Registration for #oer18 closes one week today, 29 March.  You can register for the conference here.

To take a look around our programme and start planning how the conference can be tailored to you, please visit our programme section here.

As well as inspiring keynote speakers, the opportunity to network with leading professionals from around the globe and lots of...

We now invite you to submit a proposal under one of the following themes:

• Participation through Learning Technology: including how to use technology to work in partnership with learners, how to create engagement and built informed consent, critical digital literacy, accessibility and equity;
• Collaboration for Learning Technology: such as working together on projects, scaling up innovation...

We have now published further information about exhibiting at the conference or becoming a conference sponsor.

We are now offering exclusive sponsorship opportunities for organisations who want to support the event, engage with ~500 learning technology professionals from across sectors and share our community values. We offer Member organisations a 20% discount on all sponsorship packages, so if you aren’t already a member, join today.

We have now published further information about exhibiting at the conference or becoming a conference sponsor.

We are now offering exclusive sponsorship opportunities for organisations who want to support the event, engage with ~500 learning technology professionals from across sectors and share our community values. We offer Member organisations a 20% discount on all sponsorship packages, so if you aren’t already a member, join today.

From headline sponsors to strategic partnerships, if you are...

It has been a few months since I finished reading Adam Greenfield’s Radical Technologies: the design of everyday life.  In that time, a robot called Fabio was hired and fired by a supermarket in Edinburgh, Stylist magazine published an AI issue featuring algorithm authored articles and a fashion shoot with Sophia, a humanoid robot and Boston Dynamic’s robodogs mesmerised us all with their door opening abilities.

In this book, the author Matt Bower sets out to examine research findings relating to the use of TEL which can be used to enhance our design thinking.

Bower begins by offering a set of motivations for integrating technology within education, noting in particular an intrinsic desire to improve learning outcomes for the student.  He asks the reader to reject simplistic and ‘mythical’ ideas that can undermine TEL design, offering the examples of digital natives and technological determinism, instead imploring us to adopt a critical approach to TEL design.

In the early part of...

Thank you to all those who are presenting and/or chairing a session for OER18: Open to All.  Guidance has now been published to allow you to make the most of your session and is available here. Included is information on presentation formats, timings, the technology available and also some useful hints and tips to allow for maximum inclusivity during your session.

For our #oer18 delegates we hope it allows you to gain a valuable insight into the kind of experience you will be immersed in during the...