Connecting research, teaching & technology: Test bedding in action 

Universities are flooded with promises of transformative education technology. But turning promising tools into proven impact is far from simple.

Too often, innovation stalls at the pilot stage: small experiments that generate excitement but little evidence, rarely scaling beyond early adopters. For institutions trying to improve teaching, support faculty experimentation, and invest wisely in new technologies, this creates a persistent gap between innovation and impact.

Test bedding is emerging as a way to close that gap.

By creating structured environments where new technologies can be trialled in authentic learning settings, test bedding allows universities to generate real evidence, involve researchers and educators, and evaluate learning impact before wider adoption.

In this webinar, global examples will show how institutions are using test bedding to turn experimentation into scalable innovation – connecting technology providers, researchers, faculty and students while accelerating learning impact and reducing the risks of adopting new tools.  

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