Chromebook case & what it tells us about public sector dependency on Big Tech ... www.buzzsprout.com/1301377/epis...

📢Confference prorgamme is confirmed!📢 All welcome 👇 2025 H890 Research & Scholarship in #DigitalEducation Online Student Conference Friday 11th April 2025, starting at 09:00 BST Saturday 12th April 2025, starting at 13:00 BST Registration forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

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...

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 12wk micro-credential I co-wrote & teach on "Online teaching: accessibility and inclusive learning" restarts 10March. Learn and share with educators from around the world. Accessibility, Usability, UDL, AssistiveTech, Roles & Responsibilities. @ietatou.bsky.social www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

My sister Helen Ball, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Durham, has spent most of the past year writing a book "How babies sleep: a factful guide to the first 365 days and nights". Registration for the 10th May launch conference is now open. pay.durham.ac.uk/event-durham... Pls share!

The free Open University MOOC "The Online Educator" has been updated, relaunching on OpenLearnCreate next week. Join international educators from all stages of edu to enhance your online teaching. 3hrs/wk, 4 wks. Bookmark link as reg not open yet. www.open.edu/openlearncre... @ietatou.bsky.social

Registration closes soon (23 Jan) for our 100%-online educator-oriented module 'Technology-Enhanced Learning: Foundations and Futures' (counts as 33% of Masters in Online Teaching) www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... Ideal development for educators, enjoying perspectives from an global cohort. Pls share!

Well, I hadn't been involved in writing a paper for ages and now two come along at once! Read "The Importance of Offline Options for Online Learners" here doi.org/10.5334/jime... and "Collaboration and care in climate education: Brave responses to an uncertain future" here doi.org/10.1002/curj...

Hey @theindependent.bsky.social - can we avoid using the phrase "accused of being transgender" please? Most definitions of 'accusation' involve words like 'wrongdoing' or 'crime', and being transgender is in itself neither of these things. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

3 weeks left to sign up for the Open University's excellent 60-credit PG module 'Research & Scholarship in Digital Education'? Ideal for anyone planning on / starting a PhD or who wants to have a better understanding of the essential principles of educational research. www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

The University of Macerata, Italy (who run the incredible Masters in Accessible Media and Culture) have issued a survey they would like you to respond to if you work in access services for the media, live events and the arts. You can find the survey here: forms.gle/3o2K6cfakqqS...

Cut-off date for applications to study Open University Masters in Online Teaching, fully-funded by a Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarship is 28 March. Details: https://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/index.php/2024/02/27/maot-commonwealth-distance-learning-scholarships-2025-entry/.

I've got a postdoc position open in my lab. Do you work on moss, single cell transcriptomics or plant developmental genomics? Consider applying for this position - more here: recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF06360

The OU's Masters in Online Teaching has again been fortunate enough to be awarded 10 funded Commonwealth Scholarship places for the February 2025 start. If you have any connections in any of the eligible countries please promote the scheme to them - 28 March deadline. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/i...

Our online student conference for the postgrad module 'Research and Scholarship in Digital Education' will take place on 12th April 2024 starting at 09:00 BST. You would be very welcome to join us - register at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

Less than 3 weeks to sign up for the next run of the OU's fab micro-credentials on digital and online teaching (creating online courses, evaluating online courses, embedding mental health, accessibility, race and social equity). 12 weeks, 15 credits, loads of value! www.open.ac.uk/courses/micr...

If you are interested in Research and Scholarship in Digital Education and wish to support our presenting Open University postgrad students, you are warmly invited to register for the 'H890 Online Student Conference' which will take place on 12th April from 09:00 BST. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

I'm delighted to share that this free course, Supporting climate action through digital education, is now available on OpenLearn. Thank you to all the generous contibutors and committed Open University colleagues who helped to make this happen.

Last chance to register for the excellent online-only postgraduate module "Technology-enhanced learning: Foundations and Futures" www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... Registration closes 18th January!

The superb online-only (in English) University of Macerata (Italy) Masters in Accessible Media, Arts and Culture is taking registrations until March for the Apr24-Jan25 full-time degree. studiumanistici.unimc.it/.../PROT.%20.... (application details studiumanistici.unimc.it/.../master/A... )

The excellent entirely online Open University Masters in Online Teaching open.ac.uk/postgraduate... begins early Feb (MA takes 2.5-6 years part-time study). Aimed at professional educators of all types from lecturers & teachers to trainers in industry and community-based educators.

Interesting analysis. It certainly seems that as many of us tried Mastodon and found it wanting, Bluesky is becoming the home of choice for academia as the Great X-odus continues. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads… TikTok? How to choose in a fractured academic social media landscape. My latest article for the LSE Impact Blog blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

The EVERY1 project (which aims to support stakeholders in the digitisation of energy transition) has a photo competition running until the end of November. 2 winning photos will be chosen and included in project materials & events. Find out more and enter the contest at every1.energy/every1-photo...

List 5 famous people you've either met or have been within a few feet of, but ONE is a lie. Then let your friends guess which one they think is a lie. - Floella Benjamin - Paul Heaton - Boy George - Feargal Sharkey - Brian Blessed

Nice to get out AI research out. With Richard Watermeyer, Cathryn Knight and @donnalanclos.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Does anyone remember (perhaps I dreamt it?) a disability support service for students in Manchester that was a kind of collaborative affair across several universities? If so can you point me to *any* web pages that mention it please or even just remind me of the name of the service!

Thinking of submitting to OER24, and have questions about what things the reviewers are looking for? Submit them here and me and @donnalanclos.bsky.social will respond in a webinar next week

Currently rewriting my fave online-only PG module 'Technology-enhanced Learning: Foundations and Futures' ready for Feb start. Fun to refresh it with coverage of recent developments like AI, & knowing it is now part of the new Masters in Online Teaching too! #lovemyjob www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Very interesting editorial by Peter Goodyear: „An education in educational technology“ in AJET ajet.org.au/index.php/AJ...