Beyond the Redesign Rhetoric: Labour, Power, and the Hidden Costs of AI-Ready Assessment
What does it really mean to redesign assessment in response to AI?
This blog post explores how institutional structures, labour dynamics and managerial logics shape what kind of assessment redesign is possible. It argues that the call to “redesign assessment” often ignores the conditions under which such work is expected to happen.
How can we create the time, trust and infrastructure to support assessment that is meaningful, critical and educationally purposeful?
Read the post here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0027…
#AIinEducation #AssessmentDesign #AcademicLabour #CriticalPedagogy #eLearning #HigherEducation #digitalpedagogy
Reclaiming Assessment Through Annotation
I have just published a new blog post: Reclaiming Assessment Through Annotation
Annotation is often treated as a peripheral academic skill. But what if we made it central to how we assess learning in online and distance education?
In this post, I explore how annotation supports critical digital pedagogy, enables authentic forms of assessment, and offers resilience against the growing influence of generative AI.
Read the full post here:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0026…
#Assessment #Annotation #OnlineLearning #DistanceEducation #CriticalPedagogy #AuthenticAssessment #AIResilience #DigitalPedagogy #EdTech
Reclaiming Society - How Progressive Education Can Resist the Rise of Extremism
New blog post now live.
What role can education - especially in its online and digital forms - play in resisting the rise of extremism and reclaiming democratic values?
In this piece, I explore how progressive, participatory learning can help counter polarisation, challenge market-driven narratives, and build civic agency. This isn’t just a curriculum question - it’s a question of what kind of society we want education to support.
Read the full post:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0025…
#Education #CriticalPedagogy #ProgressiveEducation #DigitalLearning #OpenEducation #FriendicaEdu
Designing AI-Resilient Assessment: Reclaiming Human Learning in an Age of Automation
In my latest blog post, I explore how educators can design assessments that maintain their integrity and authenticity in an era increasingly dominated by artificial intelligence. How can we ensure assessment genuinely reflects human learning rather than AI-generated answers? I provide practical strategies and insights to keep learning human-centred and meaningful.
Read more at:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0024…
#Assessment #AI #HigherEducation #Pedagogy #DigitalLearning #CriticalEdTech #OnlineLearning #AcademicIntegrity
Pedagogy of the Connected – Building Community in Online Learning Spaces
How do we build genuine community in online education - not just simulate interaction?
In my latest blog post, I explore how connection in digital spaces demands more than tools and tech. It requires pedagogical intention, vulnerability, and co-authorship.
What does "community" mean in your online teaching practice - and how do you design for it?
Read the full post:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0023…
More writing:
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#OnlineLearning #DigitalPedagogy #EdTech #ConnectedLearning #HigherEd #elearning #CommunityOfInquiry
Teaching Against the Interface: Reclaiming Pedagogy in Platformed Learning
What happens when the tools we use to teach quietly shape what and how we are able to teach?
In this blog post, I explore how platformed learning environments like Canvas constrain pedagogical possibilities—and how educators can resist the logic of the interface to reclaim space for critical, purposeful teaching.
Read the full post:
e-learning-rules.com/blog/0022…
#CriticalPedagogy #EdTech #DigitalEducation #OnlineLearning #CanvasLMS #PlatformCritique #HigherEd #OpenEducation #EduTooters #ScholarSocial
A Mirror or a Fix? Generative AI and the Crisis of Educational Imagination
Generative AI is sparking urgent conversations about plagiarism and assessment—but what if the deeper problem lies in our narrow educational imagination?
In my latest blog post, I explore how AI reveals a long-standing crisis in how we design teaching, learning, and assessment—and why it’s time to rethink, not just react.
👉 Read it here: e-learning-rules.com/blog/0021…
#AI #Education #Assessment #Pedagogy #CriticalEdTech #OpenEducation #GenerativeAI #DigitalEducation #FediverseEdu
Designing AI-Resilient Assessments in Online and Distance Education
As generative AI tools become more embedded in everyday academic life, detection is no longer enough.
In my latest blog post, I argue for a shift in how we think about assessment—especially in online and distance education. It's time to move beyond reactive measures and design assessments that are resilient, meaningful, and pedagogically grounded.
Read the full piece: e-learning-rules.com/blog/0020…
#Education #Assessment #AI #OnlineLearning #DistanceEducation #CriticalPedagogy #OER
🧠Assessment at the End of the Turing Test
In an era when AI can generate essays that mimic human writing with startling fluency, the question "What are we actually assessing?" has never felt more urgent.
I’ve just published a new blog post reflecting on a recent conversation with a colleague who argues that remote assessment is no longer trustworthy. Their proposed solution? Reintroduce in-person elements—even brief ones—to every assessment.
But what if the real challenge isn't technological, but pedagogical?
What if the answer lies not in surveillance, but in reimagining the way we define and design assessment?
✍️ Read the full post here:
👉 e-learning-rules.com/blog/0019…
đź’¬ I'd love to hear what others think:
Can assessment evolve to meet the age of AI without falling back on control?
Are there models out there that meaningfully integrate AI while maintaining academic integrity?
#Education #Assessment #GenerativeAI #EdTech #DigitalLearning #Pedagogy
New blog post: Time to Reopen the Conversation on OERs
Open Educational Resources (OERs) once held real promise for widening participation and improving access in UK higher education. But in many institutions—especially within the Russell Group—they’ve faded from strategic view.
In this post, I reflect on why now is the right time to revisit the role of OERs in digital education, equity, and curriculum innovation.
đź“– Read the full article:
👉 e-learning-rules.com/blog/0014…
#OER #OpenEducation #UKHE #HigherEducation #DigitalPedagogy #EducationTechnology #CriticalPedagogy
What We Leave Behind in TEL: The Silence Around Critical Pedagogy
In much of the UK's digital education research, there's a strong focus on scalability, platform integration, and institutional alignment.
What's often missing?
- Critical pedagogy
- Questions of power, justice, and values
- Grounded reflections on why we teach the way we do
In this blog post, I explore why those deeper questions are often absent -- and what we might do about it.
Read it here: elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0011…
I'd really welcome others' thoughts: are you seeing the same emphasis where you work?
#TEL #CriticalPedagogy #DigitalEducation #UKResearch #HigherEd
Why Critical Pedagogy and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Are Not Research Priorities in the UK
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