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Getting students to collaborate online as part of their studies is often assumed to be a 'good thing' - but why? And if it is a 'good thing', how can we ensure that students are able to benefit from this kind of learning?

We can create brilliantly designed learning programmes but if we forget to take account of the contexts, environments and cultures that learning takes place within even the very best learning designs may flounder and fail to deliver their intent. 

Two colleagues from The Open University Business School (OUBS) present a selection of findings from a recent survey showing what the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) students think of active participation in online tutorials.

Dr Charles Mbalyohere and Jessica Giles explore the theme of international employability arising from an ongoing collaborative research project between The Open University and Makerere University in Uganda.

With the rise of degree apprenticeships as a growing route into higher education learning, the time is right to examine the implications of degree apprenticeships’ role within the sector, and to raise some questions about the role of formal work-based learning in future workforce development.

Isabel Fischer, Leda Mirbahai, Lewis Beer, David Buxton, Sam Grierson, Lee Griffin, and Neha Gupta from the University of Warwick talk about their current AI-related priorities and invite readers to join their community of practice, or alternatively, to use this blog for insights for their own communities of practice. 

Francine Ryan and Jon-Paul Knight look at how virtual courtrooms have the power to revolutionise legal education by providing immersive, realistic experiences that enhance student engagement and develop advocacy skills through innovative technology. 

Based on her own research and experience, SCiLAB's Director, Professor Jacqueline Baxter, talks about the potential contribution of scholarship research on the professional identities of practitioners that cross over into academia.

In this blog Liz Hardie and Carol Edwards discuss how they used co-creation to develop a peer mentoring scheme, and its benefits and challenges.