“Why won’t you let us innovate?!” “You are holding us back!” “If we have to do the things you say, we won’t be able to […]
Author: Lawrie Phipps
Some Background Yesterday was remembrance Sunday in the UK, as always it falls nearest the the 11th of November. I am sure people know, but […]
I / we have written about AI. We have asked about disclaimers and acknowledgements in response to people saying things like “We might feel that […]
Back in June 2023 Musk Tweeted What has this tweet, and climate change got to do with Dave Cormier and his new book? Let’s start […]
… that’s what they’ll strive for. I was recently asked how I would change something to make the accessibility elements more in line with inclusive principles. […]
Reposted my original post from the National Centre for AI I would like to thank the late Andrew Cormack for his support in approaching the […]
This is not a post about AI per se, it’s about my writing process. I was chatting to a colleague this week about the tool […]
I spent some time over Christmas reflecting on digital education and the post I wrote about digital capabilities and climate back in July, mostly because […]
Right now in the UK we are focused on climate change. Why? Because we just broke previous temperature records – we hit 40°C– for colleagues […]
We need to recognise the labour involved in these emerging practices; existing teams are great at making things happen, making it feel possible, and making it as simple as they can for those of us who are experiencing it as users. But if the practices are to be embedded and widespread, that extra labour needs to be recognized and accounted for. People often can’t just turn up and flip a switch. And those who are told it’s just that easy are being sold something. In some institutions I am seeing a lot of recruitment in learning design and technology enhanced learning roles, in some I am seeing restructures with no overall increase in numbers, and of course some are either not changing or even reducing their numbers.