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The @OpenUniversity's MA in Online Teaching provides global insight on pedagogy, equity and social justice in distance learning. http://bit.ly/3j5rBlL
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Don't miss tomorrow's #CALRG talk by @allisonl.bsky.social
UCL's Pro-Vice Provost for the Data Empowered Societies Grand Challenge. She'll be exploring whether future learning for work be data driven or human driven?

Thursday 5th Feb, 11.00 am, online
Email calrg@open.ac.uk for the link
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
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Registration is now open for our popular microcredential: Online Teaching: Accessibility and Inclusive Learning (HZVM884)🌐

📚 15 credits | Postgraduate Level | 12 weeks (12.5 hrs/week)
💻 100% Online | Cost: £725 👉 www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

#OnlineTeaching #InclusiveLearning
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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Registration deadline extended to 29th Jan! So you still have time to join H880 #Technology-enhanced learning: foundations & futures and be part of our 2026 multi-national cohort! www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Curious about what embedding sustainability looks like? 
Ready to learn from expert practitioners and reflect on their ‘Words of Wisdom’? Curious about what resonates most with students? 

👉 Learn more: tinyurl.com/3un9m38m
 

#WordsOfWisdom #Sustainability #StudentVoices
Sustainability Words of Wisdom: Examples from Higher Education The Words of Wisdom compendium highlights how sustainability is embedded in curricula through brief insights from educators and practitioners. Students voted for the most impactful example in each category. This poster presents the winners, along with a student quote explaining why each stood out. Staff development, training and resources. Title: Embedding sustainability within the Open University's Inclusive Curriculum Tool. Student quote: "Students want to be able to see themselves in module materials and that EDIA and Sustainability is incorporated into the teaching and learning which starts with the module materials." Competencies in curriculum. Title: Threading Educating for Sustainable Development through thinking about educating the next generation. Student quote: "As I am looking at going into the teaching profession this resonated with me as I think it is important for children to know about sustainability." Sustainability pedagogies. Title: Creating a free sustainable pedagogies course. Student quote: "By equipping educators with sustainable pedagogical practices, it builds capacity for long-term transformation across sectors and generations." Subliminal curriculum. Title: Hedgehog Friendly Campus. Student quote: "This initiative shows how sustainability can be joyful, student-driven, and institutionally supported. It blends ecological care with creativity, community, and recognition-making it a model for inclusive environmental action." Assessment. Title: Supporting students to reflect on personal actions to support a Sustainable Development Goal Student quote: "This is something that can be personalised and people would feel that they are able to make a difference to sustainability through their own actions." How do I access the Words of Wisdom compendium? * To access the Words of Wisdom Compendium on OpenLearn Create scan the QR code or follow the URL: https://tinyurl.com/3un9m38m
January 14, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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Registration deadline extended to 29th Jan! So you still have time to join H880 #Technology-enhanced learning: foundations & futures and be part of our 2026 multi-national cohort! www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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Teaching with eXtended reality (XR)
www.open.ac.uk/courses/shor...

#digitaleducation #CPD #professionaldevelopment #XR #eXtendedreality @fridolinwild.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
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Teaching climate action: empower students to tackle the climate crisis www.open.ac.uk/courses/shor...

#digitaleducation #CPD #ProfessionalDevelopment #Climatecrisis #climateeducation
January 12, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Generative AI in education www.open.ac.uk/courses/shor...

#digitaleducation #genAIinEducation #AIED #CPD #ProfessionalDevelopment @duygubektik.bsky.social @eduinf.bsky.social @chrisedwards.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 PM
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Blended learning innovations for teachers and trainers www.open.ac.uk/courses/shor...
#Digitaleducation #CPD #BlendedLearning #professionaldevelopment
January 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Exciting news! We’ve just launched a brand-new suite of short #CPD courses. Explore key topics shaping the future of education. See next posts👇

📚 20 hours | 🌐 Fully online | 🎓 Includes a digital badge upon completion
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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A new national hub for research capability is launching & you’re invited! An ESRC-funded initiative bringing together training, resources & communities of practice across the UK social sciences. Join us on 27 Jan (in-person or online) to explore what’s coming. Registration closes 14 Jan!
rch.ac.uk
Research Capability Hub
The Research Capability Hub offers social scientists a smarter, co-designed way to develop research skills through flexible, technology-powered training.
Rch.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 11:46 AM
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Registration is open for 10 more days! www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

📆Start date: Feb 26 start
💻60 PG credits, entirely online.
🎓Stand alone (PG Cert) or as part of Masters in Online Teaching.
👩‍🏫Ideal for new & experienced educators from all sectors & countries.
#digitaleducation #onlineteaching
January 5, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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Wishing you all a very warm and restful festive break🎄
A christmas tree with eduational technology-related decorations such as laptops, mobiles and wifi/cloud signs. Season's geetings from IET at The Open University. WIshing you a joyful holday and a bright, successful new year!
December 24, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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New CPD courses produced by @ietatou.bsky.social on digital education and AI, eXtended Reality, blended learning and the climate crisis. www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/i...

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A screenshot from an example of eXtended Reality training, highlighted in CPD course HG087. It shows a trainee astronaut holding up their hands in front of their face in wonder as if using an XR headset for the first time. Their avatar is inside a lunar module with stacks of boxed equipment and technology around them.
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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We held our welcome event for the new Commonwealth Scholars joining our MAOT in February 2026. Wishing this third cohort every success on their MA journey!

Registartion is open until 15th Jan 2026.

www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
#digitaleducation #OUMAOT #commonwealth #commonwealthscholars
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Vote for the OU's Open Societal Challenges (OSC) collaborative research platform in the Knowledge Exchange Awards 2025! 🏆

OSC aims to tackle some of the most important challenges of our time through impact-driven research 🔬🌏

👉 https://ke.org.uk/news/ke-awards-2025-public-vote-is-now-open/
November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Registration now open for OU online Masters module Technology Enhanced Learning: Foundations And Futures for Feb 26 start. 60 PG credits, entirely online. Also part of Masters in Online Teaching. Ideal for new and experienced educators from all sectors & countries.
www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Technology–enhanced learning: foundations and futures The skills and knowledge you’ll acquire through supported postgraduate study at The Open University can bring real-life benefits to you and your career. Learn about the theory and practice of online and blended learning Flexible study. Fully online. 60 postgraduate credits. www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/modules/h880
October 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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🎓 Curious about the future of learning? Join The @openuniversity.bsky.social ’s H880 course and explore how technology drives education forward. Perfect for leaders, innovators, and lifelong learners! Check it out 👉 www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

#digitaleducation #OUMAOT @oumaot.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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It’s been a busy few weeks for IET as we gear up for the new academic year📚

- First Field trails for 360-degree video for TPD
- Every1 project out and about in Milton Keynes
- IGNOU visit to the OU
- GOGN at UNESCO Digital Learning Week
- Incubating EdTech Business
- Vision Building EdTech 2035
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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A very warm welcome to all students starting H890- Research and Scholarship in Digital Education tomorrow! 🎉 Wishing you the very best on your learning journey.
#digitaleducation #OUMAOT #newacaedmicyear
October 3, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Some tips for those of you starting your studies with IET this October 📚

#studytips #OUMAOT
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September 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Delighted to share that IET will be at the heart of innovation in co-creating this new Research Capacity Hub for the social sciences over the next five years! 🎉
iet.open.ac.uk/projects/res...
openuniversity.bsky.social The Open University @openuniversity.bsky.social · Sep 11
We are delighted that the OU has been awarded £4.9M by the UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council to lead the delivery of an exciting new approach to research skills development in the social sciences.

Read more: research.open.ac.uk/news/ou-awar...
September 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Still time to do a postgraduate degree or certificate with us at IET: iet.open.ac.uk/study

👉PhD/EdD in Educational Technology and related fields
👉MA in Online Teaching
👉PGCert in Technology-enhanced learning: foundations and futures

#digitaleducation #distancelearning
August 28, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Research and Scholarship in #DigitalEducation

💻60 PG credits
🧑‍🎓Stand alone or as part of MA in Online Teaching
📆 registration deadline: 11 September
ℹ️info: www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

#OUMAOT #EdTech
August 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Registration is now open for Open University postgrad module Research and Scholarship in Digital Education www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Aimed at those moving into postgrad study or thinking of or starting a PhD. Starts Oct 4th (until May 2026). Students can participate in April Online Conference.
A postcard advertising Open University module H890 Research and Scholarship in Digital Education. Aside from the module name the text reads: The skills and knowledge you'll acquire through supported postgraduate study at the Open University can bring real-life benefits to you and your career. There is further text beneath an image of two students working together, which reads Evaluate teaching innovation through cutting-edge research. www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/modules/H890 and buttons reading 'Flexible study', 'Fully online' and '60 postgraduate credits'. There is also a QR code going to the same place as the link mentioned above.
July 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM