Lucy Blakemore

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Lighten the load: can we design for more sustainable student learning?

By Lucy Blakemore,

Are students lost in content, unsure about where to focus time and energy? Help them avoid burnout with less, not more.

‘Desirable difficulties’: should we re-frame the ‘work’ of learning?

By Lucy Blakemore,

How can we support students to tackle the 'work' of learning without losing motivation? A recent FFYE forum explores the issues.

‘First, do no harm’: are student evaluations having the right impact?

By Lucy Blakemore,

How can we balance the benefits of rigorous evaluation with other kinds of feedback to improve learning and teaching?

Fires, webs and spirals: how can we weave healthy learning communities?

By Lucy Blakemore,

A framework for 'weaving' communities as a web of relationships rather than a fixed, static creation.

Shall we dance? Cross-sector steps at the ATN National Symposium

By Lucy Blakemore,

Slip on your dancing shoes for a waltz through some key themes from the ATN National Symposium on Curriculum Innovation!

Open Education: is GenAI compatible with ‘open’ principles?

By Lucy Blakemore,

The possibilities offered by GenAI and Open Education might seem broadly aligned; look closely, however, and differences begin to surface.

Career-enhancing collaboration: inspiration for a fairer future

By Lucy Blakemore,

Ashley Willcox and Elham Hafiz share impressions and takeaways from some inclusion-focussed career development training.

Red light, green light: exploring GenAI in the Faculty of Health

By Lucy Blakemore,

Health academics explored practical applications for generative AI tools in a hands-on workshop to wrap up the year.

What did we learn from the Wall of Provocations?

By Lucy Blakemore,

Staff share their joyful failures, hopeful learnings and intentional futures on the Wall of Provocations at this year's Forum.

Learning Design Meetup: 3 perspectives on learning design leadership

By Lucy Blakemore,

Review highlights from a recent Learning Design Meetup exploring diverse pathways to leadership for learning design professionals.

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