Category: EduTech
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How technology turns the wheel on scholarly expectations in an AI age.
In this post I want to reflect on how technology changes what is expected from scholars and scholarship – and I include students and their work in this. It’s important here to remind ourselves that the emergence of Generative AI is not the first time that technology has changed these expectations, and in that reminder…
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The Uncanny Guest: Artificial Intelligence and the University
Nihilism stands at the door: whence comes this uncanniest of all guests?[1] [Follow up post at SRHE Blog: https://srheblog.com/2024/08/27/restraining-the-uncanny-guest-ai-ethics-and-university-practice/ ] Is Generative AI an uncanny and uninvited guest at the table of Higher Education? For Nietzsche the uncanny guest at the door is nihilism. This guest has arrived to undermine our existing sense of purpose…
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Quality Assurance and Learning Technology
I recently spoke at the Advance HE Curriculum Symposium, and they kindly asked me to write up the talk, integrating reflections from the audience, for their blog. You can read the post HERE. The title was Hybrid learning and teaching: the role of Quality Assurance in ensuring accessible and equitable provision – and I tried…
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Podcast about shifting to remote/online learning
I spoke over the weekend to philosopher Dr Pat O’Connor, from the Thales’ Well podcast, about the move to online learning. As he said on twitter, “We talked of different aspects of #eLearning like synchronous and asynchronous delivery, managing expectations, value of structure, segmenting on-line classes and other practical tips.” The podcast is live at…
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Guest Post: ‘Please turn on your mobile devices’: Polling software in the classroom – Dr Michael Munnik
A Guest post by Dr Michael Munnik, a Lecturer in the Centre for the Study of Islam at Cardiff University. On twitter he is @michaelmunnik When I designed a new module on Religion and the News for Cardiff University’s department of religion and theology, I knew I would have a few hurdles to overcome. As religion…
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Adventures in Flatland: Learning first..
I can’t seem to get used to it. No matter how many times I sit on the train North from Amsterdam, towards Groningen, the flatness of the landscape shocks me. The undulating Cotswolds are hardly mountainous, but by contrast seem an epic landscape. My first ever trip here, oddly enough, was about climbing something, but…
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Open for Business?
Today, I have been lucky enough to be attending the EduTech Symposium of our Business and Computing School. I was part of the initial panel, then helped colleagues in the Adobe Connect session. The opening session was fascinating, and largely consisted of a Q&A with staff. It is a large academic School, with some very…
Dave Webster 