I think academics risk getting too distracted (taking solace) in what AI does badly. @kjhaxton.com gave us a spectacular demonstration of what it does pretty well (study design) and the transformative potential for the teaching-focused STEM academic at #ViCEPHEC25
Niamh and myself at VicePhec
Our poster
Opening talks
We presented two posters, one about the public engagement aspect of our hugely successful @researchireland.ie Discover project (Current Chemistry Investigators) and the other about our training programme for our PhD’s at Trinity #Vicephec25 #SciComm #ChemEd #ChemEPE #ChemSky
The research ambassadors for Day 1
Getting busy at Dublin Maker
You’ll find us upstairs
We need more fliers
After presenting the feedback from our project at the Variety in Chem Ed & Physics HigherEd conference in Liverpool this week, we’ve collected a LOT more at @dublinmaker.bsky.social! Our research ambassadors are engaging with hundreds, while I cut up fliers #DublinMaker #VicePhec25 #ChemEd #SciComm
What an amazing #ViCEPHEC25 conference organised by @cate-cx.bsky.social and team. My team even won a poster prize @craigdcampbell.bsky.social
Really inspiring keynote from @jacquieosborne.bsky.social at #vicephec25 yesterday, time to mull over her padlet of collective career wisdom now!
Wonderful #vicephec25, as always!
The final lightning talks session at #ViCEPHEC25, touching on practical elements and lesson design from TikTok and Python via AI to various aspects of synthetic chem was also quite inspiring.
@flammableflower.bsky.social reminds me again of why I should learn Python…
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Day 2 highlights at #ViCEPHEC25 included the whole Lab Design session (shoutouts to @annajkirkham.bsky.social, Tyler Hughes, Gina Washbourn, Ed Breeds & chair @drlinneasoler.bsky.social). Loved the desire to understand student perspective to help improve individual and collective experience.
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Congratulations and thanks to the organisers of #vicephec25
Screenshot of an Excel sheet featuring some data, and ticks and crosses showing whether it has been inputted correctly.
Feedback poster saying "every time we respond to something you have said, mark or annotate your work, or comment on an answer you give, this is feedback", with four icons representing the different categories of poster produced.
A pop-up cardboard periodic table
A complicated and shiny diagram of skills, stylised like a computer game
I promised some #ViCEPHEC / #ViCEPHEC25 people I'd dump a load of this in a folder. It's on an as-is basis. I'll work on curating and making it better later.
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Great keynote talk by @shanedbergin.bsky.social at #vicephec25 on trust in science
@davidpalomas.bsky.social (UCL) spoke really well on his “student start up” model for problem-based learning in sustainable chemistry, and Frances Docherty (Glasgow) described work to improve community and self-efficacy, including use of the Numbas tool developed at Newcastle… #ViCEPHEC25
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Ardiana Hanatan (Leeds) on a very thoughtful study into students’ self-perception of subject mastery in physics, and Drew Rosen (Edinburgh) on salient distracting features… #ViCEPHEC25
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Some #ViCEPHEC25 highlights for me so far have included Jacquie Robson’s keynote on her non-linear teaching-focused academic career trajectory, as well as…
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My lab support resource for physics (and other subjects - it has also been adopted by chemistry locally)
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#vicephec25
Really nice talk on supporting ND students in chemistry labs and a good opportunity to share resources #vicephec25
What are your resources?
"Ethical use of genAI".
Honestly? I don't think this is ever achievable. #authorhat #editorhat #greenhat #vicephec25
OfS: inclusive teaching and meaningful assessment. Emphasis on meaningful! #vicephec25
Important to remember that our degrees are not just for people who want to be physicists/ chemists #vicephec25
"Learning the language of pedagogish". Lots of new jargon and skills, but learning alongside mchem students was helpful #vicephec25
Very key point: her leadership style is collaborative work and raising others up. This resonates but is not naturally recognised in my experience #vicephec25
OfS strategy is also raising the profile of teaching focused academics - forces the sector to prioritise and fits the remit of our work well. #vicephec25
Educational research projects in mchem: there was pushback but it was worth pushing for #vicephec25
Focus on research in promotion pathways is ehhhhh... but the publications are intrinsically valuable to the educational professional #vicephec25
"Like finding a vegan option in a steak house" - searching for an educational career pathway #vicephec25
Similar story to our ACP: lack of alignment of promotion criteria with workload and duties of teaching focused academics #vicephec25
"What you need to demonstrate is leadership" #vicephec25
