Happy belated birthday to my favourite grumpy old man! #DarwinDay
Did you know Charles Darwin was born #OnThisDay in 1809?
#DarwinDay celebrates not just Darwin, but the gardeners, naturalists and women scientists who shaped his work.
Explore their stories: https://bit.ly/45YkKQD
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Reduced feedback, and especially feedback that’s deliberately faded from specific to general, is a quiet but powerful way to shift responsibility from the teacher’s correction to the learner’s cognition. And that’s exactly what education is supposed to do.
📅 Save the date! The Festival of Learning & Teaching 2026 takes place 23–25 March 2026. Theme: Future-focused education – The Class of 2030
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In response to the notion of assessment as a 'wicked problem' in the GenAI era (see paper in previous post), this new article proposes the design model of 'Black Box Assessment' as a framework to adress the issue. #GenAI #Assessment www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
We're hearing more & more sloppy talk about 'AI ethics' in education - 🎧🎙️ listen to me talk to @michalwieczorek.bsky.social for a philosophical take on the ethics of AI ... and why a lot of current ed-tech is ethically questionable!
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Register to attend the Imperial Festival of Learning and Teaching 2026: Future focused education – the class of 2030 on Monday 23 - Wednesday 25 March 2026 on the South Kensington Campus.
Be part of the conversation as we shape the future of education together.
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Active learning in authentic conditions has a positive effect on first-year student success
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What happens when you hit #menopause?
Our scientists have found it's linked to loss of tissue in key brain regions, increases in anxiety and depression, and difficulties with sleep.
New #research from @campsydept.bsky.social and @psychiatry-ucam.bsky.social 👇
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Reduced feedback, and especially feedback that’s deliberately faded from specific to general, is a quiet but powerful way to shift responsibility from the teacher’s correction to the learner’s cognition. And that’s exactly what education is supposed to do.
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A number of studies, both in science education and in the humanities and social sciences, have shown that active learning has a more positive effect on student performance than direct instruction. ...
The design of effective assessment has long presented a complex challenge for educators, one that has intensified with the emergence of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). The maintenance o...
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Andréia Vargas-Seymour (she/her)
Andréia Vargas-Seymour (she/her)
Andréia Vargas-Seymour (she/her)
Imperial-EDU
Imperial-EDU
Paul Kirschner
Neil Selwyn
Higher Education Research and Development
University of Cambridge
Interesting paper reframing the issue of AI and assessment as a 'wicked problem'. It's a helpful lens to look at the issue but at the same time it left me wondering: where do we go from here? So I'm back to where I started... #GenAI #Assessment #WickedProblems
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has created significant assessment challenges in higher education. Universities and teachers have responded to these in various ways, including by way of ...
