The title doesn't match the topic of the podcast, which is more about how GenAI can replace desirable difficulties and other productive challenges, subverting learning and meaning-making. It also sounds like a rundown of the ideas and concepts I teach in my classes! #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky

The U.S. government has shut down after failing to reach a budget deal, leaving federal funding for R&D in 2026 endangered. The U.S. House and Senate have so far rejected proposed deep cuts to R&D funding, but they must continue to push to pass full-year appropriations bills. https://bit.ly/4nwaPsl

Last chance to register for our workshop THIS THURSDAY, August 14! 5 cognitive scientists, 50+ teachers, informal discussion, and back-to-school teaching tips. Group discount (5 or more): 15% off! @veronicayan.bsky.social @lkfazio.bsky.social #EduSky scienceoflearningworkshop.eventbrite.com

ICYMI: Join me for a back-to-school workshop on the science of learning on Thursday, August 14 on Zoom, with @veronicayan.bsky.social and @lkfazio.bsky.social. We're cognitive scientists AND teachers. Early bird: Get $10 off if you register by this Friday! www.eventbrite.com/e/science-of... #EduSky

As someone who uses the em-dash a lot in their own writing, I really hate that it's supposedly the "tell" for generative AI!! 😫

Exciting announcement 🚨! Come to our Science of Learning workshop and with not just one but FIVE cognitive scientists and teachers: Drs Janell Blunt, Shana Carpenter, Pooja Agarwal, Lisa Fazio, and myself. Aug 14 (early bird reg by 8/10) #edusky #teacherlife #k12 #highered

Come and work with me and my colleagues. We're nice!

New paper with Allison Zengilowski, Abubakir Siedahmed, @veronicayan.bsky.social, and Neil Heffernan at Learning at Scale published today: "Encouraging Metacognitive Reflection through Prompts in a Computer-Based Learning Platform: Failure to Find a Benefit in a Large-Scale Randomized Trial"

the Department of Psychology at the University of Otago is hiring SIX faculty. open area Otago is the second-largest research university in New Zealand, and, among other nice things, is located near some of the best wineries on the planet www.seek.co.nz/job/85709111

These funds could sustain the National Science Foundation for 17 years and make the US a great country. Instead, they'll be used to terrorize people in the US.

According to this Supreme Court, President Biden's Department of Education was exceeding its power by trying to forgive peoples' student loans. President Trump, on the other hand, has the power to just completely dismantle the entire Education Department.

NEW: Concepts and skills in real life are like a tie-dyed t-shirt: all mixed up. www.retrievalpractice.org/strategies/i... Get tips from Dr. Veronica Yan (@veronicayan.bsky.social) on how to use interleaving. Mix up concepts, problem sets, vocabulary words, etc. All student ages, all subject areas.

The undergrad Cognitive Studies major at Indiana is a model for the field and is now on the chopping block bc enrollment is under the state's new guidelines

This is where I really wish there was a better way to bookmark things on bluesky

Here's the link to @mattcrumplab.bsky.social's amazing website for his introductory cognitive psychology class, which includes virtually everything, including the free textbook he's written: "Instances of Cognition." Check it out!

And @veronicayan.bsky.social giving their J. Don Read Early Career Winner Talk! Congratulations again from us all t #sarmac2025!

J Don Reed early career winner @veronicayan.bsky.social giving her award address at #sarmac2025. College is a really important time for students to develop skills of self-regulated learning. Students have a lot of supports for their learning in high school- much more on their own in college. 1/

A wonderful plenary talk from Early Career award winner @veronicayan.bsky.social - pictured with her proud nominator @lkfazio.bsky.social and @officialsarmac.bsky.social Awards Committee member @aminamemon.bsky.social

PhD studentship available in developmental cognitive neuroscience, in Cambridge - please publicise. Open to women candidates, as the student will be based at Newnham College.

If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.

At this point, most professors I know who have grants have had grant terminations. The scale of the impact is mind-boggling and so hugely underestimated by the broader public.

We also had our wonderful 3rd annual LONESTAR (un)conference on strategic learning! Thank you to @carltonfong.bsky.social for hosting us at Texas State this year!

May brings celebrations, of endings and new beginnings. The EDP dept and the HDCLS program celebrated Dr Toni Falbo and her retirement after 49 years!!

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Academic friends, if your NSF grants have been terminated by the administration, FABBS is hosting a webinar Friday about appealing the decisions. It's important that as many people appeal as possible to show we're not accepting this targeting of science. Link to the webinar registration is below.

I spend a lot of time disparaging those who are failing us in this moment - but today I want to shine a light on all of those who are helping to make the threats to science and universities legible for other scientists and the public🧪 1/

If anyone has anything for Maddy, she is amazing and not someone we want to lose from academia.

Milestone for my wonderful doctoral student! She proposed a really interesting series of studies of both theoretical and pragmatic value. Keep an eye out for this in a year! #cogsci #edusky

Join us on Zoom today! Most of the chapter authors will be there, so that's pretty cool

I, along with Pooja and a number of the other chapter authors, will be at the Zoom launch party on 4/15! Come join us!

New book written by teachers for teachers (who happen to also be cognitive experts in learning)! My chapter interleaving is probably one of my favorite things that I've written. I'm so excited about this book. The chapters are all digestible and concrete without sacrificing deeper understanding.

#Edpsychjobs alert! Assistant professorship at University of Tubingen in Germany in Education Sciences and Psychology: uni-tuebingen.de/en/faculties... #edusky #psychscisky #psychjobs

10 important education studies in 2024 by @edutopia.org Warm demanders, AI that doesn't give answers, learning from peers, Covid's long tail and more www.edutopia.org/article/the-...

A scientist new to Bluesky? @steveharoz.com and @markrubin.bsky.social have put together some great resources to get you started!

Here's a friendly reminder that "AI" is a broad term encompassing lots of things. Machine learning and "AI" have been around along time. I suspect, in many cases, when people express concerns about "AI" they really mean "Generative AI." www.forbes.com/sites/bernar...

The first time in 14 years that I'm not able to make it to Psychonomics...already suffering severe FOMO send help

As part of an exciting new UKRI-funded interdisciplinary study of the vividness of memory, we are recruiting two post-doctoral researchers, one in cognitive neuroscience (www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48823/) and one in intellectual and cultural history (www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/48767/). Please share!

This is a fantastic tool if you’re looking for people with overlapping interests (as judged by networks) to follow: bsky-follow-finder.theo.io

PhD application deadlines are coming up! I have compiled some general tips for applicants on my website (most relevant to mentorship model programs, esp. psych and edpsych; scroll down past the lab-specific info): sites.edb.utexas.edu/slam/prospec... Standard disclaimer: YMMV

By popular demand, Cognitive Psychology starter pack, part 2! If you are a professional conducting research in cognitive psych: Comment here if you would like to be added. If you are just interested in the topic: Open the starter pack and click "follow all" to join the convo! go.bsky.app/RgVxacV

Looks like nobody has made a Cognitive Psychology starter pack yet, so I made one! Comment to get added to the list! All things cognition are welcome. go.bsky.app/NsFhnV #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #Psychology #CogPsych

So many new faces here, so time for a re-introduction. 👋🏻 Associate prof in ed psych, researching desirably difficult learning strategies and empowering self-regulated learners. I like being transparent about what "success" looks like, so here's my CV of failures docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Not sure if I did this right or not, but here are scholars who study motivation in educational settings, mostly affiliated with @aera-motsig.bsky.social and @aeraedresearch.bsky.social go.bsky.app/3PuVgdT

If you've found yourself making impassioned arguments like "There's no evidence for learning styles and there are better ways to differentiate" or "Learning is more than just a cognitive process" then you may be Learning Scholar! Want to be added to this starter pack? Contact me! go.bsky.app/CBPm1dV

Do you think psychologists should help shape education policy? That the science of learning should contribute to training teachers, shaping curriculum & adopting technology? Apply for this open rank faculty position @TheLBJSchool, @UTAustin: apply.interfolio.com/151348

Losing Google Scholar would be a huge problem for me, because plain internet search, already degraded, looks like it's going to be contaminated w/shitty AI & otherwise it's about getting access to proprietary databases or ????

When asked who is an expert in their field, men #psychology researchers name significantly fewer women than their women colleagues do. This has implications for the gender gap. More in my new story for Science. With @veronicayan.bsky.social  www.science.org/content/arti...

New paper! Difficulty mindsets have prev. been studied wrt motivation for goals (as imposs., as valuable). They also matter for how you choose to reach goal (exercise, weight, academic)—taking the easy or the effortful route. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3TTFY... #psychsciski #edusky