Martin King

Wow! How good is Microsoft Planner? It's Trello on rails. All the functionality I hoped for and more plus deep integration with Teams and Outlook. Great for remote working and team management. planner.cloud.microsoft #Microsoft #Planner #Trello #Teams #remote #WFH

Purple drop-bar single-speed bicycle propped up against a low wall with autumnal leaves scattered on the ground.

Darkside crossover fixie project. Phase 1 complete. Phase 2 involves surviving, and maybe adding bartape #fixie #singlespeed #barnfindbike #branding

ChatGPT - Educators’ guide to multimodal learning & GenAI v1 Helps academic colleagues enhance teaching and assessment through multimodal learning and Generative AI. An MK production.

Based on the recent SEDA publication, Educators’ Guide
to Multimodal Learning and Generative AI, this miniGPT allows users to apply the rich guidance and case studies to their own teaching chatgpt.com/g/g-68f22a26...

Balancing Risks and Benefits of Social Annotation in Learning Explore the benefits and risks of social annotation in online learning, emphasizing engagement, connection, and responsible behavior among students.

Social annotation activities and learner behaviour elearningroyalholloway.blog/2025/10/29/s... #elearning #TEL #sociallearning #socialannotation #inclusivity #Talis

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It's the Learning Technology Greatest Hits Tour 2025! Current setlist is:

1. Upoading Turnitin Rubrics
2. Deleting, fixing broken & reuploading Turnitin Rubrics
3. Restoring courses from 21/22
4. Wrestling with Moodle Flexible Sessions
5. Wondering why you would use H2 throughout a Moodle course

Let's say my colleagues, David and Adeola, who are beginning their CMALT journey. You cannot overestimate the value of a local learning community. Also, all those that offer their time and expertise at CMALT Assessors ;)

It is probably more of a resilance thing, so I remind myself that I am there for a reason; my own perceived expertise. The main strategy is to L I S T E N and L E A R N, and apply what I gain from that.

...and to answer the question my work is heavily influenced by legislation and policy, especially around accessibility. Copyright was previously the elephant in the room.

This can look like the trickiest area but it can act as a trigger to reflect on your interaction with legislation and policy, and build upon it. In my case it led me to volunteer to lead and write up our insitutional Ally policy - see my response to Q1 about lenses!

Is there anyone else at your institution with whom you could buddy up with?

Thank you! The online course is particualrly useful

More of a me problem, but indecsion, procrastination and perfectionism are the main challenges. CMALT is incredibly broad and flexible - reflecting the diversity of related roles - so I am often overcome with choice :)

Many reasons: 1) A chance to collate and reflect on my work, 2) it provides a lens through which to view and enhance future projects, 3) to demonstrate commitment to my profession, 4) to engage with ALT, 5) to develop the skills of my team.

2 & 5 are the most relevant to my professional goals

Martin King. Senior Learning Technologist. Currently encouraging and supporting my team as they begin their CMALT journey. Oh, and finally getting my own portfolio together....

ChatGPT image generation: What’s changed and why it matters - Artificial intelligence OpenAI have built their most advanced image generator yet into GPT-4o, which ‘excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts, and leveraging 4o’s inherence knowledge base and chat co...

A new blog post from my colleague Catherine Barker. Well worth reading, especially to see the striking fashion images that it can create and how they compare to those possible when we did our image generation pilots just a few months ago.

nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/04/0...

X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover

Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work

#AcademicSky #EduSky

Ancient Greek ruins with weathered stone foundations and columns standing tall against a bright blue sky

One from the 2023 archive. The Temple of Poseidon, Cape Sounion

We have arrived.

We are currently working on: Gen AI literacy & TEL UX survey

Intranet: intranet.royalholloway.ac.uk/staff/teachi...

Blog: elearningroyalholloway.blog

#TEL #Moodle #Ally #Panopto #Turnitin #Vevox #MSOffice #CoPilot #LearningDesign #UX #EDI #CPD #HE #Teaching #Learning #Assessment

Reports of LLMs mastering math have been greatly exaggerated What happens when you minimize the chance of data leakage?

Reports of LLMs mastering math have been greatly exaggerated garymarcus.substack.com/p/reports-of... #EduSky #EduSkyAI #TLSky #EdTech #AIinEducation #aisky #ai #artificialintelligence

See you there? How bad content came to be bad www.ucisa.ac.uk/Events/2025/... #UX

I have updated the Royal Holloway Starter Pack. Get involved!
go.bsky.app/ThChVQP

AI, STEM and equality of opportunity? Think again www.teachfirst.org.uk/blog/mind-ai... #AI #Education #STEM #ReachAcademyFeltham #PupilPremium

I am not alone answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffi...

MS Forms Matrix type question

Designing a usability study with MS Forms only to struggle with a seemingly insurmountable usability issue. That.

Can you spot it?

#MSForms #Usability #UX #UI #Design

The Open University has published A framework for the Learning and Teaching of Critical AI Literacy skills. It looks at AI through an EDI lens and treats literacy as something that is practiced rather than possessed #genAI #OU #EDI #teaching #learning #digilit

about.open.ac.uk/sites/about....

Trends in assessment in higher education: considerations for policy and practice - Jisc

We've collaborated with Prof Simon Walker (@unisouthampton.bsky.social) to explore emerging trends in assessment within the rapidly evolving HE landscape. It sheds light on challenges, opportunities & innovative approaches shaping the future of assessment, particularly in digital transformation & AI

Don't worry, your SMT can find ways of filling those unproductive Sunday afternoons for you

My page on Bluesky is a safe space and you will always be welcome and safe here 🏳️‍⚧️

Please, be careful everyone 🙏

‘Like an articulate but unreliable teenager’ is a great analogy