We are recruiting: Research Associate in learning analytics
We are looking for a Research Associate to work with a multi-disciplinary team on a learning analytics policy and strategy framework for higher education.
Children and Technology at Edinburgh International Science Festival
Andrew Manches, Judy Robertson, Lydia Plowman and other colleagues and students will be running a drop-in workshop on Children and Technology as part of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
Cultural heritage sparks: our new academic network launches
The new Digital Cultural Heritage Network launches next week, with networking, research conversations and Rebecca Sinker from the Tate discussing: Tomato Tomato (təˈmātō, təˈmätō): Fruitful conversations and cultural misunderstandings in digital research collaborations.
New book: Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course by Jeremy Knox
Jeremy Knox - lecturer in Digital Education in the Centre - has published a new book which is now available for order and inspection copies: Posthumanism and the Massive Open Online Course: Contaminating the Subject of Global Education.
Honorary appointments of top researchers in learning analytics with the school
Professor Shane Dawson and Professor George Siemens have been appointed as honorary professors and Dr. Ryan Baker as an honorary fellow with the Moray House School of Education. The pioneers in the field of learning analytics, Baker, Dawson, and Siemens bring world-class research expertise, extensive social networks, and commitment to innovation and promotion of digital education.
Call for papers: Special issue on Learning Analytics in IEEE TLT
Paper submissions are invited for a special issue on Learning Analytics for the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies.
Launch of Centre for Research in Digital Education
The Digital Education Centre formally launched on 26th November at a party in the Scottish Storytelling Centre on the High Street, Edinburgh.
We had an excellent and well-attended night, and it was great to have so many colleagues, students and friends come and share the celebration.
We celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the MSc in Digital Education at the same time, and with graduation happening the following day, were able to welcome many of our graduands too.
Grant award: learning analytics policy in Europe
Dragan Gasevic and Jeff Haywood have been awarded a European Erasmus+ grant to study and support policy development for learning analytics in European higher education.
Working with six European partners, the project will take a participatory approach to help develop learning analytics strategy and policy in universities. The project will run 2016-18.
For more information, check out the project page.
How technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education.
News
| Jasmeen Kanwal for The Guardian: Scottish politics on immigration, disinformation and the need for "prebunking" education | A piece exploring the recent shift in Scottish political discourse on immigration and arguing for the need for "prebunking" education. |
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| Updates from the Mastercard Foundation African Scholars Programme Summer School | Alice Dias Lopes, Pete Evans, and Michael Gallagher share insights on the summer school that took place in Accra, Ghana, and on the Centre's position with regard to championing sustainable digital education in the Global South. |
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| Jen Ross chairs student-led hustings ahead of the 2026 Holyrood elections | Centre co-director Professor Jen Ross chaired The Future Speaks, a hustings event organised by James Gillespie's High School and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. |
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| New project: Digital Prioritarianism: Mobilities, Marginalisation, and Sustainable Futures | Conceptualising and interrogating instances of digital prioritarianism. |
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| We have joined Norway’s £28mill government-funded programme for AI and Learning | We will be an academic partner to Norway's AI Learn research centre, contributing to knowledge sharing with a focus on governance and ethics around the use of AI in education. |
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| AI is Inventing Academic Articles - Dr Williamson speaks to The Observer | Ben Williamson speaks to The Observer about the appearance and multiplication of AI-hallucinated citations in academic publishing. |
About
The Centre for Research in Digital Education is based in the Edinburgh Futures Institute and the Moray House School of Education and Sport at The University of Edinburgh. We research, teach and conduct knowledge exchange in areas relating to digital education including policy, practice, artificial intelligence and education futures.
Engagement
We work with many partner universities as well as policymakers, the cultural heritage sector, schools and other public and private sector organisations. Our partners value us for our critical approach to learning, teaching and technology in formal and informal education, and for the ways in which we combine our research with world-leading practice in digital education.
The Changing Pedagogical Landscape report is released
An important new report has been released on new ways of teaching and learning and their implications for higher education policy. With Jeff Haywood as lead author, the report presents the findings of a study funded by European Commission during 2014-15.