🚨 While Amazon Web Services crumbled, our state-of-the-art GeoCities-powered learning environment stood strong

My Mac Mini (M4) is keen for me to update to Tahoe: Google's suggested videos are: Who's done it & which video best fits your experience?

I've not been here for a while, so have only just seen that the ability to save posts has come. Woohoo :)

When conference bags were more than tote bags :)

NEW on Wonkhe: Wonkhe and evasys are planning a new project exploring the link between module feedback and NSS outcomes – Helena Lim and Debbie McVitty assess current practice and invite you to get involved buff.ly/qsissMp

Time scientists say the rotation of the Earth is speeding up – what is happening? | First Dog on the Moon

Why has @theguardian.com stopped having a dedicated Education section. One that I'm sure used to have school / University subsections.

A2 it's hard to recognise your own assumptions and biases. Students might think whatever is written as absolutely true. #LTHEchat

Primary school children are excellent at philosophy as they won't stop asking 'why'? It's a shame that education tries to knock that out of them (and, of course, we know why the state might want to do that). #LTHEChat

y'all, if you think running a chatgpt query uses a lot of water bottles, wait till I tell you about your cars

Like so many others, I'm trying to get my SFHEA application done; if anyone is able to send me any short comments - and how I've influenced your work in any way, that would be very useful! #LTHEchat #EduSky

OpenAI is using Studio Ghibli-style memes as an ad hoc promotional campaign for its new image generator—despite Ghibli founder Hayao Miyazaki's famous hatred of AI. Sam Altman made his X avatar a 'Ghiblified' portrait. Disgracing Miyazaki is part of the point: It's more proof to them tech has won.

A4… #LTHEchat

It’s fascinating that language models can do a decent job of metafiction—getting voice and pathos and even a bit of humor—but still struggle with anything but the simplest plot. (Going on this example but also lots of others.) +

Watching the World Wheelchair doubles curling semifinals in Saltcoats (Auchenharvie Leisure Centre)

Unfortunately, Google hasn't got a google doodle for today - OK, so 36 isn't a particularly special number, but I'm sure they could have found a few things for today doodles.google/doodle/30th-... (this was from 2019)

The impact of an actual university failure on a city like Dundee would be catastrophic. One in seven of the termtime population is a student. The uni job losses in this round alone are already on a scale similar to when the Michelin factory in 2020. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/business-...

Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable. Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov). That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

10,000 jobs at risk, strike action across the country 🚨 These cuts are harming staff and students. We must #STOPtheCUTS @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social shares our story 👇

Brutal rebut of the NYTimes article that says we don't need to know how to code anymore. Brilliant deconstruction by @garymarcus.bsky.social.

Welcome to this evening’s #LTHEchat hosted by @emmadw.bsky.social and @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social Are you ready? Let’s get started... Q1. What digital tool(s) have you used in the past that are no more? What was the impact on your practice? Reply with A1 #LTHEChat and your response

Final reminder. #LTHEchat is happening TODAY at 20:00 GMT/ BST. We will be joined by @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social and @emmadw.bsky.social and will be talking about #edtech Read the blog for more: lthechat.com/2025/02/24/l...

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat, which will explore technological change in education with @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social and @emmadw.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/02/24/l...

2 days to go before the #LTHEchat this week! This week we will feature @emmadw.bsky.social and @nomadwarmachine.bsky.social who will lead on the theme of changing technology and education. Check out the blog for more: lthechat.com/2025/02/24/l...

This taxonomy of cognitive science its and leading contributors is from 1991. I recognize about half the names -- all white men. Relatedly perhaps, on this account "anthropology" is no longer seen as one of cog sci's subdisciplines. Graphic here: github.com/rdgao/WH2Cog... (republished)

Three universal psychological needs motivate the self to act: Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose. - Self-determination theory Learn more: - Video: www.ted.com/talks/dan_pi... - Website: selfdeterminationtheory.org - Article: doi.org/10.1080/0963...

Sometimes teachers might not even have articulated their #HiddenCurriculum to themselves. #TacitKnkwledge? #LTHEchat

I think we have to reidentify it every year. Different students, changing contexts. EG there's lots of hidden curriculum around use of genAI... #LTHEchat

A1. Things that we think students understand being explained. The demystifying of every aspect of Higher Education methods, processes and acronyms #LTHEchat

A1 It is the aspects of the student experience that are not articulated cleary, unwriiten rules and potentially not shared verbally. The 'you don't know what you don't know' information. #LTHEchat

Another quick reminder to join us for tonight's #LTHEchat which will explore the hidden curriculum with Dr. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social, Dr. Richard Harris @richharrisleeds.bsky.social and Dr. Madeleine Pownall @maddipow.bsky.social at 8pm GMT. Read the blog post at: wp.me/p4QBCl-1O7

🤢 news.sonoma.edu/article/csu-...

My MacBook has now updated to 15.3; I see that Apple intelligence is now on by default; had to disable it, rather than enable (or not, as the case was for me).

As you watch the disaster unfolding at Cardiff University (and therefore for Wales as a whole), take a look at the grotesque chaos unfolding at Dundee, which is going to have to get a bank loan to pay for all the redundancies. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Now off to playful TV - watching The Traitors #lthechat (which makes me think, a colleague at the Medical school introduced a session on feedback by looking at Strictly, and looked at Strictly Judges feedback styles :) Then moved to the 'serious' stuff.

A2 I have become more sensitive over the years however about trying to make people play who really don’t want to.Sometimes they are just being awkward but sometimes there are deep-seated reasons underneath.The art is to make it inclusive, nonthreatening but not an absolute requirement to participate

ORCID now supports teaching materials…

UK universities might misattribute changes in their rankings to their institutional strategies when random fluctuations in the ranking system are a more likely explanation. Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... BSky author: @tvpollet.bsky.social #UKHE #AcademicSky

What a contrast this week www.theguardian.com/us-news/live... & www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... And there’s still scepticism in some areas about the impact of humans on climate …

And now York has also dropped Elsevier. That makes 3. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

A4: Fix the structural and funding issues in HE so all institutions aren’t cutting staffing to the bone - or shoving assessment on colleagues with precarious contracts. #LTHEchat

CAT ADVISORY: Temperatures in the UK could drop to -10c tonight. All cats should IMMEDIATELY find the warmest spot in the house and stay there. Tell humans to bring you snacks and to keep the second warmest spot free in case you want a change of scenery.

A3 Maybe stop calling it feedback. Teach students how to evaluate what they are doing and have confidence in it. That's a transferable skill #LTHEChat

Fuck you Facebook. That was the first thought I had when I woke up this morning. Followed by: What ministry is Mark Zuckerberg volunteering to manage for the dictators of the world? Ah, yes. The Ministry of Empowerment. And here's a rager of a blog post on this: www.zephoria.org/thoughts/arc...

I've just tried to open a couple of links from the Times Higher Newsletter. WE have outlook & the safelinks protection tells me it's malicious. Does anyone else have any issues opening links from the newsletter? Website itself works fine, as do links from other emails. It used to work

❄️🦌 Enter a winter wonderland with Sierra On-Line's "A Computer Christmas" (1986). 🎄💾 This charming vintage software showcases early PC graphics & underscores the importance of preserving our digital history. Enjoy the full classic. ➡️ archive.org/details/sier... #preservation

Dundee University dental school merger paused after principal’s abrupt exit

Down goes TikTok. I have so many mixed feelings about this. www.npr.org/2024/12/06/g...

NEW on Wonkhe: There’s a fear that students will use artificial intelligence as “magic button” that cuts out the need for deeper thinking. For Josh Thorpe, another world is possible https://buff.ly/3OhrWOj