Carina van Rooyen
@carinavr.bsky.social
Higher ed and tech, online learning, social justice, systems transformations, nature-society-tech relations
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"A challenge..is the extent to which EdTech companies and their products can genuinely offer distinct benefits over general-purpose generative AI tools for many of the functions they are developing."
Are AI-driven EdTech developments improving learning in higher education? — Neil Mosley Consulting
Are AI-driven EdTech developments really improving learning in higher education, or just focussed on boosting efficiency?
www.neilmosley.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
"A challenge..is the extent to which EdTech companies and their products can genuinely offer distinct benefits over general-purpose generative AI tools for many of the functions they are developing."
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September 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New policy brief: Educators should reassess the hidden impacts of ed tech ecosystems on teaching, learning, and student data. bit.ly/46C2JXT
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In the age of AI, higher ed must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach that fosters collaboration, creativity, adaptability, feedback, & well-being. This EDUCAUSE Review series will explore that in-depth, beginning with teaching & learning.
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September 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In the age of AI, higher ed must move beyond content delivery toward interactionalism—a human-centered approach that fosters collaboration, creativity, adaptability, feedback, & well-being. This EDUCAUSE Review series will explore that in-depth, beginning with teaching & learning.
buff.ly/fBXGEjS
buff.ly/fBXGEjS
Beyond ‘two sides’ and the ‘middle ground’ in GenAI discourse: The affordances and limits of linear reasoning models.
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/b...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/b...
Beyond “Two Sides” and the “Middle Ground” in GenAI Discourse: The Affordances and Limits of Linear Reasoning Models
Jennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Steve Johnson on Pexels.com Not long after my child started attending the childcare center near campus, another parent asked whether my sp…
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Beyond ‘two sides’ and the ‘middle ground’ in GenAI discourse: The affordances and limits of linear reasoning models.
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/b...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/17/b...
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BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 AM
BREAKING: UN inquiry finds Israel’s war on Gaza to be genocide aje.io/2h84g2
“foundational to my very being: one in which, no matter the costs, principled integrity is a priority, taking a stand means standing fast, and contesting the predations of the powerful gives meaning to the lives we lead.”
September 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“foundational to my very being: one in which, no matter the costs, principled integrity is a priority, taking a stand means standing fast, and contesting the predations of the powerful gives meaning to the lives we lead.”
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Our open-access AIED commentary is out
"Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings"
🙏 Goerge Veletsianos, Victoria I. Marín, Stefan Hrastinski, Ahmed Tlili, Henk Huijser, Sharon Altena, Giselle Ferreira and Jason McDonald
open-publishing.org/journals/ind...
"Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings"
🙏 Goerge Veletsianos, Victoria I. Marín, Stefan Hrastinski, Ahmed Tlili, Henk Huijser, Sharon Altena, Giselle Ferreira and Jason McDonald
open-publishing.org/journals/ind...
Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings
| Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice
open-publishing.org
September 14, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Our open-access AIED commentary is out
"Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings"
🙏 Goerge Veletsianos, Victoria I. Marín, Stefan Hrastinski, Ahmed Tlili, Henk Huijser, Sharon Altena, Giselle Ferreira and Jason McDonald
open-publishing.org/journals/ind...
"Artificial Intelligence in Educational Research and Scholarship: Seven Framings"
🙏 Goerge Veletsianos, Victoria I. Marín, Stefan Hrastinski, Ahmed Tlili, Henk Huijser, Sharon Altena, Giselle Ferreira and Jason McDonald
open-publishing.org/journals/ind...
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3) Discord users drafted a digital manifesto. The movement spilled into physical rallies.
Nepal’s Army Chief met Discord moderators. Talks focused on transitional governance & youth demands.
Days later, Sushila Karki was appointed interim Prime Minister.
Nepal’s Army Chief met Discord moderators. Talks focused on transitional governance & youth demands.
Days later, Sushila Karki was appointed interim Prime Minister.
Gen Z protestors have chosen next Nepal PM via vote on Discord, what is Discord and how it is used
Nepal’s anti-corruption protests led by Gen Z activists toppled the KP Sharma Oli government. Now, Gen Z is using the US-based social media app Discord to decide on the country’s next leader.
www.indiatoday.in
September 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
3) Discord users drafted a digital manifesto. The movement spilled into physical rallies.
Nepal’s Army Chief met Discord moderators. Talks focused on transitional governance & youth demands.
Days later, Sushila Karki was appointed interim Prime Minister.
Nepal’s Army Chief met Discord moderators. Talks focused on transitional governance & youth demands.
Days later, Sushila Karki was appointed interim Prime Minister.
In thinking through ed tech changes at my workplace we have to prep for, I’m reading Transformation Processes: From Collapse to Emergence again. I’m trying to use ‘emergence’ to help me think.
www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/starte...
www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/starte...
Starter Articles
For posts and articles
www.systemsinnovation.network
September 12, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In thinking through ed tech changes at my workplace we have to prep for, I’m reading Transformation Processes: From Collapse to Emergence again. I’m trying to use ‘emergence’ to help me think.
www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/starte...
www.systemsinnovation.network/posts/starte...
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How rapidly our so called "leaders" are normalizing othering, hatred, racism, sexism, wars, and cruelty
We might just become so numb and accept these as just given
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
We might just become so numb and accept these as just given
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
Make Compassion Great Again
communities.springernature.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
How rapidly our so called "leaders" are normalizing othering, hatred, racism, sexism, wars, and cruelty
We might just become so numb and accept these as just given
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
We might just become so numb and accept these as just given
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
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JUST IN: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement
Anthropic will pay at least $3000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated. The company downloaded unauthorized copies of books in early efforts to gather training data for its AI tools.
www.wired.com
September 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
JUST IN: Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a lawsuit brought by a group of book authors alleging copyright infringement.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
That’s at least $3,000 for each copyrighted work that it pirated—well below what Anthropic may have had to pay if it had lost the case at trial.
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Read our blog to get an overview of the Anthropic settlement. There’s an FAQ for authors, too. We hope you find it helpful.
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
September 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Read our blog to get an overview of the Anthropic settlement. There’s an FAQ for authors, too. We hope you find it helpful.
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
authorsguild.org/news/what-au...
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"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
“Empire of AI”: Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
In our July Fourth special broadcast, we revisit our interview with longtime technology reporter Karen Hao, author of the new book Empire of AI, which unveils the accruing political and economic power...
www.democracynow.org
July 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Empire of AI": Karen Hao on How AI Is Threatening Democracy & Creating a New Colonial World
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BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
July 2, 2025 at 9:11 PM
BREAKING: Zeteo has released, globally, the film the BBC so controversially refused to air.
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
"Gaza: Doctors Under Attack" is now available to watch in full at gazadoctors.film and zeteo.com.
Here's the trailer:
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Books take years to write. Peer review makes the process even longer.
So it is uncanny how often university presses publish books that are so timely—like the forthcoming "The Hard Work of Hope" from @cornellupress.bsky.social
Here is an interview with Michael Ansara by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social
So it is uncanny how often university presses publish books that are so timely—like the forthcoming "The Hard Work of Hope" from @cornellupress.bsky.social
Here is an interview with Michael Ansara by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social
"The Hard Work of Hope," new from Cornell University Press
A Q&A with author Michael Ansara
derekkrissoff.substack.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Books take years to write. Peer review makes the process even longer.
So it is uncanny how often university presses publish books that are so timely—like the forthcoming "The Hard Work of Hope" from @cornellupress.bsky.social
Here is an interview with Michael Ansara by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social
So it is uncanny how often university presses publish books that are so timely—like the forthcoming "The Hard Work of Hope" from @cornellupress.bsky.social
Here is an interview with Michael Ansara by @derekkrissoff.bsky.social
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On an intellectual diet of weaponry, and on resisting the computational machinery of war.
*For Isaiah*
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/swords-into-...
*For Isaiah*
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Swords into Plowshares
Yesterday marked my fifth Mother's Day without him. Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of his passing. My beautiful boy, for whom I still grieve and will grieve every day forever; and despite his death...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:20 AM
On an intellectual diet of weaponry, and on resisting the computational machinery of war.
*For Isaiah*
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/swords-into-...
*For Isaiah*
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/swords-into-...
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how we talk about digital practices in education. a caveat, a relic, a reckoning, and a rant walk into a bar...
thinking aloud. how do YOUR experiences of digital practice/discourse align? with so much appreciation to Donna Haraway & Ursula Franklin.
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
#blogging4life
thinking aloud. how do YOUR experiences of digital practice/discourse align? with so much appreciation to Donna Haraway & Ursula Franklin.
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
#blogging4life
findings 3a: how we talk about digital practices in education – the belonging project
bonstewart.com
May 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
how we talk about digital practices in education. a caveat, a relic, a reckoning, and a rant walk into a bar...
thinking aloud. how do YOUR experiences of digital practice/discourse align? with so much appreciation to Donna Haraway & Ursula Franklin.
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
#blogging4life
thinking aloud. how do YOUR experiences of digital practice/discourse align? with so much appreciation to Donna Haraway & Ursula Franklin.
bonstewart.com/belonging/po...
#blogging4life
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What does it mean for a professor to be present for students?
Here's our full conversation with Dr. Liz Norell:
youtu.be/Xv6Y7tyHxH0
@liznorell.bsky.social
Here's our full conversation with Dr. Liz Norell:
youtu.be/Xv6Y7tyHxH0
@liznorell.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
What does it mean for a professor to be present for students?
Here's our full conversation with Dr. Liz Norell:
youtu.be/Xv6Y7tyHxH0
@liznorell.bsky.social
Here's our full conversation with Dr. Liz Norell:
youtu.be/Xv6Y7tyHxH0
@liznorell.bsky.social
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It is a must-read.
If you read nothing else today, read this. Naomi Klein deftly summarizes the whole ballgame.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Naomi Klein: 'What They Want Is Absolutely Everything'
The ‘Shock Doctrine’ author explains the dark logic of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s path of destruction and why billionaire oligarchs are so angry.
www.rollingstone.com
May 9, 2025 at 6:11 AM
It is a must-read.
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I am delighted to be able to say that the special issue of the @jldhe.bsky.social 'Liberating Learning' has been published today!
39 Papers
99 authors
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...
Mythbusting, compassion, care, joy and more.
It doesn't have to be THAT way; it can be THIS way
39 Papers
99 authors
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...
Mythbusting, compassion, care, joy and more.
It doesn't have to be THAT way; it can be THIS way
Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I am delighted to be able to say that the special issue of the @jldhe.bsky.social 'Liberating Learning' has been published today!
39 Papers
99 authors
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...
Mythbusting, compassion, care, joy and more.
It doesn't have to be THAT way; it can be THIS way
39 Papers
99 authors
journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...
Mythbusting, compassion, care, joy and more.
It doesn't have to be THAT way; it can be THIS way
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Make Compassion Great Again
Some ramblings on how we might survive the current wave of despair & darkness
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
Some ramblings on how we might survive the current wave of despair & darkness
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
Make Compassion Great Again
communities.springernature.com
April 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Make Compassion Great Again
Some ramblings on how we might survive the current wave of despair & darkness
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
Some ramblings on how we might survive the current wave of despair & darkness
communities.springernature.com/posts/make-c...
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I have a new book out today, the Portable Feminist Reader. I hope you check it out. audacity.substack.com/p/new-book-o...
New Book Out Today: The Portable Feminist Reader
An anthology of feminist thought across centuries, edited and introduced by me
audacity.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I have a new book out today, the Portable Feminist Reader. I hope you check it out. audacity.substack.com/p/new-book-o...
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Really powerful and moving words from Audrey about grief and what it means to be human. Something AI can never replicate.
"Grief — one of the most powerful and harrowing experiences of humanity — mere artifice, embraced as artifice, auto-performed for admiration."
"Grief — one of the most powerful and harrowing experiences of humanity — mere artifice, embraced as artifice, auto-performed for admiration."
Channeling a little Miyazaki and Golumbia in today’s newsletter: AI is an insult to life itself 2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-as-school...
AI as School Monitor and Measurement
On Saturday night, ICE agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia University graduate and prominent pro-Palestine campus activist still living in campus housing with his 8-month-pregnant wife, ...
2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com
March 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Really powerful and moving words from Audrey about grief and what it means to be human. Something AI can never replicate.
"Grief — one of the most powerful and harrowing experiences of humanity — mere artifice, embraced as artifice, auto-performed for admiration."
"Grief — one of the most powerful and harrowing experiences of humanity — mere artifice, embraced as artifice, auto-performed for admiration."
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Want to learn in community over 3 months June, July and August about topics like AI in education, social justice in education, wellbeing, and imagination?
Express interest in #MYFest25 to let us know how to make this a good experience for you: bit.ly/myfest25inte...
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Express interest in #MYFest25 to let us know how to make this a good experience for you: bit.ly/myfest25inte...
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MYFest25 Expression of Interest
Hello :) Welcome, and thank you for your interest in #MYFest25
The "Mid-Year Festival" (MYFest) will be a “recharge and renewal experience” exploring community building, critical pedagogy, socially j...
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March 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Want to learn in community over 3 months June, July and August about topics like AI in education, social justice in education, wellbeing, and imagination?
Express interest in #MYFest25 to let us know how to make this a good experience for you: bit.ly/myfest25inte...
via @equityunbound.bsky.social
Express interest in #MYFest25 to let us know how to make this a good experience for you: bit.ly/myfest25inte...
via @equityunbound.bsky.social