James Youdale SFHEA

It is great to hear that Anthology is still talking in serious terms about climate change.

But I wonder for how long given the actions and attitudes of the current US Government. Will it begin to exert pressure on big tech, ala 'DOGE' and EDI?

For the sake of humanity, I hope not. #DurBBU

Niko from Blackboard presenting to a packed lecture theatre

You'd need to make millions and millions of queries to an LLM to match 100% of an average daily household energy consumption.

#DurBBU

A meeting Owl pro at the front of a teaching room

Here through the magic of a Meeting Owl Pro. Andy Yule from The University of Aberdeen discussing his work on student monitoring through Blackboard. #durbbu

"Students love templates" - the value of simple consistency #DurBBU

Lou Stringer presenting to a room

Lou Stringer presenting to a room

Lou Stringer from University of York discussing how to achieve feedback at scale #durbbu

Possible data points

Really interested in this - metacognitive checks and data reporting on the 'in development' AI test tools

#DurBBU

Evolving the goals framework in Blackboard

Evolving the 'Goals' tool to support usage for mapping to learning outcomes.

About time, and potentially very useful. #DURBBU

Julie and Nico showing off her award

Julie Mulvey gets the first #Anthology Hall of Fame award at #durbbu

Nicolaas Matthijs presenting to a full lecture theatre

Nicolaas Matthijs providing the Anthology keynote, discussing how personalised learning factors into the development of Blackboard #durbbu

Dr. Malcolm Murray speaking at the front of a large lecture theatre

Back under way and feeling fresh for the final day of #DurBBU

A photo of Durham Castle with Durham Cathedral in the background.

It was a really beautiful evening to walk up to the castle #DurBBU

Congratulations @suebecks.bsky.social !

Lucy Anne Mcweeny presenting to a teaching room

Lucy Anne Mcweeny "Engaging, connecting, communicating and inspiring creativity from Blackboard to the classroom" #DurBBU

Craig Stewart presenting to a teaching room.

'Personalising the learner's journey (through a course)' led by Craig Stewart from The University of Aberdeen.

"I wish I never chose Gandalf to interview me for a social services job" - quote of the day so far.

Students perceptions of choosing AI chatbot personas #durbbu

Katy Sheader and Paul Finley presenting

Students preferred engaging with the contextualise AI chat agent in Blackboard over other LLMs like ChatGPT

#DurBBU

Katy Sheader and Paul Finley presenting a teaching room

Investigation into approaches using the Blackboard AI role play tool, presented by Katy Sheader and Paul Finley #durbbu

A teaching room full of people.

Thinking about the role of video in 'personalised learning journeys' at Blackboard. #DurBBU

Impending car crash - fixed learning outcomes and personalisation?

A car crash?

How do we marry fixed learning outcomes and legitimate 'personalisation'?

#DurBBU

A packed lecture theatre taken with a wide angle lens

Kicking off #DurBBU with Dr. Malcolm Murray: 'Personalised Learning: transformation or twaddle?'

A group of people in a busy registration area

Registration under way at #DurBBU

Finally a job title I identify with #durbbu

There's a few news articles I could comment on today, but I won't.

One that is important, however, is this:

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

It is time for Government to step in with actions, not just words, to make HE sustainable.

Join us for #LTHEchat with @jamesbedford.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today. Review the blogpost for more information. lthechat.com

Theatre in the round: a study of the effectiveness of 360-degree video and VR to address critical questions in the teaching and learning of drama This research explored how 360-video when experienced through virtual reality (VR) might support higher education (HE) English Literature students to perceive critical issues in dramatic works. Pre...

Finally! Brown, Childs and Youdale:

Full article: Theatre in the round: a study of the effectiveness of 360-degree video and VR to address critical questions in the teaching and learning of drama www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A6.

We already do. We exist, intersect & collaborate and have been doing so before there was a discernable 'third space'.

The challenge is how do we recognise these disciplines in a way which allows them to be defined by themselves, rather than recognised the 'spaces' they sit between

#lthechat

But this umbrella is still a deficit model. How do we move the discourse forward in more positive way?

Exactly. I see that where I work. People doing the same job, different contacts.

A5.

In a third space role, how do you describe your job when asked at parties?

Do you have to reduce it to a caricature or lean into one of the poles you are caught between?

This is fundamentally the issue. How do we convey 'what we do' when it doesn't exist in the lexicon?

#LTHEChat

I'd say so. It's inherently structuralist.

I feel that many of these third space roles are most at risk to compulsory redundancy for this exact reason.