{"id":11148,"date":"2026-02-05T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/?p=11148"},"modified":"2026-02-05T08:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T08:23:21","slug":"digital-learning-news-february-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2026\/02\/05\/digital-learning-news-february-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Learning News February 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Welcome<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In this issue, we share news, top tips and resources, coaching, and the &#8220;fun stuff&#8221; we are doing to help improve your Digital Teaching, Learning, and Assessment practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a full list of our approved platforms and technologies, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/college-approved-platforms-technologies\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/college-approved-platforms-technologies\/\">visit our dedicated blog page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-808ff4cafd12b635edb84574280fac48\" style=\"color:#de1b73\"><strong>News<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Edpuzzle training day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Edpuzzle-icon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"783\" height=\"955\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Edpuzzle-icon.png\" alt=\"Edpuzzle logo - a blue puzzle piece.\" class=\"wp-image-11166\" style=\"width:100px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Edpuzzle-icon.png 783w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Edpuzzle-icon-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Edpuzzle-icon-768x937.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 783px) 100vw, 783px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to share that <strong>Edpuzzle<\/strong> will be coming to the Loughborough campus on <strong>Tuesday, the 10th of February,<\/strong> to deliver training and answer any questions you may have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Edpuzzle is an interactive video platform that transforms standard videos into engaging learning experiences. You can embed questions, links, and notes directly into videos, benefit from automatic grading, and access real\u2011time analytics, all designed to boost student participation and track understanding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the training, we\u2019ll explore practical ways Edpuzzle can support teaching and assessment. Whether you\u2019re completely new to the platform or looking to develop your skills further, this session will offer hands\u2011on guidance and ideas you can start using straight away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How to attend:<\/strong> No need to book, just come along to our drop-in training session at <strong>2pm in H102 (in the library)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CPD Completion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have completed any of our online self\u2011paced or in\u2011person training, please fill out the relevant completion form to receive your CPD hours. If you have not completed the training, but can confidently use one of our approved technologies, please complete the Digital Curriculum form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you have completed any of the <a href=\"https:\/\/staffzone.loucoll.ac.uk\/course\/index.php?categoryid=191\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Essentials<\/a> training: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=mTIMqd4rdEaitViOIeVBUuKIHbuGkoxFg9_KwUg4XNhUOVNRQU0yTVhYTlBSQlpQNTFRSlVYTUJZMSQlQCN0PWcu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Essentials CPD Completion Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have completed any other <a href=\"https:\/\/staffzone.loucoll.ac.uk\/course\/index.php?categoryid=180\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online self-paced<\/a> or in-person training: <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/e\/7de95LMyGm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Curriculum CPD Completion Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1-to-1 Digital Learning Coaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, we launched our Digital Learning Coaching as part of our training provision. These are structured 1-to-1 coaching sessions for teaching and business support staff who have completed digital training but would benefit from additional, tailored support. Sessions are practical, role-focused, and centred around clear aims and outcomes, helping you build confidence, improve efficiency, and make better use of digital tools in your day-to-day work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our range of online pathways can be found here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/staffzone.loucoll.ac.uk\/course\/index.php?categoryid=96\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SZ: Digital Learning Pathways<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can book team training by contacting us via&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk\">email<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Book a coaching session here:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.loucoll.ac.uk\/digital-learning-coaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Learning Coaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f06d58693d8ed21e88e83d3b0f823360\" style=\"color:#72338a\"><strong>Top Tips and Resources<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Learning Accelerators: Speaker Progress<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Speaker Progress<\/strong>, one of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/learning-tools\/learning-accelerators\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft\u2019s Learning Accelerators<\/a>, is built to help educators create structured speaking assignments, track progress over time, and give students meaningful, personalised feedback on their presentations, all within Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has a wealth of benefits and can be assigned to students easily. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/2026\/01\/29\/learning-accelerators-speaker-progress\/\">Learn how to utilise this tool with your students in our blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a516dea0bdf264110c4e12d38dbd9bd0\" style=\"color:#2547d0\"><strong>What\u2019s Happening<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3D Printing<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Our printers have been busy printing since the start of the term, producing several educational prints to enhance teaching and learning. We wanted to share with you our latest educational print for Sport &#8211; an Airless Basketball. Check out the timelapse of the print below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"3D Printed Airless Basketball Timelapse\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1161416073?h=968512faa8&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"439\" height=\"269\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Airless Basketball in the 3D printer\" class=\"wp-image-11156\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/Airless-Basketball-in-the-printer-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Close up of the Airless Basketball in the 3D printer.\" class=\"wp-image-11155\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-1080x1440.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2026\/02\/PXL_20260120_084748896-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contact us<\/a> if you would like something printed to utilise in your teaching and learning. You can browse 3D models on <a href=\"https:\/\/makerworld.com\/en\/3d-models\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MakerWorld<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.printables.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Printables<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>VR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1348369701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1348369701.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10206\" style=\"object-fit:cover;width:131px;height:128px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1348369701.jpg 724w, https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2025\/01\/GettyImages-1348369701-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We have recently been running <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bodyswaps.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bodyswaps<\/a><\/strong> (soft skills) and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.3dorganon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3D Organon<\/a><\/strong> (anatomy) VR sessions for classes across the curriculum and wanted to promote our offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtual Reality (VR) transforms education by providing immersive, interactive experiences. We offer sessions for our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/virtual-reality-applications\/\">supported programs<\/a><\/strong>. We are also happy for staff to research and suggest apps for us to download for them to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any questions about the VR sessions, would like to book a session, a demo, or recommend apps to us, contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/contact-us\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Learning Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For the full list of currently supported VR apps, navigate to our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/virtual-reality-applications\/\">Virtual Reality Applications blog page<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Help and Support<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.loucoll.ac.uk\/learningtechnology\/files\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1271748762-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Message icon\" class=\"wp-image-6229 size-full\" \/><\/a><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>As always, contact the&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Learning Team<\/a>&nbsp;for more information, guidance, and support. You can also book a coaching session here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.loucoll.ac.uk\/digital-learning-coaching\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Digital Learning Coaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome In this issue, we share news, top tips and resources, coaching, and the &#8220;fun stuff&#8221; we are doing to help improve your Digital Teaching, Learning, and Assessment practice. For a full list of our approved platforms and technologies, visit our dedicated blog page. 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