Newsletter, November 2026

Hello again!

This month I am looking forward to my keynote at the Ascilite Conference in Brisbane, continuing my work with GO-GN and a new Reclaim case study, which comes out later this week!

If you work in Open Education, please complete the GO-GN Impact Survey – thank you!

I can’t quite believe it’s November already. Time is really flying past, and I am grateful indeed that that I had the opportunity to catch up with some of my favourite people at the ALT Conference in Cardiff last month, complete with shoe tweets, stickers and fab conference radio.

My diary for 2027 is starting to fill up, so reach out if you’re thinking about coaching or consultancy work with me in the new year, or just want to say hi, email hello@marendeepwell.com .

Fresh podcast episodes

• 155 – Special Guest Başak Büyükçelen in which Pressbooks CEO talks about introducing a 4 day work week and leading a distributed organisation.
• 154 – Closing the Loop in which I share productivity hacks and updates on new projects and conference talks.
• 153 – Special Guest Glenda Cox talks about what it takes to build collaborative networks across the globe.

Find us on Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Overcast, Pocket Castsor via RSS Feed .

Recent blog posts

• Without you, it wouldn’t have happened.31/10/2026
  Earlier this week, Patrick Stewart died, and I was absolutely devastated. Patrick Steward’s Captain Picard was a huge part of my childhood and I have blogged many times about how… Read more: Without you, it wouldn’t have happened.
• 100% human made.31/10/2026
  One of the joys of being a pen pal is that I sometimes get a real surprise in the post. This happened this week, when I received a thick, promising… Read more: 100% human made.
• Shoe tweets, radio, running… #altc2626/10/2026
  This year the ALT Conference happened in Cardiff, my adopted hometown, and I simply couldn’t miss it! It’s been a while since I managed to attend an ALT Annual Conference,… Read more: Shoe tweets, radio, running… #altc26
• Help the GO-GN Penguins!22/10/2026
  If you have worked in Open Education for the past ten years or more, you will have met the GO-GN Penguins! Whether you have seen them tumble out of the… Read more: Help the GO-GN Penguins!

Have a good month… and as always, thank you for reading.