Katy

Instead of an exam, students take on the role of either the prosecution or the defence, and fight for a verdict which favours their clients

What I learned:
• It builds deeper critical thinking and legal reasoning
• Students feel more engaged and empowered
• It mirrors real-world legal practice

Just wrapped up two incredible days at the University of Stirling’s annual Learning and Teaching Conference.

One of the highlights? Presenting my first ever conference poster.
It explored a new assessment method I introduced in my Law module at the International Study Centre:
⚖️ A mock trial.

I've been practically radio silent on here of late (it happens) but i've had at -least- four thoughts this week about developing an AI Literacy framework for students...thinking about ethical use, refocusing on the purpose of assessment...negotiating the want for a blanket ban?

a screenshot that reads "come to class with a laptop or similar, that you can do research on (your phone is not a suitable research tool)

Dear reader, this is today's energy

Have been searching all day for the best way to try and explain synthesising sources to my undergrads, and now we have lego...is this right?

#EduSky

I'm taking on Run the Month: Marathon Edition! I'm raising money for Prostate Cancer UK by taking part in Run the Month: Marathon Edition in January.

Been scrapping my way through #RunTheMonth for @prostatecanceruk.bsky.social this month - got 10 miles to go!

runthemonthme.prostatecanceruk.org/fundraising/...

Today's "brief" discussion of feudal property habits very quickly degenerated into a a 'discussion' about landlords and paying rent and maybe a smidge of socialism

Ooops?

Sorry, I'm out of the loop, are they up in arms over a Tie Fighter?!

Annual Leave starts today, I've got a reading pile about 20 high, and not a clue where to start 😂

So I am becoming increasingly convinced that the vast majority of educational responses to AI are letting students down... I'll probably write something about it, but that's this mornings #BusThought #EduSky

Was all going well till you blamed Max for who his partners dad is, he's nothing to do with Piquet Sr

Mini keynotes taking place at ALDcon24.

We are delighted to announce Issue 32 of the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education #JLDHE, a special issue containing ALDinHE Conference Proceedings and Reflections, has been published. Download free at: journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl... #LoveLD

Makes for a stunning photo though! I'm in the north east this weekend hopefully see some snow then (hopefully get trapped for a while 😂)

Also for those of you who have the misfortune of following me, this is approximately the level of depth I aspire to in my daily life

Please hold for more pertinent thoughts

I keep seeing other people's snow...I want snow :(

Associations between parental psychopathology and youth functional emotion regulation brain networks Parental mental health is associated with children’s emotion regulation (ER) and risk for psychopathology. The relationship between parental psychopat…

Associations between parent’s mental health and youth’s functional emotion regulation networks: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#EduSky #UKEd #UKTeaching

Sandwiches are woke now, is nothing sacred? These damn Gen Z'ers and their avocados

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The Journal of Continental Philosophy has just published my latest article, “The Computational Search for Unity: Synthesis in Generative AI”.

I address the representational reality of LLMs through the philosophical concept of synthesis.

Online First PDF here:
www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf...

How are we teaching uni students to summarise these days?

The Computational Search for Unity: Synthesis in Generative AI - published on November 9, 2024 The outputs of generative artificial intelligence (generative AI) are often called “synthetic” to imply that they are not natural but artificial. Against that use of the term, this article focuses on ...

I can’t find Beatrice Fazi on here yet, but until she gets here, her pretty dazzling new paper on synthesis in #generativeAI www.pdcnet.org/pdc/bvdb.nsf...

Refusing Abandonment In the fall of 2023 I had the chance to revive and redesign my discipline’s course on LGBTQ literature. I was excited and nervous. I knew it was a course...

With apologies for the October hiatus, I wrote an entry in my newsletter reflecting on a queer literature course I had the chance to design, and on the lessons queer and trans history can teach us about refusing abandonment.

1) working up the courage to actually start writing anything
2) I've been thinking a lot about how to put students at the centre of the feedback process, especially international students in higher ed

I think our move basically forced me to be an adult haha, 2 mins from the gym, much more wandering out and about...its been lovely but I miss my pixel footballers! How's the coaching going?

It's a lovely place so far! I do feel sorry for anyone who's followed me for FM chat though hahah

Do we like cats here? This one has 3 legs, belongs to the house across the road, and regularly comes to inspect our house to ensure the heating is working and we have a sufficient supply of biscuits

My guyyyyyy 🥰🥰 how are you?!

January will mark 5 years of teaching...a deeply rewarding 5 years, all told! I feel like only now am I starting to really settle into a style and rhythm that i'm happy with, and yet every day these students surprise and amaze me with their resilience and drive (most of them)... long may it continue

Suppose I should say Hi...I'm Katy, I work in HE in Scotland and i'm fascinated by AI, Feedback and Assessment in general

I've not actually written anything about it, but maybe soooon

#EduSky

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