Sandra Abegglen
@sandra-abegglen.bsky.social
Researcher | University of Calgary, Canada
Online Education | Hybrid Pedagogy | Academic Literacies | Creative Learning and Teaching Methods | Collaboration | Inclusion | Identity
She | Her
Online Education | Hybrid Pedagogy | Academic Literacies | Creative Learning and Teaching Methods | Collaboration | Inclusion | Identity
She | Her
📚 New read on my desk:
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
I’ve just picked up Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir — a fascinating, intimate account from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself.
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
I’ve just picked up Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir — a fascinating, intimate account from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself.
November 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
📚 New read on my desk:
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
I’ve just picked up Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir — a fascinating, intimate account from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself.
This Is for Everyone: The Unfinished Story of the World Wide Web
I’ve just picked up Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s memoir — a fascinating, intimate account from the inventor of the World Wide Web himself.
Here are some fantastic educational card decks to explore:
ANALOG inspiration: www.analoginspiration.ai
TALON Card Deck: taloncloud.ca/TLN-Card-Deck
Active Learning: activelearning.assett.buffscreate.net
Alignment: www.recombinanteducation.com/cards/
Start playing!
ANALOG inspiration: www.analoginspiration.ai
TALON Card Deck: taloncloud.ca/TLN-Card-Deck
Active Learning: activelearning.assett.buffscreate.net
Alignment: www.recombinanteducation.com/cards/
Start playing!
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Here are some fantastic educational card decks to explore:
ANALOG inspiration: www.analoginspiration.ai
TALON Card Deck: taloncloud.ca/TLN-Card-Deck
Active Learning: activelearning.assett.buffscreate.net
Alignment: www.recombinanteducation.com/cards/
Start playing!
ANALOG inspiration: www.analoginspiration.ai
TALON Card Deck: taloncloud.ca/TLN-Card-Deck
Active Learning: activelearning.assett.buffscreate.net
Alignment: www.recombinanteducation.com/cards/
Start playing!
Still excited about the outcomes of this collaborative project:
✨ AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion (2025)
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
A creative inquiry into how technology and humanity can meet - ethically, imaginatively, and inclusively.
✨ AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion (2025)
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
A creative inquiry into how technology and humanity can meet - ethically, imaginatively, and inclusively.
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Still excited about the outcomes of this collaborative project:
✨ AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion (2025)
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
A creative inquiry into how technology and humanity can meet - ethically, imaginatively, and inclusively.
✨ AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion (2025)
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
A creative inquiry into how technology and humanity can meet - ethically, imaginatively, and inclusively.
This has been written and published a while ago, but it's still relevant:
Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (2020) edited by Jessie A. Bustillos Morales & Sandra Abegglen
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
Review: educationstudies.org.uk/journal/ef/v...
Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (2020) edited by Jessie A. Bustillos Morales & Sandra Abegglen
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
Review: educationstudies.org.uk/journal/ef/v...
November 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This has been written and published a while ago, but it's still relevant:
Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (2020) edited by Jessie A. Bustillos Morales & Sandra Abegglen
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
Review: educationstudies.org.uk/journal/ef/v...
Understanding Education and Economics: Key Debates and Critical Perspectives (2020) edited by Jessie A. Bustillos Morales & Sandra Abegglen
www.routledge.com/Understandin...
Review: educationstudies.org.uk/journal/ef/v...
❤️ Thanks @ Active Learning Network (ALN) for a wonderful session today - with many interesting inputs and reflections! ❤️
Our Talk: Creative Pedagogies - Active Writing
@sandra-abegglen.bsky.social & @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
More: activelearningnetwork.com/aln-cpd-seri...
Consider attending!
Our Talk: Creative Pedagogies - Active Writing
@sandra-abegglen.bsky.social & @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
More: activelearningnetwork.com/aln-cpd-seri...
Consider attending!
November 4, 2025 at 3:58 PM
❤️ Thanks @ Active Learning Network (ALN) for a wonderful session today - with many interesting inputs and reflections! ❤️
Our Talk: Creative Pedagogies - Active Writing
@sandra-abegglen.bsky.social & @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
More: activelearningnetwork.com/aln-cpd-seri...
Consider attending!
Our Talk: Creative Pedagogies - Active Writing
@sandra-abegglen.bsky.social & @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
More: activelearningnetwork.com/aln-cpd-seri...
Consider attending!
AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Fabian Neuhaus, Matthias Drilling
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Fabian Neuhaus, Matthias Drilling
October 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
AI, Design and Homelessness: An Exploration of Ethics, Innovation and Inclusion
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Fabian Neuhaus, Matthias Drilling
dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRI...
Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Fabian Neuhaus, Matthias Drilling
A great critical piece on AI in Education, co-written with a wonderful collective:
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
🔗 doi.org/10.4018/979-...
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
🔗 doi.org/10.4018/979-...
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A great critical piece on AI in Education, co-written with a wonderful collective:
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
🔗 doi.org/10.4018/979-...
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
🔗 doi.org/10.4018/979-...
As it gets colder outside...
❄️ Academic Wintering: Embracing Warmth, Inclusion and Renewal in Higher Education ❄️
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
This open-access book reveals how educators cultivate warmth, resilience, and connection within the academic community.
❄️ Academic Wintering: Embracing Warmth, Inclusion and Renewal in Higher Education ❄️
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
This open-access book reveals how educators cultivate warmth, resilience, and connection within the academic community.
October 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As it gets colder outside...
❄️ Academic Wintering: Embracing Warmth, Inclusion and Renewal in Higher Education ❄️
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
This open-access book reveals how educators cultivate warmth, resilience, and connection within the academic community.
❄️ Academic Wintering: Embracing Warmth, Inclusion and Renewal in Higher Education ❄️
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
This open-access book reveals how educators cultivate warmth, resilience, and connection within the academic community.
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-7569-4.ch003
This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings.
doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-7569-4.ch003
This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings.
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism
doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-7569-4.ch003
This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings.
doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-7569-4.ch003
This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings.
This piece has been a long journey in the making — and holds deep emotion as Tom’s anniversary approaches:
Embracing the “third space” in higher education
doi.org/10.15173/ijs...
Embracing the “third space” in higher education
doi.org/10.15173/ijs...
October 15, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This piece has been a long journey in the making — and holds deep emotion as Tom’s anniversary approaches:
Embracing the “third space” in higher education
doi.org/10.15173/ijs...
Embracing the “third space” in higher education
doi.org/10.15173/ijs...
✨Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education✨
doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
"Higher education is in crisis. But rather than dwell on the problems, this book focuses on solutions—on hope."
doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
"Higher education is in crisis. But rather than dwell on the problems, this book focuses on solutions—on hope."
October 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
✨Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education✨
doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
"Higher education is in crisis. But rather than dwell on the problems, this book focuses on solutions—on hope."
doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
"Higher education is in crisis. But rather than dwell on the problems, this book focuses on solutions—on hope."
Transdisciplinary Scholarship Bulletin, 07 Oct 2025: Great to see our transdisciplinary work promoted by the Transdisciplinary Scholarship team at UCalgary!
Read and download the AI in Higher Education Innovation Exchange book for free via Pressbooks: pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/aiexchange/
Read and download the AI in Higher Education Innovation Exchange book for free via Pressbooks: pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/aiexchange/
October 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Transdisciplinary Scholarship Bulletin, 07 Oct 2025: Great to see our transdisciplinary work promoted by the Transdisciplinary Scholarship team at UCalgary!
Read and download the AI in Higher Education Innovation Exchange book for free via Pressbooks: pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/aiexchange/
Read and download the AI in Higher Education Innovation Exchange book for free via Pressbooks: pressbooks.openeducationalberta.ca/aiexchange/
"Educational practices should honour memory, community, and care - not just productivity"
Sinfield, S., Abegglen, S., & Holley, D. (2025). Quiet spaces, collective voices: Creative pedagogies for reflection and renewal. @jldhe.bsky.social , 37.
➡️ doi.org/10.47408/jld...
Sinfield, S., Abegglen, S., & Holley, D. (2025). Quiet spaces, collective voices: Creative pedagogies for reflection and renewal. @jldhe.bsky.social , 37.
➡️ doi.org/10.47408/jld...
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Educational practices should honour memory, community, and care - not just productivity"
Sinfield, S., Abegglen, S., & Holley, D. (2025). Quiet spaces, collective voices: Creative pedagogies for reflection and renewal. @jldhe.bsky.social , 37.
➡️ doi.org/10.47408/jld...
Sinfield, S., Abegglen, S., & Holley, D. (2025). Quiet spaces, collective voices: Creative pedagogies for reflection and renewal. @jldhe.bsky.social , 37.
➡️ doi.org/10.47408/jld...
“Scattered Energy: The Hidden Enemy of Creative Flow”
This short piece explores what it might mean to conserve, redirect, and reclaim our energy, offering a small proposal for doing things differently, more freely, and with intention.
🔗 academichub.eu/CreativePers...
This short piece explores what it might mean to conserve, redirect, and reclaim our energy, offering a small proposal for doing things differently, more freely, and with intention.
🔗 academichub.eu/CreativePers...
October 3, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“Scattered Energy: The Hidden Enemy of Creative Flow”
This short piece explores what it might mean to conserve, redirect, and reclaim our energy, offering a small proposal for doing things differently, more freely, and with intention.
🔗 academichub.eu/CreativePers...
This short piece explores what it might mean to conserve, redirect, and reclaim our energy, offering a small proposal for doing things differently, more freely, and with intention.
🔗 academichub.eu/CreativePers...
Tim Berners-Lee, This is for Everyone
October 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tim Berners-Lee, This is for Everyone
Interesting discussion today at the OE Café #9 "Open by Design? Navigating GenAI, open licensing, and community trust" co-organised by SPARC Europe, the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) & the Network of Open Organizations - on the value and risks of open sharing in the age of AI
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Interesting discussion today at the OE Café #9 "Open by Design? Navigating GenAI, open licensing, and community trust" co-organised by SPARC Europe, the European Network of Open Education Librarians (ENOEL) & the Network of Open Organizations - on the value and risks of open sharing in the age of AI
Proud to have been nominated for the 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence!
Winners will be announced Mid October 2025.
Open Education Global (OEGlobal)
Winners will be announced Mid October 2025.
Open Education Global (OEGlobal)
September 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Proud to have been nominated for the 2025 Open Education Award for Excellence!
Winners will be announced Mid October 2025.
Open Education Global (OEGlobal)
Winners will be announced Mid October 2025.
Open Education Global (OEGlobal)
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
This collection brings together the voices of accomplished, award-winning educators who share practical approaches for creating meaningful connections in post-secondary classrooms.
Available open-access: taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
This collection brings together the voices of accomplished, award-winning educators who share practical approaches for creating meaningful connections in post-secondary classrooms.
Available open-access: taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
September 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
This collection brings together the voices of accomplished, award-winning educators who share practical approaches for creating meaningful connections in post-secondary classrooms.
Available open-access: taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
This collection brings together the voices of accomplished, award-winning educators who share practical approaches for creating meaningful connections in post-secondary classrooms.
Available open-access: taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
Stories of Hope - is also available as hard copy!
Download the free pdf via Open Book Publishers: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Download the free pdf via Open Book Publishers: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
September 2, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Stories of Hope - is also available as hard copy!
Download the free pdf via Open Book Publishers: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Download the free pdf via Open Book Publishers: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Just published:
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
The 2025 Teaching Guide produced by the Teaching Academy @ucalgary.bsky.social focuses on ways to build community through collaborative learning.
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
The 2025 Teaching Guide produced by the Teaching Academy @ucalgary.bsky.social focuses on ways to build community through collaborative learning.
September 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Just published:
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
The 2025 Teaching Guide produced by the Teaching Academy @ucalgary.bsky.social focuses on ways to build community through collaborative learning.
Building Community through Collaborative Learning
taylorinstitute.ucalgary.ca/connections/...
The 2025 Teaching Guide produced by the Teaching Academy @ucalgary.bsky.social focuses on ways to build community through collaborative learning.
Book Launch: Stories of Hope
Thursday, 28 August 2025, from 14h00–15h00 SAST (GMT +2) via Zoom
ukzn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Book: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Thursday, 28 August 2025, from 14h00–15h00 SAST (GMT +2) via Zoom
ukzn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Book: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
August 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Book Launch: Stories of Hope
Thursday, 28 August 2025, from 14h00–15h00 SAST (GMT +2) via Zoom
ukzn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Book: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
Thursday, 28 August 2025, from 14h00–15h00 SAST (GMT +2) via Zoom
ukzn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
The Book: doi.org/10.11647/OBP...
🌈 Stories of Hope
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
July 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
🌈 Stories of Hope
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Out now:
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield and Upasana Gitanjali Singh
Available open-access via @openbookpublish.bsky.social:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield and Upasana Gitanjali Singh
Available open-access via @openbookpublish.bsky.social:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Out now:
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield and Upasana Gitanjali Singh
Available open-access via @openbookpublish.bsky.social:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education
Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns, Richard F Heller, Rajan Madhok, Fabian Neuhaus, John Sandars, Sandra Sinfield and Upasana Gitanjali Singh
Available open-access via @openbookpublish.bsky.social:
www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.116...
Although the cold winter days are behind us, the publication, Academic Wintering, still offers rich inspiration on how to honour the rhythms of the seasons within academic life:
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
- edited by Sandra Abegglen, Annapurna Menon, Fabian Neuhaus, Kelsea Costin
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
- edited by Sandra Abegglen, Annapurna Menon, Fabian Neuhaus, Kelsea Costin
June 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Although the cold winter days are behind us, the publication, Academic Wintering, still offers rich inspiration on how to honour the rhythms of the seasons within academic life:
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
- edited by Sandra Abegglen, Annapurna Menon, Fabian Neuhaus, Kelsea Costin
blog.westminster.ac.uk/psj/keynotes...
- edited by Sandra Abegglen, Annapurna Menon, Fabian Neuhaus, Kelsea Costin
Thank you ❤️ to @aldinhe.bsky.social #ALDCon25 for having us!
It's been wonderful to connect with other LDers interested in everything T&L.
View our presentation here:
docs.google.com/presentation...
- @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social @debbieholley1.bsky.social @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
It's been wonderful to connect with other LDers interested in everything T&L.
View our presentation here:
docs.google.com/presentation...
- @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social @debbieholley1.bsky.social @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank you ❤️ to @aldinhe.bsky.social #ALDCon25 for having us!
It's been wonderful to connect with other LDers interested in everything T&L.
View our presentation here:
docs.google.com/presentation...
- @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social @debbieholley1.bsky.social @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
It's been wonderful to connect with other LDers interested in everything T&L.
View our presentation here:
docs.google.com/presentation...
- @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social @debbieholley1.bsky.social @danceswithcloud.bsky.social