Unexpected Connections Education is a profession dedicated to creating futures that do not yet exist. Yet there are moments when foresight refuses to yield to familiar thinking. Problems become more complex, progress slows, and esta... Read More July 23, 2026 Community Resources, News
Shadow L&D and the Sovereign Learner: OEB Announces Patrik Hedljung for its Corporate Learning Plenary Session Every generation of workplace learning has had its blind spot, and every generation has called it something different. In 2016, researchers were tracking a quiet insurgency of self-directed learners bypass... Read More July 23, 2026 Community Resources, News
Assessment at a Crossroads: Don’t Catch, Change Behaviour May 22, 2026 Community Resources, News As AI reshapes assessment, institutions face a choice: intensify the battle against cheating - or redesign learning itself. In this new blog, Donald Clark argues that the future lies not in surveillance, but in continuous, AI-supported learning built aroun... Read More
Ethical AI in Education: A Practical Resource for the OEB 2026 Conversations As questions around trust, agency and responsible AI move to the centre of education and training, the European Commission’s updated guidelines on the ethical use of AI in teaching and learning offer a timely ... Read More May 22, 2026 Community Resources, News
The Next Shift in L&D: From Delivering Learning to Designing the Conditions for Impact There is a familiar paradox in many organisations. A new learning initiative is launched with care and good intentions. The topic is relevant, the programme is well designed, participants are engaged, and the ... Read More May 22, 2026 Community Resources, News
30 Under 30: What It Changes April 23, 2026 Community Resources, News The 30 Under 30 programme at OEB is not about recognition alone. It is about access, contribution and perspective. Each year, a group of young professionals and researchers joins the conference not as observers, but as active participants, contributing to ... Read More
Moving Upstream Prompting for learning, assessment, and human judgement There is a fascination in finding the source of a river. Not the wide, confident sweep of water as it moves through cities and landscapes, but the... Read More April 23, 2026 Community Resources, News
Sovereign Learning: Why This Moment Feels Different Capability is becoming strategic infrastructure. As intelligent systems expand, the institutions that cultivate human judgement face a decisive moment. Artificial intelligence is no longer experimental. ... Read More March 20, 2026 Community Resources, News
OEB Global Conference 2025: A Community in Motion December 17, 2025 Community Resources, News OEB Global Conference 2025 once again brought the international learning community to Berlin for three days of dialogue, debate and discovery. With participants from over 70 countries, this year’s edition was a powerful meeting point for educators, learni... Read More
Shorter Learning, Deeper Questions: Inside the OEB Annual Debate 2025 Inside the OEB Annual Debate 2025 One of OEB’s defining moments each year, the Annual Plenary Debate returned in 2025 with a provocation that cut to the core of contemporary education: “This House be... Read More December 17, 2025 Community Resources, News
