“Students must learn with GenAI before they can question it.” But should we? In the GenAI:N3 blog, @eam0.bsky.social responds to this Manifesto statement and asks the sharper question: Should we learn with AI? A thoughtful challenge to assumptions about AI in education. 📖 genain3.ie/what-we-must...

Our latest GenAI blog sets the scene for our upcoming #LTHEchat on Wednesday 21st, focused on the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education. 📖 genain3.ie/teaching-lea... #GenAIN3 #GenerativeAI #HigherEd #TeachingAndLearning #Assessment

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Teaching, Learning, Assessment and GenAI with @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and @kenmccarthy.ie on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT.

✨ GenAI:N3 2025 Blog Review ✨ From disruption to shared practice - our weekly blog series traced how higher education is learning with generative AI. Massive thanks to all of our contributors! 📖 Read the review: genain3.ie/2025-review-... #GenAIN3 #AIinEducation #HigherEd

🎓 Universities: GenAI – There’s No Stopping, Start Shaping! In our final post of 2025, @educatefran.bsky.social calls for an end to "AI panic". While we debate, students are often left navigating Big Tech tools in secrecy. 🔗 Read more on GenAI:N3: genain3.ie/universities... #HigherEd #GenAI #EdTech

🧠🔗 Rebuilding Thought Networks in the Age of AI AI can generate content, but it can’t replace thinking together. This blog from @gravesle.bsky.social asks what we lose when shared intellectual spaces fragment, and how we can rebuild them with intention. 👉 Read & reflect: genain3.ie/rebuilding-t...

🚀 New blogpost: How we built the Manifesto - and what’s coming next. A short, collaborative set of 30 statements that’s already reached 40 countries. If you care about how AI is reshaping higher ed, this is your invitation to jump in. 🔗 genain3.ie/building-the...

With guidance from @hazelfarrell.bsky.social , Future music educators at SETU are reimagining how we teach - blending creativity, pedagogy, and AI. Some brilliant student ideas in this new blogpost on the GenAI:N3 website👇 genain3.ie/teaching-the... #AI #MusicEd #HigherEd

We’re creating a book to accompany the Manifesto for Generative AI in Higher Education, and we’re seeking short, 1,000-word essays based on any of the 30 Manifesto statements. EOIs (150 words) due 15 Dec 2025. Form link: forms.gle/nEWRZic9EMLE... Manifesto: genain3.ie/files/manife...

New on the GenAI:N3 blog: The Transformative Power of Communities of Practice in AI Upskilling for Educators by @topgold.bsky.social AI capability doesn’t grow in isolation. It grows in community through shared practice, and collective confidence. genain3.ie/the-transfor... #GenAI #HigherEd

New on GenAI:N3: Kerith George-Briant & Jack Hogan explore a “two-lane” approach to AI in assessment - one secure, one collaborative. Smart, honest, and very human. Read: genain3.ie/this-is-not-... #HigherEd #GenerativeAI #AssessmentDesign

The latest weekly blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) features Brian Mulligan positing that to overcome the threat from AI, universities may have to reinvent themselves through authentic, applied learning. Ironically, AI might be both the problem and the solution. #GenAI

The call for abstracts for the 25th Irish Learning Technology Association's EdTech 2026 Conference is now open. Join us in Dublin in June 2025! See more on ilta.ie/edtech-2026/ #Highered #edchatie #edusky #Heie #edtech26

Another wonderful blog post on the GenAI:N3 website (genain3.ie) this week from Tadhg Blommerde, who shares insights about Dr Strange Syllabus and teaching students to trust themselves... genain3.ie/dr-strange-s...

It might be a public holiday, but it is still Monday, and that means another new blog post on the GenAI:N3 website, this week featuring the thoughts of MTU PhD Researcher Patrick Shields who writes about the role that Higher Education can play in AI adoption by SMEs. genain3.ie/ai-adoption-...

Dr Hazel Farrell @hazelfarrell.bsky.social presenting the work of GenAI:N3 @genain3.bsky.social at the Council of Europe Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education - Ensuring quality education in the AI era in Strasbourg. #GenAI #SETU

The first of the GenAI:N3 Weekly Blog posts comes from the always entertaining Jim O'Mahony, SFHEA, with a link-packed roundup of where we are now and an existential question about where we left the remote control! Well worth the read... #genai #genain3 #ntutorr genain3.ie/something-wi...

Follow the Day 1 Live Sream in the main auditorium at #edtech25 at #SETU #Waterford Here is the link! youtube.com/live/5JHeDVq... #community #learningtechnology #edtech

Just 10 days to go to the third "Sustainability in the Arts" festival in South East Technological University, this award-winning festival promises to be better than ever, well done to @hazelfarrell.bsky.social and her incredible team.

Super proud of this amazing educator and colleague, @hazelfarrell.bsky.social who won a SATLE impact award for the Sustainability in the Arts Festival in SETU. #SATLE

Next up on our calendar is our annual EdTech conference this May. We’re headed to Waterford to the sunny South East Technological University as hosts. Stay tuned for more details, including our call for papers coming soon!

Yesterday @tudublinsustain.bsky.social launched the Digital Badge - Education for Sustainability w 250 academic staff across Ireland. This collab with ATU and SETU shows #DigitalEducation can build capacity at scale in #ESD @iltasky.bsky.social @ntutorr.ie @carinaginty.bsky.social @kenmccarthy.ie

David Deneiffe @ddenieffe.bsky.social kicks off the student panel at DEC24 @dec24conf.bsky.social acknowledging the support of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie

Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social talking about the transformational power of N-TUTORR @ntutorr.ie during her keynote at the DEC 24 conference in Waterford @dec24conf.bsky.social

Well worth watching, lots of food for thought!

Barcelona here we come! @hazelfarrell.bsky.social

We have been keeping this under wraps for a few months in preparation for the N-TUTORR showcase and Autumn Lecture Series. Special thanks to Corina Power for organising it all and Sean Corcoran (The Art Hand) for making it a reality. #ntutorr #SETU It was worth waiting for...

A busy day in Dundalk at the N-TUTORR Future Planning Workshop. A lot done...

After a lot of consideration, we’ve decided to leave our virtual learning environment. There are too many students on there asking for help.

Just 8 days to go until the N-TUTORR Showcase. There will be 3 plenary sessions, including a panel of Presidents from our partner HEIs, talking about the future of the TU sector in Ireland. Don't miss it. Sign up at the link below. #NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning #NTUTORRShowcase

Got a new sticker for my office door! Thanks to @plantsoup.bsky.social

I just updated my BlueSky handle from @kenmccarthy7.bsky.social to @kenmccarthy.ie if you have your own domain you should give it a try, you can find it in advanced settings under change handle. #speirgorm

Photos of me in my happy place(s), almost all of the Lego Stores that I have managed to visit, Manchester, Dublin, Blanchardstown, Munich and Barcelona, the ones I missed getting were the Lego House in Billund and the one at Billund Airport. Hope to get to a lot more... #lego #happyplace

Saddened to hear about the passing of Jon Kenny, a giant of Irish comedy and one of the funniest people I ever saw. Before there was the D'Unbelievables it was Jon and his solo show, this was his version of Spancil Hill. #rastanirish Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam

Trying out this Starter Pack thing, they don't make it easy.... Please let me know the ones I missed. go.bsky.app/FYCvaV6

The seventh and final lecture in the N-TUTORR Autumn Lecture Series took place last night in SETU. Speaking on the theme of EDI we heard from Dr Allison Kenneally and Dr Cara Daly on how now more than ever EDI needs to be reflected in all of what we do in higher education.

Collaboration, fun, wonderful insights, and lots of great learning at our Gen AI Hackathon today in SETU! @n-tutorr.bsky.social @kenmccarthy7.bsky.social #genAI #highereducation

You still have time to register to attend the final lecture in the N-TUTORR Autumn Lecture Series on the theme of EDI, looking forward to hearing my colleagues Dr Allison Kenneally and Dr Cara Daly. Details and registration: registration.crowdcomms.com/n-tutorr

The next @n-tutorr.bsky.social Masterclass, on Gen AI in HE, will be on 21 November. Speakers include @sharplem.bsky.social @hazelfarrell.bsky.social & @gastatom.bsky.social Open to all, but registration is absolutely necessary. www.eventbrite.ie/e/generative...

Delighted to get the opportunity to participate with @n-tutorr.bsky.social colleagues in the EDEN Digital Education Leadership Academy in Barcelona.

Beautiful autumnal colours in JFK Arboretum today.

Back at the home of the brick! #lego #legohouse

Wonderful addition to Cullenstown Strand in County Wexford, super idea that I'm sure will make many children happy!

N-TUTORR has joined Blue Sky! Transforming learning for a digital world. We want to transform teaching, learning, and the student experience in the Technological University sector. We want to create sustainable digital ecosystems that empower staff and students within a changing world.

Sunshine on campus! #sunnysoutheast #SETU

Harvest Moon over South Wexford early this morning!

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #3,131,046!