Beyond the Deadline: Building a Culture of Accessibility Every institution knows the pattern. A new regulation arrives, a deadline appears, and everyone scrambles. Courses are audited, faculty receive urgent emails, and someone builds a spreadsheet the size of a... Read More October 28, 2026 Industry Insights, News
Learning Trends Sound Convincing. That Is Exactly the Problem. New learning trends, technologies and frameworks appear constantly. Some are useful. Some are old ideas in new packaging. Some are supported by evidence – under specific conditions. The real challenge for Lear... Read More October 28, 2026 Community Resources, News
Handle with Futures October 28, 2026 Community Resources, News On the hot, balmy evening of the solar eclipse this August, I picked up a lovely smooth white pebble on a Costa Blanca beach. Nothing unusual about that: there are millions of them. But these pebbles began life in an ancient seabed, millennia ago. They ha... Read More
Meet the OEB26 Speakers: Lani Watson We are pleased to welcome Dr Lani Watson as a keynote speaker for the OEB 2026 Opening Plenary. Philosopher Dr Lani Watson, Honorary Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, has spent nearly two decades e... Read More October 16, 2026 Meet the OEB Speakers, News
Why AI Capability Requires Human Capacity AI can expand organisational capability almost overnight. Whether that capability produces sustainable performance depends on the condition of the people expected to use it. As organisations accelerate AI adop... Read More October 16, 2026 Community Resources, News
What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Digital Sovereignty? October 16, 2026 Community Resources, News Earlier this year, a room full of people in Brussels was asked if they wanted more control over the educational technologies they use. Almost everyone stood up. The second question was whether they currently have that control. Most people ... Read More
ABC Learning Design & Active Learning: From Methodology to Pedagogical Re-Engagement Modern instructional design faces a paradoxical challenge. On one hand, educators have never had access to so many technology-driven tools to elevate classroom dynamics. On the other hand, passive learner dise... Read More October 16, 2026 Industry Insights, News
Meet the OEB26 Speakers: Helen Beetham We are delighted to welcome Dr Helen Beetham, Lecturer in Digital Education at the University of Manchester, as a keynote speaker at OEB 2026. Helen has spent decades examining, and challenging, the promis... Read More September 21, 2026 Meet the OEB Speakers, News
Beyond the Illusion of Competence: What a 93.5% Exam Failure Taught Me About Teaching With AI October 1, 2026 Community Resources, News When the 46 students in my translation course were allowed unrestricted access to AI tools in their final examination, 93.5% of them failed, and every failing paper contained the same machine-generated error. After twenty-seven years of teaching, that... Read More
It’s not the Game, It’s the Play: Rebuilding Humanness in Learning Design It was my first week on the job, and I was invited to a celebratory team meeting. 95% of the company’s learners (20K+) had just completed their “Green Belt”. They’d added their badge to their work profile ... Read More October 1, 2026 Community Resources, News
