Are today’s digital tools just helping us survive, or are they changing what it means to be human? Key takeaways from April’s reading group.
Author: Anna Armstrong
Senior Learning Designer
This month’s reading group explores how tools, media, and AI entangle with human thought, challenging us to rethink where cognition happens—and who or what gets to do the thinking.
Using a lightboard can transform video lectures. This practical guide shares expert tips from academics and videographers to help you plan, present, and engage with confidence.
GenAI challenges traditional approaches to academic integrity as detection methods become less effective. This month we explore how authentic assessment may help balance the risks and opportunities of AI in higher education.
This month we’ll be exploring how AI is changing our roles, and the increasingly critical role of instructional design in an AI world.
We’re discussing the impact of tools such as ‘Like’ buttons on learner interaction, alongside broader questions about measuring and fostering meaningful engagement.
We’re exploring the value of short-form video in online education using a specific example from Careers education. There is much already written and believed about short-form video, so we’ll explore new and insightful perspectives from careers education.
Our online learners told us that their discussion forms were “dead spaces” and had “no value”. In this post I will explore how this may have happened and ask if there is anything we can do about it.
Our reading group considers the latest Jisc briefing on the digital experiences of international students, and how this impacts their engagement in fully online distance learning programmes.
What makes a good educational video? Does this align with what students like? What does this tell us? We will explore this in more detail in this month’s digital education reading group.