Karen Costa (she/her)
@karencosta.bsky.social
#HigherEd · Climate Action Pedagogy · faculty & student success · online learning advocate · trauma-aware teaching · ADHD/ND · adjunct · author of 99 Tips
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An Educator's Guide to ADHD
Designing and Teaching for Student Success
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Friends! An Educator's Guide to #ADHD is available for pre-order on the JHU Press website! As I'm sure you are all sick of hearing, pre-orders are so important to authors, so your support, in whatever way possible, is so appreciated. Thank you, future readers!
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Friday thoughts: which came first, the predation or the billions?
does being a billionaire lead to becoming a predator or does being a predator lead to becoming a billionaire?
does being a billionaire lead to becoming a predator or does being a predator lead to becoming a billionaire?
November 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Friday thoughts: which came first, the predation or the billions?
does being a billionaire lead to becoming a predator or does being a predator lead to becoming a billionaire?
does being a billionaire lead to becoming a predator or does being a predator lead to becoming a billionaire?
"There is a real rot at the core of many of our institutions – and certainly at the core of those powerful players operating within and adjacent to them."
#AI
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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#AI
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
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The Right to Say "No"
A reminder: Second Breakfast is on hiatus until the new year. Well, sort of, as here's a Second Breakfast email in your inbox. There are a couple of weeks' worth of news articles to link to, to be sur...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
"There is a real rot at the core of many of our institutions – and certainly at the core of those powerful players operating within and adjacent to them."
#AI
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-right-to...
#AI
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/the-right-to...
#POD25 attendees: I am not at POD but word on the street is that my book IS with advance copies available at the JHU Press table.
#FacDev
#AcademicSky
#HigherEd
#FacDev
#AcademicSky
#HigherEd
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#POD25 attendees: I am not at POD but word on the street is that my book IS with advance copies available at the JHU Press table.
#FacDev
#AcademicSky
#HigherEd
#FacDev
#AcademicSky
#HigherEd
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
"I don't know" is one of the most powerful intellectual positions imaginable.
Where you plant your "I don't know" flag signals your research question, methodology, and even what *counts* as evidence.
Current commercial manifestations of GenAI make it so you cannot even see the spot on the ground.
Where you plant your "I don't know" flag signals your research question, methodology, and even what *counts* as evidence.
Current commercial manifestations of GenAI make it so you cannot even see the spot on the ground.
My biggest GenAI-related intellectual fear is about the future of “I don’t know”
Giving medical advice, sometimes ChatGPT is right, and sometimes it is quite wrong, but it is hard to tell the difference:
"Rather, Wachter identified something more frightening: ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative."
"Rather, Wachter identified something more frightening: ChatGPT’s dangerous answers don’t sound risky to a non-doctor. The chatbot always sounds confident and authoritative."
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"I don't know" is one of the most powerful intellectual positions imaginable.
Where you plant your "I don't know" flag signals your research question, methodology, and even what *counts* as evidence.
Current commercial manifestations of GenAI make it so you cannot even see the spot on the ground.
Where you plant your "I don't know" flag signals your research question, methodology, and even what *counts* as evidence.
Current commercial manifestations of GenAI make it so you cannot even see the spot on the ground.
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
One of the most important things I took away from @karencosta.bsky.social and @niyamirandabond.bsky.social's webinar on asynchronous online instruction in the AI era yesterday was that we cannot "fix" the AI situation.
November 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
One of the most important things I took away from @karencosta.bsky.social and @niyamirandabond.bsky.social's webinar on asynchronous online instruction in the AI era yesterday was that we cannot "fix" the AI situation.
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
I've been waiting for the JHU Press holiday sale to preorder some forthcoming titles, including @karencosta.bsky.social's ADHD book and @edufuturist.bsky.social's Peak Higher Ed book. It's here--40% off all books! Code: HHOL25
(This is not spon con! I just want everyone to get these books!)
(This is not spon con! I just want everyone to get these books!)
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I've been waiting for the JHU Press holiday sale to preorder some forthcoming titles, including @karencosta.bsky.social's ADHD book and @edufuturist.bsky.social's Peak Higher Ed book. It's here--40% off all books! Code: HHOL25
(This is not spon con! I just want everyone to get these books!)
(This is not spon con! I just want everyone to get these books!)
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
@karencosta.bsky.social speaking on a webinar today and I am paraphrasing her so I hope I got it right - What if the critical skill of this era is resisting AI?
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
@karencosta.bsky.social speaking on a webinar today and I am paraphrasing her so I hope I got it right - What if the critical skill of this era is resisting AI?
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#HigherEd, please read this. Resist and regulate. #AI #AcademicSky
"Occasionally, when King lingered on the downstream effects of his work, he felt like Dr. Frankenstein looking at his monster."
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"Occasionally, when King lingered on the downstream effects of his work, he felt like Dr. Frankenstein looking at his monster."
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‘There’s Just No Reason to Deal With Young Employees’
AI is taking entry-level jobs. What happens when Gen-Z-ers can’t start their careers?
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November 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
#HigherEd, please read this. Resist and regulate. #AI #AcademicSky
"Occasionally, when King lingered on the downstream effects of his work, he felt like Dr. Frankenstein looking at his monster."
web.archive.org/web/20251112...
"Occasionally, when King lingered on the downstream effects of his work, he felt like Dr. Frankenstein looking at his monster."
web.archive.org/web/20251112...
The slides I add the morning of the session are always the most fun.
Still time to join us. 2pm ET today.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Still time to join us. 2pm ET today.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The slides I add the morning of the session are always the most fun.
Still time to join us. 2pm ET today.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Still time to join us. 2pm ET today.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
I have once again slept through the northern lights.
November 12, 2025 at 11:50 AM
I have once again slept through the northern lights.
Final reminder: We have 788 folks registered and there's still room for more.
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Final reminder: We have 788 folks registered and there's still room for more.
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era
Thursday, 11/13
2pm to 3pm ET
Virtual, hosted by #OneHE
FREE
#HigherEd
#AcademicSky
#OnlineLearning
#FacDev
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
"stop asking faculty to 'put some pedagogy on it' to address symptoms of societal collapse"!
- the great @karencosta.bsky.social
- the great @karencosta.bsky.social
November 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"stop asking faculty to 'put some pedagogy on it' to address symptoms of societal collapse"!
- the great @karencosta.bsky.social
- the great @karencosta.bsky.social
#HigherEd after only one day, we have 201 people registered. Dang y'all! I can see there's a real need for this. Glad to be able to do my part to help. Guess I better get working on these slides huh?
And if you haven't registered yet, we've got room for you!
onehe.org/event/asynch...
And if you haven't registered yet, we've got room for you!
onehe.org/event/asynch...
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#HigherEd after only one day, we have 201 people registered. Dang y'all! I can see there's a real need for this. Glad to be able to do my part to help. Guess I better get working on these slides huh?
And if you haven't registered yet, we've got room for you!
onehe.org/event/asynch...
And if you haven't registered yet, we've got room for you!
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Reposted by Karen Costa (she/her)
Quick visit to let folks know about this upcoming workshop that @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I are facilitating for our fellow #Online #Asynch educators. 👋🏻
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Quick visit to let folks know about this upcoming workshop that @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I are facilitating for our fellow #Online #Asynch educators. 👋🏻
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Quick visit to let folks know about this upcoming workshop that @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I are facilitating for our fellow #Online #Asynch educators. 👋🏻
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
Asynchronous Online Teaching and Course Design in the AI Era – OneHE
onehe.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Quick visit to let folks know about this upcoming workshop that @niyamirandabond.bsky.social and I are facilitating for our fellow #Online #Asynch educators. 👋🏻
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
📌Thursday, November 13
2 to 3pm ET
Zoom
Free but please register at the link below.
onehe.org/event/asynch...
anyway yeah like she obviously didn't frame it this way but it helps me to say it like that: doctor's orders: I have to get off the interwebs. gonna do the things I can do IRL and whatnot. solidarity & love. take care of yourselves friends.❤️
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
anyway yeah like she obviously didn't frame it this way but it helps me to say it like that: doctor's orders: I have to get off the interwebs. gonna do the things I can do IRL and whatnot. solidarity & love. take care of yourselves friends.❤️
me, who's fun at parties: what did you THINK societal and climate collapse was gonna look like?
September 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
me, who's fun at parties: what did you THINK societal and climate collapse was gonna look like?
I regret to tell you all that my therapist‘s advice is to get off the f-ing phone.
September 11, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I regret to tell you all that my therapist‘s advice is to get off the f-ing phone.
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A student brought to my attention that nobody in my classroom was alive when 9/11 happened. I thought that could not be correct, but it was. I lived through that day and will never forget it. My heart goes out to my city and the people in/of it, who suffered unimaginable losses. 24 long years.
September 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A student brought to my attention that nobody in my classroom was alive when 9/11 happened. I thought that could not be correct, but it was. I lived through that day and will never forget it. My heart goes out to my city and the people in/of it, who suffered unimaginable losses. 24 long years.
Right like we need to be able to adapt to the moment and current events and our students‘ and our own experiences the course description is a guide my god
yea, course descriptions are very brief. they definitely are not a complete listing of all topics covered in the course, nor should they be
September 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Right like we need to be able to adapt to the moment and current events and our students‘ and our own experiences the course description is a guide my god
WWIII seems like a great way to distract us from pedophilia
More than a dozen Russian drones entered Poland overnight, prompting NATO to scramble fighter jets to shoot them down in what Western officials described on Wednesday as a dangerous escalation of the war in neighboring Ukraine.
Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones That Entered Its Airspace
The incursion marked the first time that NATO fighters engaged enemy targets in their own airspace. Poland’s leader called it “a large-scale provocation.”
nyti.ms
September 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
WWIII seems like a great way to distract us from pedophilia
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Does your university have policies around students recording professors without consent?
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Does your university have policies around students recording professors without consent?
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Too many professors think academic freedom and tenure will always protect us. We need to be better organized as workers.
September 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Too many professors think academic freedom and tenure will always protect us. We need to be better organized as workers.
