I'm really happy that there is now a job opening for a Lecturer in Discourse Studies at @lancslinguistics.bsky.social. Closing date 4 September, interviews 21 September. This is a great opportunity for an early-career researcher, so get your application ready! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Lecturer in Discourse Studies

Linguistics and English Language, School of Social Sciences, Lancaster University (Full-time, indefinite post) Linguistics and English Language within the School of Social Sciences at Lancaster Univer...

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Great review on how technology is reshaping health, care and #rehabiliation! Digital care in your pocket: The role of technology in exercise, fitness, prevention, and rehabilitation www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #digitalcare #digitalhealth #digitalrehabiliation

Digital care in your pocket: The role of technology in exercise, fitness, prevention, and rehabilitation

The digital transformation of healthcare is creating new opportunities to enhance access, engagement, and outcomes in exercise, fitness, cardiovascula…

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Finding volunteering for #parkrun more fun than running it 🏃 #wilmslowparkrun

📢 Excited to share that IET now offers a Postgraduate Certificate in Researching Digital Education! 🌐 Explore AI, immersive tech & conduct your own research while gaining skills to drive innovation in digital education! Start date: Oct 2026 www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... @simonjball.bsky.social

Just in time for @rfarrow.bsky.social talk today at #OER26 reflecting on 30 years of JIME and open scholarship (Journal of Interactive Media in Education) doi.org/10.5334/jime... #openpractice #openschoalrship

Only a week to our 49th #CALRG conference! Fully online, and free! All welcome! www.open.ac.uk/blogs/CALRG/ #CALRG2026 #EdTech

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Why your wearable health tracker can make you feel anxious

While wearables provide reassurance for some people, for others they increase health anxiety.

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When was it Slideshare became an irrelevance? A couple of years ago, presentations would get hundreds of views, multiple downloads and you could embed them in Wordpress. These days it's just tumbleweed and the featured presentations are duller than ditchwater.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our Future of Learning Report. It explores how education must adapt to rapid change highlighting the essential role of flexible, inclusive, learning and ongoing innovation in preparing learners & institutions for the future. iet.open.ac.uk/future-of-le...

"Evaluating and improving courses" Open University micro-credential is open for registration. Study 7th Jun to 1st Sept, ideal timing for many working educators. 100% online, flexible pacing. 15 postgrad credits - can be counted towards Masters in Online Teaching. www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📢 We're Recruiting! The Institute of Educational Technology (IET) is recruiting two Lecturers with a focus on The Future of work and Professional Development and Digital Wellbeing, Health and Learning. Find out more and apply via the link below: jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Lecturer...

Pleased to share our new report is out! Together with colleagues at Institution of Educational Technology, I reflect on five critical factors shaping the future of global #DigitalEducation. You can access the report at bit.ly/4m6iBt5

@openuniversity.bsky.social and Microsoft have launched the brand new #AI Hub. Forming part of OU's #free learning platform @ouopenlearn.bsky.social, the hub is designed to build AI confidence, skills and curiosity across the UK www.open.edu/openlearn/di...

AI Hub

Welcome to the AI Hub from Microsoft and The Open University. Explore free, accessible courses designed to build your confidence and skills in artificial intelligence. Whether you’re just starting ...

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Our amazing students from @ietatou.bsky.social #MAOT module 'H890 Research and Scholarship in Digital Education' are presenting their research and scholarship at the online H890 student conference today. Find out more: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co... www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... #H890conf #MAOT

Great to see some presentation in #H890Conf focusing on @ietatou.bsky.social 's new research programme iet.open.ac.uk/research/pro...

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Aliyu Akilu Barau focuses on #mobilelearning, living healthier and #healthlteracy: Living Healthier through m-learning: Empowering Rural Extension through Mobile Learning for Health Literacy www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co... #h890conf #OUMAOT #DigitalEducation

Final call for registrations for the (free) Research and Scholarship in Digital Education conference featuring student presentations & keynotes from Professors Allison Littlejohn, Sukaina Walji and Tim Coughlan. 9:00 April 10th, 13:00 11th, 18:00 13th. Registration & programme: lnkd.in/eJU_SU5M

We are hiring!🎉 Join us as Professor of AI in Learning and help shape the future of Education. jobs.open.ac.uk/job/Professo...

Still time to join the next run of Evaluating and Improving Online Courses Start date: 8th June 2026 Registration info: www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... #digitaleducation #TCPD #CPD #microcredentials

Exciting news! @rfarrow.bsky.social & @beckpitt.bsky.social will serve as co-chairs for #OER26, hosted this June at @openuniversity.bsky.social in Milton Keynes. For more information check conference website : www.alt.ac.uk/OER26

We're delighted to share the call for papers for this year's #CALRG conference(8-12 June 2026) 📢Submission types: full presentation, doctoral consortium & innovative/wildcard 📆Deadline: 9 April Please make your submissions via : forms.office.com/pages/respon... #CALRG2026 #digitaleducation

UK HE folks, help please! I'm researching the HE sector crisis through a grief and meaning-making lens. I want to understand how universities can create cultures of support during times of crisis. Will you complete my 5-min survey? app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cilt/makin...

Making meaning from meltdown

Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

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The 2026 Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference is coming up on April 10-13 and you are warmly invited to attend (free) to support our student presenters and hear keynotes from Profs Sukaina Walji, Tim Coughlan and Allison Littlejohn. Register at tinyurl.com/yeffzwxv

Edinburgh Futures Institute…. Great people, fascinating research and beautiful building! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Catching up with this panel discussion. Studies have shown that while use of #AI in education increases learners' productivity, learners' overdependence on it has a negative effect on their higher-order skills like criticality & creativity! #AIED #digitaleducation www.youtube.com/watch?v=szn0...

Bayes Centre Forum: GenAI in Education

YouTube video by Bayes Centre

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📆Call for papers for a special issue in @jimejournal.bsky.social AI, Curriculum Futures and Human-Centred Student Support account.jime.open.ac.uk/index.php/up... #AIED

Exciting news📢 We’re delighted to announce 5 fully funded #Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for 50+ eligible Commonwealth countries to study our @oumaot.bsky.social entirely online. 📅 Applications close: 16:00 (GMT), Tuesday 31 March 2026 iet.open.ac.uk/commonwealth...

My solution to every problem…. Get upside down and you get the clarity you need 🙃 #calisthenics

Don't miss tomorrow's #CALRG talk by @allisonl.bsky.social UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven? Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online Email calrg@open.ac.uk for the link

Registration is now open for our popular microcredential: Online Teaching: Accessibility and Inclusive Learning (HZVM884)🌐 📚 15 credits | Postgraduate Level | 12 weeks (12.5 hrs/week) 💻 100% Online | Cost: £725 👉 www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... #OnlineTeaching #InclusiveLearning

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