Digital badges are great for people who earn them, giving them (another) way to evidence something they have achieved. They’re great for the organisations who issue digital badges because digital badges give them a flexible, scalable way to recognise achievements or learning and encourage professional development.   But what about the people who are […]

I attended Connect More 2025 hosted by Jisc and whilst there were many takeaways, the presentation from Oxford University regarding building student digital capabilities at scale was a clear standout. This fantastic session started with a key message that expectation is outpacing enablement.  Our students move with ease between platforms and they expect their digital […]

I recently had the luxury of attending a few learning analytics-related sessions at JISC’s online conference, ConnectMore25.   The most useful sessions to me were grounded in real world case studies, one from Charlotte Whitaker at Imperial College London on how they’re co-creating a learning analytics dashboard with their staff and students, and another by Ethan […]

CMALT stands for Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (ALT). It’s a portfolio-based professional accreditation scheme developed by ALT to recognize and validate the experience and capabilities of individuals whose work involves Learning Technology. CMALT holders can use the post-nominal letters “CMALT”. This extract is from  Core area 1: Operational Issues. In this core area: “Candidates should […]

Reading Time: 6 minutes I’m a big fan of team and section meetings, town halls, all-staffs – the approaches taken by different organisations, and business units tend to vary, but they generally have the same purpose: to disseminate information to a group, and seek feedback. As a staff member I have always felt they are a good way to […]

Digifest is an annual conference run by JISC. The conference brings together professionals from education, technology and research industries for a collection of presentations, workshops, and networking opportunities. About us | Jisc The theme for the 2025 Digifest event was “Where today meets tomorrow”. About Digifest 2025 – Jisc In this post you will find […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes For those of you who don’t know (until recently I was also in that boat), Digifest is an annual conference run by JISC to promote their products and discuss the hot topics relating to digital technologies. This year the theme was “Where today meets tomorrow” About Digifest 2025 – Jisc I attended the conference online, […]