#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...

“ #ChatGPT is driving people mad. #AI software is fuelling paranoid episodes in users – some of which have ended in tragedy” #GenAI #PerilsofAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/00b5896...

‘Man poisoned himself after taking medical advice from #ChatGPT Patient replaced table salt with sodium bromide after consulting #AI software, say doctors’ #PerilsofAI #GenAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/3935ab6...

‘Are we doomed to dispense with reasoning, reflection and good judgment? What happens to a society that has lost its ability to think?’ #AI #PerilsofAI #GenAI www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/14ed8fb...

‘Volunteers fight to keep ‘#AI slop’ off Wikipedia Hundreds of Wikipedia articles may contain #AI-generated errors. Editors are working around the clock to stamp them out’ wapo.st/4meLEKe #PerilsofAI #GenAI

‘Terminated by #AI’ “I will never again assume…that I am in conversation with a human. Any chat or e-mail chain is more than likely to be AI, posing as a human but responding to a limited set of prompts… utterly devoid of empathy, curiosity or creativity” jeffgreenwald.substack.com/p/terminated...

‘Doctors fear #ChatGPT is fuelling #psychosis #AI software can ‘mirror, validate or amplify’ users’ delusions, report warns’ www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/a2989e4...

‘The academics taking on ‘cheating’ students using #AI to write their essays With 92 per cent of undergraduates relying on #AI tools, institutions are bringing back in-person exams to safeguard independent thought’ #GenAI #AcademicIntegrity www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/2fec002...

‘Popular services keep adding AI. Some customers want them to stop.’ “People are upset over the quality of AI products and the loss of human jobs. Is it enough to slow the tech down?” wapo.st/4jY5aZo #GenAI #AI #CustomerExperience #UserExperience

Thank you for the superb summary of the H890 Research and Scholarship in #DigitalEducation conference, @simonjball.bsky.social - and thanks again for your kind invitation.

You can now read a summary of the brilliant 2025 H890 Research And Scholarship In Digital Education Conference. Two insightful and thought-provoking keynotes (thank you @neilselwyn.bsky.social @shaileyminocha.bsky.social ) and 9 truly excellent student presentations! www.open.ac.uk/blogs/MAOT/i...

Conducting #focusgroups - a comprehensive #openaccess resource by @saraheaton.bsky.social 👇 #evaluation #ResearchMethods #AcademicSky

Blogpost ✍️: 'Three key strategies for impactful research and scholarship (#SoTL)' 👇 shaileyminocha.info/blog/2025/4/... #impact #REF2029 #TEF #SoTL

Reminder to register for our FREE "Research & Scholarship in Digital Education Online Student Conference" to hear from our Masters in Online Teaching students and keynotes from Prof Neil Selwyn and Prof Shailey Minocha. Details and registration link here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co...

Great #OERs championed by @beckpitt.bsky.social in our #CALRG seminars and other @ietatou.bsky.social events at The @openuniversity.bsky.social

#AI #Copyrights #Theft by #GenAI “This harvesting of our work, scraping and impersonating our styles, it’s the same as a #parasite that sucks the light out of its host without invitation,” Flach says. www.thetimes.com/uk/technolog...

Superb project on #youth #mentalhealth with @ietatou.bsky.social leading on the #evaluation of the various interventions to improve mental health and #wellbeing. ⬇️

#DigitalStorytelling #Storytelling #NationalStorytellingWeek An online #guide 👇

🚨 Exciting news! Keynote speakers (@neilselwyn.bsky.social & @shaileyminocha.bsky.social for the H890 Conference (Research & Scholarship in Digital Education) are confirmed! 🎉 Stay tuned for registration info and updates. 📢✨ www.open.ac.uk/blogs/H890Co... #OUMAOT #digitaleducation

‘Using #GenAI in Teaching, Learning and #Assessment in Irish Universities: Examples from the Disciplines’ Open access book: ucclibrary.pressbooks.pub/genai/