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@philvincent.bsky.social

Head of Digital Education Enhancement & Design | Digital Education Service | University of Leeds | MSc | CMALT | SFHEA

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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Faculty Digital Education Manager (FMH & FBS) This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.The University of Leeds invites ap...

We’re hiring a Faculty Digital Education Manager (FMH & FBS) at University of Leeds!

Lead digital learning across Medicine & Health + Biological Sciences.

Shape strategy, lead an expert team, and drive real change.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

17.07.2025 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
accessible door opening button with the wheelchair icon and 'push to open' engraved on it.

accessible door opening button with the wheelchair icon and 'push to open' engraved on it.

This #GlobalAccessibilityAwarenessDay, we’re sharing some of our community’s work around #accessibility.
#GAAD2025
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15.05.2025 09:12 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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GAAD Thursday, May 15, 2025, help us celebrate the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD)! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, ...

Today is the 13th Global Accessibility Awareness Day!

Thursday, May 15, 2025, marks the 14th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).

The purpose of #GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access/inclusion and people with different disabilities.

accessibility.day

15.05.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

2025 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

This years report captures the spirit of this transformation and how we can respond with confidence through the lens of emerging trends, key technologies and practices, and scenario-based foresight.

library.educause.edu/resources/20...

13.05.2025 06:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Magic Circle of Learning: A Framework of Play in Education - Postdigital Science and Education The use of video games in formal education has grown across all sectors over the past twenty years. However, much literature focuses on measuring learning and motivation, foregrounding game technologi...

The Magic Circle of Learning: A Framework of Play in Education

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New article via @nicwhitton.bsky.social, which proposes the 'Magic Circle of Learning' to reframe digital play in education, going beyond tech, to explore play's deeper pedagogical value.

09.05.2025 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Sculpture of Ozzy the Mechanical Bull at Birmingham New Street Station

Sculpture of Ozzy the Mechanical Bull at Birmingham New Street Station

Reflections from my day out in Birmingham yesterday for the Jisc Student Experience Experts Group meeting, where we explored two critical themes for higher education: Transnational Education (TNE) and Blended Learning.

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07.05.2025 07:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Online Learning Summit 2025

Save the date: 10 and 11 July 2025

Online Learning Summit 2025 Save the date: 10 and 11 July 2025

Online Learning Summit 2025

Join us 10-11 July 2025 as we continue to explore core themes & emerging areas of discussion in the online learning sector and beyond.

#OLS25 will be a hybrid event with in-person & virtual tickets available.

digitaleducation.leeds.ac.uk/online-learn...

29.04.2025 08:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Digital Education Systems Manager This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Β Are you an experienced and influe...

Vacancy - Digital Education Systems Manager

Join the University of Leeds to lead innovative, sector-leading digital education systems and shape pedagogy through collaboration and high-impact systems delivery.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

25.03.2025 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Digital Education Manager (Digital Learning Design & Professional Learning) This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.The Digital Education Service (DES) at ...

Vacancy - Digital Education Manager (Digital Learning Design & Professional Learning)

We're hiring a Digital Education Manager to lead innovation in learning design & professional learning at University of Leeds. Shape the future of digital education. Apply now!

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

25.03.2025 08:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ALT Independent Consultancy and Career Pathways SIG is organising an 'Unconference' and would like to encourage anyone who is interested in or is a practitioner of Independent Consultancy or would like to discover/understand different Career Pathways of professionals.
Register here: buff.ly/gNHmDA3

05.03.2025 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Design thinking for higher education (DT4HE) | Advance HE Guides to implementing design thinking in higher education, produced by the University of Manchester as part of Advance HE's Collaborative Development Fund projects.

Design Thinking for Higher Education (DT4HE) via @advancehe.bsky.social

"DT has huge potential to transform how we work in HE: putting empathy at the heart of our work...supporting us to tackle important problems in ways which are useful to people."

advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu...

28.02.2025 10:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The transformative potential of Design Thinking in Learning Development | Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education

Thrilled the paper I co-authored with Catherine Turton is now published:

The Transformative Potential of Design Thinking in Learning Development

#DesignThinking #loveLD #HigherEd #UKHE #AcademicSky

journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

28.02.2025 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
DigAcc25

Save the date & register your interest - Digital Accessibility '25 - Towards Institutional Maturity: June 25th 2025.

@uniofnottingham.bsky.social are running the third international digital accessibility conference again in 2025!

xerte.nottingham.ac.uk/play_52900 #DigAcc25

26.02.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Our response to reports that the government’s immigration white paper will propose tighter restrictions for international students πŸ‘‡

Read more πŸ‘‰ www.ucu.org.uk/article/1392...

25.02.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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I'm looking forward to attending Digital Universities UK again this year!

This event is always a great opportunity to connect with colleagues across the sector, explore the latest in digital education, AI, student experience, and the future of learning...

#THEdigitalUK

21.02.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Digital Learning Content Developer (Sustainability) This role will be based on the University campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Β Join our mission to embed sustainabili...

VACANCY - Digital Learning Content Developer (Sustainability)

Join our mission to embed sustainability into education by creating innovative digital learning resources that empower students and staff to address global challenges.

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

19.02.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ALT Independent Consultancy and Career Pathways SIG Unconference | Association for Learning Technology

ALT Independent Consultancy and Career Pathways SIG Unconference

www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/even...

Our new SIG would welcome anyone who is interested in or is a practitioner of Independent Consultancy or would like to discover/understand different Career Pathways of digital education professionals.

18.02.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Designing Learning Experiences for Inclusivity and Diversity: Advice for Learning Designers – Simple Book PublishingShare on XShare on LinkedInShare via Email

Designing Learning Experiences for Inclusivity and Diversity: Advice for Learning Designers.

A guide to designing effective, inclusive, and evidence-based learning experiences in higher education using research-informed practices.

oercollective.caul.edu.au/designing-le...

18.02.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Knowing, doing and showing: a framework for evidencing education and learning designers’ practice in higher education | Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education

Knowing, doing and showing: a framework for evidencing education and learning designers’ practice in higher education.

A useful framework to help 'learning designers' evidence competence, impact, and career growth while clarifying their role in higher education globally...

doi.org/10.47408/jld...

18.02.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A diverse group learning around a table.

A diverse group learning around a table.

Don't forget to join us for tomorrow's #LTHEchat which will explore designing for diverse learners with Lee Fallin
@leefallin.bsky.social, Tom Tomlinson @tomtomlinson.bsky.social and Gemma Spencer
@gemmaspencer.bsky.social. Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/09/l...

11.02.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Reflections from IFE Conference 2025: Empowering the Future of Education with Innovation and Technologies Last week, I had the pleasure of attending the IFE Conference 2025 at TecnolΓ³gico de Monterrey, an event dedicated to exploring the transformative impact of technology and innovation in education. Ins...

Reflections from IFE Conference 2025: Empowering the Future of Education with Innovation and Technologies.

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#IFEconference

03.02.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Education for Human Flourishing - the OECD’s High Performing Systems for Tomorrow challenges us to rethink education’s purpose in the AI era.

Education must nurture human thriving, AI shifts the role of competencies & lifelong learning, system-wide change needed to redefine success.

#IFEconference

31.01.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lifelong Learning in a Changing World - new OECD PIAAC 2022 data shows global trends in adult engagement, digital & cognitive skill gaps across socio-economic groups, variations in online learning access, policy insights.

Data-driven strategies are key to scaling lifelong learning.

#IFEconference

30.01.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

AI-Driven Personalisation for Inclusive Education - panel discussion exploring how AI can transform education for diverse learners - migrants, individuals with disabilities, indigenous communities & more. Scaling personalised learning, and ensuring ethical, accessible AI adoption.

#IFEconference

30.01.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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IFE Explore Tec de MonterreyΒ΄s Institute for the Future of Education (IFE) initiatives, projects and collaboraton to transform education through technology.

Universities as Lifelong Learning Engines - education must extend beyond degrees to support learning from 'birth to gray'.

Flexible learning for career shifts, AI-driven personalisation for lifelong learners, industry-aligned microcredentials for evolving skills.

#IFEconference

Via tec.mx/en/ife

30.01.2025 22:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Empowering Students through Global Online Collaboration - students shared their experiences with Collaborative Online International Learning #COIL, including learning to collaborate across cultures, navigating global challenges online, and developing adaptability & resilience.

#IFEConference

30.01.2025 21:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Education for the Great Transition at #IFEConference, a reminder that education must go beyond knowledge, it must transform mindsets, challenge norms, and drive systemic change.

Transformative & transgressive learning, natural & artificial intelligence – can AI support a more sustainable world?

30.01.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Designing the Future of AI in Education - AI has 'god-like' potential in education - omniscient (knows all), omnipotent (adapts learning), omnibenevolent (supports every student). But how do we design AI to enhance rather than replace the human role in education? #IFEconference

30.01.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Interesting panel discussion on Educational Trends 2025 at #IFEConference, key themes included Tech-Powered Pedagogy – AI & immersive learning shaping the future, Key Skills Focus – Digital fluency, adaptability & lifelong learning, Personalised Learning – Data-driven pathways for student success.

30.01.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Global Collaboration & COIL – Digital tools are bridging gaps, fostering multicultural learning, and strengthening global education networks, but inclusion and accessibility must be prioritised. #IFEconference

30.01.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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