Digital Learning with CARE: Co-creating digital futures in the age of AI

Digital Learning with CARE:
Co-creating digital futures in the age of AI

Date: 31 March 2026 (Tue)

Time: 9am to 2pm

Venue: Old Library, Garrod Building, Turner St, London E1 2AD

Keynote:
Prof. Lorainne Tudor Car

Biography

Prof. Lorainne Tudor Car is Professor of Digital Health and Health Data Science and Principal Medical Research Scientist in the EMBRACE programme at King’s College London. A medical doctor with academic training in public health and health economics, she has held roles at Imperial College London, NTU Singapore, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and has worked with the World Health Organization and Ministries of Health. Her research spans digital health professions education and digital health interventions, with particular interests in conversational agents, generative AI and VR. She has co-led a large programme of evidence syntheses on digital education, informing the development of the WHO Academy and guidelines, and has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles with 80,000+ citations. She serves on the editorial boards of JMIR Medical Education and BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine and has designed and delivered innovative digital education for healthcare professionals and medical students.

Overview

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.

Agenda

MC: Jorge Freire, Senior Learning Designer (FMD, QMUL)

Time	Session(s)	Speaker(s)
09:00- 09:15	Welcome & Opening Remarks	Prof. Chie Adachi, Dean for Digital Education, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry (FMD), QMUL
09:15- 09:45	Keynote: Co-Creating the Future of Digital Health Professions Education: Innovation, Implementation, and Impact A focused talk on reflective practice, innovation, and evidence-informed digital learning in healthcare education.	Prof. Lorainne Tudor Car MD PhD MSc (LSE), Professor of Digital Health, King’s College London
09:45- 10:30	Student–staff panel: What co-creation looks like A conversation with students, professional services and programme teams exploring what “good” co-creation looks like—successes, challenges, and shared priorities for improvement.	Facilitator: Tom Hinks, Senior Learning Designer (FMD, QMUL) Students: Aisha Ashraf, Rachel Nelan, Rahma Hegy, Vandy Widyalankara Staff: Prof. Andrejs Braun, Dr Annie Noble Denny, Dr Vanessa Muirhead and Elise Gasser
10:30- 10:35	Introduction of Showcase
10:35- 10:50	Showcase 1: Designing the CARE Agenda This presentation will outline the origins and principles of the Digital Education Studio's CARE Agenda. We will showcase examples of how the principles have been enacted across CARE Agenda programmes and courses, and share resources to help educators implement these principles in their own teaching practice.	Dr Jo Elliott, Reader in Learning Design (FMD, QMUL)
10:55- 11:10	Showcase 2: Enhancing digital assessment and student success: Cadmus pilot This session will showcase the Cadmus pilot project as part of our work to transform the digital assessment landscape in the last three years. During this period, Cadmus has been used successfully as an assessment for learning platform, supporting both undergraduate and postgraduate students through structured scaffolding and meaningful engagement analytics. These insights have enhanced feedback processes for students and staff, strengthening learning interactions. The integration of authentic digital assessments has driven improvements in student engagement, retention, and overall success. Implementation of the Cadmus platform has also enabled the redesign of assessments, supporting our efforts to develop students confidence and capability in digital assessment practices and the responsible use of AI.	Dr Joanna Riddoch-Contreras, PhD, Reader in Neuroscience Education, Deputy Dean of Education: Undergraduate science studies (FMD, QMUL) and Violet Chan, Digital Learning Manager (FMD, QMUL)
11:15- 11:30	Showcase 3: Student-led co-creation: Onboarding students through co-created guidance Archisha and Vandy are QMUL students who work as Student Ambassadors in partnership with the Technology Enhanced Learning Team to deliver inductions on platforms such as QMplus and Q-Review. With digital systems embedded across most aspects of university life, building students’ confidence in navigating these technologies is essential. Drawing on their lived experience, they offer targeted, peer-informed guidance that introduces digital tools and addresses common challenges. This session will explore how student-led content creation and peer support can enhance equitable access to technology and foster greater confidence, independence, and digital capability.	Vandy Widyalankara and Archisha Manchanda (Technology Enhanced Learning Team (TELT) Student Partners)
11:35- 11:50	Showcase 4: Higher Order Prompting: A Pedagogic Toolkit for Critical AI Literacy This session introduces the Higher Order Prompting Toolkit, developed by Jon Jackson (Senior Lecturer, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences) and embedded within Queen Mary’s Critical AI Literacy: Essentials for Educators course. Karen Hudson (Innovation and Learning Manager, Queen Mary Academy) explores how AI pedagogy is being co created across disciplines to support deeper thinking, academic integrity, and responsible AI use, helping students to engage critically with AI rather than think through it.	Karen Hudson, Innovation & Learning Manager (QMA AI Excellence Centre, QMUL) and Jonathan Jackson, IoT Lead, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering and Management (QMUL)
11:55-12:10	Tea/ Coffee Break
12:10-12:20	Introduction of world café sessions
12:20-13:20	World Café Session
	World Café 1: Multimedia & Interactive learning design	Gian Paulo Canale, E-Learning Technology Officer, Giles Barber, Interactive Web Designer, Michele Dessi, E-learning and Media Manager and Victoria Burns, Multimedia Producer (FMD, QMUL)
	World Café 2: Enhancing academic integrity and student success	Dr Joanna Riddoch-Contreras, Violet Chan, Mia Bella Galea and Cadmus representatives
	World Café 3: Co-creation of student transition	John Seamons, Learning Technologist (TELT, QMUL), Vandy Widyalankara and Archisha Manchanda
	World Café 4: AI in Action	Dr Sushma Saksena, Deputy Director MBBS (FMD, QMUL), Paula Funnell, Academic Skills and Liaison Librarian (FMD, QMUL), Karen Hudson and Joshua Eric Soane
13:20- 13:30	Closing remarks	Prof. Chie Adachi
Till 14:30	Lunch & Networking

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