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Trevor Burrows<p>It's a little over halfway through the summer, which means the obligations of work loom ever larger. I haven't been teaching this summer, so I've probably slacked a bit more than I intended...</p><p>So this week it's back to syllabus prep, assignment building, a bit of research, and professional reading in earnest.</p><p>This fall I have one new prep (our Public History practicum, which is kind of a big deal) and am teaching my standard Historical Research and Writing, and US History I (through 1877).</p><p>A lot of the work I'm doing on my repeat classes is a combination of refreshing (for content, for engagement, for my own interest) and reframing assessments in light of AI. </p><p>(this will be a running thread, for today and possibly beyond --- so, 1/n)</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AcademicMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AcademicMastodon</span></a></p>
MottG<p>Free AI tools for educators</p><p><a href="https://www.teacherserver.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">teacherserver.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AItools</span></a> <br><a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/DataAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataAnalytics</span></a></p>
Angela Miller<p>I remember being taught this system at Shakespeare Street School in Glasgow in what must have been 81/82?<br>I could already read and thought it was quite mad when I was five going 6, but it was how everyone in the class I had just joined had learned to read. My spelling was marginally affected , but I would say my trust in both schooling and the adults that did it was more affected! </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/education/2025</span><span class="invisible">/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/schools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>schools</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>STEM teachers, did you know that we have film-based lesson plans for STEM classes, too? Many of these lessons can work with showing just scenes of the film or without showing the film at all.</p><p>Check out:</p><p>Calculating Orbits for Space Travel - Hidden Figures</p><p>Chinese Number Rods - Please Vote For Me</p><p>Echolocation Class Activity - Whale Rider</p><p>Generating Electricity - The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind</p><p>Goldilocks Planets - One Strange Rock</p><p>Rainforest Ecology - River of Gold</p><p>Like all of our resources, these lesson plans are available free from our library. If you have questions about our materials our would like help finding something for your classroom, we're happy to help.</p><p><a href="https://journeysinfilm.org/library/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">journeysinfilm.org/library/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/stemeducation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stemeducation</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutooters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edutooters</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Stem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Stem</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/StemEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StemEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teachers</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a></p>
The OW Factor<p>Experiences so far in teaching a new&nbsp;course</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HigherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HigherEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Librarianship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Librarianship</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Students" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Students</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://theowfactor.org/2025/07/05/experiences-so-far-in-teaching-a-new-course/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theowfactor.org/2025/07/05/exp</span><span class="invisible">eriences-so-far-in-teaching-a-new-course/?utm_source=mastodon&amp;utm_medium=jetpack_social</span></a></p>
Doug Holton<p>Testing out a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepResearch</span></a> tool on the topic of: Research-Based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> Techniques for Improving Student Retention in Online Courses<br><a href="https://www.opendeepresearch.dev/chat/OSVutEomBXzjwqpga5oNA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">opendeepresearch.dev/chat/OSVu</span><span class="invisible">tEomBXzjwqpga5oNA</span></a><br>Here are also links to NotebookLM summaries and a podcast version:<br><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/108hIAj_SRPKv68PANTc_J41vh-3Q8WMlttfjao7aj4k/edit?usp=drivesdk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/108</span><span class="invisible">hIAj_SRPKv68PANTc_J41vh-3Q8WMlttfjao7aj4k/edit?usp=drivesdk</span></a><br>Not a bad job although it's a bit short and doesn't provide specific examples and is a bit out of date (flipgrid no longer exists). Doesn't mention most of the techniques I list here: <a href="https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/3168265" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">canvas.instructure.com/courses</span><span class="invisible">/3168265</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIEd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EdTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OnlineTeaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineTeaching</span></a></p>
Redish Lab<p>A serious question for the community. I am trying to figure out a way to structure grading in my class so that slacker students turn in work that is easier to grade than hard-working students.</p><p>My current class is very writing heavy. (Short essays, a multi-step scaffolded larger essay.) In the past, the amount of work I have had to do to grade and provide feedback has been positively correlated with the amount of work that students did. (Because slacker students wrote obviously terrible essays.) I am happy to do the more work if it is going to help the student more. (That's the "deal".) But, now, with <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>, I'm finding that the amount of work I have to do is unrelated or even negatively correlated, which means I'm both (a) spending a *lot* more time on grading and (b) wasting a lot of that time on students who just don't care.</p><p>Importantly, I can't "not grade". (1) I don't think the U would allow me to do that. (2) Lots of students, even the really good ones want the grade for their GPA, ungraded classes are seen as less important. (3) There are always a subset (5-10%?) of students who need the grade to get the feedback that they are not performing up to their abilities --- where they *are* trying really hard, but are missing something, or they *want* to do well, but don't know how to study, or they don't know how to engage with a class. Every year, there are a few diamonds in the rough who fail the first exam, come to office hours, and learn. (Those make teaching worthwhile.) In my experience, the fear of a bad grade is critical to that resetting.</p><p>Note that this is not about students getting grades they don't deserve. As far as I can tell, the grades in the end are highly correlated with student quality (defined as a combination of attention in class, hard work, and ability) as observed from class participation and in-person discussions. Moreover, as of last semester ChatGPT gets a C- in the class. (Although I don't know what the pay-for-them AIs would get.) My concern is 100% about the amount of work that *I* have to do. If a student turns in AI and doesn't learn, that's their loss, not mine. They are adults and I do not need to loco parentis them.</p><p><a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://neuromatch.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> </p><p>PS. This question arose after thinking about a thought experiment by <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@SylviaFysica" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SylviaFysica</span></a></span></p>
contrapunctus ✊🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️<p>Three common mistakes I’ve seen <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/foss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FOSS</a> people and other <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/introverted" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introverted</a> geeks make in <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/publicspeaking" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicSpeaking</a>…well, as an introverted <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/freesoftware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> geek myself, these also things I have to keep in mind when I speak.</p><p><strong>Slow…down.</strong> Speak at a consistent, slow speed. This ensures people don’t miss things, you get time to think, and people get time to absorb the information.</p><p><strong>Speak loudly.</strong> There’s a limit to how much the microphone will do for you. Sometimes you won’t even have a microphone (e.g. when hosting outdoor <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/openstreetmap" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStreetMap</a> mapping parties) - learn to make yourself heard without one.</p><p><strong>Don’t trail off.</strong> End your sentences with a consistent volume and pitch.</p><p>So how slow, and how loud? In a lot of cases I’d say <em>WAY slower than what you call slow, and WAY louder than what you call loud</em> 😅</p><p>There’s more, but this is the foundation of any talk. The best content in the world means nothing if it <em>doesn’t actually reach your audience.</em></p><p>A lot of this is useful in everyday life too. Start practicing! 🙂</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/talk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#talk</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/conference" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conference</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://fe.disroot.org/tag/teaching" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#teaching</a></p>
Radical Anthropology<p>This is a very good piece on pedagogy with real life fossils/casts which belong to South Africa.</p><p>Leadership on human evolution should be based in Africa and <a href="https://c.im/tags/AfricanPride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanPride</span></a>, East, West, North, South! This is a serious way forward.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/fossils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossils</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Homosapiens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homosapiens</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OutofAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OutofAfrica</span></a></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/fun-with-fossils-south-african-kids-learn-a-whole-lot-more-about-human-evolution-from-museum-workshops-259319" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/fun-with-f</span><span class="invisible">ossils-south-african-kids-learn-a-whole-lot-more-about-human-evolution-from-museum-workshops-259319</span></a></p>
UniversityofGroningenLibrary<p>We invite staff and students at the University of <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Groningen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Groningen</span></a> to share how they are making <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> or <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> more open, accessible, transparent, or reproducible, for the 6th annual <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenResearch</span></a> Award. </p><p>Looking for inspiration?<br>Explore the case studies submitted in previous years:<br>🔗 <a href="https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/open-research-award/previous-events" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rug.nl/research/openscience/op</span><span class="invisible">en-research-award/previous-events</span></a></p><p>More info:<br>🔗 <a href="https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/open-research-award/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rug.nl/research/openscience/op</span><span class="invisible">en-research-award/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenScience</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenEducation</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/OpenAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenAccess</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Reproducibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reproducibility</span></a> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@oscgroningen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>oscgroningen</span></a></span></p>
Rosy Maths<p>I love teaching teenagers - sometimes their sense of humour is just 👌</p><p>A while back the class was playing an online quiz and one specific kid kept losing. He got cross, so he slammed his laptop shut, got up and started packing his bag. <br>I said "Dude, you can't just rage quit my class!"<br> He calmly continued packing up and replied "I'm too far into the bit to stop now." 🤣</p><p>The whole class, including me, collapsed laughing and the kid did, indeed, get to rage quit the class.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/teenagers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teenagers</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/TeacherJoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeacherJoy</span></a></p>
Tom Hayward<p>My share of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> for this semester is done (at least the lecturing part of it).<br>An 11 lecture course on all topics of nuclear fusion research, I adopted a 50% share this year after my boss wasn't available to teach this semester.</p><p>Was I the best lecturer ever? No.<br>Do I feel like I was getting better as I went? Slightly.<br>Do I think it'll be easier/I'll be better if I do it next year as well? Certainly.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fusion</span></a></p>
Harald Sack<p>More than 20 years ago I did this lecture recording on Web Caching as part of my Web Technologies lecture at the University of Jena ;-)</p><p><a href="https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00002277" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_m</span><span class="invisible">ods_00002277</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/theInternetNeverForgets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theInternetNeverForgets</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/lecturerecording" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lecturerecording</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/lecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lecture</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/webtechnology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webtechnology</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/blastFromThePast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blastFromThePast</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/lawless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lawless</span></a></p>
Journeys In Film<p>On the anniversary of the Night of the Long Knives, we want to highlight our resources for teaching about the Holocaust.</p><p>Our comprehensive toolkit for teaching Holocaust Education with film walks educators through preparing, teaching, and wrapping up Holocaust Education classes. </p><p>Like all of our resources, this is free for everyone.</p><p>Holocaust Education is more important than ever. Check it out to educate yourself, your students and your community:</p><p><a href="https://sharemylesson.com/blog/teaching-holocaust-education-film" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sharemylesson.com/blog/teachin</span><span class="invisible">g-holocaust-education-film</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/education" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>education</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/edutotoers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>edutotoers</span></a></span><br> <br><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NightOfTheLongKnives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NightOfTheLongKnives</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/NachtDerLangenMesser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NachtDerLangenMesser</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/AktionKolibri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AktionKolibri</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HolocaustEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HolocaustEducation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Homeschooling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Homeschooling</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Histodons</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/WWIIHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWIIHistory</span></a></p>
Estelle Platini<p>"The pedagogical value of a writing assignment doesn’t lie in the tangible product of the work — the paper that gets handed in at the assignment’s end. It lies in the work itself: the critical reading of source materials, the synthesis of evidence and ideas, the formulation of a thesis and an argument, and the expression of thought in a coherent piece of writing. The paper is a proxy that the instructor uses to evaluate the success of the work the student has done — the work of learning. Once graded and returned to the student, the paper can be thrown away."</p><p>by Nicholas Carr: <a href="https://www.newcartographies.com/p/the-myth-of-automated-learning" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">newcartographies.com/p/the-myt</span><span class="invisible">h-of-automated-learning</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@riotnrrd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>riotnrrd</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AIRisks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIRisks</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/chatbots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chatbots</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/highSchool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>highSchool</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/university" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>university</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/higherEd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>higherEd</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/college" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>college</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/merit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>merit</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/personalDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>personalDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/assignments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assignments</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/assessments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>assessments</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/imagination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>imagination</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/performance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>performance</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ranking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ranking</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/training" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>training</span></a></p>
Anna Pryslopska<p>Anyone else enjoying the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> era in higher ed? A recent gem: students cited a fake paper...</p><p>❌ Written by my PhD advisor and former colleagues<br>❌ On a topic they never touched<br>❌ In a year I was literally working there<br>❌ Because they couldn't find any papers on this "niche" topic (semantic illusions)</p><p>We are doomed 🙄<br><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a></p>
David :SetouchiExplorer:<p>Me a week ago: Remember students, don't email me after Monday 5pm about Wednesday class, I'll be out of my office until Wednesday morning and won't be able to check my work e-mail (I'm hearing some people check their work email outside of work, but I'm not one of them).</p><p>Student: emails me about Wednesday class on Tuesday at 11:30pm.</p><p>I swear, some students just think that if they do it before the next class it's fine, regardless of whether I can read and reply to it or not.</p><p><a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a></p>
David :SetouchiExplorer:<p>This afternoon, we're having a meeting. Probably the meeting I'm dreading the most in the 10 years I've worked at the University. Most other teachers are going to push for adding a useless "AI" component to our classes (they also have fallen to the sirens of LLMs). I'm afraid I'll be the only one against it. Worse the most vocal teacher is the most AI-zealot of all, and in meetings where some people never speak, her voice carries enormous weight in decisions. ⤵️<br><a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://setouchi.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>
José A. Alonso<p>Readings shared June 30, 2025. <a href="https://jaalonso.github.io/vestigium/posts/2025/07/01-readings_shared_07-01-25" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jaalonso.github.io/vestigium/p</span><span class="invisible">osts/2025/07/01-readings_shared_07-01-25</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CompSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CompSci</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FunctionalProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FunctionalProgramming</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Haskell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Haskell</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/ITP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ITP</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/IsabelleHOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IsabelleHOL</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Maxima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maxima</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Teaching</span></a></p>
16BitYeti:HH::steamdeck2:<p>Saw my high school technology teacher at the charity shop today. I’ve changed a bunch over the years but he recognized me after I told him my name!</p><p>I let him know all the impact his class had on me and all the people I’ve helped and reached out to over the years as a result of his class.</p><p>I really hope that made his day!</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/teaching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teaching</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a></p>