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@mattcornock.bsky.social

Head of Online Learning, University of Leeds | MEng MA SCMALT | #professionallearning #highered #onlineeducation #edtech

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What are you most looking forward to at this year's conference? Word cloud of approx 100 responses, with top results: networking learning connections and new ideas

What are you most looking forward to at this year's conference? Word cloud of approx 100 responses, with top results: networking learning connections and new ideas

Network, learning, connections and ideas... The top results from what has brought delegates to #altc25 this year @altuk.bsky.social @vevox.bsky.social

23.10.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Look beyond the edge of the plate – Matt Cornock Short post. Open thinking. Bear with me on this one. I don't normally share encounters on public transport, but I think you will find this resonates. What does a quality manager in the central Europea...

Good morning #altc25 delegates. For your breakfast reading, I share a chance encounter on a train that will no doubt reflect the next two days of learning... mattcornock.co.uk/opinion/look... @altuk.bsky.social #altc #learning #cpd

23.10.2025 06:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New post: What did I learn about Learning Engineering and how can this approach enable change at both the level of learning activities and institutional transformation? | Matt Cornock New post: What did I learn about Learning Engineering and how can this approach enable change at both the level of learning activities and institutional transformation? The long read... report from a ...

Learning Engineering - what is it and how can it help both better teaching and institutional strategy in #onlineeducation ? Find out here www.linkedin.com/posts/mattco...

13.08.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Skills-first: responding to the threat to higher education – Matt Cornock Short post. Open thinking. Here's an angle on where we are at this moment in time: Higher education is in an existential crisis. The concept of higher education as a public good is eroded with anti-ed...

"We have to own this uncertain time and we have to use all our skill and knowledge to navigate it." - my takeaway reflection from #OLS25 mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn...

10.07.2025 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The journeys taken: Research in Distance Education and E-learning Conference 2025 – Day 2 – Matt Cornock This is the second post writing up my experience at RIDE 2025, the Research in Distance Education and E-learning conference at the University of London (see Day 1 where I discuss themes of Context and...

Day 2 of #RIDE2025 This post covers examples of excellent practices in accessibility, assessment and holistic views of online and digital education - mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #onlineeducation #digitalcapabilities

18.03.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Context and culture: Research in Distance Education Conference 2025 – Day 1 – Matt Cornock Online education brings together many people as educators, students and professionals. It’s a highly collaborative sector and it’s underpinned in many ways by a desire to do good.

Context and culture - why these two words have resonated with me at #RIDE2025 - mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #onlineeducation #digitaleducation #highereducation

13.03.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Joyful online learning: reflections on a Lego Serious Play session – Matt Cornock Bringing people together and learning from a range of perspectives is one of the most enjoyable aspects of my job. In all my professional roles, working with others and bringing a range of expertise t...

What did I learn about my perspective of joyful online learning through a Lego Serious Play session? mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #onlinelearning #onlineeducation #legoseriousplay

03.03.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Matt Cornock on LinkedIn: Selected Papers from the RIDE 2024 Conference A delight to share this at the end of the week. Peer-reviewed publication: Cornock, M. (2024). Applying systems thinking to digital accessibility and online…

PUBLICATION! Peer-reviewed paper from Research in Distance Education 2024 on #systemsthinking #accessibility and #onlineeducation now available: www.linkedin.com/posts/mattco...

07.02.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#LTHEchat 317: The Hidden Curriculum Led by Professor Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social, Dr Richard Harris @richharrisleeds.bsky.social, and Dr Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social The Hidden Curriculum The hidden curriculum in hi…

Final reminder #LTHEchat is happening TODAY at 8pm GMT. The chat will be led by Dr. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social, Dr. Richard Harris @richharrisleeds.bsky.social and Dr. Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social. Read the blog post at: wp.me/p4QBCl-1O7

05.02.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Digital Education Officer - Proof Reader (Online Learning) 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.In the Digital Education Service, w...

JOBS in #onlinelearning #onlineeducation - Apply your digital skills in the education sector with our DEO roles. Work in a team committed to inclusive education and support learners from all around the world to achieve their goals. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... | jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

31.01.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Project 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.The University of Leeds is one of t...

JOB: Project Manager (9 months secondment cover) - I'm looking for a new colleague to join our Online Learning team. If you love working on projects that reach students all over the world, enjoy adapting to different contexts and learning new things: apply by 13 Feb jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

31.01.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Strategy, marketing, student insights: triad of online education success – Matt Cornock Short post, open thinking. It's always good to hear Neil Mosley speak and even better when as an audience member, he asks the questions that need to be asked! At an event today hosted by Boundless Lea...

Strategy, marketing, student insights... Building online education success - mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #onlineeducation #highereeducation

22.01.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
View through snow covered trees of snow covered village at the top of a hill

View through snow covered trees of snow covered village at the top of a hill

View towards #Stannington

05.01.2025 08:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Snow covered valley with trees and hills in white

Snow covered valley with trees and hills in white

Obligatory #snow photo #RivelinValley #Sheffield @paultheweatherman.bsky.social @sheffieldstar.bsky.social

05.01.2025 08:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
2024 retrospective and a view to 2025: can we make an opportunity out of higher education’s challenges? – Matt Cornock As 2024 draws to a close, I’ve taken the liberty of consuming a few minutes of your time to capture some highlights of my work from the last 12 months and also to ponder what role online education may...

"We must make our own future and enable the futures of others." My new year message for 2025 #HappyNewYear #OnlineEducation bit.ly/4hfdeUP

01.01.2025 12:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Phew... 584m miles later. Happy New Year to all. What will 2025 bring? Whilst we will inevitably still be going round in circles (or rather an ellipse), in other ways I hope we make a lot of progress! #2025 #happynewyear #obscuremetaphor

01.01.2025 06:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2024 retrospective and a view to 2025: can we make an opportunity out of higher education’s challenges? – Matt Cornock As 2024 draws to a close, I’ve taken the liberty of consuming a few minutes of your time to capture some highlights of my work from the last 12 months and also to ponder what role online education may...

Some musings for the end of the year... What have I learned this year and what might we need to do in 2025 to rethink #highereducarion ... bit.ly/4hfdeUP #onlineeducation #professionallearning

31.12.2024 08:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A picture of me, Alex spiers, on a poster telling you that I am speaking at a conference #ScoMedHE24 at Sheffield Hallam University

A picture of me, Alex spiers, on a poster telling you that I am speaking at a conference #ScoMedHE24 at Sheffield Hallam University

I will be presenting at this year's Social Media in Higher Education conference in Sheffield. A great conference in a fantastic city. The title of the talk is: '16 Years of Tweeting: Evolution, Impact, and the Future in Bluesky' #SocMedHE24

09.12.2024 13:10 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Recognition and microcredentials: have competing agendas limited adoption? – Matt Cornock .

"Formal and informal learning can work in tandem and when designing professional learning, it often needs to. For professional development, educational goals require an alignment of individual, organisational and educational outcomes." mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #ProfessionalLearning

07.12.2024 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Recognition and microcredentials: have competing agendas limited adoption? – Matt Cornock .

The long read: Why recognition of learning matters. Why microcredentials have potential. National agendas and MC contexts. The implementation gap. Change through digital transformation. Marketplaces and learner agency. Change inhibited by competing agendas #epic2024 mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn...

04.12.2024 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Recognition and microcredentials: have competing agendas limited adoption? – Matt Cornock .

New article: Recognition and microcredentials - have competing agendas limited adoption? mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... Further reflections from #openepic #epic2024 and the excellent discussion by the community

03.12.2024 23:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Recognition: Opening doors to new learning journeys – Reflections on ePIC 2024 – Matt Cornock A key aspect of inclusivity is to establish the ways in which learners are supported to bring their knowledge and understanding into an educational environment.

The challenge of educational recognition... How do learners a) find the right learning pathway and b) articulate their learning to enter and progress? - Reflections from #openepic #epic2024 mattcornock.co.uk/online-learn... #digitaleducation #onlinelearning

17.11.2024 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reflections from #epic2024 #openepic - Doorways to learning journeys - www.linkedin.com/posts/mattco...

08.11.2024 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been at #epic2024 #openepic this week, which I believe to be my first international conference and certainly the first I've presented at in person outside the UK. It's been a insightful event with competing philosophies on recognition, microcredentials and educational systems.

08.11.2024 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Open Learning and Learning at Scale: The Legacy of MOOCs | Journal of Interactive Media in Education ***JIME is currently focusing on a number of Special Collections - see announcements below for more details on our calls for papers- the journal is therefore closed to general submissions at the prese...

New collection in the open access Journal of Interactive Media in Education on the legacy of MOOCs - jime.open.ac.uk/collections/... #openeducation #research #onlinelearning - some great papers

22.09.2024 18:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Visions of the future: ALT Annual Conference 2024 – Day 1 – Matt Cornock Initial reflections and summary of sessions from Day 1 of the ALT Annual Conference, Manchester, 3-5 September 2024. Humanising digital education Opening keynote, Chris Friend’s three aspects of human...

If you missed my @altuk.bsky.social conference write-ups, here's the omnibus #altc24 #edtech

Day 1 - Visions of the future mattcornock.co.uk/edtech/visio...

Day 2 - Connected conversations mattcornock.co.uk/edtech/conne...

Day 3 - Humanising digital #education mattcornock.co.uk/edtech/human...

08.09.2024 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fawn - ChatGPT is more patient with me than a neurotypical person. #ALTc24

05.09.2024 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

I'm open to assessing a range of formats for portfolios @kerrypinny.bsky.social (as long as it's structured!) ... Not sure about slide karaoke. But if someone did submit that way, I now know where the idea came from #altc24

05.09.2024 18:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Humanising digital education: ALT Annual Conference 2024 – Day 3 – Matt Cornock Humanising the approach to learning technology has come through as a theme this year at ALT Conference. Starting with Chris Friend's keynote, followed by discussions about learners' personalisation an...

Thanks to @altuk.bsky.social Scott Farrow and Diane Bennett for a great #altc24 - My reflections and summary of Day 3 are here - mattcornock.co.uk/edtech/human... Enjoy on travels home. #altc #altc24

05.09.2024 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Leeds programme development team presenting work on accessibility and learning design - summary of slide in post

Leeds programme development team presenting work on accessibility and learning design - summary of slide in post

Sometimes it's the smallest changes that can make the most difference. Emma Dibb explaining the instructional wrapper applied to reading lists that respected the discipline pedagogy #altc24 Reading types: core, recommended, wider; Framing what and why; Branching and choice for learner interests

05.09.2024 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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