Peter Lang Verlag - Freedom to Play This book empowers language and literacy teachers and researchers by framing teaching as the use of S.P.A.C.E. within constraints to create ...

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Freedom to Play: A Ludic Language Pedagogy Primer
by Jonathan deHaan & James York
www.peterlang.com/document/136...

What an incredible surprise! ❤️

Our open-access paper, ‘Play space – head space – third space: playful pedagogy and research – ways of building collaborative and creative communities of learners,' has been nominated for the 2026 JLDHE Article of the Year Award.
doi.org/10.47408/jld...

From Expert to Overseer? Reflections on AI and the Changing Role of the Educator Sandra Abegglen, University of Calgary Reflection based on: Deng, Y., Martinez-Arboleda, A.

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From Expert to Overseer? Reflections on AI and the Changing Role of the Educator
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Register for the event – Making Active Learning Happen for All - book launch – Teams Making Active Learning Happen for All - book launch – Teams, Wed 15 Apr 2026 - Please join us to celebrate the publication of Making A...

Join us to celebrate the launch of Making Active Learning Happen for All: Practical Ideas for Developing and Sustaining Active Learning — a fantastic new open access publication to which we’ve contributed a case study.

🎟 Book your free place:
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Case Study: Influencing Teachers’ Expectations, Attitudes and Beliefs by Embedding Active Learning in Educator Professional Development – Making Active Learning Happen for All Practical, evidence-informed, and uplifting, Making Active Learning Happen for All is an essential companion for anyone committed to creating learning experiences that are engaging, equitable, and fut...

📘 New Case Study:
Influencing Teachers’ Expectations, Attitudes and Beliefs by Embedding Active Learning in Educator Professional Development
By @sandra-abegglen.bsky.social, #TomBurns, #JayDesire, @jmgordon.bsky.social & @danceswithcloud.bsky.social
🔗 openpress.sussex.ac.uk/makingactive...

Making Active Learning Happen for All Practical, evidence-informed, and uplifting, Making Active Learning Happen for All is an essential companion for anyone committed to creating learning experiences that are engaging, equitable, and fut...

✨ New Publication ✨
Making Active Learning Happen for All: Practical Ideas for Developing and Sustaining Active Learning (2026)
Edited by Sarah Wilson-Medhurst & Janet Horrocks
🔗 openpress.sussex.ac.uk/makingactive...

📢 Fully open access — dive in and explore!

New issue: JLDHE - No. 39, 2026
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

Encyclopedia of Postdigital Science and Education Encyclopedia of Postdigital Science and Education brings together the voluminous knowledge on scholarly research and learning in our postdigital condition. Since its first public appearance in 2000, t...

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Encyclopedia of Postdigital Science and Education
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Postdigital Science and Education Postdigital Science and Education is the pioneering academic journal focusing on postdigital themes and research approaches in education. Links various ...

POSTDIGITAL SCIENCE AND EDUCATION (PDSE) 8(1) has just been published:
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The Ultimate Academic Writing Hack - ALDinHE The rise of Generative AI (GenAI) has disrupted the academic landscape. Where students once turned to study skills books, many now turn to GenAI tools. The

aldinhe.ac.uk/the-ultimate...

Tuesday 31 March 2026, 15.00 – 16.00
Dr Ryan Arthur and the last study skills book: The Ultimate Academic Writing Hack

The International Education Studies Association
21st Annual Research Conference

A Tapestry of Voices: Weaving Inclusivity into Education and Conferences

University of Wolverhampton, 7 - 8 July 2026

Deadline for abstracts, 30 April 2026:
educationstudies.org.uk/conference-2...

Home - ICED26 CONFERENCE Video: © University of Salamanca 24 – 26 June 2026 An overview of the general programme for the pre-conference and conference is now ready under PROGRAMME. Registration for the IJAD Writing Retreat is...

ICED26 Conference
Agency and Academic Development
24-26 June 202
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Beyond Polishing: The Compounding Dynamic of GenAI in Academic Writing Generative AI can reshape stance and voice in multilingual student writing, with effects that appear to be shifting over time. Using a random sample of English L2 master’s-level assignments at a UK un...

Great article exploring how GenAI reshapes stance & voice in student writing: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Findings indicate that multilingual student writing is drifting toward the stylistic defaults of GenAI even before the tool is applied, & polishing then reinforces this convergence.

“...though we have all encountered our share of grief and troubles, we can still hold the line of beauty, form, and beat — no small accomplishment in a world as challenging as this one. Hard times require furious dancing. Each of us is the proof.”
- Alice Walker, Hard Times Require Furious Dancing

Join us!
✨ Harnessing Scattered Energy: A Reflective Session on Sustainable Creativity in Academia
19 March 2026, 2-3pm GMT

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We are delighted to invite you to the following #creativeHE and #ICRSC meet-up:

Harnessing Scattered Energy: A Reflective Session on Sustainable Creativity in Academia
19 March 2026, 2-3pm GMT
Sandra Sinfield, Sandra Abegglen, Magda Olchawska

Register:
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Proceedings, 2025 Computers & Writing Conference, hosted by the University of Georgia, May 15th to May 18th, 2025.
wacclearinghouse.org/repository/c...

The theme for the conference was Agency and Authorship.

Join us!

Re-imagining Education Conference 5.0
Cycles of Change
February 26 – March 1, 2026 | Online

We are presenting on Friday, 27 Feb, 3.30-4.30 EST our Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education Book - be great to see some of you there!

Sign up for the conference here:
🔗 re-imagining.education

Harnessing Scattered Energy… a creativeHE and #ICRSC meetup (19 March 26) Beach, umbrella in the forground, sand and a calm sea image: ‘Lapamán’ by B. de los Arcos is released under CC BY 4.0 made available via We like sharing We are delighted to invite you t…

Forthcoming #creativeHE event, March 19:
Harnessing Scattered Energy
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Re-imagining Education Conference 5.0
Cycles of Change
February 26 – March 1, 2026 | Online

Sign up for the conference here:
re-imagining.education

AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake-Oil Promises of AI-Infused Technosolutionism This chapter examines the ethical implications of the increasing integration of AI surveillance technologies within educational settings, including proctoring software, classroom monitoring tools, and...

🎉 Exciting news!

Our chapter, “AI Surveillance in Education: Unpacking Ethical Dilemmas and the Snake Oil of AI-Infused Technosolutionism” (Chapter 3, pp. 69–108 in "Policy and Practice for Ethical AI Integration in Education") is now SCOPUS indexed.

📄 Chapter: www.igi-global.com/chapter/ai-s...

If you have not yet read...

#Take5 #147: Stories of hope: Reimagining education - the book - the case studies - and what happened next:
aldinhe.ac.uk/take-5-147-s...

@aldinhe.bsky.social

Collaboration in Higher Education Collaboration in Higher Education, an open access book, focuses on the opportunities and challenges created by engaging in collaboration and partnership in high…

📘 Collaboration in Higher Education is open access. Edited by Sandra Abegglen, Tom Burns 🖤 & Sandra Sinfield, this book explores the opportunities& challenges of collaboration & partnership in today’s increasingly complex higher education landscape.

👉 www.bloomsbury.com/ca/collabora...

Consider:
Call for Proposals: Special Issue of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education

Advancing Pedagogic Research in Learning Development: Translating Inquiry into Practice
jldhe.aldinhe.ac.uk/open-call-fo...

If you have students who are needing to undertake research, this is a wonderful seminar by the Association for Peer Learning and Support - outlining how to tell a story through research:
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✨ Looking for something hopeful in education right now?

We’re delighted to share a short #Take5 blog feature about our open-access book, Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education.

You can read it here:
🔗 aldinhe.ac.uk/take-5-147-s...

The book:
doi.org/10.11647/OBP...

@aldinhe.bsky.social

Interesting MIT study exploring what it means to write with ChatGPT for the brain:
www.media.mit.edu/publications...

Please join us!

Re-imagining Education Conference 5.0 - Cycles of Change
February 26 – March 1, 2026 | Online

Our interactive session:
February 27, 2026 - focusing on "Maintaining Hope in a Higher Education Crisis."

Sign up for the conference here: re-imagining.education

The International Education Studies Association, 21st Annual Research Conference:

A Tapestry of Voices: Weaving Inclusivity into Education and Conferences
7 - 8 July 2026, University of Wolverhampton, UK
educationstudies.org.uk/conference-2...

Deadline for abstracts: 31 March 2026.

Take note:

TELSIG Symposium: Tech, Teaching & Togetherness
3 Feb 2026, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM GMT
Online, Zoom
www.tickettailor.com/events/telsi...

The organizers invites colleagues to reflect honestly on the challenges & joys of teaching with (& sometimes without) technology.