Really interesting @www.reclaimhosting.com webinar this afternoon, learning about Wordpress education initiatives. Wordpress Credits, launched last year, sounds really promising for students gaining credit for skills and activities

It's been fun recording this podcast series: Part 1 explores journaling about professional practice. So once you get writing, or recording, or sketching, how do you know what to say? In Part 2, we explore the power of finding just the right prompts. Enjoy!
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Early bird registration for #OER26 is now open, and discounted rates end on 29 May.

Join us in Milton Keynes on 22–23 June as we explore “Openness Reimagined: Continuity, Change and Shared Vision.” Hosted at The Open University.

Secure your place at the best rate: buff.ly/l6fgY74 #altc #OER

LTHEchat 360: Through the Prism: Illuminating Educational Impact with Brookfield’s Four Lenses Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 15th April at 8pm BST with guest Danielle Hinton (@hintondm.bsky.social to discuss Brookfield’s Four Lenses! Introduction Educators in Higher Education…

Join us for #LTHEchat with @hintondm.bsky.social
at 8 pm BST today.
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The final deadline for OER26 proposals is today, Monday 13 April at midnight (UK time), and this is the last opportunity to submit for the 22–23 June 2026 conference at The Open University in Milton Keynes. Late submissions will not be accepted. buff.ly/xyb6MrJ #altc #OER26 #OER

Hi! Please be advised TODAY is the deadline for #oer26 submissions.

We're looking forward to reviewing your proposals and putting together a stellar programme!

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Excited for my blog to be included in the showcase 🙌 blog.reclaimhosting.com/reclaim-host...

It's always a good day for some radio. I'll be playing some working tunes / blogging radio for the next hour or so. Enjoy! #ds106radio listen.ds106rad.io

Get. your submissions in for #OER26 - deadline is coming up soon! Great themes once again this year, and chaired by the wonderful @beckpitt.bsky.social and @rfarrow.bsky.social #altc #GOGN www.alt.ac.uk/OER26-Propos...

Blogging about keeping a blog (or revisiting the Neon Flaneuse). It the end of the UK tax year, and I have spent most of this week on end of year paperwork. Fortunately, this blog post is not about that. Instead, I am returning to my favourite topic: blogging ab…

Blogging about keeping a blog (or revisiting the Neon Flaneuse). marendeepwell.com?p=5950

This was such fun to record! Thanks Ed and thanks @jadin.me for hopping on this conversation 🙌

Charles River on MIT campus_Photo by Gretchen Ertl, usage courtesy of the photographer. Original album "Fall around MIT (November 2024)" from MIT Media Library on Flickr. Copyright Gretchen Ertl. Below the photograph is the maroon 2026 OEGlobal conference Logo for OEGlobal Conference 2026 with the text Cambridge, MA, & Online, Oct 7-9, 2026, and the conference website: https://conference.oeglobal.org against an artistic rendering of a map in salmon and cyan, created by Mario Badilla at OEGlobal.

#OEGlobal26 is exploring the innovations in open practices that uphold and uplift knowledge as a public good.

Thinking of submitting?
You need:
• Focus on relevance, clarity, and learning outcomes
• 500-word abstract
• 100–200-word learning outcomes
• Select a track + format + how you will attend

Rest and Resilience: CPD for Uncertain Times in FE With Dr Maren Deepwell & Dr Lou Mycroft

Join us for the next free #AmplifyFE webinar on Fri 17 Apr @12:30 PM.
Rest and Resilience: CPD for Uncertain Times in FE
With Dr Maren Deepwell & Dr Lou Mycroft
👉 Book your place: buff.ly/nHBbapB
#FurtherEducation #EdTech #OnlineLearning

Happening in just over an hour 🙌

Support Systems: Women Who Shaped Open Source and the Web March is Women's History Month, which makes it a good time to pause and think about the women whose work powers the internet. When it comes to web hosting, we spend a lot of time discussing servers,…

NEW on the blog for Women's History Month: Support Systems: Women Who Shaped Open Source and the Web blog.reclaimhosting.com/support-syst...

Every Monday I am glad to be my own boss It’s been a few years now since I started working in my own consultancy business full-time and being my own boss really suits me. Every Monday morning I am grateful to not have my week shaped…

New blog post: Every Monday I am glad to be my own boss marendeepwell.com?p=5939

139 - Mentoring and Coaching Podcasthon Special Podcast Episode · Leading Virtual Teams with Dr Maren Deepwell · March 20 · 27m

New episode out now: Mentoring and Coaching Podcasthon Special
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Great to see the #OER26 Call for Proposals is OUT! I love this year's theme Openness Reimagined and the frame of "Sustaining the Ethos and Values of Open in a Changing Landscape". It's the one UK event of the year you can't miss. Submission Deadline: 13 April www.alt.ac.uk/OER26-Propos...

I need to check Bluesky more often -- I'm way late on sharing this! If you haven't heard the podcast episode I did with Maren, we had a wonderful time talking about how games can create a sense of ease in virtual events that helps people connect in a really unique way.

image of a robot with a relatively humanized face sitting in a wooden desk or bench with a device or book in front of it, reading Digital Culture & Education, Volume 16(2) 2026 across the robot's "chest." below is the article title - Mapping Belonging in Higher Education: Tracing Relationality Across Digital and Place-Based Literature, Bonnie Stewart & Thu Thi Kim Le, online publication date 13.03.2026

belonging is ALWAYS about power relations. full stop.

new paper, finally out last Friday: it explores how belonging as a signifier is being shifted in contemporary higher ed, risking the term's weaponization amidst the broader attack on DEI & institutions.
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Case Study: SUNY Oneonta OpenLab Introduction Over the past five years, Ed Beck and his colleagues at the State University of New York at Oneonta have worked to align instructional design and open online learning with institutional ...

I really enjoyed working on this case study featuring Ed Beck for @www.reclaimhosting.com . It's great to see Open Source technologies grow from passion project to enterprise service, and there's an interview with Ed coming out later this week as well :)

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Call for Submissions: Celebrating the Women of Reclaim In honor of Women’s History Month in the U.S. and International Women's History Day this past Sunday, March 8th, we’re highlighting the incredible work being created by women across our community. Th...

Sharing this with all my fellow @www.reclaimhosting.com bloggers & edtechs #IWD2026 #4life blog.reclaimhosting.com/call-for-sub...

open matters, in education. networks scaffold connections & community, not just content #oeweek26

Happy Friday to you! 😘 thanks for the shout out and it sounded brilliant. Big up @amplifyfe.bsky.social and all the Changemakers out there 💪🏻

Happy Friday! 😀

Big hugs to @drloumycroft.bsky.social - we're playing your song request today on #ds106radio, celebrating all #AmplifyFE change makers out there - @emmaprocter-legg.bsky.social @realtimeedu.bsky.social

Hello #oeweek26 on #ds106radio - glad to be on air with you. I'll be playing requests and dedications for the next 90 min or so... 👋 Listen listen.ds106rad.io

Turn on your radio #oeweek26 #IWD2026 From 6-8 March two of my favourite annual initiatives co-incide: It’s Open Education Week, from 2-6 March, celebrating all things open in Education AND it’s also International Women&#82…

Tune in on #ds106radio at 3pm GMT today #oeweek26 marendeepwell.com?p=5896

Maren, Jim, Rob, and Kate in a streaming room on Reclaim Hosting

We also joined @marendeepwell.bsky.social and Jim Groom on ReclaimTV to share some insights about the conference, including our experiences over the years and the value of the community. The episode will go live shortly, and will be available to watch later. @www.reclaimhosting.com lnkd.in/dqcbsudb

In 1864, astronomer Admiral W. H. Smyth’s observations on the colours of stars was published in a book called Sidereal Chromatics. The cycle of celestial objects. (Beautiful postcard received today.)