The Association of Learning Technologists Conference 2025 (ALTC) was held in Glasgow on the 23rd and 24th of October, and a contingent of us EDE team members went along to deliver papers on some of the work we’ve been doing these past years. Keynotes, paper sessions, workshops, and posters about all aspects of learning technology […]

As a first timer I wasn’t sure what to expect before attending the ALT conference on the 23rd and 24th October 2025. Being from a project management background I don’t necessarily think of myself as a learning technologist but I do work in learning technology so maybe I’m just a non-traditional learning technologist?    That word non-traditional came up quite a bit across the 2-day conference […]

The annual conference for the Association of Learning Technologists (ALT) took place in Glasgow on the 23rd and 24th October. Myself and several colleagues from the Educational Design and Engagement section were presenting and we also attended a number of sessions on various topics, GenAI seemed to be the “ghost at the feast” in most […]

On the first day of July this year I had the pleasure of attending this year’s Higher Education Marketing Conference, run by HE Professional. It was a day packed with insights about higher education marketing from industry leaders, with a good mix of plenary talks and breakout sessions, and as my colleague Scott mentioned last […]

With the first phase of the Early Adopter Project complete for the new Short Courses Platform, we attended our first Canvas User Group at the University of Birmingham. We spent the day finding out the latest updates to the learning platform, and discussed challenges and good practice for tackling some of the key areas involved […]

Last week, I had the privilege to attend the OER24 conference at Munster Technological University, Cork. As an undergrad student and someone wishing to become an academic someday, joining a conference was thrilling and somewhat terrifying at the same time. However, OER24 was friendly and participatory, exemplified by the finale of the day, the Gasta session with strictly 10-minute informal presentations, agitations, or raising questions, and I was grateful for its welcoming environment.

2023 marks the 30th year of ALT (Association for Learning Technology) and this year’s conference themes were: Leading People in a time of complexity; Diversity and Inclusion; Sustainability and Social Justice; and Emerging technologies and behaviors, highlighting a clear interest in a deeper consideration of edtech’s potential impact, rather than just its utility.  With so […]

Stephanie (Charlie) Farley – Open Education Resource Advisor for EDE . A selfie with my fabulous audience – ready to tell all about my chase and snatch games #playlearn17 pic.twitter.com/BAh7UH1enR — Prof. Prod Eagle II (@prod_eagle) July 12, 2017 Pitched at the intersection of learning and play for adults, the Playful Learning conference held at Manchester […]

Stephanie (Charlie) Farley – Open Education Resource Advisor for EDE . This year’s elearning@ed conference will take place on Wednesday 28th June 2017 at the lovely recently refurbished Hudson Beare Building at Kings Buildings.  The theme for this year is “Playful Learning” and the programme is looking great, including a whole bunch of playful breakouts and interactive sessions. The conference has […]

Stephanie (Charlie) Farley – Open Education Resource Advisor for EDE.  Last month I had the pleasure of attending the Playful Learning conference in Manchester. The conference was pitched as an “intersection of learning and play for adults” with the purpose of providing “a space where teachers, researchers and students could play, learn and think together”. […]