Sheila MacNeill

ImperialAI: the empire strikes back An essential conversation with journalist and author, Karen Hao, about OpenAI and its ambition to dominate and conquer all before it

in the midst of lots posts about ChatGPT study mode, this conversation between Karen Hao (Empire of AI) & Carol Cadwalladr about the new AI Empires, their methods of controlling narratives, exploiting labour, & creating their own myths around transformation broligarchy.substack.com/p/imperialai...

I know - why? just why are people so welded to the myth that they actually exist?

arrgh learning styles. . . .

National Student Survey 2025 All the data and headlines you need from this year's National Student Survey

as ever, some useful data analysis and lovely charts as well as spot on commentary from @davidkernohan.bsky.social based on this year's NSS wonkhe.com/blogs/nation...

Letting the voices of a programme tell its story: the N-TUTORR evaluation process the way in which we think about who we are depends on the stories we tell about who we are. (Wise Women, Sharon Blackie, 2024) This post has been a bit of a long time coming, as the work it relates…

little post about the evaluation approach @helenbeetham.bsky.social and I used for the #NTUTORR programme
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had a fabulous onsite visit to Edge Hill University with @sarahjknight.bsky.social to visit @johnbrindletel.bsky.social @scottfarrow.bsky.social and their wonderful team to discuss all things Beyond Blended. Great discussions and campus tour - including a visit to the beach!

Celebrating beyond blended pilot projects: not an ending, but a sense of a new beginning Early this week I had the pleasure of joining colleagues in Birmingham to celebrate the work of the Jisc Beyond Blended Pilot Programme. Along with Helen Beetham, I have been working with colleague…

After a quite incredible day yesterday celebrating the success of the @jisc.bsky.social Beyond Blended Programme, I've written a little reflection of the day and the programme in general howsheilaseesit.net/curriculum-d...

thanks for sharing Lorna

OER25, our silence will not save us I’m home after quite a hectic work week in London now have a bit of time to share some reflections on the OER25 conference which I had the pleasure of co-chairing with Louise Drumm. Over 100 …

a little reflection on the #OER25 conference howsheilaseesit.net/oer/oer25-ou...

shh! don’t tell anyone

yes - the picture gallery at Royal Holloway Uni - apparently the founder felt that a picture gallery would provide intellectual inspiration for the young ladies studying there

today’s office

key question from @joecar80.bsky.social -in relation to AI - have you moved passed policy yet? #oer25

great summary of the challenges of getting power to listen from @joecar80.bsky.social as he explains a bit of the Open Scotland journey #oer25

we need to make an ed tech bingo card for this list from @joecar80.bsky.social #oer25

@joecar80.bsky.social starting his keynote for #oer25 - this is gonna be great

It’s Monday, it’s day one of #OeER25 - can’t be there til later so keep sharing conference goodness here

still time to join us in London next week - looks set to be a great couple of days with added keynote wisdom from @helenbeetham.bsky.social and @joecar80.bsky.social #OER25

Britons have just 23 hours of ‘genuinely free’ time a week – so much for labour-saving technology | Elle Hunt AI really could shift the locus of life and meaning away from work, but we must have vision and daring to make it happen, says journalist Elle Hunt

"if we don’t fight for our free time, we’ll just find more ways to waste it at work".

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great to have you back Lee!

lovely to be at the University of Stirling for the @altuk.bsky.social Scotland SIG annual meeting

looking forward to hearing the voices of the conference sharing their experiences

really looking forward to the conference - the whole programme is looking really exciting. Still time to book to join us in London in a couple of weeks.

Very much looking forward to co-chairing this with the wonderful @louisedrumm.bsky.social. Great keynote line up too with @helenbeetham.bsky.social and @joecar80.bsky.social and an opportunity for delegates to be part of the final keynote session too. Hope to see you there #OER25 #altc

The dark lord of Silicon Valley Peter Thiel enters the chat

why we need real journalists - thank you Carol - we all need to be aware of the broligarchy and how they are creating their vision of a new world order - built on our data

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good idea, better than punching something!

Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism

“Women are at risk of being dragged back to the dark ages by precisely the same technology that promises to catapult men into a shiny new future.”

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hope it goes well and we must catch up on how you are using them now

Global Accessibility Awareness Day Today is Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) and we’re celebrating at King’s Digital by looking at how our team works to ensure our online programmes are inclusive and accessible to all students...

To support and raise awareness of #GAAD, King’s Digital has published a new blog post! Hear from our entire production team on how they approach accessibility in their work. www.linkedin.com/pulse/global...