Dear All,

Thank you for your work this week.

Thank you to everyone who helped in managing the major internet outage incident on Thursday. It was ‘specially timed to give Myles a scare as he takes over as interim Head of DLAM from the start of May.

You will have seen the news that some of our academic colleagues are embarking on a marking and assessment boycott (MAB). The UCU as a union also includes non- academic membership, but this kind of action tends to focus on their work and the impact it has on students who are waiting for their marks and graduations. Industrial Action – Home

If you are ever interested in attending a graduation, sitting on the stage and clapping, do let me know, there’s a form we can fill in.

Speaking of forms to fill in, if you have 10–15 minutes to spare, our WAC team are currently doing some research to understand how digital design tools support work across the University. We’ve put together a short survey and would really appreciate your input: Design Tools Usage Survey (10 – 15 min) (v2) – Fill in form and if that triggers you to improve your skills, there’s training available Digital Skills, Design and Training | Help | Information Services

Karen has blogged some summative reflections What’s a couple of decades between friends? – The witterings and musings of a learning technologist

Gareth has blogged about web search and AI Site Search in an AI-First Web – Website and Communications Blog

Edward has blocked about PHPUK PHPUK 2026 – Ed Green Blog

Lauren shared thoughts on re-using your slides Post | LinkedIn

Lizzy has blogged about learning design Sharing ABC Learning Design approaches worldwide – Educational Design and Engagement

Open Education awards are about to open Open Education Awards for Excellence – Organized by Open Education Global

As we celebrated Earth Day, thinking about the progress which can be built through everyday action. Get some hints and tips about digital sustainability from our interns. See Osh’s videos about web sustainability Digital Sustainability – Media Hopper Create and Otis’ blog posts about EdTech sustainability olaundon – Digital Learning Applications and Media. It was sad to wave goodbye to one of  our greatest MOOC enthusiasts, Dave Reay as he retired this week Professor David Reay talks about ten years of working with Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) – Media Hopper Create

Have a lovely weekend, get well soon to Calum McP.

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