Hey fellow educators! Just stumbled upon an incredible resource you won't want to miss. Check out the recording of an event where Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] unpacked the impact of generative AI on student writing. With Ayanna Prevatt-Goldstein of UCL moderating, it's a must-watch for

Should also be noted that the backlash is driven by the creative workers impacted by AI and all those organizing and shouting against the myriad exploitative uses of the tech—the new luddites, in other words; loud and proud in resisting AI. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “They see artists & creators as obstacles to be overcome, impediments on their way to faster & more reliable profits. They don’t understand that creation—acts of creativity—are an essential part of the human experience, & we NEED to struggle with the act of creation.”

A new blog post, based on a seminar I gave in the IoE Academic Writing series. 'Student writing as passing' looks at how students writing gets instrumentalised, including by generative AI, and how to think/write outside of that narrow space. open.substack.com/pub/helenbeeth…

Writing as 'passing', by Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] open.substack.com/pub/helenbeeth…

Finally, congratulations to MIE's 4 x new external appointees, Xin Zhao, Michele Martini (Michele Martini), Helen Beetham (Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected]) and Prof Susan Robertson, and 2 x internal appointees, Karen Healey (KAREN HEALEY) and Mark Innes (Mark Innes).

Great to see the very important and timely 'beyond blended' work from sarahknight #FE #HE Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] Elizabeth Newall and Sheila from Jisc going from strength to strength incorporating sector led insights from Advance HE #TLconf24

Registration is now open for our annual flagship teaching & learning conference University of Bolton #TIRIconf24 🎓 Thrilled to have Lydia Arnold Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] Prof Patrick McGhee and Prof. G. Baker as keynote speakers this year! To register, click 🔗 or scan QR code 👇 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bolton/uob-t…

The new Tony Blair Institute report finds huge time savings for the public sector from the use of AI tools... by asking GPT-4 what tasks can or cannot be automated 😵‍💫

I hope to be wrong about the influence of TBI. I do cite more measured policy from Labour Together as well. Thx for the repost.

A new post from me on who's likely to be influencing Labour's policy on AI: helenbeetham.substack.com/p/chips-with-e… As recommended in the Guardian: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Time for a massive class action suit against OpenAI/Microsoft for scraping virtually the entirety of digitized culture. Not just NYTimes, etc.,but everyone and anyone who has posted anything in digital, scrapeable form. Take it over and make it a public utility. It's our culture.

Snarky and insightful observations on "What we know about the new UK Labour Government's policy on AI" helenbeetham.substack.com/p/chips-with-e… h/t Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected]

“For every problem of infrastructure the answer is digital infrastructure, and the shibboleth for digital infrastructure is currently ‘AI’.”

Instead of the AI-ready graduate...... the ‘AI resilient’ graduates. Helen Beetham Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] What price your 'AI-ready' graduates? helenbeetham.substack.com/p/what-price-y…

This #WeeklyResourceRoundup features Empower ED Equity Unbound #MYFest24 @jisc Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] Leon Furze Advance HE SEDA Mike @ the Pedagodzilla Podcast Mark Childs Elizabeth Ellis Prof Rebecca Ferguson and more. Calls for proposals from Active Learning NTW and Student Engagement in HE Journal. Enjoy!

Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] is on fire in this article about GenAI: helenbeetham.substack.com/p/what-price-y…

An essay of Helen Beetham 💙 @[email protected] 🙏reviewing ideas from the book #HE4Good edited by Laura Czerniewicz @[email protected] & Dr. Catherine Cronin ... over on Mastodon A glimpse of her structure, which goes to the 💚of it: the worth, towards 'good', where is this now, the doing. OA: doi.org/10.1007/s42438…