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More conference catch-ups: Reflections on the OER23 conference
Catriona Matthews and Paul Astles ~ Learning Designers We had the honour and privilege of discussing this very blog site at the ALT Open Education Conference (#OER23) this year. OER, if you haven’t come across the term before, refers to Open Educational Resources. Our talk, held on the second day of the conference and titled “Read […]
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The power of celebration: An exploration of how the simple act of celebration can impact student outcomes and wellbeing.
Catriona Matthews, Clare Hill, James Openshaw ~ Learning Designers Here at The Open University, we annually recruit a panel of students called the Curriculum Design Student Panel. Students who volunteer for the panel take part in activities designed to gather their views on learning experiences and this feedback can be used to inform the early […]
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Help! A robot wrote my essay!: Reflections on webinars about ChatGPT
Eleanor Moore ~ Learning Designer With experts across the world sounding alarm bells about the impact of AI (disappearing jobs and widening wealth inequality to name just two issues), how worried should we be about its potential in education? When ChatGPT burst on the scene in November 2022 with its human-sounding prose and extensive […]
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From email alert to delivering a talk: Unexpected scholarship
Paul Astles and Catriona Matthews ~ Learning Designers Scholarship can happen in unexpected ways and an opportunity can present itself when you least expect it. In this instance, a colleague from the Open University Library shared a call for content at a webinar series curated by the University of Kent. The theme of the […]