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Lance Eaton
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Educator? Writer? PhD! Learner! Runner! Bi! #OpenAccess #EdTech #OpenPedagogy #AcademicPiracy #AIEducation posts=my own. Follow me at https://aiedusimplified.substack.com/
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Lance Eaton @leaton01.bsky.social · 17d
It’s that time of year where I pull together my slide decks & resource materials on #GenAI & #Education into one post for others to make use of—all with #CreativeCommons licenses… #ShareAndEnjoy

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/sharing-20...
A muted, olive-brown promotional graphic for “Sharing 2025’s Talks & Workshops.” Centered white serif text reads the title, followed by “AIEDUSIMPLIFIED.SUBSTACK.COM” and the tagline “AI + Education = Simplified.” Below, a sepia-toned, hand-drawn illustration resembles an early 20th-century editorial cartoon or academic palimpsest: layered paper scraps, arrows, marginal notes, and sketched annotations overlap across a wide surface. Prominent labels include talk and workshop titles such as “AI—There All In or All Out?,” “Ctrl+Alt+Assess: Rebooting Learning for the GenAI Era,” “Making the Grade,” “Practical Pathways to OER with AI,” “Frenemies & That’s OK!,” “Coming to an (AI) Agreement,” and “The Sleep of Liberal Arts Produces AI.” A Creative Commons “CC” icon appears in the lower left, reinforcing openness and reuse.
leaton01.bsky.social
What are some of the challenges & concerns for leaders in #HigherEd with figuring out #GenAI, check part 1 of this conversation:

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A painterly, top-down illustration shows a university campus with academic buildings, green spaces, and intersecting walkways, viewed through drifting patches of fog. Large white text overlays the scene reading “Leading the Human Side of AI,” with a subtitle about uncertainty, relationships, and governance. The softened details and haze suggest ambiguity and transition within an institutional setting.
January 13, 2026 at 10:55 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
sharing once more for folks who might have missed it at the end of last year, here are slide decks, resources & other materials from my talks & workshops from last year on #GenAI, #Teaching #HigherEd, #OER (all with #CreativeCommons licenses, of course)

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/sharing-20...
Sharing 2025's Talks & Workshops
A collection of materials and resources that I've been creating over the last year...
aiedusimplified.substack.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
And now, part 2 with the AMAZING @annamillsoer.bsky.social where we talk a bit more about the intersection of #AI and #OER!

open.substack.com/pub/aiedusim...

#HigherEd #OpenEducation #GenAI #AIEdu
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January 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
starting another adventure on my blog & of course, it includes #PublicDomain content, #AI, and the @archive.org ...

www.byanyothernerd.com/2026/01/inte...
Internet Archive Artifact #000
Thoughts on books, audiobooks, comics, running, higher education, teaching, pop culture, open access, & artificial intelligence from Lance Eaton
www.byanyothernerd.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:40 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
Very excited for this conversation with @annamillsoer.bsky.social and her work on an #OER book that examines #GenAI & #Writing…check out the interview & consider adopting her #OpenTextbook

#HigherEd #EdTech #AIEdu

open.substack.com/pub/aiedusim...
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January 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
set those New Year's resolutions carefully...don't fall prey to fads like reading in bed or crossword puzzles...they're a public hazard!!

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New Year's Resolutions of the Past: Vices That Became Virtues
Virtues we now aspire to were once habits people vowed to quit
newsletter.pessimistsarchive.org
January 3, 2026 at 3:13 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
It’s that time of year where I pull together my slide decks & resource materials on #GenAI & #Education into one post for others to make use of—all with #CreativeCommons licenses… #ShareAndEnjoy

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/sharing-20...
A muted, olive-brown promotional graphic for “Sharing 2025’s Talks & Workshops.” Centered white serif text reads the title, followed by “AIEDUSIMPLIFIED.SUBSTACK.COM” and the tagline “AI + Education = Simplified.” Below, a sepia-toned, hand-drawn illustration resembles an early 20th-century editorial cartoon or academic palimpsest: layered paper scraps, arrows, marginal notes, and sketched annotations overlap across a wide surface. Prominent labels include talk and workshop titles such as “AI—There All In or All Out?,” “Ctrl+Alt+Assess: Rebooting Learning for the GenAI Era,” “Making the Grade,” “Practical Pathways to OER with AI,” “Frenemies & That’s OK!,” “Coming to an (AI) Agreement,” and “The Sleep of Liberal Arts Produces AI.” A Creative Commons “CC” icon appears in the lower left, reinforcing openness and reuse.
December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
Sharing a listicle of folks & voices that I follow along with some of my favorite posts: aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/a-few-of-m...

#HigherEd #AIEdu #AIEducation #EdTech
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December 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
Continuing last week’s conversation about how to find our way in #HigherEd around #GenAI…how do we get there from here?

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/making-spa...

#AIEdu
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December 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
A rich conversation about where the AI conversation is happening (and not happening) on campuses in #HigherEd

aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/where-the-...

#AIEdu #AIEducation #AILeadership
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December 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
really appreciate @crystaljjlee.com's honest grappling with where #GenAI fits in her life & the question of resistance...

crystaljjlee.com/blog/im-stru...
I'm struggling to teach and work with gen AI — Crystal Lee (she/她)
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December 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
in part 2 of this interview with Emily Pacheco, she really challenges us to think if AI broke admissions or if it was already broken....

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#AIEducation #HigherEd #CollegeAdmissions
“To me, it’s an access question.”
Part 2 of an interview with Emily Pacheco
aiedusimplified.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
excited to share issue #2 of our AI in Learning newsletter at @Northeastern with more thoughts to consider & tactics to try out!

ai-in-learning.beehiiv.com/p/ai-hasn-t-...

#GenAI #HigherEd #AIEducation
AI Hasn't Changed Our Teaching Goals—It Has Changed the Learning Context
AI disrupts how we teach, not why. Discover why educational goals stay firm while learning environments evolve in the age of artificial intelligence.
ai-in-learning.beehiiv.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
Part 1 of an insightful interview with Emily Pacheco abut #GenAI in the #CollegeAdmissions space! aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/but-imagin...
“But imagine if we could…”
Part 1 of an interview with Emily Pacheco
aiedusimplified.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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crystaljjlee.com
I recently read a piece in The Atlantic casting aspersions on the rising # of disability accommodation requests, arguing that too many students are abusing the system. Even if that is true, I still don’t think that malingerers are the real problem — our approach to pedagogy is. A few thoughts:
Students "faking" disability are not the problem — Crystal Lee (she/她)
crystaljjlee.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Reposted by Lance Eaton
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If you can't afford postage, someone else has just offered to donate me more than the cost of postage for theirs, so you can have a copy at no charge. If we don't use this, I'll give that extra to charity.
November 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
sharing a #MediaKit I developed when trying to gather participants for my #Dissertation study...feel free to use & adapt to your context!

#PhDStudent #Research

www.byanyothernerd.com/2025/11/the-...
The PhD Chronicles: Creating a Media Kit for Data Collection
Thoughts on books, audiobooks, comics, running, higher education, teaching, pop culture, open access, & artificial intelligence from Lance Eaton
www.byanyothernerd.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
Sharing back some of the findings from a survey about #HigherEd leadership & #GenAI that we did last month & some of the directions that’s leading us in: aiedusimplified.substack.com/p/ai-priorit...

#AIEdu #AILeadership
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November 21, 2025 at 12:53 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
sharing the custom instructions that I've been using with GenAI and some of the results--what are the specific and useful instructions that you're using?

#HigherEd #AIEdu

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November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
Tune in for part 2 of my interview with the inquisitive Tawnya Means!

#GenAI #AIEdu #HigherEd

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November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Reposted by Lance Eaton
karencang.bsky.social
Join us for this session with the amazing @leaton01.bsky.social!
Teaching in Stereo: How Open Education Gets Louder with AI
#Opened #AI Dec 3
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
really enjoyed the conversation and questions from David Bachman in this interview!

profbachman.substack.com/p/an-intervi...
An Interview with Lance Eaton
An educational consultant who has been working with schools coping with AI
profbachman.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
Really excited to be part of the team launching this newsletter #AIinLearning at #NortheasternU ...check out our first issue & learn about how we're navigating #GenAI in #HigherEd

ai-in-learning.beehiiv.com/p/the-ai-rec...
The AI Reckoning: Panic, Pedgagogy, and Possibility
A reflective analysis of generative AI's transformative impact on higher education assessment and pedagogy at Northeastern University. Authors Eaton and Genone move beyond initial panic over ChatGPT t...
ai-in-learning.beehiiv.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:41 PM
leaton01.bsky.social
A great conversation with Tawnya Means about how she's making sense of the #HigherEd #GenAI discussions with institutions and students...

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November 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
leaton01.bsky.social
This is why I love using #CreativeCommons; then folks like my friend, Rhoan, can take something I made and turn it into something new that was equally provocative for me!

#GenAI #LiberalArts

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The Monsters We Can No Longer See
Dr. G featuring Dr. Lance Eaton
rhoangarnettphd.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM