Michael Ralph
@michaelcralph.bsky.social
PhD Ed Psych
Director of Research for Multistudio, lecturer at Univ of Kansas, & co-founder of CAUSE. Co-host edu research podcast Two Pint PLC.
Studies learning in space to guide inclusive, effective teaching practice & school design.
Director of Research for Multistudio, lecturer at Univ of Kansas, & co-founder of CAUSE. Co-host edu research podcast Two Pint PLC.
Studies learning in space to guide inclusive, effective teaching practice & school design.
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Michael Ralph
@michaelcralph.bsky.social
· Sep 13
The first version of CAUSE's public, freely-available guide to evaluating learning environments is now available!
Read about the measures and see how you can integrate them into your surveys. #AcademicSky #EduSky
www.causecoalition.org/user-guide
Read about the measures and see how you can integrate them into your surveys. #AcademicSky #EduSky
www.causecoalition.org/user-guide
No better full series arc for a couple. I hope they don't screw it up in March...
February 15, 2026 at 4:53 AM
No better full series arc for a couple. I hope they don't screw it up in March...
Pretty sure this video explainer in a survey I'm taking is using an AI-based text-to-voice technology... and it's got this weird dissonance that sounds like 2 voices speaking with slight misalignment.
I'm taking massive psychic damage right now.
I'm taking massive psychic damage right now.
February 13, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Pretty sure this video explainer in a survey I'm taking is using an AI-based text-to-voice technology... and it's got this weird dissonance that sounds like 2 voices speaking with slight misalignment.
I'm taking massive psychic damage right now.
I'm taking massive psychic damage right now.
Last night one of my students asked me earnestly 'How do I get to be like [big famous scholar in his field]?' and it's been living rent free in my head ever since...
Man, you are asking a guy who has made pretty much every single decision possible to avoid that. Hell if I know.
Man, you are asking a guy who has made pretty much every single decision possible to avoid that. Hell if I know.
February 13, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Last night one of my students asked me earnestly 'How do I get to be like [big famous scholar in his field]?' and it's been living rent free in my head ever since...
Man, you are asking a guy who has made pretty much every single decision possible to avoid that. Hell if I know.
Man, you are asking a guy who has made pretty much every single decision possible to avoid that. Hell if I know.
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.
Dr. Zhang joins to discuss law and policy around teaching adjustment, and we read a case study of a class focused on inquiry & growth. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
Dr. Zhang joins to discuss law and policy around teaching adjustment, and we read a case study of a class focused on inquiry & growth. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
108 Personalize or Differentiate and Inquiry Classrooms - Podcast Episodes - Two Pint PLC
Dr. Zhang joins to discuss adjusting course content for students and we read a course description emphasizing philosophical coherence.
twopintplc.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I produce and co-host an education research podcast that releases new episodes on the 12th of every month.
Dr. Zhang joins to discuss law and policy around teaching adjustment, and we read a case study of a class focused on inquiry & growth. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
Dr. Zhang joins to discuss law and policy around teaching adjustment, and we read a case study of a class focused on inquiry & growth. #EduSky
twopintplc.com/podcast-epis...
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I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
February 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.
Welp... we will be having an AI talk in my class much earlier this year than last year.
That is disappointing... but also, this is the place to learn and it is exactly my job to teach them.
We can do this.
That is disappointing... but also, this is the place to learn and it is exactly my job to teach them.
We can do this.
February 11, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Welp... we will be having an AI talk in my class much earlier this year than last year.
That is disappointing... but also, this is the place to learn and it is exactly my job to teach them.
We can do this.
That is disappointing... but also, this is the place to learn and it is exactly my job to teach them.
We can do this.
To be clear, kids get hurt and I'm not mad at all.
I just immediately thought of when I did sports med in high school. You have X-ray vision? You don't know... and the fact you feel the need to say so tells me something real happened.
So... let's limit our claims to our evidence friends.
I just immediately thought of when I did sports med in high school. You have X-ray vision? You don't know... and the fact you feel the need to say so tells me something real happened.
So... let's limit our claims to our evidence friends.
When I got to aftercare pickup this afternoon, Cam was sitting out and crying. The first thing they told me was 'she hurt it, but it's not broken'.
Guess what.
Guess what.
February 11, 2026 at 1:58 AM
To be clear, kids get hurt and I'm not mad at all.
I just immediately thought of when I did sports med in high school. You have X-ray vision? You don't know... and the fact you feel the need to say so tells me something real happened.
So... let's limit our claims to our evidence friends.
I just immediately thought of when I did sports med in high school. You have X-ray vision? You don't know... and the fact you feel the need to say so tells me something real happened.
So... let's limit our claims to our evidence friends.
When I got to aftercare pickup this afternoon, Cam was sitting out and crying. The first thing they told me was 'she hurt it, but it's not broken'.
Guess what.
Guess what.
February 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
When I got to aftercare pickup this afternoon, Cam was sitting out and crying. The first thing they told me was 'she hurt it, but it's not broken'.
Guess what.
Guess what.
Reposted by Michael Ralph
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
I had to go through my camera roll to find some photos I took for work and I am realizing that it's like... over 50% photos of a sleeping dog.
It's too much and I am embarrassed... but also, look at this sleeping boy!
It's too much and I am embarrassed... but also, look at this sleeping boy!
February 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
I had to go through my camera roll to find some photos I took for work and I am realizing that it's like... over 50% photos of a sleeping dog.
It's too much and I am embarrassed... but also, look at this sleeping boy!
It's too much and I am embarrassed... but also, look at this sleeping boy!
Reposted by Michael Ralph
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
Bluesky Map
Interactive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern.
bluesky-map.theo.io
February 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM
I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself!
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
bluesky-map.theo.io
I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detail
That Seattle blitz is just a nightmare. Good for them.
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 AM
That Seattle blitz is just a nightmare. Good for them.
Who do you name MVP in a Super Bowl with zero touchdowns?
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Who do you name MVP in a Super Bowl with zero touchdowns?
"Ms. Hart doesn’t disclose her use of A.I. ... she requested anonymity because she still uses her real name for some publishing"
'Will you put your name on this use of AI' remains undefeated as the perfect litmus test.
'Will you put your name on this use of AI' remains undefeated as the perfect litmus test.
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
"Ms. Hart doesn’t disclose her use of A.I. ... she requested anonymity because she still uses her real name for some publishing"
'Will you put your name on this use of AI' remains undefeated as the perfect litmus test.
'Will you put your name on this use of AI' remains undefeated as the perfect litmus test.
Stress waking up early on a Saturday because I have grading that students really need back by now.
The semester is truly under way!
The semester is truly under way!
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Stress waking up early on a Saturday because I have grading that students really need back by now.
The semester is truly under way!
The semester is truly under way!
Reposted by Michael Ralph
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
Reposted by Michael Ralph
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
ALT: a picture of a person in the water with the words call of the deep below it
media.tenor.com
February 5, 2026 at 6:05 PM
More on NSF funding data
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
A deeper dive into the numbers of awards by Directorate.
1/9
At no point did I know what would happen next in this story. Ever.
Tomorrow I'm doing a lecture with a glorious disaster of a medieval Cymraeg story & so today I'm putting it on Bluesky (so I don't have to open X-itter where I told it the first time)
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
It might be incestuous & sort of has bestiality, but it's also one of the oldest Welsh stories with an LGBT theme!
February 4, 2026 at 4:18 PM
At no point did I know what would happen next in this story. Ever.
I teach my methods students to use a paper notebook, too. Anyone have good references or guides like what Hadley requests? #AcademicSky
Can anyone suggest a good guides for using lab notebooks? (Like the traditional pen and paper bench scientist ones, not computational). Like I want to know what you're expected to write down, how you capture and transform the really important stuff, how you refer back to them etc etc
February 3, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I teach my methods students to use a paper notebook, too. Anyone have good references or guides like what Hadley requests? #AcademicSky
For as much attention that academics pay to citations of papers, it is wild to me how incompatible academic writing is to citing anything else...
Turns out photos have dates too.
Turns out photos have dates too.
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
For as much attention that academics pay to citations of papers, it is wild to me how incompatible academic writing is to citing anything else...
Turns out photos have dates too.
Turns out photos have dates too.
I get this very very intensely.
The sad irony is that it is one of my wife's favorite types of television... And I often have to leave the room entirely.
The sad irony is that it is one of my wife's favorite types of television... And I often have to leave the room entirely.
do you ever have to turn off your audiobook because you get overwhelmed with secondhand fluster when the characters are flirting or are you neurotypical
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I get this very very intensely.
The sad irony is that it is one of my wife's favorite types of television... And I often have to leave the room entirely.
The sad irony is that it is one of my wife's favorite types of television... And I often have to leave the room entirely.
Our hyper-lawful dwarven fighter just stole something, and the party is in absolute disarray.
I'm the rogue and even I'm like "dude, wut"
I'm the rogue and even I'm like "dude, wut"
January 29, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Our hyper-lawful dwarven fighter just stole something, and the party is in absolute disarray.
I'm the rogue and even I'm like "dude, wut"
I'm the rogue and even I'm like "dude, wut"
Hey @chelseasprite.bsky.social, I have occasion to look at existing research on "one stop shop" student service centers in higher education.
This seemed like something that might touch what you study. Have any recommendations or suggestions for research (including perhaps your own)?
This seemed like something that might touch what you study. Have any recommendations or suggestions for research (including perhaps your own)?
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Hey @chelseasprite.bsky.social, I have occasion to look at existing research on "one stop shop" student service centers in higher education.
This seemed like something that might touch what you study. Have any recommendations or suggestions for research (including perhaps your own)?
This seemed like something that might touch what you study. Have any recommendations or suggestions for research (including perhaps your own)?
I'm not paying this company, so I'm compute-limited by day... after about 3 days of trying to get the model to generate I have a result. It's terrible.
This is officially a dud. It CAN make .stl files... but why? It's the same trash as any other output.
This is officially a dud. It CAN make .stl files... but why? It's the same trash as any other output.
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I'm not paying this company, so I'm compute-limited by day... after about 3 days of trying to get the model to generate I have a result. It's terrible.
This is officially a dud. It CAN make .stl files... but why? It's the same trash as any other output.
This is officially a dud. It CAN make .stl files... but why? It's the same trash as any other output.