Underlining what matters in higher ed and ed tech: news, vendor updates, and commentary from across the field, in one place.https://theunderline.netlify.app/source/halfanhour/https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/thinking-of-my-obituary.htmlhttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/thinking-of-my-obituary.htmlI'm getting old enough now that thinking about what I want my obituary to say is not some vague hypothetical but instead is something visible on the horizon. So asking myself what my obituary to say isn't just some exercise to orient and make my life better, as suggested in this article. And in any case, with most of…Sat, 19 Sep 2026 15:39:05 GMTStephen DownesVoiceshttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/survey-results.htmlhttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/09/survey-results.htmlHere's the question I asked and the responses: What work would you think is most useful and valuable for me to do over the coming months? All text would be 100% human-authored unless otherwise specified A CList MOOC - 12 AI for learning - 25 CList - 9 Critical Literacies - 22 Logical Fallacies upgrade - 15 Server side…Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:03:32 GMTStephen DownesVoiceshttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-top-learning-tools-2026.htmlhttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/my-top-learning-tools-2026.htmlOh, is it that time of the year again? Everything I do is a learning experience, so my 'top learning tools' are basically 'my top tools'. So what am I using this year? 1. Firefox So few people list the browser at the top of their list, and yet so many of their other tools depend on it. For me, the choice of browser is…Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:11:21 GMTStephen DownesVoiceshttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/what-ive-been-doing-over-summer.htmlhttps://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2026/08/what-ive-been-doing-over-summer.htmlThis post is inspired by Doug Belshaw's review of what he has been up to over the summer. I don't think I have ten items, but I can live with that. I have just realized I haven't written a post since May. There are reasons for that; it's not so much that I have nothing to say as it has been my fairly busy schedule.…Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:26:45 GMTStephen DownesVoices