Teaching in Digital Spaces
The Government’s Post-16 Education and Skills White Paper (DfE, 2025) sets out an ambitious plan to align education with the needs of a changing economy. It promises flexibility, lifelong learning, and regional empowerment — a vision many in the sector have long championed. Yet, beneath the rhetoric of transformation lies a familiar omission: the digital … Continue reading Why the UK’s Skills Vision Needs a Digital Spine
The recent announcement of a global partnership between Instructure (makers of Canvas LMS) and OpenAI is more than just a high-profile edtech collaboration—it may well mark a turning point in the evolution of digital learning ecosystems. Framed as an ambitious step toward embedding agentic, generative AI experiences within the VLE, the deal has the potential … Continue reading Canvas–OpenAI Alliance: Is the LMS Model now on Borrowed Time?
ChatGPT-3 is a state-of-the-art language model developed by OpenAI. It is based on the GPT-3 (Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3) architecture and has been trained on a massive amount of text data. It has the ability to generate human-like text, answer questions, and complete various language-based tasks. It can also perform well on a wide range … Continue reading ChatGPT and the Future of University Assessment
Until recently my engagement with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has largely focused on the 'what we teach' rather than 'how we teach'. However, I have become increasingly aware that environmental issues rarely feature in critical discussions of learning technology or online education. As Neil Selwyn (2021) proposes, positive assumptions do not consider possible futures … Continue reading Digital learning, sustainability and rewilding edtech
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