Graham Stanley
@grahamstanley.bsky.social
Teacher Development Lead for the British Council. Teachers Talk Radio show host. M.Ed ELT & Educational Technology. Books: Language Learning with Technology (CUP); Remote Teaching (British Council); Digital Play: Computer games and language aims (Delta)
History timeline generator via @nikpeachey.bsky.social history-timeline.net/home/index/i...
History Timeline Generator - A Tool for Making Personalized Historical Timelines
The History Timeline Generator enables you to easily create customized timelines for historical events through AI. This online tool assists in organizing and presenting the development of historical e...
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January 23, 2026 at 2:22 PM
History timeline generator via @nikpeachey.bsky.social history-timeline.net/home/index/i...
Join me tomorrow at 21:00 (UK time) for a show dedicated to language education and technology on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social
January 20, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Join me tomorrow at 21:00 (UK time) for a show dedicated to language education and technology on @ttradioofficial.bsky.social
Open access (free download) publicaion on #GenAI in #highereducation www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
GenAI in Higher Education
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January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Open access (free download) publicaion on #GenAI in #highereducation www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
It's not as simple as some make out. open.substack.com/pub/staciele...
If You’re Boycotting AI Over Water, You’re Missing the Full Picture
Understanding the Environmental Cost of Our Digital Lives
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January 18, 2026 at 12:20 PM
It's not as simple as some make out. open.substack.com/pub/staciele...
Language learning inspired by comedian www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
My cultural awakening: an Eddie Izzard routine inspired me to learn French – and get a job with the EU
Being able to understand the comedian talking in French in his Dress to Kill show led to me learning several languages and working on the continent
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January 17, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Language learning inspired by comedian www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Why letting AI to grade student work may not be a wise idea: marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-we-gi...
What We Give Up When We Let AI Decide
Automation Is Easy. Judgment Is Not.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Why letting AI to grade student work may not be a wise idea: marcwatkins.substack.com/p/what-we-gi...
What do you think of this use of 'multimodal AI'? (via @downes.bsky.social) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... The experiment used AI to monitor activity during a live class, and the system used was able to point out students who weren't paying attention, when attention shifted, etc.
We tried to build an AI vision model which can tell, in real time, which students are attentive and which ones are distracted in a classroom.
We recently ran an interesting experiment with Masters...
We tried to build an AI vision model which can tell, in real time, which students are attentive and which ones are distracted in a classroom.
We recently ran an interesting experiment with Masters' U...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
What do you think of this use of 'multimodal AI'? (via @downes.bsky.social) www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... The experiment used AI to monitor activity during a live class, and the system used was able to point out students who weren't paying attention, when attention shifted, etc.
European alternative tech cybernews.com/tech/europea...
Europeans challenge US big tech with alternative app menu
Driven by concerns over privacy and geopolitical vulnerability, Europeans are increasingly adopting local "app menus" and open-source software to reduce reliance on US big tech.
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January 15, 2026 at 1:03 PM
European alternative tech cybernews.com/tech/europea...
Looking forward to the #IATEFL conference in Brighton in April this year. Here are the plenary sessions: sites.google.com/iatefl.org/i...
IATEFL Conference Preview - Plenaries
IATEFL Conference Preview 2026 kindly sponsored by
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January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Looking forward to the #IATEFL conference in Brighton in April this year. Here are the plenary sessions: sites.google.com/iatefl.org/i...
Reposted by Graham Stanley
The Brookings rpt authors: "AI’s risks currently overshadow its benefits...The threats of AI to students—including from unsupervised out-of-school use—are primarily cognitive, emotional, and social. These risks are qualitatively different from challenges posed by previous educational technologies."
AI’s future for students is in our hands | Brookings
Mary Burns and Rebecca Winthrop explore the role artificial intelligence will play in shaping the future of student learning and development.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The Brookings rpt authors: "AI’s risks currently overshadow its benefits...The threats of AI to students—including from unsupervised out-of-school use—are primarily cognitive, emotional, and social. These risks are qualitatively different from challenges posed by previous educational technologies."
Will the use of AI-assisted speaking affect learners' interactional skills? How do we address such impact? In this study, it is clear that ChatGPT's constraints shape what the learner can practise: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Developing L2 turn-taking with ChatGPT: A longitudinal conversation analytic study
This conversation analytic study examines how a Korean EFL learner’s turn-taking evolved through 30 role-play sessions with ChatGPT-4 over three month…
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January 13, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Will the use of AI-assisted speaking affect learners' interactional skills? How do we address such impact? In this study, it is clear that ChatGPT's constraints shape what the learner can practise: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Interesting take on the danger of AI and #cognitiveoffloading: "The question is what kind of learning community we want to build, and whether we’re willing to extend the forms of assistance that privileged students have always had to everyone else." nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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January 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Interesting take on the danger of AI and #cognitiveoffloading: "The question is what kind of learning community we want to build, and whether we’re willing to extend the forms of assistance that privileged students have always had to everyone else." nickpotkalitsky.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
AI for teacher CPD www.linkedin.com/posts/mkharb...
#aiineducation #teacherprofessionaldevelopment #ailiteracy #edtech #teachingwithai | Med Kharbach, PhD | 26 comments
AI for Professional Development!
For my first post of 2026, I wanted to start with something concrete.
I’m sharing a set of practical resources from Chapter 9 of my book Teaching with AI: Practical ...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:20 AM
AI for teacher CPD www.linkedin.com/posts/mkharb...
It's not about problem solving, it's about choosing the problem that's worth solving. AI can't do that well. open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
The Scarce Thing
The universe is easier to figure out than we wanted it to be.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:38 AM
It's not about problem solving, it's about choosing the problem that's worth solving. AI can't do that well. open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
Funny how this used to be such a big thing. www.linkedin.com/posts/emolli...
Its funny how much the Turing Test seemed like a giant insurmountable achievement for AI and then suddenly AI passes the Test and it is now only worth concentrating on the Test’s many (real) flaws as…...
Its funny how much the Turing Test seemed like a giant insurmountable achievement for AI and then suddenly AI passes the Test and it is now only worth concentrating on the Test’s many (real) flaws as ...
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December 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Funny how this used to be such a big thing. www.linkedin.com/posts/emolli...
Other types of intelligence can exist. They don't all have to be like us. open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
The Taxonomy of Strangers
My son asks if the dog dreams.
open.substack.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Other types of intelligence can exist. They don't all have to be like us. open.substack.com/pub/hybridho...
Designing alternatives to AI direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Moral Codes: Designing Alternatives to AI
Why the world needs less AI and better programming languages.Decades ago, we believed that robots and computers would take over all the boring jobs and dru
direct.mit.edu
December 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Designing alternatives to AI direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
The British Council’s Global Perceptions study gauges how 18–34 year olds across the G20 countries see the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbbY... & www.britishcouncil.org/sites/defaul...
Global Perceptions 2025
YouTube video by British Council
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December 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The British Council’s Global Perceptions study gauges how 18–34 year olds across the G20 countries see the world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbbY... & www.britishcouncil.org/sites/defaul...
Action mapping & training design resources blog.cathy-moore.com/book-resourc...
Map It! resources - Training design - Cathy Moore
Thanks for buying Map It! Here are some resources you might find helpful. The action mapping process This interactive graphic describes the entire action mapping process from goal-setting to evaluatio...
blog.cathy-moore.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Action mapping & training design resources blog.cathy-moore.com/book-resourc...
Learning science and instructional design reading list www.quinnovation.com/About/Readin...
Reading List
Quinnovation: learning technology strategy
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December 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Learning science and instructional design reading list www.quinnovation.com/About/Readin...
If the software you use doesn't resonate, then are you the product? www.downes.ca/post/78582
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Commentary on The Resonant Computing Manifesto by Stephen Downes. Online learning, e-learning, new media, connectivism, MOOCs, personal learning environments, new literacy, and more
www.downes.ca
December 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
If the software you use doesn't resonate, then are you the product? www.downes.ca/post/78582
Gamification does not equal motivation medium.com/@sa-liberty/...
Gamification Does NOT Increase Motivation. Here’s What To Know
Quick, think of a gamified app. Stop reading and actually think.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Gamification does not equal motivation medium.com/@sa-liberty/...
GenAI in Higher Education: the 'tragic dilemma' link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ‘Tragic Dilemma’ of GenAI in Education: An Exploratory Human-AI Conversation - Postdigital Science and Education
This article seeks to add nuance to the frequently negative tone of tertiary educators’ discussions about Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI). It does so by reframing the ‘tragic dilemma’ of on...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
GenAI in Higher Education: the 'tragic dilemma' link.springer.com/article/10.1...