Brendan Ryan
@brendanjryan.bsky.social
Father & Husband. Learning Technologist and sports fan(atic). Learning every day. Research interest in the application of critical lenses to technology. Coordinator of TEL Support Service in Limerick and Clare ETB FET Division.
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Today marks a big milestone for me. I'm launching @law-zero.bsky.social, a nonprofit focusing on a new safe-by-design approach to AI that could both accelerate scientific discovery and provide a safeguard against the dangers of agentic AI.
Every frontier AI system should be grounded in a core commitment: to protect human joy and endeavour. Today, we launch LawZero, a nonprofit dedicated to advancing safe-by-design AI. lawzero.org
June 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today marks a big milestone for me. I'm launching @law-zero.bsky.social, a nonprofit focusing on a new safe-by-design approach to AI that could both accelerate scientific discovery and provide a safeguard against the dangers of agentic AI.
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Yesterday, Colm O’Neill from @setu-cap.bsky.social Carlow highlighted the ecological implications of EdTEch, the excessive nature of modern digital technology advocating for sustainable practices #edtech25
May 30, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Yesterday, Colm O’Neill from @setu-cap.bsky.social Carlow highlighted the ecological implications of EdTEch, the excessive nature of modern digital technology advocating for sustainable practices #edtech25
Excellent keynote by Ale Armellini ends with a great discussion on assessment design and a matrix to rate innovation & misconduct risk at #ILTA25
May 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Excellent keynote by Ale Armellini ends with a great discussion on assessment design and a matrix to rate innovation & misconduct risk at #ILTA25
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Looking forward to #edtech25 in Waterford! A reminder to all authors: please upload your revised abstracts (with references) and camera-ready presentations to ConfTool in advance ilta.ie/edtech-2025/... Let’s get ready for a great conference! 💡🎤
Abstract Submissions and Presentations – ILTA
Call for submissions to EdTech 2025 now closed.
ilta.ie
May 19, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Looking forward to #edtech25 in Waterford! A reminder to all authors: please upload your revised abstracts (with references) and camera-ready presentations to ConfTool in advance ilta.ie/edtech-2025/... Let’s get ready for a great conference! 💡🎤
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In today's blog post, CoT Board Member Erin Anderson addresses the worrying retreat from AI policy that we are seeing in the US - and its potential ramifications for children in schools.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/in-defe...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/in-defe...
In Defense of That Which Moves Slowly: AI Regulation (or Lack Thereof) and its Implication for EdTech — Civics of Technology
Civics of Tech Announcements Next Tech Talk on March 4th: Join us for our monthly tech talk on Tuesday, February 4th from 8:00-9:00 PM EST (GMT-5). Join an informal conversation about events, i...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
February 24, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In today's blog post, CoT Board Member Erin Anderson addresses the worrying retreat from AI policy that we are seeing in the US - and its potential ramifications for children in schools.
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/in-defe...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/in-defe...
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One reason that I appreciate Audrey Watters framing AI as carceral ed-tech is how doing so helps to contextualize the technology in a longer history of carceral technologies and opens paths of analysis and intervention to pursue with young people, educators, and communities. 🧵
AI is Carceral Ed-Tech
I've always been deeply uncomfortable with the casual observation that "schools are prisons," even if there are undoubtedly schools that do almost everything in their power to circumscribe the freedom...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
One reason that I appreciate Audrey Watters framing AI as carceral ed-tech is how doing so helps to contextualize the technology in a longer history of carceral technologies and opens paths of analysis and intervention to pursue with young people, educators, and communities. 🧵
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Next up on our calendar is our annual EdTech conference this May. We’re headed to Waterford to the sunny South East Technological University as hosts. Stay tuned for more details, including our call for papers coming soon!
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media.tenor.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Next up on our calendar is our annual EdTech conference this May. We’re headed to Waterford to the sunny South East Technological University as hosts. Stay tuned for more details, including our call for papers coming soon!
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Interesting and provocative paper...
The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI
The enormous amount of scientific data produced each second will make it difficult to analyze them. In near future, a universal AI-based (UniAI) system with ready access to a collective database wil...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Interesting and provocative paper...
The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
The future of scientific journals: The rise of UniAI
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Can open LLMs offer an alternative to mass market black box systems currently dominating economy & education openeurollm.eu/launch-press...
Open Euro LLM
A series of foundation models for transparent AI in Europe
openeurollm.eu
February 5, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Can open LLMs offer an alternative to mass market black box systems currently dominating economy & education openeurollm.eu/launch-press...
Good Learning design and active learning experiences are more important than whether learning is synonymous or asynchronous www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
In defense of asynchronous learning (opinion)
Mary Nestor, Millie Tullis and James Butler write that a recent opinion essay presented a distorted view of the possibilities of asynchronous course design.
www.insidehighered.com
December 1, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Good Learning design and active learning experiences are more important than whether learning is synonymous or asynchronous www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in the Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future has now been published. What is the cost of using these tools in education? Read more here openpraxis.org/articles/10....
November 30, 2024 at 2:28 AM
The Manifesto for Teaching and Learning in the Time of Generative AI: A Critical Collective Stance to Better Navigate the Future has now been published. What is the cost of using these tools in education? Read more here openpraxis.org/articles/10....
2 years ago today saw the launch of ChatGPT. Since then big tech has increased in value by 30% but there are so many serious questions including the ‘black box’ nature, environmental impact and exploitation of workers www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... theconversation.com/ai-is-a-mult...
AI is a multi-billion dollar industry. It’s underpinned by an invisible and exploited workforce
Data labellers are the lifeblood of the AI industry. Yet they are often paid very low wages, work in unsafe environments and lack basic workplace protections.
theconversation.com
November 30, 2024 at 9:14 AM
2 years ago today saw the launch of ChatGPT. Since then big tech has increased in value by 30% but there are so many serious questions including the ‘black box’ nature, environmental impact and exploitation of workers www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... theconversation.com/ai-is-a-mult...
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Researchers working in critical edtech studies - just over 2 weeks to send proposals for our conference in Zurich next June. Help build a community of critical edtech research. Especially hope it appeals to doctoral and early career researchers www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
November 28, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Researchers working in critical edtech studies - just over 2 weeks to send proposals for our conference in Zurich next June. Help build a community of critical edtech research. Especially hope it appeals to doctoral and early career researchers www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
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Wonderful and fascinating discussion on Artificial Intelligence at #QQI Leading and Learning event. Thought-provoking Danny Liu, then panel discussion including @ntutorr.ie Student #GenAIChampions
November 21, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Wonderful and fascinating discussion on Artificial Intelligence at #QQI Leading and Learning event. Thought-provoking Danny Liu, then panel discussion including @ntutorr.ie Student #GenAIChampions