Every staff member can have influence. It's often linked not to your position on an org chart, but to your ability to connect with others and form coalitions of people who genuinely want to create change.
Transgender people will soon be banned from teaching at any level in Kentucky.
As a reminder, Germany did the same thing to Jewish teachers in 1933.
But, it can't happen here. Because democracy and good people or something.
transitics.substack.com/p/kentucky-b...
A3: A willingness to identify and manage conflicts and issues. The real ‘be brave’… understanding that reputation is built on how well you manage the hard times as well as the good times. #LTHEchat
A2: Listening and enacting feedback, valuing staff, and advocating upwards. #LTHEchat
A1: a community that has a manageable workload, psychological safety, agency and belonging. #LTHEchat
"I got my PhD by writing prompts instead of doing research, I'm winning"
got some bad news, there still no jobs and now you also know nothing
Novak Djokovic in an AI-generated image of himself giving a large novelty cheque to a crying man. Except that the cheque is made out to Novak.
I’m about ready to give up on social media, but damn, there are so many people without basic critical thinking skills that are really leaning into this misinformation. Also, how good is this poorly generated story. Novak Djokovic gives himself money while man in need cries.
A6: By not creating that percentage based targets and timelines for AI integration in assessment tasks. #LTHEchat
A5: Showcase ways of using AI to prompt your own thinking. So, creating a prompt that has AI ask the student questions, they articulate their understanding, an AI gives feedback or prompts them further. #LTHEchat
One of them was in dietetics, and they would search for ‘diet’, then watch their algorithm evolve into a stream of very negative and damaging advice. They were immediately targeted by predatory dieting companies.
A4: I saw an assessment recently that had students analyse their social media algorithms and evaluate their impact. I think it’s a great way to get into their context whilst also bringing ethical issues to light. #LTHEchat
In health sciences, we give them the ideas, concepts and skills, but not questions.
A3: Leading by example and showcasing how educators use AI tools. Because ultimately, if educators are using AI in rigorous ways to enhance the learning experience for students, then they should know about it. #LTHEchat
We’ve found that their stress if often reduced when they realise they basically get a second attempt to respond with some feedback, and yes, good exam preparation goes a long way to reduce their stress.
A2: There’s a move towards viva voce, because of the ability for interviewers to be able to restate questions and guide without giving away the answer. However, it can be stressful for students. #LTHEchat
A1: In my faculty, it’s a refocusing on how skills are just as vital as knowledge. #LTHEchat
A scaffolded peer review process should teach students how to give feedback, help them understand what quality work looks like, provide criteria for feedback, and offer multiple opportunities to practice giving feedback. #EduSky #AcademicSky
What a terrible age to exist in. It blows my mind the number of people that get their news from social media rather than a news outlet. Even with media as biased as it can be, at least there are some standards that are vaguely adhered to.
I would pay good money to see a panel of academics analyse the behaviour on MAFS and its impact on society.
AI directs us to emulate what already exists. Unless you prompt for feedback that guides your writing in a unique, innovative and nuanced way, the feedback will often direct you to use the same tepid language that AI uses and the same bog-standard structure. #AIinEDI #EdTech #EduSky
Using AI to create a rubric (as a basic rubric that is revised/contextualised by educators) is actually better than generic rubrics. At least AI can generate a rubric that is aligned to the task and the outcomes. A generic rubric won't be aligned and will be unfit for purpose. #EduSky #AcademicSky
Academia loves to make things sound complex and intellectual. That's the opposite of what learning outcomes should be. They should be clear, direct and simple, using disciplinary concepts meaningfully. #AcademicSky #InstructionalDesign #EduSky
To push students towards metacognition, we need first to ask them questions that consider the steps that led to the event, the process of the event, and its impact or aftermath.
Something not mentioned in this post is maintaining mental boundaries. Don't let toxic colleagues weigh on your mind when you're not at work. Notice the thought, then choose different ones. Ruminate on their toxic behaviour during work time instead. Get paid for it. #MentalHealth
That’s a good way of framing it, and I can see the confusion. At least everyone has the same grace period. Ours is at the discretion of the educator, which leads to a lack of equity across the disciplines.
Our faculty has moved to this after a decade of ‘you must have x word count’. The absolute relief for educators to move away from over assessment based on word counts was immense.
Yesssss! We’ve moved to a standard ‘all assessments must have a standard submission time of 11:55pm local time’ across the whole institution. 😬😬😬😬 This does not allow for technical support at all.
Our expectations of students may be higher than ourselves: How many educators are frantically trying to finalise course changes just before the LMS site opens to students? If the assessment is due at midnight and they are one hour late, grade with empathy. #AcademicSky #MentalHealth
Embed reflective tasks in the process so that students articulate how they have used AI, how it assisted them and even how it hindered their process. We don't talk enough about how AI can actually be more time-consuming and often disruptive in the writing process. #EduSky #EdTech #AIinEdu
