The big #AI job swap: why white-collar workers are moving to trades such as baking, electrical engineering, … and giving up their vocations in academic writing, editing, legal advising, and marketing …as #AI job losses rise in the professional sector. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

The blog post written with @profpeter1.bsky.social for @advancehe.bsky.social has been published. "The costs of Generative AI: chasing the elephant round the room." www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-vie...

🤩What a wonderful, insightful seminar on 'Social Media and Student Belonging' with our guest speaker @heydrvanessa.bsky.social discussing the importance of social media spaces for students and the importance of peer interaction. Recording is available for members of the Social Media Scholarship Hub.

#AI #chatbots pose 'dangerous' risk when giving medical advice, study suggests #PerilsOfAI #GenAI www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blog-post ✍: 'Evaluation is integral to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (#SoTL) and its #impact' Evaluative thinking skills and being able to plan and conduct #evaluations are key competencies of a #SoTL practitioner #ImpactofSoTL #EvaluativeThinking www.shaileyminocha.info/blog/2026/1/...

Blog-post ✍️: Challenges to generating and sustaining impact of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (#SoTL) #SoTL #Impact #ImpactfulSoTL #GenAI www.shaileyminocha.info/blog/2026/2/...

‘It [IPPR] recommended standardised labels for #AI-generated news, showing what information had been used…, including … articles from professional news organisations. …[and]… a licensing regime …over the use of their content in #AI news.’ #PerilsOfAI, #GenAI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘How the ‘confident authority’ of #Google #AI Overviews is putting public health at risk’ ‘Experts say tool can give ‘completely wrong’ medical advice which could put users at risk of serious harm’ #PerilsOfAI #GenAI www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

#Education has a vital role in addressing the #climatecrisis. This new #CPD course from The Open University's @ietatou.bsky.social supports educators in effective #teaching for climate action. Please share. @ketanjoshi.co @davidsacerdote.bsky.social @timmers.bsky.social @merylbatchelder.bsky.social

Can punishment and rehabilitation co-exist? Through interviews and personal insights, Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski's thesis on ORO uncovers hidden barriers, systemic challenges, and the resilience of those striving for a better future through education 👉 https://ow.ly/EXAk50XX8RE #ThesisThursday

‘The owner of Warhammer has banned staff from using #AI to design its miniature action figures in an effort to boost creativity.’ #BraveStand #NonFOMO #GenAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/1ca9dee...

‘The risks of using #GenAI to educate children and teens currently overshadow the benefits, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution's Center for Universal Education.’ #PerilsOfGenAI www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

As educators, we're always looking for ways to design learning that’s engaging, inclusive, and future‑focused. If that resonates, join our module Technology Enhanced Learning: Foundations and Futures, starting Feb 2026. Learn more: www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate... @ietatou.bsky.social

Exciting news! We’ve just launched a brand-new suite of short #CPD courses. Explore key topics shaping the future of education. See next posts👇 📚 20 hours | 🌐 Fully online | 🎓 Includes a digital badge upon completion

Postgraduate study opportunity (fully online): "Technology Enhanced Learning: Foundations & Futures" starting Feb '26. 60 credit stand-alone module or first step towards the MA in Online Teaching. Registerations are still open at: www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate...

Blog-post ✍: 'Evaluation is integral to Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (#SoTL) and its #impact' Evaluative thinking skills and being able to plan and conduct #evaluations are key competencies of a #SoTL practitioner #ImpactofSoTL #EvaluativeThinking www.shaileyminocha.info/blog/2026/1/...

‘ “If you don’t understand how those decisions are being made by automated systems, you can’t advocate for your rights. You can’t challenge them, you can’t critically evaluate what’s being presented to you.” 1/2 #AI #GenAI #PerilsOfAI www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘The world “may not have time” to prepare for the safety risks posed by cutting-edge #AI systems’ #AI #AISafety #PerilsOfAI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

We're launching a brand-new suite of #CPD courses soon! (7 Jan 2026) 📢#GenerativeAI in Education 📢Teaching with #eXtendedReality 📢Teaching #Climate Action:Empower Students to Tackle the Climate Crisis 📢#BlendedLearning Innovations for Teachers &Trainers more info👉 www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/i...

‘ #AI may upend online studies critical to #socialscience’ ‘Sophisticated bots risk contaminating surveys, games, and other approaches designed to shed light on human behavior’ www.science.org/content/arti...

Google #AI overviews and potential harm #PerilsOfAI #GenAI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Congratulations to Professor Teresa Cremin Co-Director of the OU's Literacy and Social Justice Centre Reading for Pleasure (The Open University), who has been awarded a CBE for ‘services to education’ in the New Year Honours list announced by the King. More: https://ow.ly/2xSo50XNEfL

Remarks by @alondra.bsky.social capture the essence of the dangers of #AI, and how human-centredness and thoughtful governance, and responsible #AI can indeed benefit humanity. 👇

”Why do #AI #chatbots use ‘I’?” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/t...

‘Is the #AI bubble about to burst?’ ‘Tom Clarke explains why some analysts think the maths behind the AI boom no longer adds up, and breaks down the three pressure points [economics, computer science and infrastructure) that could ultimately burst the #AIBubble’ news.sky.com/story/fears-...

Reflections on #PerilsOfAI “If a #chatbot is [doing things for me], ….then I have become a spectator to my own mental and emotional life. My critical and creative thinking withers, and the very nature of thinking itself shifts from introspection to outsourcing,...” #AI #GenAI

“With all the benefits #AI brings, the challenge is this: how can we harness its promise of superhuman intelligence without eroding human reasoning, the cornerstone of the Enlightenment and of liberal democracy itself?” #PerilsOfAI #GenAI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

‘The #AI boom has caused as much carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere in 2025 as emitted by the whole of New York City, it has been claimed.’ #PerilsOfAI #EnvironmentalCosts www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against #AI in the arts.’ #PerilsOfAI #GenAI #CreativeArts www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

‘The researchers found when the #chatbots went down, people reported self-described "symptoms of withdrawal", such as feeling anxious or depressed - as well as having disrupted sleep or neglecting their responsibilities.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #MentalHealth

‘These [5] #LinkedIn tweaks could get you noticed faster…’ #SocialMedia wapo.st/4iYaEo8 (gift article)

‘… [Springer] is selling a book on the #ethics of #AI research that appears to be riddled with fake citations, including references to journals that do not exist.’ What an irony! #GenAI #PerilsOfUsingAI www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

#GenAI in Education: Ethical Challenges for Educators Presentation at the FAIESTA - Festival of #AI Exploration and Strategies in Teaching and #Assessment @openuniversity.bsky.social oro.open.ac.uk/106598/ (PPT)

#AI and the future of universities: a collection of essays #GenAI #HigherEducation #HE www.hepi.ac.uk/reports/righ...

‘#AI views both suffering and care as computational problems’ #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Recommend following @seda-ed-dev.bsky.social and @ntfellows.bsky.social and links to thought provoking blog posts from educators in #highered

‘Studies show widespread errors in #AI-generated work, as employers fail to train staff properly‘ #AI #GenAI #AISlop www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#AI professors will work alongside human professors - is this the way forward? No!!! #PerilsofAI www.forbes.com/sites/nichol...

“To be clear, ‘Tilly Norwood’ is not an actor, it’s a character generated by a computer program that was trained on the work of countless professional performers – without permission or compensation …devaluing human artistry.” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se... #PerilsOfAI #AI

‘Companies desperate to rush generative #AI products to market are pushing flawed products onto the public that are predictably being used to pollute our information ecosystems. The consequences are that #AI slop is entering libraries,….’ www.404media.co/librarians-a... #AISlop #GenAI #PerilsofAI

“Why #SoTL matters? Why educators should engage in #SoTL?” A note by UK’s Higher Education Policy Institute #HEPI, @hepi-news.bsky.social that discusses the role of teaching-focussed educators in #SoTL. www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/09/15/r...

“Why would you work if your work can be stolen, degraded, stripped of your association, and made instantly and universally available for free?” #GenAI #AI #LLLMs #Copyrights #PerilsofAI www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Duke University pilot project examining pros and cons of using artificial intelligence #AI in college #GenAI #Chatbots apnews.com/article/arti...

“How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s #AI to seem smart Contracted #AI raters describe gruelling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make #chatbots intelligent” #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Humans are being hired to make #AI slop look less sloppy In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what #ArtificialIntelligence gets wrong.’ #GenAI #AI #PerilsofAI www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...

‘Here’s the truth about the Civil Service and #AI People self report that #chatbots make them more efficient. The reality is not so rosy’ #AI #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4900b06...

“#ChatGPT fed a man’s delusion his mother was spying on him. Then he killed her Computer system told former marketing manager ‘you’re not crazy’ and encouraged belief family tried to poison him” #ChatGPT #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4ec73da...

#ChatGPT ‘coached’ suicidal teenager to kill himself, parents claim Lawsuit says #AI #chatbot validated Adam Raine’s ‘harmful and self-destructive thoughts’ #PerilsofAI #GenAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/e2c0ef1...

“The next ‘#AI winter’ is coming The FOMO-driven boom is running out of steam – again” www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2998758... #PerilsofAI #GenAI

“The warning signs the #AI bubble is about to burst Shock sell-off after study warns most investments in artificial intelligence get zero returns” #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/306a41e...