A new episode of our Higher Education Researcher podcast is out. onurorkut interviews Paul Ashwin about his book (Transforming University Education: A Manifesto). An excellent episode relevant for everyone interested in HE and beyond. Listen here: bit.ly/3xZKWZf

I have a sneaky suspicion that this guy just doesn't like Boris.....I could be wrong, but........!🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

'Learning by observing a peer’s teaching situation', by Graham D. Hendry, @AmaniBell & Kate Thomson (she/her), IJAD 19(4), 2014 - doi.org/10.1080/136014…

When asked, the Treasurer couldn't give even one justification for Labor's Stage 3 tax cuts. Not one. Scrap Labor's Stage 3 tax cuts now.

COVID didn't wreck the economy. Science deniers wrecked the economy. The poor aren't struggling. The ultra rich are profiting off the backs of the poor. The planet isn't burning. The fossil fuel industry is burning the planet.

Sure, I could answer your email, and instantly forget about it. Or I could leave it unanswered, such that it lives in my mind exerting a slow, daily pressure, and I feel your spectral presence always beside me for countless weeks, and in a way, wouldn't you prefer that?

In episode 59 of #TalesofTeachingOnline podcast Laura Tubino talks to Rob McHenry, Lecturer in Professional Practice in the School of Engineering, about working with students as partners on the development of work integrated learning resources. dteach.deakin.edu.au/2022/11/workin…

You can now watch the talk I gave to the @UoSLTSS seminar series on Reflective Teaching and the Educational Purposes of Higher Education.

New theory*: those who write off online teaching / learning as inherently inferior have probably not yet had a really good online learning experience. Implication: they may be less qualified to comment on the issue than others. * actually an old theory

Academics "riding their fear carousel"(@Anda19) can't think about innovative ways to use #ChatGTP. So I asked ChatGTP: "If AI is part of future professional workflows how can academics get students to use it ethically as part of an assessment" Their reply: #highered #assessment

Take a look at this new infographic for a 2021 article by Kate Thomson (she/her) & Simon Barrie: 'Conversations as a source of professional learning: exploring the dynamics of camaraderie and common ground amongst university teachers' - doi.org/10.1080/136014…

Alternative Dr Jordan B Peterson - "People who factcheck the copious rubbish and hateful fictions I spew forth to my gullible fan base are meanies" Peterson's entire empire pivots on "pseudo-profound bullshit" - let's look at that - a short thread..🧵

Turnitin locking in AI detection (giving institutions no choice to turn it off) seems to me like a last ditch, all-in effort to remain relevant. How about you?

SBS Australia Can’t believe SBS that there is a huge dam in #Ukraine that #Russia has just been blown up #NovaKakhova with a major catastrophe looming and you don’t even cover it on tonight’s news !!

Mags Blackie starting CRADLE: Find us on Bluesky seminar with Jan McArthur 💙 definition of authentic assessment

Stuart Palmer Now Robyn Yucel discussing the sorts of questions we might ask of students in teaching about the nature of science. Important stuff in a post truth world!

Mags is arguing for critical realism, as it allows for a mind independent reality, but also fallible knowledge about reality and the role of the scientists in science

Camus, again, sees it…