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@johnwhitmer.bsky.social

Research scientist in EdTech, Dad and dog-lover, wanna-be sourdough baker

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Learning Data Insights - GenAI Evidence Hub GenAI can transform educational assessments by improving efficiency, engagement, equity, and personalization, but without shared evaluation standards, AI-generated assessments risk low-quality outcome...

I’m finding the opposite to be true in education research studies. We’ve started a structured literature review and the results are wildly variable - by construct, by model, by item. Guess it depends on whst ylure trying to do www.learningdatainsights.com/our-projects...

13.12.2025 13:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Jake Tapper: β€œDo you think Senate Democrats should replace Chuck Schumer?”

Jasmine Crocket: β€œI think Senate Democrats have to sit down and take a look and decide whether or not Chuck Schumer is the one to lead in this moment.”

@schumer.senate.gov , step down as Leader. It’s time!

16.03.2025 17:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4921    πŸ” 1084    πŸ’¬ 237    πŸ“Œ 84
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16.03.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1777    πŸ” 347    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 27

Dozens of people were killed and catastrophic damage across multiple red states due to tornados & wildfires this weekend and Trump is tweeting about winning his club championship in Palm Beach and going to the awards dinner tonight. Well done, MAGA. You picked a real winner.

16.03.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1549    πŸ” 409    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 19

Secretary McMahon is coming to the ASU-GSV conference with thousands of ed tech startups and researchers. How should we receive her?

14.03.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Indeed. It also assumes that the two are mutually exclusive, which is sometimes true, but is an important assumption to check. I can point at a dozen or more good ones publishing work openly.

14.03.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If only there were scientific methods we could apply to investigate the impact of these tools, for particular populations, in particular contexts, to avoid the need for lawsuits, select and reward the good ones. πŸ˜€

08.03.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In case it's not too late, I have a few suggestions for the executive order that is being signed today: Proclamation: Seeds of Liberation in the Fields of Education
(full version here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...) .

My first BlueSky post - it doesn't allow many characters!

06.03.2025 13:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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