"You need to long for Holden Caulfield because longing for something is good for the emotionally unwell. That’s what I told my friends when they stopped coming to my parties because I was getting 'too intense' about metaphors."

We are grateful to the DRI for helping us openly share 50 years of history. This valuable collection will be of interest to those researching ICT in Irish education. @iesjournal.bsky.social @educationtrex.bsky.social @miceducationfac.bsky.social @dcuioe.bsky.social @marinoinstitute.bsky.social

I'm looking forward to acting as guest editor along @lwnyrb.bsky.social for this special issue of the IJTEL journal. If you are presenting at the @iltasky.bsky.social conference in @dcuioe.bsky.social on 3 and 4 June do consider expanding your work for this milestone special issue.

The @iltasky.bsky.social EdTech conference takes place in @dcuioe.bsky.social on 3 & 4 June. EdTech You: Digital Learning From How to Who, focuses on the people and community in EdTech. @lwnyrb.bsky.social and I can't wait to see you all at the 25th ILTA conference. Register: ilta.ie/edtech-2026/...

The #OER26 call for proposals is now open. Submissions may address themes such as social transformation, justice and equity, pedagogical innovation, care in open practice, future-oriented perspectives, and creative or experimental approaches. buff.ly/i5jOf70 #altc #OER

This is so so upsetting. So Grammerly is violating the memory of bell hooks AND making AI versions of the rest of us before we're even dead. Someone tell me who to sue, not even joking.

My @iltasky.bsky.social conference co-chair @lwnyrb.bsky.social and I have a few updates for you... First, a friendly reminder that the CfP for the 2026 EdTech conference closes tomorrow: ilta.ie/edtech-2026/, so do act fast.

Thanks so much for the read and mention, and for putting the monthly roundup on my radar :) @jisc.bsky.social Link to review: rdcu.be/e6ZlN Link to book: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Did you know @elaineburke.bsky.social will be speaking at CESIcon on 28 February in Limerick? She recently told the @teachnet.bsky.social podcast what to expect from her keynote on AI. Listen to the full episode: teachnet.ie/26-the-cesic... #cesicon

"Some humans (I think? Hard to tell) in masks and vests showed up this morning and took Manny and Kumal away. As you may have noticed, those two were the only staff—despite this place being open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m."

It was a unique privilege to write this review of Neil's latest book. I can only hope I've done generous scholarship justice. (Shared access via this link for anyone without library access: rdcu.be/e0nbV)

Having received more than 70 abstracts, and due to popular demand, we now extend the call for our Postdigital Backlash conference until 15 February. Look forward to seeing you in Zagreb!

Late last semester, I wrote a review of @neilselwyn.bsky.social Digital Degrowth for @pdse.bsky.social. It was a slightly daunting task considering how much I respect Neil's work, and I hope I have done it justice. Thanks so much for your generous contributions and scholarship, Neil. rdcu.be/e0nbV

Considering presenting at the @iltasky.bsky.social EdTech conference in June? Join my co-chair @lwnyrb.bsky.social and I tomorrow for an informative lunchtime webinar. We'll share some suggestions for developing your abstract and offer some insider insights. dcu-ie.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Telling the government my new home is going to be a data centre so they'll build it for me

This, all of this...👇

I was poking around Slides Carnival for some inspiration and came across some wonderful and truly unhinged templates like this one. However, I would argue that the animals used in it are not ugly and indeed very cute. www.slidescarnival.com/template/ugl...

when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes

The first paper of my PhD by publication journey is out now: "Critical and creative methods: From learning design practice to research". Thanks as ever to my co-authors @eam0.bsky.social, James Brunton, & @slowtech2000.bsky.social. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."

Not doing Black Friday because I'm against the creeping Americanisation of Irish life and can't afford to as a small artist, but WILL be doing Vengeful Hag Friday where for every piece of art you purchase from www.ciaraioch.com/artprints I will fervently wish bad cess to your enemies

If you know me, I love a bit of critical tech talk, and I adore a good podcast. I've been enjoying a deep dive into the @fortechssakepod.bsky.social podcast since @cesi-ie.bsky.social invited @elaineburke.bsky.social to be our 2026 #CESIcon keynote speaker. shows.acast.com/for-techs-sake

Who gets to imagine our shared techno-future? All of us do. Artwork Credit: Ari Webb These pieces were created at a Possible Futures workshop held on Sept. 6, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. View the zine and join future workshops via the link in our bio! —-------—----—-------—----—-------—---

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

After the @altuk.bsky.social conference, I sat down to write a blog post, but quickly decided to write about all of the events this past year: kate-molloy.net/open-practic... Special thanks to @slowtech2000.bsky.social, @eam0.bsky.social, and James Brunton for all the support throughout the year.

Streaming now...

The #CESIcon 2026 call for proposals is open through 19 December. We will return to the Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh on 28 February for a day of exciting talks and workshops as we continue to explore our 'Navigating Digital Futures' theme. @lcetb.com @denistreacy.com #EdChatIe forms.gle/x4SNHynzdT2v...

Don't forget to join us this Thursday (16 Oct 2025) at 11.30-12.30BST for #GO_GN X @knowledgeen.bsky.social's Community, Equity and Resilience with Chrissi Nerantzi, Vasiliki Kioupi & Tafadzwa Mushonga. Find out more and register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... #OER #OEP #openeducation #equity

The hero we need 😭

Join us on 9 October for our next Open Café. Thibaud Keller (PhD student, Maynooth University) and Conor Murphy (Community Manager, Dublin Linux Community) will join us to discuss "Open source and open education: democratising computer literacy". www.cesi.ie/cesi-open-ca... #EdChatIe

“I am the battered, coffee-stained backbone of writerly panic—the gasping pause where a thought should have ended but simply could not”.

“Now, at last, we can see, as we move toward a truly efficient future, that the greatest gift we ever received was being forced to exit Eden. To leave the garden behind”.

'We Like Sharing', a repository of #photos by staff, students, alumni and friends of TU Delft, all available under a Creative Commons license www.flickr.com/photos/welik... #WijDelenGraag #WeLikeSharing

My new blog post - The Art of the Gasta: How This Presentation Style is an Expression of Openness farrellytom.wordpress.com/2025/08/27/t...

75 Post-Punk and Hardcore Concerts from the 1980s Have Been Digitized & Put Online: Fugazi, GWAR, Lemonheads, Dain Bramage (with Dave Grohl) & More

Critical Studies of Artificial Intelligence and Education: Putting a Stake in the Ground. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A brief thread on alt-text. Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7

Doing DEI when you can't use the D word, the E word, or the I word: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/doing...

New Blog Post: "Book Published: Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online" #EduSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #TLSky

Having a robot write irrelevant emails for you sounds great and inconsequential in theory but it’s unsurprising to me how quickly people have moved the goalposts to having the robot write anything for you that would require personality or emotional labor

From the Pit to the Page. Every Riff Has a Story. All punk and education books are 40% off through 9/1 with code THINK at checkout. Shop essential punk reads now: pmpress.org/index.php?l=...

At the 'Education after the algorithm' symposium, @slowtech2000.bsky.social and I facilitated a workshop on sustainability literacies in postdigital learning design with the intent to develop an OER of curated zines. We're so pleased to finally share the video and documents: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...

Echoing this advice as a former teacher that destroyed her body for the sake of cute totes and messenger bags in her twenties…

Emily Dickinson’s Herbarium: A Beautiful Digital Edition of the Poet’s Pressed Plants & Flowers Is Now Online

Athlone Town power past ZNK Agram to continue European charge

Happy Friday and Day 2 of our conference! Get excited for our Day 2 keynote: the one and only @hypervisible.bsky.social Starting in less than 30 minutes!!!

Saying this with as much love as possible, but please stop using AI generated graphics for activism. Plenty of artists willingly donate their time and work designing for activists, and always have. It's not necessary to step on an increasingly struggling group in order to promote worthy causes.

SF-Based Internet Archive Is Now a Federal Depository Library. What Does That Mean? | KQED www.kqed.org/news/12...

I will say again, generative AI is the non-consensual U2 album of the consumer tech world.

The @civicsoftech.bsky.social Project host a wonderful annual conference that is online, free, and provides a welcoming space for critical discussion on ed tech. I'm delighted to present again this year, and strongly encourage others to join. www.civicsoftechnology.org/2025conference