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
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
When AI produces a convincing answer, how do you know it is right? August 26, 2026 Community Resources, News 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 Gemini. What almost nobody does is put several of the... Read More
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
