I joined the LTHEChat team in 2015 for their 31st community chat on Twitter to ask questions about the ‘intrinsic and extrinsic value of academic blogging’ (link). Being a previous ...

I joined the LTHEChat team in 2015 for their 31st community chat on Twitter to ask questions about the ‘intrinsic ...

My son dropped his phone in the sink. It was in there for seconds, not minutes. Retrieved quickly, dried out, switched off and left alone. Then came the waiting to see whether it would turn back on, ...

Inspired by Tom Whitwell’s annual collection of things learned, here are my ’52 things I learned in 2025′. The list is usually presented under the comment that ‘no explanation or context of what it is ...

This week marked the release of ‘Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)‘. This is the first time UK-specific insight has been published, being based on data from the US until now. It’s a welcome ...

I was listening to an interview this week with one of my favourite bands. Partway through, the interviewer asked the vocalist: “How do you feel about being seen as the ‘leader’, given you’re the ...

Ten years ago, I wrote about ‘What makes a good online learning experience?‘, exploring what makes a good online learning experience. At the time, a great deal of focus was aimed at MOOCs and the ...

Every body of work reaches that familiar moment: the big announcement, the new platform/course/system is live, the training sessions are done, the project enters business-as-usual status and attention ...

We celebrate launches. The new course goes live, the announcement goes out, and everyone moves on to the next course or project. It feels like a finish line, the satisfying moment when hard work meets ...

Let’s make a bold statement and an even bolder assumption: your university (like many others) has already decided it will follow the crowd and develop it’s understanding, polices, and implementation ...

How much do we really know about each other? A job title. A LinkedIn headline. A CV. A presentation at a conference you attended five years ago. A blog post you found or that someone else shared.