Category: Teaching
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Learning sometimes happens, despite our best efforts
Sometimes I’m struck by how often learning happens, despite our best efforts.
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AI is a means of transforming information
AI-powered information transformation extends beyond simple summarisation. When we view recorded lectures as raw material, students can engage with content through multiple transformations: translation, simplification, connection, personalisation, expansion, and critique. This approach shifts learning from passive consumption to active engagement, preparing students for real-world information adaptation.
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Efficiency in teaching is important, but learning is importanter
When we focus solely on how AI can automate teaching tasks, we miss its transformative potential for learning. The question isn’t whether AI can grade papers faster, but whether it might help learners navigate complexity, connect diverse perspectives, and construct meaning in ways previously unimaginable in traditional educational environments.
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Physiopedia AI course for healthcare professionals is now live
The Physiopedia AI Masterclass for Healthcare Professionals Programme is a comprehensive course exploring AI’s impact on healthcare education, research, and clinical practice. This free online programme introduces frontier AI models, discusses AI’s potential in enhancing learning and research, and examines its role in diagnosis and clinical performance. Learn to integrate AI into your professional life…
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What does a ‘lecturer’ do?
This infographic shows the diverse roles of a typical lecturer, spanning responsibilities across teaching, research, and service. The balance between these areas varies, highlighting the multifaceted nature of the role.
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To what degree can AI replace teachers?
A very real question is now on the table. To what degree can AI now replace teachers? That is seen by some as a disturbing question. It is in the sense of possibly dehumanising learning. Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile thought experiment. Donald Clark (2023). Are we heading towards a ‘universal teacher’?
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When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object
TL;DR (generated by Claude, lightly edited by me). The rise of abundant expertise in the form of generative AI questions the university monopoly on expertise provision and validation. Leadership in the creative deployment of AI for learning, teaching, and assessment will require a change in mindset and a shift towards a new paradigm, which universities…
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Link: I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop
Via Dave Nicholls’ Paradoxa Substack. Mastroianni, A. (2022, December 13). I wanted to be a teacher but they made me a cop. https://www.experimental-history.com/p/i-wanted-to-be-a-teacher-but-they “I have a second job, which is evaluation, or gatekeeping, or, most specifically, point-guarding. I’m supposed to award “points” based on what students do in my class. Students try to acquire as…
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Full stack teacher
I love analogies that help me think differently about learning, teaching, and assessment, and this is a great one from Brendyn Hadfield. In computing, a software stack is a set of software subsystems or components needed to create a complete platform that applications can run on top of. And a full stack developer works in…
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Link: Should your publications be web books?
https://electricbookworks.com/thinking/publishing-websites-for-impact/ This is such a great post from Arthur Atwell at Electric Book Works. I have so many thoughts on how I want to use these ideas, but the main one is that all of our teaching materials should be web-first. I’ve captured the list, but you really should read the full post by Arthur.
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Stop thinking of the LMS as an online classroom
I’ve seen so many criticisms of online teaching, where it’s accused of not being as interactive / lively / engaging as a F2F classroom experience. There are many potential reasons for this experience, but the main one, IMO, is that the person using the LMS doesn’t realise that online teaching and learning is SO much…
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Resource: 12 key ideas – An introduction to teaching online
12 key ideas – An introduction to teaching online is a short book (presented as a course) by Dave Cormier and Ashlyne O’Neil, on the topic of making the transition to online teaching. From the Introduction: This course is an attempt to re-frame the idea of what it means to start teaching online. It will…
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Comment: AI applications taking over professional tasks
Among the many, many tasks required of grade school teachers is that of gauging each student’s reading level, usually by a time-consuming and high-pressure one-on-one examination. Microsoft’s new Reading Progress application takes some of the load off the teacher’s shoulders, allowing kids to do their reading at home and using natural language understanding to help…