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mwebb.bsky.social
Mostly AI and technology in education. Director of AI at Jisc. Might post the odd music and cat thing too.
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It’s snowing in Birmingham this morning! Ok, just a tiny bit but still… #digifest25

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So much in Sana Khareghani’s wonderful keynote on where we are with AI that I could only capture a fraction! #digifest #digifest25 from @jisc.bsky.social

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Fantastic session sharing examples from our Learnwise pilot, with a message around both how useful it is and how quick to deploy. #digifest25

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Standing room only in our Kaltura workshop around personalised learning and their AI Class Genie beta. #digifest25

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Hall 3 is starting to take shape and there's a buzz in the air. Make sure you tag us in your posts if you're joining us at #Digifest25 so we can share our favourites 🧡

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Who’s coming to Jisc Digifest next week? If you are come and add to our AI map!

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🤖 'We need to learn from the sudden leap we saw with ChatGPT – we're likely to see a similar leap in robotics, which will broaden the impact across many of our skills areas' @mwebb.bsky.social of @jisc.bsky.social tells colleges feweek.co.uk/with-the-rig...

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Engineering Responsible AI:foundations for environmentally sustainable AI. An excellent new report: nepc.raeng.org.uk/media/2aggau...

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Jisc's @mwebb.bsky.social initial top level advice on #Deepseek nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/01/2... #AIEd

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I’m sure there’s some metaphor or story here - but anyway, I love the inventive use of an upside down gym bench to fix the velodrome track.

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Today's announcement at BETT from Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson: Phttps://www.gov.uk/government/news/education-secretary-outlines-plans-to-modernise-education-sector

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Loved the new Bob Dylan film.

submitted 52 days ago • 0 comments

Out of interest, has anyone seen Meta's fact checking in action recently? I don't really ever see anything that would warrant fact checking. Updates on our village, friends days out, music updates from the 1990s etc. Where does it actually happen? Is it in some of the groups?

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

Wow! "6/ Work with President Trump to push back against foreign governments going after American companies to censor more.... the best way to defend against the trend of government overreach on censorship is with the support of the US government."

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

The rapid advancement of AI is transforming the landscape of workforce development, especially in FE and skills. This new blog post explores the challenges and opportunities presented by AI and how we can shape a future-ready workforce. #AmplifyFE

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments

And in non-AI related things as it’s Xmas eve... probably the nearest I’ll ever got to co-writing a Christmas song. It’s got twinkly bells at the beginning anyway…

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Working on presentations for next year. In 2025 the term 'Artificial Intelligence' will be 70 years old, so I something i'll probably be weaving in. www-formal.stanford.edu/jmc/history/...

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I’m currently writing our AI review of 2024. Jon Hopkins is good writing music.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Hmm. Apple Intelligence on my Mac is underwhelming. Anyone found anything useful or interesting?

submitted 83 days ago • 2 comments

This thread nails it. I wonder if Microsoft can turn it around?

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It's the most hotly anticipated end-of-year report and no, we're not talking about Spotify Wrapped. Our annual review is out now. Read on to see how we've been saving you money, keeping you secure, and leading the conversation on AI in 2024.

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Our expenses system has just asked me if I love it. I’m scared what may happen if I say no…

submitted 98 days ago • 2 comments

I just noticed a mirror situation here: *Faculty don't want students to use AI. **Students use AI anyway. * Educational developers don't want Faculty to use AI detectors. **Faculty use AI detectors anyway. SIGH

submitted 99 days ago • 3 comments

It's Day 4 featuring an @AmplifyFE Insights #AI case study. Hull College's @DebKellsey's award-winning #AITranslate is a cross-college initiative enabling all staff to confidently use translation apps to help learners #AmplifyFE #25DaysofAmplifyFE https://buff.ly/4f6awA2

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Nice morning for a bike ride.

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

Researchers working in critical edtech studies - just over 2 weeks to send proposals for our conference in Zurich next June. Help build a community of critical edtech research. Especially hope it appeals to doctoral and early career researchers www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

I did! I chaired a very enjoyable opening keynote panel on AI and security with Rebecca Flook (Jisc), Clare Johnson, (Women in Cyber Wales) and Mark Watts (University of Southampton.) Thanks for all the questions and sorry we didn’t have time to answer them all.

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@wonkhe.bsky.social 's got a 'Share on Bluesky' button :-) One I've just been reading with a nice prompt example: AI isn't a tool, it's an environment wonkhe.com/blogs/ai-isn...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, here's my starter pack of folks I follow on Bsky around AI, in relation to writing, tech, regulation, thinking, and pedagogy. It's a mix of critical, enthusiastic, and moderate voices. Who did I miss? go.bsky.app/NG7WrA5

submitted 122 days ago • 55 comments

Seriously impressed that Bluesky is handling this level of growth with just 20 employees.

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

From OpenAI: "GPT-4o got an update 🎉 The model’s creative writing ability has leveled up–more natural, engaging, and tailored writing to improve relevance & readability. It’s also better at working with uploaded files, providing deeper insights & more thorough responses."

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

Are you coming to the Jisc Cyber Security Conference? If so come along to our AI and Cyber Security keynote panel. I'll be joined by Andy Bellamy and Clare Johnson, and we'll talk about how AI is a cause of new security threats, but also part of the solution. www.jisc.ac.uk/security-con...

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

No snow here in Newport - just lots of rain.

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Latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup for teaching in HE wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/c... #AcademicSky #EduSky #AberPGCTHE

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Colleagues in Wales, particularly those interested in FE - next Tuesday I'm speaking at this event: "Join Grŵp Colegau NPTC and CENTURY for a day of sharing best practices achieved during the Welsh Government funded AI project." www.century.tech/events/

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

Some longer thoughts on face blindness (with a tiny bit of AI): open.substack.com/pub/mwebb/p/...

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A new blog post from my Jisc colleague @helennicholson.bsky.social on Grammarly's authorship tool: #aied #aieducation nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/11/1...

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A blog from our AI team at Jisc rounding up some recent AI/Education stories that we found interesting/useful: nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2024/11/1...

submitted 117 days ago • 0 comments

I've just done some catching up on follow-backs on Bluesky. Any tips from anyone on a quick way of doing this?

submitted 118 days ago • 1 comment

Ok, highly unexpected outcome of the conference I’ve been to - I’ve found out about Face Blindness. I had no idea it was thing and thought it was fairly normally to find it very hard to recognise people. Much more exploring to do. faceblind.org.uk/diagnosis/

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

Slightly in awe seeing Tim Peake at #aocconf2024. Such a fantastic speaker. Loved the way he answered the questions too - thoughtful, humorous and generous.

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A short blog post about my session at #aocconf2024 this afternoon: www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/ai-five...

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Congratulations to the finalists: USP College, City College Plymouth and Basingstoke College of Technology in this year’s Association of Colleges Beacon Award for the Effective use of Technology sponsored by @jisc.bsky.social #AoCConf2024 #AoCBeaconAwards

submitted 120 days ago • 0 comments

In @davidhuge.bsky.social opening address at #AoCConf2024, he discussed the importance of collaboration and highlighted AoC's progress for the sector in working with successive governments

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