Happy birthday Sir David, wish there were more like you in charge of the world today www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
The recent controversy about AI being used by ASU to re-mix academics' work into new courses without their consent illuminates how AI is now involved in turning scholarly content on learning platforms into assets for institutions' economic benefit codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...
It's been a while since I did this , but I am sitting at my desk with a twix and a lovely cup of tea and thinking I should do it more
Really enjoyed the @Jisc Student Experience Experts meeting yesterday in Bristol. An outstanding set of presentations of practical work to support curriculum design, assessment practice, TNE, and student engagement. Huge thanks to @sarahjknight.bsky.social & team for organising such a useful day
fun morning getting bits and pieces sorted a my "magic box" I'll be using at a workshop next week.
Looking forward to joining colleagues and friends in Dublin next month for #EDTECH26 lnkd.in/ebdJVbCd and sharing some of the fabulous work of the Jisc Beyond Blended Pilot programme
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Ben Williamson
Huge thanks to all the #edtech26 conference committe, co-chairs - fabulous conference which has inspired me to get back to my blog howsheilaseesit.net/uncategorize...
“It is time to demand that our courts open the black boxes of algorithmic decision-making.” A cautionary tale and such powerful example of why companies, governments, government agencies need to be transparent about their AI use where responsibilities sit.
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Naturalist says he has been ‘overwhelmed by greetings’ as milestone is marked with event at Royal Albert Hall
"a pattern-matching algorithm is not a body in the world, and it cannot know laughter, or silence, or grief, or love, and cannot sin, cannot forgive, cannot sacrifice"
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Sheila MacNeill
Sheila MacNeill
why doesn't this article start "people working with AI systems . . ." once again use of language implying power lies with AI systems www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
