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MEL vs Assessment of/for Learning: expertise in one does not necessarily mean expertise in another. The basic distinction I make is this: MEL is about a program or project, and Learning Assessment or Assessment of/for Learning is about the learner.

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Are we really assessing learning or just creating busy work for our learners (unfortunately I’ve been guilty of this)? If we are designing assessment without feedback, are we really designing a learning experience?

I’ve been thinking about assessments a lot these day. Are we really assessing if there is no feedback?

Specifically, online courses use various forms of assessments (I.e quizzes, essays, reflections, discussions posts, etc.). But if there is no feedback then what is the point?

Jobs for ##ID positions ask for “bachelor’s degree in Instructional Design, Educational Technology or related field.” Yet most of these degrees (e.g. ID, LXD, LE, EdTech) are actually graduate/post graduate level. This mismatch has been around for years and needs correcting.

Listening to presentations on #ArtificialIntelligence, one would be convinced that before GenAI, cheating never existed and educational systems were just filled with ethical Angels that never plagiarised. #eLA2025  #eLearningAfrica

Really love how @eromerohall.bsky.social highlight/hypes her students and their achievements!

Congratulations Dr. Lakita Lowe!!! Congratulations to Dr. Lakita Lowe, who successfully defended her dissertation titled “Establishing and Sustaining Telesurgery Skills Training in Medical Institutions: An Exploratory Case Study” as pa...

Incredibly proud of my advisee Dr. Lakita Lowe for successfully defending her dissertation! She explored the incorporation of Telesurgery in healthcare and how to address barriers for widespread diffusion in medical education and practice. tutaleniasino.com/congratulati...

Interesting conceptualisation of what the digital divide means/looks like in the age of AI from Michael Trucano @brookings.edu

This question is not only about access, academic content & technology itself are not neutral. Na'ilah Nasir, Spencer Foundation @ProfNai #CIES2025

What does it look like to build systems and digital technologies that support true and complete belonging and inclusion? Who has access to robust teaching & who sees themselves represented in the technologies and in the curriculum? #CIES2025

How will technologies disrupt systems? How can they be a part of redirecting systems in ways that make educational systems more humane and more aligned with what we know about identity and belonging? #CIES2025

If technologies are supposed to make existing systems and processes of learning more efficient, then do we run the risk that we will make bad systems better at being bad? - Na'ilah Nasir, Spencer Foundation #CIES2025

My reflection on Alan Cowell’s obituary of #Namibia’s President Sam Nujoma in the New York Times is that it serves as a modern-day example of the African proverb: “Until the lions have their own historians, the tale of the hunt will always glorify the hunter."
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Why do we still have university professors and lecturers that take pride in their tests being so difficult that students fail? A high rate of failure is nothing to celebrate! We should help students learn and achieve or help them identify their goals.

Just finished with Maya Angelou's Mom & Me & Mom. Awesome book!! Vivian Baxter is Baaad!! Professor Angelou really was a phenomenal woman!

I think these are coming at too rapid a rate that people do not know what to make of them. It’s had to assess the reaction

More Speech and Fewer Mistakes | Meta We're ending our third party fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model.

Whoever called the facebook @Meta decision to end their “fact-checking program and moving to a Community Notes model” a form of bending the knee & kissing the ring has a point.

“More Speech and Fewer Mistakes”
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Opinion | Enough With the Land Acknowledgments Instead of proclaiming performative acknowledgments of Native peoples, institutions should establish strong relationships with Native nations.

Unless bound in authentic partnership and specific actions, land acknowledgments can be “an excuse for folks to feel good and move on with their lives” all while reinforcing “the myth of Native disappearance and irrelevance.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...

How visa rejections are stalling Africa's health research Experts call for visa equity to boost participation of scientists from the global south.

Visa rejections/delays are stalling Afrika's research, preventing Afrikan researchers from participating in crucial conferences & meetings. This denies them access to research partnerships & means Afrika’s needs are not represented. www.nature.com/articles/d44...

Is cognitive load theory pitifully wrong? Philosophy, neuroscience, non sequiturs and straw men

Is cognitive load theory pitifully wrong?
Critics would do well to learn a little more about cognitive load theory before they attempt to shoot it down.

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Congratulations to all the @okstate graduates! I am extremely proud of these three - now former Learning, Design, and Technology PhD students - that I had the honour of advising! Congrats Evett, Lakita and Kushal! 👏🏿👏🏿
#okstate24 | #GoPokes

I keep updating my eduwomen starter pack as new women join BlueSky.

Am I missing someone you think I should know or know of? (I am focusing on people I interact with, not necessarily "big names"):

go.bsky.app/TDzeaZQ

@equityunbound.bsky.social is such an awesome community and resource!!

I shall not stand for this lowering of the bar young man!!

Congratulations Madame President!!!!
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah officially declared president elect of #Namibia.
#NamibiaDecides2024 #NamibiaVotes2024 #NamibiaElections2024

The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future | Open Praxis Open Praxis is a peer-reviewed open access scholarly journal focusing on research and innovation in open, distance, and flexible education. It is published by International Council for Open and Distan...

The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in a Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future

By @arasbozkurt.bsky.social & more than 30 educators worldwide
#EduAI #EduSky #highered

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Happy Voting Day #Namibia #NamibiaDecides2024 #NamibiaVotes2024 #NamibiaElection2024 #NamibiaElections2024

Africa’s Design for a Reformed UN Security Council The calls for stronger African representation at the UN Security Council have only strengthened over time but the debate on how to reform the Council continues.

Africa’s Design for a Reformed #UN Security Council www.csis.org/analysis/afr...

A deep dive into design in South Africa What's the state of design in South Africa? What drives it forward and how is AI changing things?

A deep dive into design in #SouthAfrica. What's the state of design in South Africa? What drives it forward and how is AI changing things? www.jacarandafm.com/lifestyle/ho... via @jacarandafm

Ten chairs that tell the diverse stories of the African continent The inaugural Design Week South Africa included an exhibition bringing together chairs from across the continent of Africa. Here the curators share 10 highlights, ranging from a red garden chair mende...

Ten chairs that tell the diverse stories of the African continent www.dezeen.com/2024/11/21/t... via @dezeen