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https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0044_strong_evaluation_in_a_flat_world.html Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The Public Sphere and the Digital University: Imaginaries of Voice and Visibility https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0043_the_public_sphere_and_the_digital_university.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0043_the_public_sphere_and_the_digital_university.html Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Merit, Measurement, and Moral Order: The Market Imaginary in Education https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0042_merit_measurement_and_moral_order.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0042_merit_measurement_and_moral_order.html Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The Autonomous Individual Learner: Taylor, EdTech, and the Buffered Self https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0041_the_autonomous_individual_learner.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0041_the_autonomous_individual_learner.html Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The Moral Background of Education: Introducing the Social Imaginary 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Institution and Imaginary – How Educational Technology Reproduces the Social-Historical https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0036_institution_and_imaginary.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0036_institution_and_imaginary.html Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Autonomy and the Educated Subject: Rethinking Learning Beyond Instrumentality https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0035_autonomy_and_the_educated_subject.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0035_autonomy_and_the_educated_subject.html Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Imagining Otherwise: Castoriadis, Radical Imagination, and the Crisis of Educational Futures https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0034_imagining_otherwise.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0034_imagining_otherwise.html Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Reclaiming Pedagogy in a Platformed World -- A Manifesto https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0033_reclaiming_pedagogy_in_a_platformed_world_a_manifesto.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0033_reclaiming_pedagogy_in_a_platformed_world_a_manifesto.html Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Critical Infrastructure: Reimagining the Digital University https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0032_critical_infrastructure_reimagining_the_digital_university.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0032_critical_infrastructure_reimagining_the_digital_university.html Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Digital Policy is Pedagogy: Why Educators Must Engage https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0031_digital_policy_is_pedagogy.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0031_digital_policy_is_pedagogy.html Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100 AI, Assessment, and the Automation of Judgement https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0030_ai_assessment_and_the_automation_of_judgement.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0030_ai_assessment_and_the_automation_of_judgement.html Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100 The Hidden Curriculum of the LMS 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Progressive Education Can Resist the Rise of Extremism https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0025_reclaiming_society.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0025_reclaiming_society.html Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Designing AI-Resilient Assessment: Reclaiming Human Learning in an Age of Automation https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0024_designing_ai_relilient_assessment.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0024_designing_ai_relilient_assessment.html Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Pedagogy of the Connected:@@html:<br />@@Building Community in Online Learning Spaces https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0023_pedagogy_of_the_connected.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0023_pedagogy_of_the_connected.html Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Teaching Against the Interface: Reclaiming Pedagogy in Platformed Learning https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0022_teaching_against_the_interface.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0022_teaching_against_the_interface.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 A Mirror or a Fix? Generative AI and the Crisis of Educational Imagination https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0021_a_mirror_or_a_fix.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0021_a_mirror_or_a_fix.html Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Designing AI-Resilient Assessments in Online and Distance Education https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0020_beyond_detection.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0020_beyond_detection.html Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Assessment at the End of the Turing Test https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0019_assessment_at_the_end_of_the_turing_test.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0019_assessment_at_the_end_of_the_turing_test.html Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 An Essay in Seconds: What AI Reveals About Broken Assessments and the Need for Pedagogical Reimagining https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0017_an_essay_in_seconds.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0017_an_essay_in_seconds.html Thu, 03 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Reimagining Digital Teaching: Beyond Maintenance Mode https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0018_reimagining_digital_teaching.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0018_reimagining_digital_teaching.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 Reclaiming Digital Agency in Higher Education: A Case Study in Ethical Infrastructure https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0016_reclaiming_digital_agence_in_higher_education_a_case_study_in_ethical_infrastructure.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0016_reclaiming_digital_agence_in_higher_education_a_case_study_in_ethical_infrastructure.html Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0100 After Jorum: The Fragmentation of OER Infrastructure in UK Higher Education https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0015_after_jorum_the_fragmentation_of_oer_infrastructure_in_uk_higher_education.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0015_after_jorum_the_fragmentation_of_oer_infrastructure_in_uk_higher_education.html Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Time to Reopen the Conversation on OERs https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0014_time_to_reopen_the_conversation_on_oers.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0014_time_to_reopen_the_conversation_on_oers.html Sat, 29 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Reclaiming Pedagogical Agency in the Age of AI Realism https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0013_reclaiming_pedagogical_agency_in_the_age_of_ai_realism.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0013_reclaiming_pedagogical_agency_in_the_age_of_ai_realism.html Mon, 24 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Role of the Educational Technologist in Resisting the Drift https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0012_the_role_of_the_educational_technologist_in_resisting_the_drift.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0012_the_role_of_the_educational_technologist_in_resisting_the_drift.html Fri, 21 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Why Critical Pedagogy and Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) Are Not Research Priorities in the UK https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0011_why_critical_pedagogy_and_tel_are_not_research_priorities_in_the_uk.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0011_why_critical_pedagogy_and_tel_are_not_research_priorities_in_the_uk.html Thu, 13 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Why Higher Education Needs a Postgraduate Certificate in Online Teaching https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0010_why_education_needs_a_postgraduate_certificate_in_online_teaching.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0010_why_education_needs_a_postgraduate_certificate_in_online_teaching.html Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Battle for Truth https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0009_the_battle_for_truth.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0009_the_battle_for_truth.html Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 The Role of AI in Online Learning: Opportunities and Challenges https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0008_the_role_of_ai_in_online_learning.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0008_the_role_of_ai_in_online_learning.html Fri, 07 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Harnessing Peer Feedback in Online Courses to Boost Engagement and Learning https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0007_harnessing_peer_feedback.html https://elearning.home.nomagic.uk/0007_harnessing_peer_feedback.html Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000 What is Authentic Assessment? 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