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Sheila MacNeill
@sheilmcn.bsky.social
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artist, educator, digital nomad trying to make sense of “all this”
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lots on @wonkhe.bsky.social about AI . . . including this about leadership. Do wonder why we can't just stick to a "people first" mantra, instead of "AI first" . .

wonkhe.com/blogs/adopti...
Adopting AI across an institution is a pressing leadership challenge
Janice Kay and Rachel Maxwell set out all the elements of a whole-institution AI strategy and the leadership capabilities required to make it real
wonkhe.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
this morning I got sent this www.commonweal.scot/articles/deg... - interesting to read in tandem with Wonkhe/Advance HE report
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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A few thoughts from last week's #altc25 conference howsheilaseesit.net/uncategorize...
The myths and magic of #altc25
I can’t quite believe it’s almost been a week since the #altc25 conference. Lots of people have beaten me to it in sharing their reflections (thanks Phil and Joe) . There has been quite…
howsheilaseesit.net
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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molly.wiki
fixed that for you
CNBC headline: "Elon Musk’s AI-powered Wikipedia competitor goes live after a rocky launch". I've struck through "AI-powered" in red, and replaced it with "Wikipedia-powered" Grokipedia attribution text: "The content is adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License."
October 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
So lovely to see images of the #femedtech quilt peppered through @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - here's a post about it from a previous conference howsheilaseesit.net/oer/transcen.... #altc25 - @lornamcampbell.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social @catherinecronin.bsky.social
Transcending the digital and physical at #altc22 – the #femedtechquilt
It’s always tricky to try and summarize a conference experience in one post, so this post like so many other of my past conference posts is not going to try to do that. Instead I want to take…
howsheilaseesit.net
October 24, 2025 at 9:23 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
we need accountable spaces in education #altc25 @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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altuk.bsky.social
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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@francesbell.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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just loving @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social keynote this morning - so powerful, so human, so necessary #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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This! #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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lovely shout out for the #femedtech quilt from @gabiwitthaus.bsky.social @francesbell.bsky.social - will try and get some pics #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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@gabiwitthaus.bsky.social now giving today's keynote "Engaging learning: rethinking inclusion with insights from the margins " #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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thank you @joecar80.bsky.social for the shout out for the @jisc.bsky.social Beyond Blended resources #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 8:36 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
This is a great article - we can't forget what actually happened and the consequences of the pandemic "The problem is that if the decisions aren’t examined, the lessons won’t be learned. And there are crucial lessons that go far beyond the specifics of this pandemic."
wonkhe.bsky.social Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 18d
NEW: As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a system that left students to bear the costs of the pandemic.
A generation of students has been failed and forgotten again
As the COVID-19 Inquiry concludes its look at education and young people having overlooked university students, Jim Dickinson dissects a damning record of political failure, regulatory evasion and a…
buff.ly
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
after an excellent first day, looking foward to day 2 of #altc25
October 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Great to have a full house at our Beyond Blended session at #altc25, also great opportunity to launch the report on the experiences of our 17 pilot institutions - read more and access the report here www.jisc.ac.uk/blog/transfo...
Transforming curriculum and learning design in a shifting landscape - Jisc
www.jisc.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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‪Sheila MacNeill‬
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@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...
helenbeetham.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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dompates.bsky.social
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
sheilmcn.bsky.social
At #altc25 for the next couple of days- lovely to see so many people in person.
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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adalovelaceday.bsky.social
In 2021, we shared some of our favourite books by women in STEM, plus profiles of women who've done amazing things from geologist Marie Tharp to chemist Alice Ball. We also shared some of the best ALD Live talks. You can read and watch here: findingada.com/blog/... #ALD25
October 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
at the Jisc Student Experience Experts meeting today - so many lovely people in the room including @suebecks.bsky.social @johnbrindletel.bsky.social @sarahjknight.bsky.social @puiyin.bsky.social - photos to follow!
October 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
sheilmcn.bsky.social
phrase of the day (maybe year) "dislocated complexity"
October 9, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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happy Ada Lovelace day - great to see so many events celebrating women in STEM in my feed today #ALD25
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM