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We now have a Generative AI hub to which new resources are added continually (including those mentioned in the Jisc story). ucl.ac.uk/teaching-learn… #altc23

Ready for our #altc23 session on Distributed Leadership in Digital Learning with a and Dr Rich Osborne. We can sit comfortably while presenting - fantastic!

a Dr Rich Osborne Tim Neumann I really enjoyed the panel discussion about distributed leadership in #digital #learning by the 'people who plug the gaps' (& much more!) #altc23

Great stuff here - and clearly shows why we need to measure outcomes, not just preferences: "Student’s Choice: In-Person, Online, or on Demand? A Comparison of Instructional Modality Preference and Effectiveness" buff.ly/3EunBT5

Never imagined I'd be back working for my old alma mater, but very glad it happened. It's not a bad place to be! "UCL named University of the Year" buff.ly/3Pmprue

Looks like Microsoft Copilot is finally coming, just in time for the new academic year. Anyone who thinks students aren't going to use this better think again - we need to embed AI into practice and educate, not ignore: buff.ly/45YiXc8

Great support here for Interleaving ... and another example of how gut instincts about how best to learn can be badly wrong: "The Robustness of the interleaving benefit" buff.ly/3FM6SLJ

Seems we're back to technology 'transforming' education again; those of us who have been around for a while know there's already a little bit of history here, e.g. "A Technologist Spent Years Building an AI Chatbot Tutor. He Decided It Can’t Be Done" buff.ly/48INY5b

Here's a story that joins bits of my life together :-) I'd certainly never rely on AI for this; as Michael Webb from Jisc memorably put it - too many 'highly plausible untruths': "AI tools can lead to severe mushroom poisoning" buff.ly/49eGlDh

Fascinating article - I don't think I realised quite how blinkered my understanding of this subject was until I read this: "Biology is not as hierarchical as most textbooks paint it" buff.ly/3PNBLEW

Great summary of this by one of the authors - love the idea of 'epistemic trespassing': "The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows that People Don’t Know What They Don’t Know" buff.ly/4aITXIx

There aren't many AI posts I think worth sharing, but this is more in-depth and balanced than most. Worth a read I think: "AI isn't useless. But is it worth it?" buff.ly/3VYrBoZ

Happy to say the new edition of "Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School: A Companion to School Experience" is now available for pre-order. My chapter covers using digital technologies to support learning and teaching in science (unsurprisingly) buff.ly/3Vf3O21

I’m delighted to say that this year’s UCL Knowledge Lab Richard Noss Lecture will be led by Prof Diana Laurillard @thinksitthrough discussing ‘20 years of the UCL Knowledge Lab: Developing the future of human-centred design knowledge’. Oct 31 17.30-18.30 #20YearsKnowledgeLab

It's this kind of thinking that leads me to reject the notion AIs will take over. LLMs, for example, process language and language is not cognition. I suspect cognition is much more complex: "What is language for?" buff.ly/3L6fAaa

Thought I'd record a quick overview of my new (first!) book chapter, "Learning to Teach Science in the Secondary School: Chapter 12 - Using Digital Technologies" buff.ly/3WcfKCa