I'll be around #Bett2026 Heading down for a pre conference session with #1EdTech - If you are in London let me know and we can catch up. It's the 20th anniversary celebration of #Teachmeet #Teachmeet26 on the Thursday evening. Sign up here. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Great evening with real Glasgow business folks @clydesidewhisky

After little joy in football on Saturday evening nor Rugby at Murrayfield on Sunday - hoping for lots of goals for Scotland at Hampden tonight - but who knows what team will turn up and hope they are not to psyched up to kick a ball #Scotland get the job done !!

Supporting a short session next week partly on working across the technology stack to support learners #openscot

News integrity in AI Systems - this is a superb resource for discussing with staff and students the reliability of AI news output and risks associated with not doing research thoroughly - AI has a place but there are sensible caveats needed around its use. www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...

A grand day at football yesterday

AmplifyFE is marking five years of supporting professionals across Further Education, Skills, and Vocational Education with the release of its 2025 Impact Report. Read the full report and get inspired to be part of what comes next. buff.ly/24Ckb0T #ALTc25

Gosh now with readable hashtag #altc25

Thought I'd just add my tuppence to last weeks super hashtag#altc25 conference. It was great to see everyone and a real pleasure to co-chair - here are some bits that I picked up on www.joewilsons.net/2025/10/altc...

Joe Wilson launching the new #AmplifyFE Impact Report 2025 at #ALTc25 #VocTech #FE #LoveFE #FurtherEducation

@gabbiwithaus on warm support scary many institutions don’t do this already #altc25

Nice set of learning design resources from Edge Hill University padlet.com/edgehill/bey... #altc25

Always good to get an update from @inspera.bsky.social

Hot of press Jiscs Beyond Blended Learning work www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/beyo... #altc25

Bag packed for tomorrow and looking forward to chairing some great sessions #ALTC25 over next two days altc.alt.ac.uk/altc/ Great to have learning technology clans gathering in Glasgow for first time. Heading into city to welcome folks into town

A wee selection of Glasgow music to travel to #ALTC25 with open.spotify.com/playlist/7jq...

Why if you work in and around Scottish education you really should blog - and what you should do to push your thoughts around the system www.joewilsons.net/2025/10/scot... #openscot #scotedublogs

#ALTC25 some unofficial tips for visiting Glasgow - mainly drinks and eats www.joewilsons.net/2025/10/an-u...

The programme’s live, the momentum is building, and there’s still time to book your place. Join us at #ALTC25 on 23 - 24 October. With 60+ sessions, ALTC Radio, Group Fest & the Gala Awards Dinner, it’s shaping up to be an inspiring few days. Register now: altc.alt.ac.uk/altc #EdTech #HigherEd #altc

What a useful day speaking at Reflections on AI, Open Policy, and Educational Practice www.joewilsons.net/2025/09/refl... #oer25 #openscot

This is interesting development Support the Really Simple Licensing RSL standard to protect the open web. #FairPayFromAI rslstandard.org #openscot

Yesterday being a stall holder at Renfrew Market great folks and grounding experience

Pulled together my own reflections on #oer25. Still have a long journey to go on to achieve place where Open Educational Practice is standard and institutions and teaching staff comfortably create and share open educational resources. #oer #oep #openscot www.joewilsons.net/2025/09/oer2...

Who's where in Scottish learning & skills? The 13th annual #InformedScotland Organisations & People Special provides subscribers with a snapshot of an ever-changing landscape. Has links to 440+ bodies, with notes highlighting changes informedscotland.co.uk/2025/09/01/w... #learning #skills

A wee reflective piece on what I've been up to www.joewilsons.net/2025/09/one-...

Daughter having day out from London in Brighton yesterday ran into team putting up English flags everywhere - she thought they were roofing contractors - they seemed quite threatening. Seems she was actually witnessing something a bit more sinister www.theargus.co.uk/news/2542494...

I'm firmly on the AI train - but this great article from Helen Beetham should make us all question the price of the ticket. helenbeetham.substack.com/p/marking-th...

Gosh just spotted a session I did for Scottish Education last year on AI in College education youtu.be/L3i446-bQrw?...

We’re excited to see proposals that revisit the vital themes of open education, AI, and populism. Whether it’s a workshop, paper, or panel—your ideas matter. Submit by 4 August and help shape the conversation! buff.ly/2kgdv4N #OER25 #OpenEducation #AIinEducation #Populism #altc

Great summary of #oer25 what a great get together - will post when I get back from leave

#oer25 my slides with about challenges and some AI solutions - open education is much more than that - have a look at slides towards end on systems and approaches shorturl.at/mzLNS should say it out loud Instructure Canvas and associated tools filled gaps we needed for now and future

Sound advice on #AI from SQA - they have offered sensible advice for teachers and learners from advent of Artificial Intelligence www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/114047.h...

On Day 2 of #OER25, Joe Wilson’s keynote, “Shaping Open Education”, will tackle pressing challenges like closing the attainment gap, driving social mobility, and using AI ethically while keeping open education at the heart of change. Learn more: buff.ly/E4uAGpq #altc #OER

A new report by Ela Joshi, Rebecca Griffiths, & Jodie Lawrence shows how pairing open education resources (OER) w/ open & culturally responsive teaching can boost student engagement & academic outcomes. Read the report: www.sri.com/publication/... Access the data: www.openicpsr.org/openicpsr/pr...

Last night Theatre Royal Glasgow particularly well staged Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake

Very much looking forward to co-chairing this with the wonderful @louisedrumm.bsky.social. Great keynote line up too with @helenbeetham.bsky.social and @joecar80.bsky.social and an opportunity for delegates to be part of the final keynote session too. Hope to see you there #OER25 #altc

Word is out and looking forward to keynoting #oer25 oer.alt.ac.uk/home/program... great to be on same bill as @helenbeetham.bsky.social

As a #ALT Working Group member: Framework for #EthicalLearningTechnology, I share our #FELT Survey. Your voice will help us understand how FELT is used & where to improve it. FELT www.alt.ac.uk/about-alt/wh... 5mn survey closes 30/05 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🙏 spread the word! #AmplifyFE

Reminded of this tool from 16 years ago - now AI would feature - but educational policy makers seem to still use tools like this ;-) sciencegeek.net/lingo.html

A question from a former colleague encouraged me to share journey towards a College policy for students on the use of Artificial Intelligence We really are just at start of journey on lots of fronts. Some useful current policy and practice links at end. www.joewilsons.net/2025/05/a-sh...

Great to catch up with @joemoxley today and give him a quick tour of Glasgow. On his way from Florida to golf the Ayrshire coast. His open educational resources for academic and other writing styles still hitting a million users every year writingcommons.org

I see word is out looking forward to seeing some old friends and making some new ones #openscot #oer25 www.alt.ac.uk/news/all_new...

Great cheeky wee Thursday night out The Social Hub with great burgers from El Perro Negro on kitchen takeover and onto House of Gods for cocktails

Simply awful www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Simply awful www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Share your ideas on "Speaking Truth to Power: Open Education and AI in the Age of Populism" at #OER25 in London, 23-24 June. Submit your proposals by 22 April 2025 to present. Spread the word to inspire more voices to join this critical conversation. Learn more: go.alt.ac.uk/3DvdalB #altc #openscot

Catch the latest #OpenEd news in the March #OER Digest! www.oerdigest.org/editions/oer...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qcb... I ran my blog post through InVideo to see what would happen - it took about five minutes to create Messaging is fine if a bit to gushy and stock voice not mine - you can find original post at www.joewilsons.net/2025/03/smart-technologies-calgary-edmonton.html

A wee report on visit to #smarttechnologies www.joewilsons.net/2025/03/smar...

Home and over jet lag from fantastic week with @smarttechnologies in Calgary , Banff and Edmonton #openscot