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 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... Read More October 1, 2026 Community Resources, News
It’s not the Game, It’s the Play: Rebuilding Humanness in Learning Design October 1, 2026 Community Resources, News 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 and printed their certificate for their desk. In t... Read More
An Innovation Toolkit Tailored for Edtech Who We Are Based at Trinity College Dublin, Learnovate is a global center of excellence for EdTech research and innovation. With over 15 years of experience and backing from the Irish Government through... Read More October 1, 2026 Community Resources, News
Stop Waiting to Become a Better Organisation Before Investing in Learning When organisations face uncertainty, learning is often one of the first things to be postponed. The logic seems reasonable. When staff are overwhelmed, priorities are shifting, resources are limited, an... Read More August 26, 2026 Community Resources, News
What Does Critical Thinking Mean When AI Can Generate the Answer? August 26, 2026 Industry Insights, News We used to think about technology adoption as a wave: something that rises, crests, and eventually passes. With AI in education, it might be more useful to think about it differently. We may not be at the start of a new wave at all. We may be entering the... Read More
When AI produces a convincing answer, how do you know it is right? Multi LLM Hackathon for Strategic Intelligence in Education & Training Most people use one AI tool at a time, for one task at a time. A quick question to ChatGPT, a summary from Claude, a draft from Gem... Read More August 26, 2026 Community Resources, News
90% of University Staff Are Already Using AI. Does Anyone Know Where? Leading AI with Intention: A Working Session for University Leaders Nine in ten university staff are already using AI at work. Most of their institutions could not tell you where, how, or to what effect. ... Read More August 26, 2026 Community Resources, News
Everyone Is Training on AI. Almost Nobody Is Building AI Capability July 23, 2026 Community Resources, News Why AI awareness is not enough—and what institutions must do next Dr. Sheila JagannathanVice President, Strategic Relationships and Outreach, Saylor University; Senior Advisor on 21st Century Skills, Digital Learning and Capacity Development to the Afr... Read More
When AI Meets Institutional Reality: What Usage Data from 80+ Higher Education Institutions Actually Shows What data from 280,000+ student-AI conversations across 80+ institutions reveals about AI implementation in higher education, and why the institutions seeing lasting results are treating AI as an operational d... Read More July 23, 2026 Industry Insights, News
