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Alex Spiers
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E-Learning Content Development Manager at King’s College London | FHEA | CATE2022 | #creativeHE |#MELSIG | #SocMedHE25 …Music nerd. Bellshill born. Glasgow raised. Liverpool resident @alexgspiers on the other site
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION 🚨 Get involved!
socmedhe.bsky.social Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · 21d
Thinking about submitting an abstract to #SocMedHE25? There is time - we have extended the deadline by one week, to 31st October. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far, and looking forward to reading your abstracts! More info and how to submit here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c...
Call for session proposals
*Deadline extended: the call for session proposals will now close at the end of Friday, 31st October*This year, we are delighted to host the 11th international Social Media for Learning in Higher E…
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October 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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#MootGlobal25 Listen to me and my wonderful colleagues share some of the exciting work we have done developing Moodle to support mobile first, offline learning youtu.be/nk3SJuDduNs?...
Reaching every learner: Scalable offline-first Moodle for African education | MoodleMoot Global 2025
YouTube video by Moodle
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October 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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#MootGlobal25
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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#MoodleMoot25 Modernisation of our technology platform - Travis Windsor
(Moodle HQ) youtu.be/pN7DcTAR2qc?...
Modernisation of our technology platform | MoodleMoot Global 2025
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October 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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joshuaeaton.bsky.social
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.

I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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carlbergstrom.com
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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nlafferty.bsky.social
Views amongst #altc25 delegates of the year ahead in edtech. Suspect these will resonate with others working across HE and FE.
Word cloud of responses from ALTC25 delegates to the question, what’s your prediction for the coming year in edtech?
October 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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altuk.bsky.social
The Beekee hub - an instance of Moodle on a Raspberry Pi in a classroom. #ALTc25
A photo of a classroom
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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To support emotional health, embed 'warm support' in the learning design - ‘Warm support' (Baker et al., 2018) #ALTc25
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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"In my second semester.... I had no house, and I had no flat.... I was downloading documents from a train station... It was very cold. It was not that good, but finally I survived and I didn't give up." Zain - Online MA student. #ALTc25
Slide reads "In my second semester.... I had no house, and I had no flat.... I was downloading documents from a train station... It was very cold. It was not that good, but finally I survived and I didn't give up." Zain - Online MA student.
October 24, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION 🚨 Get involved!
socmedhe.bsky.social Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · 21d
Thinking about submitting an abstract to #SocMedHE25? There is time - we have extended the deadline by one week, to 31st October. Thanks to everyone who has submitted so far, and looking forward to reading your abstracts! More info and how to submit here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c...
Call for session proposals
*Deadline extended: the call for session proposals will now close at the end of Friday, 31st October*This year, we are delighted to host the 11th international Social Media for Learning in Higher E…
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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altuk.bsky.social
The Community Choice Award was voted for by ALT members out of all the submissions received for this year’s Awards programme. It’s another win for University of Liverpool’s Islands of Innovation Team. Many congratulations! #ALTc25
Award winners on stage
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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puiyin.bsky.social
Good morning #ALTc25! DJs Puiyin @julievoce.bsky.social @dompates.bsky.social are getting ready to be with you at 8am sharp with this year’s first live #ALTcRadio show - A Glasgow Breakfast! Tune in wherever you are & whatever you are doing!

www.thethursdaynightshow.com

#ALTv @altuk.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Hot of press Jiscs Beyond Blended Learning work www.jisc.ac.uk/reports/beyo...
#altc25
Beyond blended in action: transforming curriculum and learning design in a shifting landscape - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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‪Sheila MacNeill‬
‪@sheilmcn.bsky.social‬
· now
@charlesknight.co.uk
calling for more critical voices around AI in education. Thank goodness for
@helenbeetham.bsky.social
helenbeetham.substack.com and
@audreywatters.bsky.social
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com. #altc25
imperfect offerings | Helen Beetham | Substack
There's a crack in everything. It's how we know a human being is writing. Thoughts on technology and education, writing and related issues, from a critical perspective. Not always fully formed but nev...
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October 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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My question to #ALTc25 is will @bsky.app be the main backchannel again this year, as it was in 2024? Or willit be Linkedin? 🤔
October 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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#ALTcRadio #ALTc #ALTc25 Tune in at 12:00 to listen to @geraldinef.bsky.social @sueharrison.bsky.social and myself representing M25 ALT group. We will be dicussion some of the big themes in digital education & playing some top sounds from London.
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@altuk.bsky.social
Internet Radio Live Music Eclectic | thethursdaynightshow
Eclectic Internet Radio with online live music and art showings every Thursday Night! www.thethursdaynightshow.com
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October 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Good morning #altc25 delegates. For your breakfast reading, I share a chance encounter on a train that will no doubt reflect the next two days of learning... mattcornock.co.uk/opinion/look... @altuk.bsky.social #altc #learning #cpd
Look beyond the edge of the plate – Matt Cornock
Short post. Open thinking. Bear with me on this one. I don't normally share encounters on public transport, but I think you will find this resonates. What does a quality manager in the central Europea...
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October 23, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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puiyin.bsky.social
And we are off with @julievoce.bsky.social @dompates.bsky.social Good morning #ALTc25 #ATLcRadio #ALTc @altuk.bsky.social

www.thethursdaynightshow.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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What does learning technology sound like?

For the 3rd year running, TTNS is partnering with ALT to bring you #ALTcRadio - live on site from Glasgow and online, with 48hrs of #EdTech radio.

Hear exclusive shows, live streamed keynotes, archive rewinds and regular TTNS DJs.

#altc #ALTc25
ALTc Radio 2025 poster, showing full listings for the radio programme across two days of the conference. Includes two columns of multicoloured 30m blocks, in blue, yellow and grey. The programme is overlaid on a photograph of the cloisters at the University of Glasgow.
October 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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FT' Partick Thistle 2⃣ Ayr United 1⃣

🔟 LEAGUE GAMES UNBEATEN 🔥

#PTFCvAUFC #WeAreThistle
October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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I've just submitted my proposal to present at #SocMedHE25 about my recent research using #Discord at the Open University. 😃 🤞
October 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Registration for #SocMedHE25 is now open! The early bird rate is £95, available until 31st October, before the standard rate of £105. We hope to see you in Lancaster! Start your registration here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
Registration
Booking to attend the conference is now open! The delegate rate to attend the conference is £95 early bird (until 31st October), or £105 standard rate after that. Please use the following link to r…
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Get involved if you are interested in all things social media in HE and beyond. Book early. Stay late!
suebecks.bsky.social @suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · Oct 6
I’ve booked my place!

The 11th Social Media for Learning in HE conference #SocMedHE25

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socmedhe.bsky.social Social Media for Learning in Higher Education Conference @socmedhe.bsky.social · Oct 6
Registration for #SocMedHE25 is now open! The early bird rate is £95, available until 31st October, before the standard rate of £105. We hope to see you in Lancaster! Start your registration here: socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/10/03/r...
October 21, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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"Open knowledge is social infrastructure" says Jimmy Wales opening 'Knowledge is Human: The Information Ecosystem in the age of AI' conference by British Library & Wikimedia UK wikimedia.org.uk/2025/10/know... Looking forward to speaking on the opening panel #AI
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM