Thomas Ekman Jorgensen

Can #AI promote equity and inclusion in education? Certainly yes! Here are some examples well argued here by M McKenzie (S. Andrews) & E Spaeth ( @advancehe.bsky.social‬)

#HigherEd #neurodiversity #EDI

https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/using-ai-to-serve-inclusive-education.html

Going against the #GenerativeAI anti-hype - interesting arguments why we should take progress in the latest models more seriously.
@cfg
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/llms-path-general-intelligence-possibly-max-reddel-ypute/?trackingId=YT4PVrurT3j1hN4vjzim5Q%3D%3D

The catch: the evidence is not […]

I can definitely see this for #EdTech - things have to work.

#ModelCollapse is for example a risk that keeps coming up when talking about #AI in #academia […]

EU’s waffle on artificial intelligence law creates huge headache Industry, lawmakers and safety campaigners begin new lobbying scramble as AI laws are revisited.

“As long as we don’t have an #AIAct that is being enforced, we keep systems on the market of which you don’t know whether these function well or [if] these are safe.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-eu-ai-rules-turned-into-massive-headache/

Thinking a lot about the future of #HigherEd, this is an important signal: a cancelled course being continued outside the context of the university:

"They can try to cancel us all they want. But this is the community we are going to build anyway."

Is the future of #AcademicFreedom an […]

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#sustainability action requires a vision - example from #HES-SO in Western Switzerland how to apply #FuturesThinking for that vision:

"Universities, including my own, tend to report on this standard by describing existing strategies and actions without […]

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@Chronotope try Wallabag - not as smooth, but does the same in a friendlier way

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If you believe in the hype about #AI disrupting education, you should read this small piece by Stefan Lang from Salzburg University

#HigherEd #EUAAIConf #EdTech

https://www.eua.eu/our-work/expert-voices/does-ai-risk-averaging-knowledge-and-sacrificing-creativity-in-academia.html

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#JunkfoodMovies #HashTagGames

Taco driver #JunkfoodMovies #HashTagGames

We are about to start the @EUA Annual Conference on #sustainability at the University of Latvia
#EUA2025AC - 10 years after the launch of the #SDGs

Some thoughts about the last decade and the years to come […]

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Europe should play to its strengths: a unique and strong system of #research based on cooperation. This will really put research and innovation at the heart of European competitiveness, as @vonderleyen aspires to […]

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Have a look at the programme for @EUA's conference on #AI and #universities this May - loads of practices and ideas from across Europe - and there is more to come.

https://www.eua.eu/events/eua-events/eua-conference-on-artificial-intelligence.html

The promise of AI in education is it will save educators time. That's rubbish. It's sapping all our time already in working groups, committees, workshops, and marking anxiety. It's the most time-sapping, exhausting and frankly boring thing I've ever encountered in HE - and it's in my research area.

Are #universities being taken over by the "analytics-industrial complex"? Maybe, but I think the author conflates actual developments and data company dreams and sales pitches.

#academia #university_rankings

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=2025031909283299

Futures of AI in higher education – more might be less Over the last months, I have been involved in a number of deep discussions with higher education practitioners about the future of AI, some of these organised with colleagues at the European University Association others in the European Digital Education Hub guided by SURF futurist Gül Akcaova. Duri

Quality and access are main concerns regarding #AI in #HigherEd - regulation is a solution, not a barrier

#EdTech #academia

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/futures-ai-higher-education-more-might-less-thomas-ekman-j%C3%B8rgensen-zpc9e

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Good discussions yesterday with MEP Marcos Ros about the #EuropeanUniversities Initiative, breaking down barriers for transnational #university cooperation and pioneering reforms in #HigherEd 👍

@mrossemp.bsky.social

@mikebutcher.bsky.social ... those streaming services are mostly geoblocked public service channels

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Start with art! Great checking in to today's #EuropeanUniversities event in Brussels with a dance performance! ... before we all do our various policy performances 😉

#EUpol #EUPolicy

"Of the five EU missions—on cancer, climate, oceans, cities and soil—agreed only five years ago, not one focuses on the new Commission’s top priorities of AI, advanced materials and life sciences. This bodes ill for the capacity of any policymaker to pick a topic and sustain a long-term R&I […]

We had good talks yesterday with MEP Laurence Farreng, talking about the role of #universities in Europe's competitiveness, the #Erasmus Programme and the #EuropeanUniversityInitiative - exciting times for European #HigherEd where many policy threads are coming together

@EUA #EUPol #EUPolicy

After a week of #AI madness in the 100s of Billions, it is good to have some sound scepticism from @ScienceBusiness' David Matthews

https://sciencebusiness.net/viewpoint/ai/viewpoint-europe-must-stop-chasing-us-technology-hype-cycles

"the #AI landscape is no longer just about who has the most money or the biggest data centres – it’s about who can innovate smarter, faster and achieve more with less"

- finally some upbeat words on the #EU and #ArtificialIntelligence

#Mistral #EUAIChampions #CEPS […]

Academmic freedom is the freedom to learn & teach; to conduct research & valorise results; to engage in artistic & cultural activity in the context of academic scholarship; and to communicate results of scientific & artistic work within & beyond the university

EUA calls on its members across Europe to commit to the protection & promotion of academic freedom at their universities, by developing & implementing institutional guidelines & policies. @eua.eu reiterates key support actions that can be taken by public authorities. Read more 👉 lnkd.in/dsSZA5Ui

Cardiff vice-chancellor blames competition laws for stifling collaboration Russell Group universities are being prevented from working together to save courses and avoid cuts, according to Professor Wendy Larner

Lots of interesting signals for the future of #universities in this article: scarce resources with cuts, cooperation and data to the rescue of #highered

#academia

https://www.thetimes.com/article/e19d0111-4df7-4521-9bf9-e9d7114868be?shareToken=b9998a51bee9bb0efa9a7ca61d91524e

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Save the date - and prepare your contribution!

@EUA is organising an online conference on #AI and #universities, focusing on use cases, practices and policies, 22-23 May 2025. The call for contribution is open, registrations will open in the coming weeks […]

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Yes, the money is important, but so are the communities that programmes and brands like #erasmus and #HorizonEU have fostered across the continent.

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The proposal for an #EU umbrella #CompetitivenessFund is bold, but #research and #education funding must remain stable and sufficient.

#EUPol #HorizonEU @EUA

https://www.eua.eu/news/eua-news/stable-research-innovation-and-education-programmes-are-needed-to-build-a-competitive-europe.html

"Bodies and minds" and the future of #education - I found it inspiring that the #OECD sees physical and mental health as a main driver for changes in education in their recent "Trends Shaping Education 2025"

@oecd-ocde.bsky.social

#FuturesThinking […]

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