Digital Learning with CARE Symposium 2026
Schedule
Wed Mar 25 2026 at 09:00 am to 02:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Old Library, Garrod Building | London, EN
About this Event
Higher education is in a period of rapid change. Students are navigating the cost-of-living crisis, staff are working through shifts in attendance and engagement, and generative AI is prompting all of us to rethink familiar approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment. But alongside the disruption sits opportunity: new tools, new practices, and new ways of working that can strengthen learning if we shape them intentionally. What worked before may no longer be enough—and there are no templated or out-of-the-box solutions. The only sustainable way forward is to find them together.
This symposium brings together educators, students, learning designers, and sector partners to explore how co-creation drives high-quality digital learning across health and medical education. Grounded in the lens of the Digital Education Studio’s CARE principles—Co-creation, Active and Authentic learning, Relational practice, and Evidence-based design—the event showcases how collaborative approaches are already improving learning experiences within and beyond Queen Mary and invites attendees to interrogate how successful practices can be scaled across programmes and institutions.
For colleagues in higher education, teaching, healthcare education and clinical training and digital learning, this symposium offers a focused space to share expertise, build cross-institutional connections, and explore how co-designed practice can advance the future of digital learning in a changing sector.
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Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Host: Prof. Chie Adachi
🕑: 09:15 AM - 09:45 AM
Keynote Speech
Host: Prof. Lorainne Tudor Car
Info: "Co-Creating the Future of Digital Health Professions Education: Innovation, Implementation, and Impact"
🕑: 09:45 AM - 10:30 AM
Student–staff panel: What co-creation looks like
Host: QMUL Academics & Students
Info: A conversation with students, professional services and programme teams exploring what “good” co-creation looks like—successes, challenges, and shared priorities for improvement.
🕑: 10:30 AM - 10:35 AM
Introduction of Showcase
🕑: 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Showcase 1: Co-creation in practice
Host: Dr Jo Elliott
🕑: 10:55 AM - 11:10 AM
Showcase 2: Cadmus in FMD: Enhancing academic integrity and student success
Host: Dr Joanna Riddoch-Contreras
🕑: 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM
Showcase 3: Student-led co-creation
Host: Technology Enhanced Learning Team (TELT) Representatives
🕑: 11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Showcase 4: AI in Action: Case Studies from the QMA AI Excellence Centre
Host: Ms Karen Hudson
🕑: 11:55 AM - 12:10 PM
Tea/ Coffee Break
🕑: 12:10 PM - 12:20 PM
Introduction of world café sessions
🕑: 12:20 PM - 01:20 PM
World Café Session
Info: World Café 1:
Multimedia & Interactive learning design;
World Café 2:
Enhancing academic integrity and student success;
World Café 3:
Co-creation of student transition;
World Café 4:
AI in Action: Case Studies from the QMA AI Excellence Centre
🕑: 01:20 PM - 01:30 PM
Closing remarks
Host: Prof. Chie Adachi
🕑: 01:30 PM - 02:30 PM
Lunch
Where is it happening?
Old Library, Garrod Building, Whitechapel Campus, London, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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