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Here to find and tell tales relating to all aspects of technology enhanced learning; educational technology; #edtech; #highered; learning design; digital education; future, current and past. Working at the University of Galway. Mo thuairimí féin.
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Ten Considerations for Generative Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Irish Higher Education - feedback sought hub.teachingandlearning.ie/ten-consider...

Irish AI Advisory Council advice paper on education (Feb 2025) assets.gov.ie/319845/e1eaf... “much of the narrative around generative AI … has been around plagiarism detection. It is now clear that detection methods do not and will not work“.

A special edition on Third Space in Higher Education, in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education is just out: journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

An open online course about open online teaching and learning #onl251 starts again - find out more, and sign up to join in. See www.opennetworkedlearning.se/sign-up-your...

Put in your diary 🗓️: Open Education Week 25 oeweek.oeglobal.org Also consider presenting and/or sharing your own work: oeweek.oeglobal.org/contribute/

An AI international safety report 2025 was published this week; the culmination of work by 100 experts to advance a shared understanding of risks. One conclusion, “AI does not just happen to us. Choices made by people determine its future”. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/679a0c...

Calling all members! Join us on Tuesday, 25 February for the Irish Learning Technology Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) where we announce 2025 plans and hold elections for key executive roles. www.eventbrite.ie/e/irish-lear... #heie

Good advice to keep in mind, on 3 dimensions, when setting assessments: to move beyond “simple prohibitions or permissions and begin to address three critical dimensions: the feasibility of enforcement, the preservation of authentic learning, and the emotional wellbeing of teachers and students”.

Can machines think?

ORCID now supports teaching materials…

Announcing the 2025 Philosophy & Theory of Higher Education conference (June 10-12) on the theme "The Creative University" with keynotes Bruce MacFarlane, Orlaith Darling, & Richard Kearney, co-hosted by @tcddublin.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social. CfA & submission guidelines here bit.ly/PHEC25

Only a day into semester 2 and it’s already full throttle. Buckle up, folks!

randomwalker.bsky.social and @sayash.bsky.social explore the landscape of AI in their recent book, AI Snake Oil. They highlight examples from hype to harm, helping us approach AI with a nuanced perspective.

As we approach the end of the year, here are some highlights of HEA Statistics publications 2024: First, Key facts and figures 2023/24: hea.ie/statistics/d... This comprises 12 interactive dashboards relating to student, graduate, and equity of access.

New articles! www.tandfonline.com/toc/cher20/0/0

How can we design an #accessible #learning resource as educators? Recognising the challenge of navigating guidance like UDL & WCAG - we made this resource as a one-page guide! #AcademicSky #Accessibility #Equity #Inclusion #HigherEd #loveLD #LTHEchat #Diversity designingfordiverselearners.info

Some fun ways to reflect on what you’re doing here skyzoo.blue/stats and blueskyroast.com

In case you havenʼt seen it yet, this website is such a great resource for all of us researchers and teachers working on and discussing technology and society: Calculating Empires – A Genealogy of Technology and Power since 1500 calculatingempires.net

Trinity College Dublin has established a new AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) led by @abeba.bsky.social launching today. A useful podcast on www.adaptcentre.ie/podcasts/ai-... from earlier this year explains why this research is so important. Wishing it every success.

Hey, you can read this book for free here, if you’re curious: https://manifold.umn.edu/projects/all-through-the-town

Nearly a week on and we are up to 80 people in this starter pack . Please do get in touch if you would like to be added - or removed! go.bsky.app/8FJAkMG

12 days of AI launches next week. Always interesting from Chris and colleagues at UAL. totallyrewired.wordpress.com/2024/11/22/1...

We had an opportunity to discuss how GenAI is impacting on our assessments in Friday’s class, and consider what AI literacy means. A useful read: Ng et al. 2021. Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence 2: 100041. d doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...

SAVE THE DATE 📆 The ESAI Conference 2025 will take place at the Sheraton Hotel in Athlone from the 10th - 12th April 2025. #esai2025 #edchatie The #CfP is now closed. Thanks to all those who submitted. Registration is open on our website esai.ie

The call for presentations for our 2025 #CESIcon is now open! We are looking forward to welcoming you all in Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh on 1st March. The closing date for submissions is 13th December. #EdChatIe @lcetbschools.bsky.social www.cesi.ie/conferences/...

UCD Assessment for Inclusion Framework: Principles and Practices. @geraldineoneill.bsky.social and Dr Sheena Hyland of UCD Teaching & Learning present at the QQI conference 'Rethinking Assessment: Inclusive Assessment & Standards in a Dynamic and Changing World' www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG4G...

📕 Statistics for Research Students (2022) ⭐An Open Access Resource with Self-Tests and Illustrative Examples 👉(usq.pressbooks.pub/statisticsfo...) #Academic#DataScientist #Statistics #bioinformatics #DataVisualization #phdchat #python #rstats #neuroscience #artificalintelligence

Here's a fresh update of the resource page I use when I give a talk on alternative grading. I added a bunch of links to materials from my current (Fall 2024) class. Free to use and share, so enjoy. docs.google.com/docu...

Ireland has highest rate of third-level education in EU. ”56% of people aged 25-64 in Ireland had, as of last year, attained a third-level qualification, compared with an EU average of 35%” www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

An open pedagogy duck day. Metaphorical inspiration for the adaptable, collaborative, and sustainable learning opportunities that openness in education provides.

Submissions already coming in for this symposium that seeks to bring people to think together and to think otherwise so as to plot critical and creative post-AI educational futures. Please spread the word and come join us: www.hackthiscourse.com/symposium/#/

I love how libraries curate and present these supports - noticing study guides in the main library foyer beside the Academic Skills Hub. Thanks to whomever was behind it!

“The trees are in their autumn beauty”.

“Our main finding is that homework frequency is more important than homework duration for improving student achievement in mathematics and science…spending up to 15 min on homework each time is equally as effective as spending up to an hour or more” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Fantastic #oer showcased in the open assets award category on awards.oeglobal.org/2024-open-as...

Recommend reading on decolonisation education for sustainable futures by Leon Tikly today unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/p... and www.unesco.org/en/futures-e... and doi.org/10.1332/poli...

“Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.” H.G. Wells.

Appreciate how the #NTUTORR open these events up for all Irish HEIs to gain from the knowledge sharing.

It’s my first bsky post and #ALTc24 so I might as well start by promoting something! Here are our curated resources and research on #genAI in higher education: bit.ly/DurhamGenAI

Updated my Bluesky Guide for Academics (tinyurl.com/DHBluesky) w/latest anti-toxicity features: if someone QTs your post, you can detach your post so it just shows "removed by author"/prevent dogpiling; hide specific replies to your posts from everyone; only get notifications from people you follow.

Hello, friends and new followers. Here's a free resource to help you lower access barriers when you design for and engage with learners! The #UDL Toolkit from James D'Annibale at Dickinson U: udl.dickinson.edu Enjoy, and watch this space for more resources and ideas.

#ALTC24 For those new to the Bluesky platform, here is a handy Learning Technology and Digital Education Starter Pack. 150 folks to follow. go.bsky.app/MLDmLaM @dompates.bsky.social

Looking forward to heading north next Thursday and Friday for #edchatie24 in Sligo. Found some photos of the last time ATU hosted this annual event in 2017. Fond memories. How time flies! Roll on next Thursday and Friday, thanks to @gavinclinch.bsky.social @aliegan.bsky.social and many others.

#CareerAdvice | How Open Should Teachers Be About Using AI? A lot has been written about the impact of AI on student work, but relatively little has focused on the role it should play for instructors, writes Steve Baule. #EduSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd bit.ly/4aQ4mBD

#oer24 kicks off in MTU Cork. Two great days ahead!

Over 14,000 micro-credential places across over 650 courses, across Irish HEIs, will be heavily subsidised by the HEA hea.ie/skills-engag...

Stanford’s co-designed and openly licensed lesson plans and materials for secondary school cohorts: “Empowering students with AI Literacy. Free resources to help you teach students in all subject areas to understand and question Artificial Intelligence” craft.stanford.edu

"GenAI and the Production of Scholarship" with @gravesle.bsky.social Orna Farrell & Fiona Concannon media-and-learning.eu/subject/high...