Thomas Claeys
@thomasso.bsky.social
MA in Educational Technology - Lagom - Pinetreelover🌲, Digital Learning, HigherEd; ed.policy officer @ArteveldehsGent ; fan of open-source 🇧🇪🇸🇪
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Building Capacity for Educational Excellence: The Role of Digital Learning Support - Thomas Claeys
Conversations about technology in higher education often swing between two extremes. On one side, there is immense optimism that digital tools will revolutionise teaching. On the other, there is a war...
www.thomasclaeys.be
A clear sign of institutional maturity is when digital learning support stops being a reactive service and starts being treated as a proactive driver of educational excellence. #HigherEd #EdTech #AcademicSky
💡 Tired of cloud-dependent AI for research?
Learn to use (mostly) local, tailored AI with #Zotero & #Obsidian! Explore your literature, notes and thoughts in a privacy-respecting way. Bring your own LLM's 🤓
Full explanation: www.thomasclaeys.be/evergreen/ai...
#AcademicSky #highered #tinkering
Learn to use (mostly) local, tailored AI with #Zotero & #Obsidian! Explore your literature, notes and thoughts in a privacy-respecting way. Bring your own LLM's 🤓
Full explanation: www.thomasclaeys.be/evergreen/ai...
#AcademicSky #highered #tinkering
November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
💡 Tired of cloud-dependent AI for research?
Learn to use (mostly) local, tailored AI with #Zotero & #Obsidian! Explore your literature, notes and thoughts in a privacy-respecting way. Bring your own LLM's 🤓
Full explanation: www.thomasclaeys.be/evergreen/ai...
#AcademicSky #highered #tinkering
Learn to use (mostly) local, tailored AI with #Zotero & #Obsidian! Explore your literature, notes and thoughts in a privacy-respecting way. Bring your own LLM's 🤓
Full explanation: www.thomasclaeys.be/evergreen/ai...
#AcademicSky #highered #tinkering
A clear sign of institutional maturity is when digital learning support stops being a reactive service and starts being treated as a proactive driver of educational excellence. #HigherEd #EdTech #AcademicSky
Building Capacity for Educational Excellence: The Role of Digital Learning Support - Thomas Claeys
Conversations about technology in higher education often swing between two extremes. On one side, there is immense optimism that digital tools will revolutionise teaching. On the other, there is a war...
www.thomasclaeys.be
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A clear sign of institutional maturity is when digital learning support stops being a reactive service and starts being treated as a proactive driver of educational excellence. #HigherEd #EdTech #AcademicSky
Can you get the benefits of LLMs and Semantic Search without handing your digital brain over to OpenAI?
My latest note explores using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge Claude Desktop with my local Zotero and Readeck databases. #mcp #ai #zotero
Read "AI Without the Handover":
My latest note explores using the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to bridge Claude Desktop with my local Zotero and Readeck databases. #mcp #ai #zotero
Read "AI Without the Handover":
AI Without the Handover: Managing Research with Model Context Protocol - Thomas Claeys
I've got hundreds of papers in Zotero. When I need to reference something, I know it's in there somewhere—a study about student feedback, that framework on assessment design, the article with the perf...
www.thomasclaeys.be
November 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Nearly 3 years after the GenAI boom, why does much of higher ed seem stuck? ... This hesitation is a missed opportunity. We're facing an adaptive challenge, not a technical one.
I wrote about the need to move beyond paralysis and proactively redesign core missions. #highered #ai #education
I wrote about the need to move beyond paralysis and proactively redesign core missions. #highered #ai #education
The Peril of Pedagogical & Strategic Paralysis - Thomas Claeys
Nearly three years after generative AI exploded into the mainstream, a strange quiet has settled over much of higher education. The initial, acute panic over plagiarism has faded, but it hasn't been r...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nearly 3 years after the GenAI boom, why does much of higher ed seem stuck? ... This hesitation is a missed opportunity. We're facing an adaptive challenge, not a technical one.
I wrote about the need to move beyond paralysis and proactively redesign core missions. #highered #ai #education
I wrote about the need to move beyond paralysis and proactively redesign core missions. #highered #ai #education
Re-reading my old post: XR failed to hit mainstream education, stayed niche.
Will Generative AI follow? It's a great productivity hack, but will it truly transform teaching/learning, or just remain a powerful add-on? Maybe being general-purpose is its edge. #EdTech #AIinEducation #HigherEd
Will Generative AI follow? It's a great productivity hack, but will it truly transform teaching/learning, or just remain a powerful add-on? Maybe being general-purpose is its edge. #EdTech #AIinEducation #HigherEd
XR's Journey into Mainstream - Thomas Claeys
Bare with me. The year is 2010 and I have my first day of internship as a teacher in training. The class: Ancient History. In my bag are three items that I
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October 18, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Re-reading my old post: XR failed to hit mainstream education, stayed niche.
Will Generative AI follow? It's a great productivity hack, but will it truly transform teaching/learning, or just remain a powerful add-on? Maybe being general-purpose is its edge. #EdTech #AIinEducation #HigherEd
Will Generative AI follow? It's a great productivity hack, but will it truly transform teaching/learning, or just remain a powerful add-on? Maybe being general-purpose is its edge. #EdTech #AIinEducation #HigherEd
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Speak truth to power, from Professor Tim Snyder.
Speak truth to power
And other thoughts about a difficult week in the US
open.substack.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Speak truth to power, from Professor Tim Snyder.
Reposted by Thomas Claeys
Excellent analysis here, hope the English version is forthcoming.
decorrespondent.nl/16109/dit-is...
decorrespondent.nl/16109/dit-is...
Dit is fascisme
Fascisme begint met taal, niet met tanks. Met democratische verkiezingen, niet met een staatsgreep. En het krijgt vrij baan, dankzij mensen die denken dat het allemaal niet zo’n vaart zal lopen – tot ...
decorrespondent.nl
May 22, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Excellent analysis here, hope the English version is forthcoming.
decorrespondent.nl/16109/dit-is...
decorrespondent.nl/16109/dit-is...
The AI-generated intro videos at Google I/O ’25 are impressive, but I miss the quality of decades of expertise that (3D) artists and videographers bring. I hope we keep valuing true human artistry... or start doing again soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ni...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ni...
Google I/O '25 Keynote
YouTube video by Google
www.youtube.com
May 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The AI-generated intro videos at Google I/O ’25 are impressive, but I miss the quality of decades of expertise that (3D) artists and videographers bring. I hope we keep valuing true human artistry... or start doing again soon.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ni...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Ni...
Reposted by Thomas Claeys
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Our free e-course aiforstudents.be is an exemplar in the latest @educause.bsky.social Horizon Report - Teaching and Learning Edition 🥳 Proud! library.educause.edu/resources/20...
AI voor studenten
aiforstudents.be
May 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Our free e-course aiforstudents.be is an exemplar in the latest @educause.bsky.social Horizon Report - Teaching and Learning Edition 🥳 Proud! library.educause.edu/resources/20...
OpenAI released a course on AI for teachers, we made an even more open course for students: aiforstudents.be. (Minus the commercial ChatGPT flavour 😉) Free and with CC license, so use, edit and share accordingly #AI #highered
November 20, 2024 at 8:48 PM
OpenAI released a course on AI for teachers, we made an even more open course for students: aiforstudents.be. (Minus the commercial ChatGPT flavour 😉) Free and with CC license, so use, edit and share accordingly #AI #highered