PODCAST - I got to speak to Teti Dragas from Durham Uni and Richard Beggs of Ulster Uni about #digitalstorytelling and authentic assessment for the @jisc.bsky.social Beyond the Tech podcast. They had some really interesting things to say. Check it out. www.jisc.ac.uk/podcasts/bey...

Interesting how many students don’t use AI and how vague guidance remains - feel like it’s time we did better on providing clarity ⬇️

Through a knowledge exchange event between our university and a local schools trust, we were able to share Mentoring Lessons from PSF Provision that may be usable by others - perhaps mentoring skills really are universal? lydiaarnold.net/2025/09/07/6...

A useful appraisal of AI tools for assessment question writing … ‘AI tools can be useful as scaffolding tools for inclusive assessment design, when paired with informed human judgement’

Our framework for the ethical use of GenAI in research has been formally published!! Visual framework shown below to share 🙂 You can read more about it in our blog post, which includes the link to the full paper (open access - link in thread). #AcademicSky #ScienceSky #Research #GenAI

ChatGPT has released its new 'Study Mode'. What is it, and will it actually help students to learn? Or is it simply a way for OpenAI to reclaim territory from third party edtech? #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu #AIInEd #AIInEdu

"Chinese universities want students to use more AI, not less"

Best description of blandly created content I’ve seen - ‘a big bowl of bland, flavorless word salad’. Nice article showing the importance of engagement and discussion around AI in writing. Also shows AI perspectives evolve a journey - nuance comes through reflection.

Congrats to my colleague Simon Segar on his study on the experiences of autistic students. The work builds insight into students' nuanced, lived experiences; presents ideas on how we might better support students; & demonstrates compassionate practitioner inquiry. nadp-uk.org/https-nadp-u...

Here is a quick summary of our Leading Strategic Change in Assessment Masterclass session this morning at #AHEConference25 #AHEConf2025 #AHEConference2025, it has the pictures of the session outputs to share too ..... lydiaarnold.net/2025/06/19/l...

Great start to #AHEConference2025 - I got to lead a workshop looking at assessment change (lots of engagement and ideas) and now at the mini keynotes - always such a valuable conference.

After presenting 'about' graduate attributes last week at DMU, I have penned a few thoughts about some of the challenges and opportunities for attributes in the curriculum. A subject that perhaps doesn't get enough attention. lydiaarnold.net/2025/05/06/g...

The latest #WeeklyResourceRoundup features @activelearningnet.bsky.social @ft30uk.bsky.social @livunicie.bsky.social @jisc.bsky.social @marendeepwell.bsky.social @lydiaarnold.bsky.social @katharinehubbard.bsky.social Change Agents Network, SEDA, and more wordpress.aber.ac.uk/e-learning/2...

For anyone working on action research as SoTL - ‘What Does Good Look Like? Quality in Pedagogic Action Research’ lydiaarnold.net/2025/04/14/w...

Wishing I'd spotted this paper a week ago as we explored rubrics in a workshop - loud and clear though ... got a rubric ... it, it's only really useful if it's actively used www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great new paper on authentic assessment in engineering from my colleagues at @leedsteaching.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Learn how to design authentic #assessments that challenge students to apply their knowledge and skills in meaningful, real-world scenarios, in our latest spotlight guide: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/spotl... #assessment #edusky #academicsky #highered #learning #teaching

Interesting article in THES showing why we need to be clearer about what authentic assessment is, rather than using it as a catch-all term.

One of my concerns about using AI in teaching is how to facilitate skills without mandating people signup to tools. Yesterday I worked with PDF summarizer to analyse text - no log in for those who don't want to commit. Useful little tool to introduce AI text analysis smallpdf.com/pdf-summarizer

Really enjoyed this paper: A neutral toolkit? For a fundamental critique of constructive alignment by @lcornelissen.bsky.social and Lucy Newby … a robust critique of learning outcomes, reminding us all that however long we’ve worked with an educational idea, we should keep a critical view.

Assessment Top Trumps on tour today with a visit to Bournemouth to talk AI and assessment. Great discussions over the future of work, keeping up with change, AI for feedback literacy and more!

⬇️⬇️ great to joint this podcast to talk about flexible learning, we agreed on lots but there were healthy differences too. 🔊🎙️🎧 Diverse global perspectives 🌍 and a few top tips too. Thanks to @advancehe.bsky.social

Please consider taking part in our study. Follow the link here: www.tinyurl.com/aind25

Celebrating the end of the @harperadamsuni.bsky.social Introduction to Teaching course - two-day course for PhD students & professional services colleagues. Wow - I do love the energy of this group - we've had microteach composting, an art class, D&D, life hacks, gut biome biology, & so much more.

@altuk.bsky.social members! I'll be running a lunchtime #cpd workshop on the 12th February 2025. It's on the topic of programme level design approaches. You can sign up here - www.alt.ac.uk/civicrm/even...

New paper from Thomas Corbin & others on navigating the boundaries of acceptable AI use in assessment. “As far as is possible, assessment design should eliminate GenAI ambiguity by embedding clear, actionable expectations for AI use into the tasks themselves” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The National Teaching Repository has arrived!! Give them a follow 🤩

A new blog from Stella Jones-Devitt and Alan Donnelly resonated with me; I ran a workshop on inclusive curriculum yesterday, and we spent some time translating frameworks and principles into actual actions (so what can I do?). Time for action.

Join us for this week's #LTHEchat which will explore ways in which we can meet the challenges of implementing feedback in Higher Education with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @kaysambell.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blogpost at: lthechat.com?p=6877

Well someone is keen to get back to work today - happy new year!

Useful summary for those of us who couldn't get to #SocMedHE24 - important points for all of us to reflect on

Institutional change in HE needs to be incremental and inclusive. Check out the framework presented by @clairehamshire.bsky.social and Neil Barrett in this WonkHE article, linked to our open access article in Quality in HE doi.org/10.1080/1353...

This post on pedagogies of letting go reminds me of a well known quit from Ajahn Chahn: "If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace."

We need more critical AI literacy activities that are just way too fun. One example is @tedmasterweb.bsky.social's chatbot that maximizes hallucination while maintaining authoritative style: chatgpt.com/g/g-6733430b...

Last week, in a panel discussion, I mentioned an approach to pedagogy that’s been in my mind for a while … so here’s The (very simple) Pedagogy of Letting Go lydiaarnold.net/2024/11/24/t...

Thanks @carolaboehm.bsky.social for sharing this visual on Phenomenon Based Learning. There was so much in this keynote to takeaway. My homework is to look up more of Prof Lonka's excellent work. Congrats to @suelee99.bsky.social & the whole team at Staffordshire for organising an informative day 1!

For anyone looking forward to tomorrow's Phenomenon Based Learning online event Uni of Staffordshire, here is our co-created toolkit reminder of what PhBL is, with ideas on how to work with it with @suelee99.bsky.social @c-waterhousee.bsky.social Kate Cuthbert & Stella Jones-Devitt

Authentic assessment is not an educational panacea - helpful article in @timeshighered.bsky.social from @timbocop.bsky.social it's good to have critical voices looking at authentic assessment. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/auth...

✅ Relevent to bloggers, vloggers, podcasters, and publishers of all kinds too ... I have just added the BlueSky button to my Wordpress blog and it only took a moment.

For those just joining Bluesky and interested in Higher Education, I have created a list of educators I follow which may be helpful to look at to expand your own network. bsky.app/profile/did:... #highered #LTHEchat #altc

Useful AI guidance for students by students, from University of Sydney www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion... #AberPGCTHE #EduSky #AcademicSky

A valuable curated AI resource to bookmark ...

HE colleagues - this is a great source for practical insights and thoughtful reflections ⬇️ It’s on my list of regular listens….if you’ve not heard it, do check it out…

Views must be respected on all sides of AI debate(s)...I enjoyed this from @rcmeg.bsky.social & colleagues. It encourages thought around short & long-term impacts of GenAI, & valuably spotlights environmental considerations. We need to engage to work out a position, but refusal IS a position.

Nail. Head. 👍🏼

If you used TweetDeck before, @deck.blue is better. If you aren't familiar ... check it out as a way of managing feed content and following your interests ...

What a lineup indeed! Excited to be part of this event; the call for submissions is open ...

My latest blog summarises current AI issues in learning, teaching and assessment. Here, I ramble through a range of issues, including skills for the future, AI and SoTL, and ways to navigate AI uncertainty (and more ... it's a long read) lydiaarnold.net/2024/11/13/a...

Well Dubai - it’s been a blast. Online is great, but in-person remains wonderful. Thank you colleagues at University of Zayed sotl.info

Appreciating this is controversial (uploading lecture materials), but as we navigate hype, it's useful to consider how we could use AI tools; nice contribution by Winn Chow. I followed up by AI-mapping one of my lectures - which made me think again about my material. www.aaieec.org/post/ai-driv...