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#MootGlobal25 Listen to me and my wonderful colleagues share some of the exciting work we have done developing Moodle to support mobile first, offline learning youtu.be/nk3SJuDduNs?...

#MoodleMoot25 Modernisation of our technology platform - Travis Windsor (Moodle HQ) youtu.be/pN7DcTAR2qc?...

Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year. I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

Views amongst #altc25 delegates of the year ahead in edtech. Suspect these will resonate with others working across HE and FE.

The Beekee hub - an instance of Moodle on a Raspberry Pi in a classroom. #ALTc25

To support emotional health, embed 'warm support' in the learning design - ‘Warm support' (Baker et al., 2018) #ALTc25

"In my second semester.... I had no house, and I had no flat.... I was downloading documents from a train station... It was very cold. It was not that good, but finally I survived and I didn't give up." Zain - Online MA student. #ALTc25

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The Community Choice Award was voted for by ALT members out of all the submissions received for this year’s Awards programme. It’s another win for University of Liverpool’s Islands of Innovation Team. Many congratulations! #ALTc25

Good morning #ALTc25! DJs Puiyin @julievoce.bsky.social @dompates.bsky.social are getting ready to be with you at 8am sharp with this year’s first live #ALTcRadio show - A Glasgow Breakfast! Tune in wherever you are & whatever you are doing! www.thethursdaynightshow.com #ALTv @altuk.bsky.social

Hot of press Jiscs Beyond Blended Learning work www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/beyo... #altc25

‪Sheila MacNeill‬ ‪@sheilmcn.bsky.social‬ · now @charlesknight.co.uk calling for more critical voices around AI in education. Thank goodness for @helenbeetham.bsky.social helenbeetham.substack.com and @audreywatters.bsky.social 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com. #altc25

My question to #ALTc25 is will @bsky.app be the main backchannel again this year, as it was in 2024? Or willit be Linkedin? 🤔

#ALTcRadio #ALTc #ALTc25 Tune in at 12:00 to listen to @geraldinef.bsky.social @sueharrison.bsky.social and myself representing M25 ALT group. We will be dicussion some of the big themes in digital education & playing some top sounds from London. www.thethursdaynightshow.com @altuk.bsky.social

Good morning #altc25 delegates. For your breakfast reading, I share a chance encounter on a train that will no doubt reflect the next two days of learning... mattcornock.co.uk/opinion/look... @altuk.bsky.social #altc #learning #cpd

And we are off with @julievoce.bsky.social @dompates.bsky.social Good morning #ALTc25 #ATLcRadio #ALTc @altuk.bsky.social www.thethursdaynightshow.com

What does learning technology sound like? For the 3rd year running, TTNS is partnering with ALT to bring you #ALTcRadio - live on site from Glasgow and online, with 48hrs of #EdTech radio. Hear exclusive shows, live streamed keynotes, archive rewinds and regular TTNS DJs. #altc #ALTc25

FT' Partick Thistle 2⃣ Ayr United 1⃣ 🔟 LEAGUE GAMES UNBEATEN 🔥 #PTFCvAUFC #WeAreThistle

I've just submitted my proposal to present at #SocMedHE25 about my recent research using #Discord at the Open University. 😃 🤞

Registration for #SocMedHE25 is now open! The early bird rate is £95, available until 31st October, before the standard rate of £105. We hope to see you in Lancaster! Start your registration here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...

Get involved if you are interested in all things social media in HE and beyond. Book early. Stay late!

"Open knowledge is social infrastructure" says Jimmy Wales opening 'Knowledge is Human: The Information Ecosystem in the age of AI' conference by British Library & Wikimedia UK wikimedia.org.uk/2025/10/know... Looking forward to speaking on the opening panel #AI

2025 isn't over yet but it's unlikely that Twitter will see a resurgence of research discussions.

To absolutely nobody’s surprise, the more than 2,200 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience do not link to research items even once.

on.ft.com/3Jarr9S AI has a cargo cult problem

'Despite AI’s widespread use, 62% of the students said it has had a negative impact on their skills and development at school, while one in four of the students agreed that AI “makes it too easy for me to find the answers without doing the work myself”.' 1/2

Excited to announce that the #SocMedHE25 keynote speaker will be @andytattersall! Andy will be speaking on '#AcademicTwitter Is Dead — What Died, What Survived, What’s Next?'. For more info, including the CFP and registration, see the website at: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/k...

5 million of them are about research

🚨 Keynotes announced for #ALTC25 - Being a Leader, Not an Algorithm: Human Skills for an AI‑Shaped Future In a world shaped by AI, Dr Knight explores the human side of leadership, challenging tech-as-default thinking & spotlighting the skills that make us irreplaceably human. buff.ly/Ii4rvOR #altc

In October 2025, the ALT Annual Conference returns to Scotland for the first time since 2019. It will take place in the city of Glasgow on Thursday, 23 and Friday, 24 October. Secure your space now - buff.ly/lzqcGEY #altc #ALTC25

Learning technologists - what's the most annoying thing about working with academics/what don't we understand about your job that you wish we did? I am writing a blog for #ALTC25, be as honest as you like 😅

So moving. Love to @optimo-espacio.bsky.social www.nts.live/shows/optimo...

#SocMedHe2025 on.ft.com/3IWreHj Have we passed peak social media?

#SocMedHe2025 on.ft.com/3IWreHj Have we passed peak social media?

New notification features on Bluesky socialmediaforlearning.com/2025/10/02/n...

Looks like I’m going to see The Cure in Edinburgh next year

NEW Why the government was right to take PPE Medpro to court The state should enforce its contractual rights against suppliers more often By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

It is happening again...https://socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/call-for-papers/

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching. secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

The UK is demanding another backdoor in Apple’s encryption. www.ft.com/content/d101...

on.ft.com/4ntTDU1 Music labels close to landmark AI licensing deals

New Merriam-Webster LLM youtu.be/RvQnl3O0D3c?...

Exciting day @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social The first Festival of Online Education www.kcl.ac.uk/events/kings...

NEW on Wonkhe: The Office for Students is planning to begin using longitudinal educational outcomes (LEO) data in regulation. For Richard Puttock the principal problem is one of lag. buff.ly/LPGW81K