New book: AI and Productivity by Donald Clark The real problem of humanity, wrote the biologist E. O. Wilson, is that we have Palaeolithic minds, Medieval institutions and Godlike technology. That line captures the heart of my new book, AI and Producti... Read More November 24, 2025 Community Resources, News
The L&D Responsibility Revolution: Why This Matters Now Recent Ipsos research with UK adults presents a telling contradiction. When asked about artificial intelligence in the workplace, 40% of UK adults feel comfortable with AI personalising training programmes for... Read More November 13, 2025 Community Resources, News
Co-Designing Climate Curricula Across Borders November 13, 2025 Community Resources, News The biggest problem we've ever faced? To the UN's Secretary General, humanity has already failed. We have failed to limit global heating to the 1.5°C threshold implored in 2015's landmark Paris Agreement on climate change. We will face 'devastating con... Read More
An Unscientific Look at European-level AI Discussions Introduction To say that AI in education is a hot topic is an understatement. In my work with the European Digital Education Hub, I spend a lot of time exploring it together with practitioners from all over... Read More November 13, 2025 Community Resources, News
Enter The Horror House of AI – If You Dare! Around the Digital Campfire Everywhere you turn, there’s another story about AI.Some sound like scientific breakthroughs. Others read like science fiction.One day it’s the dawn of a new golden age of le... Read More October 30, 2025 Community Resources, News
Why Thinking About Alternative Futures Matters October 30, 2025 Community Resources, News We are living in an increasingly complex and interconnected world where powerful forces (drivers) are influencing and reshaping the foundations of society and, therefore, education and research. These drivers do not act in isolation; their convergence cre... Read More
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
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 October 22, 2025 Community Resources, News 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 boundaries for responsible behaviour, safeguard n... Read More
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
