Pete Evans

Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network The event is aimed at creating a space for critical discussion of AI across our universities in Edinburgh

#Edinburgh Critical AI in Education Network event on 1 September, 1 - 4 pm, to organise for a more critical voice on AI-adoption within #HigherEd. Book a seat at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-... #AIEd #UKHE

Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online - Athabasca University Press Instructors across higher education require inspiring and practical resources for creating, adapting to, and enhancing, online teaching and learning spaces. Faculty need to build collaborative, equita...

New #open access book on Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online available as part of the excellent Issues in Distance Education services from @aupress.bsky.social at www.aupress.ca/books/120334... #pedagogy #DigitalEducation

Yes, a techno-optimism combined with a large dollop of naivety

He not we doh!
The key point on what the report findings mean for the perceived integrity and value of degree is key but a return to exams seems a backward step for many disciplined

And yet two of the references cited conclude ai detection tools are neither accurate nor reliable and cannot be recommended. The other states that a minority of detection tools are accurate. Did the author hallucinate what we wanted these references to argue?

University of Edinburgh launching learning and teaching strategy 2030 @ the learning and teaching conference #highered

Yes, a great question. it’s as if universities as institutions ignore all their academics warning them of the risks and costs of big tech, data extractivism etc

Denmark's govt are going fullstack OS Linux. Humboldt Berlin uni are fullstack OS Linux. Lots of other German and Dutch unis are completely free of Global big tech. If UK universities are all verging on bankrupt, why are they pouring money into big tech (incl AI)? Why aren't they all OS Linux?

... and if you're interested in the MSc programme itself, you can find more information at www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde #postgrad #masters #digitaleducation #highered @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social

Join us for a vibrant, student-led conference showcasing critical, creative, &scholarly work in #digitaleducation by students & alumni of the MSc Digital Education Programme @morayhouse.bsky.social University of Edinburgh. Free and online. Tickets at
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-ed... #ukhe

Postdigital Science and Education Postdigital Science and Education is the pioneering academic journal focusing on postdigital themes and research approaches in education. Links various ...

Call for abstracts for Special Issue of #postdigital #Science and #Education in the Majority World - deadline 1 May 2025. Edited by colleagues at Centre for Research in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk

link.springer.com/journal/4243...

I did indeed. Thanks for correcting and for the good read!

Stowe Boyd | Substack Politics, culture, philosophy, and miscellaneous ruminations. Click to read Stowe Boyd, a Substack publication. Launched a year ago.

A valuable read from @stoweboyd.bsky.social for all higher education managers in a time of crisis on institutional resilience and the dangers of focusing on efficiency and cost reduction above all #highereducation #universities #resilience #adaptivecapacities www.stoweboyd.io?utm_source=n...

Includes the university of #edinburgh ‘s MSc in Digital Education www.de.ed.ac.uk/mscde
#digitaleducation

Applications open for Commonwealth Distance Learning Scholarships for the innovative MSc Digital Education at @morayhouse.bsky.social #digitaleducation #EdTech Info session 30 April 11am (UK time) to learn more.
📧 Contact: digitaled@ed.ac.uk
🔗 Info + how to apply: edin.ac/4jkcmPE

Interesting stuff. It would have been good if more progress on the cohesion and coherence agenda had been made in Scotland before this current crisis in #ukhe (or peaking of a long standing crisis in tertiary edu)

Postdigital Science and Education and The Majority World - Postdigital Science and Education Postdigital Science and Education -

A hugely important article, exploring postdigital perspectives on the Global South... link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Decline in interest in ‘Big Four’ study destinations Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – decli...

“Interest by prospective international students in the ‘Big Four’ study destinations – the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia – declined by 14% in the year ending January 2025. This decline follows a 22% decline the previous year.” More ➣ @uniworldnews.bsky.social

A6: Good, old fashioned VLE, open source preferably. In the post apocalyptic world, I’d gather a bunch of rebels and we’d co-create a great digital learning ecosystem. Mad Max style #LTHEChat

Universities please take note …

European Higher Education Sector Observatory and Scoreboard launched to support evidence-based policy making EUA - European University Association

On 30 January, the European Higher Education Sector Observatory (EHESO) was officially launched.
EUA has played an active role in this initiative through its participation in the policy advisory board, working groups. and ongoing feedback processes.

New Media Writing Prize Unconference, May 2025, @ Bournemouth, UK. Proposals for active sessions exploring intersections of #digital #collaboration, inclusivity, & #creative #innovation & future of digital media - due 25 February 2025, Midnight UTC. - more @ newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/

@lancasteruni.bsky.social following Uni of Birmingham in partnering with 2U
#DigitalEducation #UKHE

But also reframe in terms of this being a longer-term crisis of tertiary education *and* training with a need to reset the whole of post-compulsory education and training across the UK

University of Edinburgh cuts. Staff told in principal's email 'nothing off the table'. #HigherEducation #Scotland #Edinburgh

#PhD opportunities to study #creativeindustries at @ University of Stirling - deadline 24 March. Details www.stir.ac.uk/research/res... #UKHE

#postdoc opportunity in #emocracy, #AI and #BigTech @mediacomgold.bsky.social , London for two years. Deadline 28 February jobs.gold.ac.uk/vacancy/post... #HigherEd #UKHE

The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – ...

Insider experiences of the current crisis in #UKHE from @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
This quote strikes a cord "... we are experiencing cumulative confusion about what universities are for and what the substantive guiding values of academic life are."

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Interesting stats on market share for #VLEs in North America #HigherEd from philhillaa.com newsletter:
Instructure Canvas 50% share when scaled by enrollment, followed by D2L Brightspace at 20%, Anthology Blackboard at 12%, and Moodle at 9%. Pointing to the direction of travel for UK? #DigtialEd

I mean "defend the university" sure sure but how about we have a discussion about what "the university" is, how it's run, and whom it serves, and then let's also talk collective ownership, participatory budgeting, and democratic decision-making