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Reading group insights: How AI is reshaping thinking, learning and ourselves

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 14 May 202514 May 2025

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.

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Survival tools: How does our relationship with technology shape humanity and education?

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 14 April 202515 April 2025

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.

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Mastering the lightboard: Transforming complex ideas into clear, visual lessons

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 9 April 20259 April 2025

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.

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Academic misconduct, generative AI and authentic assessment

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 11 March 202511 March 2025

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.

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AI in action: Rethinking assessment and instruction for deeper learning

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 29 January 20253 February 2025

This month we’ll be exploring how AI is changing our roles, and the increasingly critical role of instructional design in an AI world.

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Clicks, Comments, and Conversations: What Drives Meaningful Engagement?

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 19 November 202420 November 2024

We’re discussing the impact of tools such as ‘Like’ buttons on learner interaction, alongside broader questions about measuring and fostering meaningful engagement.

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Short-form video: Game-changer or gimmick? An example from careers education

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 21 October 202421 October 2024

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.

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Learning from learners: How online discussions become “dead spaces”

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 19 July 202419 July 2024

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.

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  • Digital education reading group

International students’ digital experience in their home countries

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 26 June 202417 July 2024

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.

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Decoding educational videos: Balancing quality and appeal for the best learning 

  • by Anna Armstrong
  • Posted on 10 May 202415 May 2024

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.

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