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Embracing compassion and self-care: educator wellbeing amidst the chaos (2025)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2025). Embracing compassion and self-care: educator wellbeing amidst the chaos. In S. Abegglen, T. Burns, R. Heller, R. Madhok, F. Neuhaus, J. Sandars, S. Sinfield, & U. G. Singh (Eds.), Stories of Hope: Reimagining Education (545-554). OpenBook Publishers. https://doi.org/10.11647/obp.0462.45

This chapter is a call for self-understanding and hope, beginning with the individual. It explores how Higher Education professionals can apply self-compassion—through self-kindness, recognition of shared humanity, and mindfulness—to support their ow... Read More about Embracing compassion and self-care: educator wellbeing amidst the chaos.

What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship (2025)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2025). What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship. In A. Syska, C. Buckley, G. Sedghi, & N. Grayson (Eds.), Transformative Practice in Higher Education: Innovative Approaches to Teaching and Learning (79-86). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003503149-11

Professional associations and learned societies are valuable resources, offering Third Space practitioners networking, connection, support, and scholarly opportunities. External pressures, however, often limit the time available for professional scho... Read More about What active engagement with my community taught me about driving professional scholarship.

The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development (2025)
Journal Article
Fallin, L., & Turton, C. (2025). The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 34, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi34.1314

This opinion piece argues that Design Thinking (DT) can facilitate a more empathetic and student-centred approach to service development and problem-solving in Learning Development (LD). While DT is already established within higher education, we arg... Read More about The Transformative Potential Of Design Thinking In Learning Development.

From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities (2024)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2024). From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities. In D. Conrad, & W. Archer (Eds.), Portraits of Academic Life in Higher Education: From Hiring to Retiring (216-229). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004716117_018

This chapter reflects on my transition from fresh graduate, student union bureaucrat, learning developer, and then to my first academic role as a Lecturer in Education Studies. I like to think of this as a story of perseverance, hard work and perhaps... Read More about From third space professional to first-generation academic: Navigating new identities.

The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Gouseti, A., James, F., Fallin, L., & Burden, K. (in press). The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/1475939X.2024.2428601

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are becoming integrated into the domains of teaching, learning, assessment and administration of educational institutions. While these advances are seen to provide opportunities, new concerns have arisen about the e... Read More about The ethics of using AI in K-12 education: a systematic literature review.

Empathy Matters: Inclusive Co-design (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kaegi, A., & Fallin, L. (2024, September). Empathy Matters: Inclusive Co-design. Presented at RAISE Conference 2024: Equity in Attainment & Student Success, University of Leicester

The effectiveness of inclusive teaching is crucially dependent on whether the curricula and wider learning environment are themselves inclusive. The sharp growth in and internationalisation of the PGT cohorts on Masters programmes in Education at Hul... Read More about Empathy Matters: Inclusive Co-design.

Instructional Design and Delivery for Community and Belonging (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fallin, L., & Kaegi, A. (2024, July). Instructional Design and Delivery for Community and Belonging. Paper presented at Integrating Educational Thinking. International Teaching and Learning Conference 2024., Teaching Excellence Academy, University of Hull

Using Generative AI in teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation (2024)
Digital Artefact
Lawrence, J., Davis, M., Drewett, L., Ewen, M., Fallin, L., Fischer, I., Folley, S., Gramaglia, L., Kwok, K., Morrell, L., Mullenger, E., Taintor, H., Wallbank, A., & Wilson, L. (2024). Using Generative AI in teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation. [https://sites.google.com/brookes.ac.uk/genaiheteaching]

Welcome to this open educational resource showcasing the outputs of an Association of National Teaching Fellows collaborative innovation project.

The site is home to accessible, real-world examples of using GenAI in teaching, learning and assessme... Read More about Using Generative AI in teaching, learning and assessment: Inclusive, ethical and sustainable innovation.

Killing the hidden essay: Supporting disciplines to move to multimodal public communication assignments (2024)
Book Chapter
Bartram, J., & Fallin, L. (2024). Killing the hidden essay: Supporting disciplines to move to multimodal public communication assignments. In M. Murphy, S. Beene, K. Greer, S. Schumacher, & D. Statton Thompson (Eds.), Unframing the Visual: Visual Literacy Pedagogy in Academic Libraries and Information Spaces. Association of College & Research Libraries

This chapter will consider the role of nondisciplinary, library-based professionals in supporting faculty academic staff and students in approaching public communication assignments in a way that values their multimodality—in particular, moving away... Read More about Killing the hidden essay: Supporting disciplines to move to multimodal public communication assignments.

Methodologies for research in Learning Development (2023)
Book Chapter
Fallin, L. (2023). Methodologies for research in Learning Development. In A. Syska, & C. Buckley (Eds.), How to Be a Learning Developer in Higher Education Critical Perspectives, Community and Practice. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003433347

This chapter explores the diverse research methodologies and methods employed within Learning Development research, emphasising the importance of participatory, emancipatory, and practitioner-led approaches to create a distinctive ontological and epi... Read More about Methodologies for research in Learning Development.

A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buckley, C., Holley, D., & Fallin, L. A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development. Presented at ALDcon23: ALDinHE Conference, Portsmouth, UK

Drawing upon a section of the co-created learning development (LD) Manifesto (ALDinHE, 2018), in this workshop we invite participants to come and be creative-and imagine beyond what learning developers do now into what they may do in the future, insp... Read More about A manifesto for the metaverse: opportunities and challenges for learning development.

Learning development in a time of disruption (2023)
Journal Article
Fallin, L. (2023). Learning development in a time of disruption. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1078

The Covid-19 Pandemic had (and continues to have) a significant worldwide impact on Higher Education (Watermeyer et al., 2021; Sharaievska et al., 2022). How Learning Development responded to this challenge varied considerably across the sector.
Man... Read More about Learning development in a time of disruption.

Co-creating LearnHigher: demystifying and shaping what we do (2023)
Journal Article
Beeson, H., Dettmer, J., Fallin, L., Key, L., & Ramakrishnan, S. (2023). Co-creating LearnHigher: demystifying and shaping what we do. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1090

<p>Established in 2005, the LearnHigher platform provides high quality, peer-evaluated resources which support students’ learning development. It was developed through a collaborative network of 16 institutions and is overseen by a working group who... Read More about Co-creating LearnHigher: demystifying and shaping what we do.

From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community (2023)
Journal Article
Buckley, C., Fallin, L., Grayson, N., Loughlin, E., Lowe, T., Malone, C., Morley, C., Sedghi, G., & Syska, A. (2023). From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi29.1142

This workshop set out the process of collaborative writing explored by the JLDHE editorial teams in partnership with the ALDinHE community at and following ALDCon’22 through The Collaborative Conference Proceedings and Reflections. We discussed how t... Read More about From the conference and beyond: collaborative writing with the journal of learning development in higher education and the learning development community.

Supporting inclusive learning resource design with Designing for Diverse Learners (2023)
Journal Article
Fallin, L., Davison, E., Spencer, G., & Tomlinson, T. (2023). Supporting inclusive learning resource design with Designing for Diverse Learners. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, 26, https://doi.org/10.47408/jldhe.vi26.924

This brief communication introduces the regulatory and ethical requirements of accessible learning design, and the Designing for Diverse Learners project. This communication is a call to action, asking for educators to share, support and help develop... Read More about Supporting inclusive learning resource design with Designing for Diverse Learners.

Designing for diverse learners (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fallin, L., & Tomlinson, T. Designing for diverse learners. Presented at ALDcon22: The Learning Development Conference

Learning and teaching are only sustainable if accessible and inclusive. For this reason, we produced the Designing for diverse learners poster, a set of easy to follow guidance on developing learning resources to support learners with a variety of ne... Read More about Designing for diverse learners.

Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fallin, L. (2021, December). Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull. Paper presented at Society for Research into Higher Education. International Research Conference 2021: (Re)connecting, (Re)building: Higher Education in Transformative Times

Focusing on the perspectives of ‘library users’, this paper argues for a reconsideration of dominant conceptions of academic libraries as dusty repositories of books and restrictive study spaces. Using the Brynmor Jones Library (BJL) at the Universit... Read More about Reading the Academic Library: an exploration of the conceived, perceived and lived spaces of the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull.