When the Puzzle Is the Training: Designing Escape Rooms as Experiential Learning Escape rooms aren’t new, and neither is the idea of leveraging them for classrooms or professional development. What is fresh is treating escape rooms not as a trendy wrapper for content but as a deliberate ex... Read More October 30, 2025 Community Resources, News
The University of Groningen: Innovating and Collaborating to Deliver Digital Exams and a Student Portal The University of Groningen is a research university in the Netherlands offering Bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees across 11 faculties to around 34,000 students. In 2019, the university embarked on a journe... Read More October 30, 2025 Industry Insights, News
Free and Alive: Business Education in the Age of AI “The one who is best prepared for the future is the one who is free and alive in a world of uncertainty.” — Ingemar Hedenius, Swedish philosopher. When Hedenius wrote those words in the mid-20th century... Read More October 22, 2025 Community Resources, News
Rethinking Acceptable Use Policies for Smart Device Integration in Irish Secondary Schools Introduction Acceptable Use Policies (AUPs) have become essential frameworks for guiding how students and staff engage with digital technologies in schools. By setting out clear expectations, they establish... Read More October 22, 2025 Community Resources, News
Data-Informed, Not Data-Driven: Rethinking Metrics for a More Human L&D Jeff Bezos once said, "When the data and the anecdotes disagree, the anecdotes are usually right." It's a jarring statement in an age obsessed with analytics, but it captures something essential about lear... Read More October 22, 2025 Community Resources, News
The Future of Assessment: A Blueprint for Learner Evaluation in an AI World Introduction The recent widespread availability of generative AI has thrown into question all assessment processes, including tasks like essays and exams which have long formed the basis of learner evaluati... Read More October 22, 2025 Industry Insights, News
Rethinking Learning for a Mobile, Skills-Driven Future Exploring lifelong learning, microlearning, and the evolution of skills recognition at OEB25 Education no longer follows a straight line. The pace of technological change, shifting job markets, and new expe... Read More October 22, 2025 Community Resources, News
Rethinking the Human in the Loop Why testing the “we’ll always need teachers” claim helps us design better learning The conference theme “Humanity in the Intelligent Age” echoes the common refrain these days that there must always be a hum... Read More October 9, 2025 Community Resources, News
Meet the OEB25 Speakers: Keynote Adam Salkeld We are thrilled to welcome Adam Salkeld as keynote speaker for the OEB Annual Debate. Adam is the Co-Founder and Director of Digital Learning Associates, a former BBC producer who now brings broadcast-qual... Read More October 9, 2025 Meet the OEB Speakers, News
Weaving Futures: Leadership in an Intelligent Age This summer, travelling inland from Spain’s Costa Blanca, I watched the mountains shift from slate blue to golden ochre to deep violet. Valleys suddenly opened up between the crags, where olive groves and ... Read More October 7, 2025 Community Resources, News