David Tree
@davetree.bsky.social
Professor, Drosophilist, philosopher, poet, bacon lover, bringer of happiness to millions
This is very good.
Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it
AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
www.theatlantic.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
This is very good.
July 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
This is excellent.
July 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This is excellent.
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The cool #MayTheFourth thread 😎
Nice, interesting or fun Star Wars stuff posted by probably nice people.
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a man in a car with the words this is where the fun begins above him
ALT: a man in a car with the words this is where the fun begins above him
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May 4, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The cool #MayTheFourth thread 😎
Nice, interesting or fun Star Wars stuff posted by probably nice people.
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Nice, interesting or fun Star Wars stuff posted by probably nice people.
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Here I take a slightly provocative approach to suggest that if an assessment in a degree programme doesn't help a student to improve in their future learning then it's a pointless dead end. Feel free to argue back!
#LoveLD We are delighted to share with you #Take5 #125 from David Tree - aldinhe.ac.uk/take5-125-fr...
David uses the Integrated Programme Assessment (IPA) approach, making sure all assignments explicitly linked to the assessments in the previous and subsequent years. #LTHEchat #seda #studychat
David uses the Integrated Programme Assessment (IPA) approach, making sure all assignments explicitly linked to the assessments in the previous and subsequent years. #LTHEchat #seda #studychat
Take5 #125 From Dead End Assessments to Sustainable Pathways for Student Success - ALDinHE
This #Take5 is brought to you from David Tree. David has been obsessed with assessment strategies since 2011 when he redesigned the FHEQ Level 5
aldinhe.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Here I take a slightly provocative approach to suggest that if an assessment in a degree programme doesn't help a student to improve in their future learning then it's a pointless dead end. Feel free to argue back!
@drnickworsfold.bsky.social @joannabagniewska.com interesting approach
Trying to design take-home exam questions that aren't mostly regurgitation or "explain this". Also, I don't think generative AI would know how to handle this prompt. #AcademicSky
![Go to the Module that has all of the Climate Diagnostics presentations, choose one (that wasn’t yours!), and briefly summarize the key background information and takeaway messages. Then, create two Powerpoint slides that add content that you thought was missing or would improve the presentation. Paste just those two slides into your exam answer and then briefly discuss them. [5]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wosbhm46lwpknxaojbeeotej/bafkreibyzkrh7sosagvwvhqqlaejkgkmdrd24kt2agoruodfymky3n2b6y@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 11:15 PM
@drnickworsfold.bsky.social @joannabagniewska.com interesting approach
I’m an eternally optimistic person who thinks with a bit of effort things will be better in the future than they were in the past but we really have to fight the forces of enshittification of life on a daily basis.
“enshittification” has just been crowned Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year, defined as follows:
“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.”
“The gradual deterioration of a service or product brought about by a reduction in the quality of service provided, especially of an online platform, and as a consequence of profit-seeking.”
‘What many of us feel’: why ‘enshittification’ is Macquarie Dictionary’s word of the year
November 28, 2024 at 7:08 AM
I’m an eternally optimistic person who thinks with a bit of effort things will be better in the future than they were in the past but we really have to fight the forces of enshittification of life on a daily basis.
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My time for a starter pack! Putting together a community of #bioscience #educators #biologyeducation #bioscienceeducation - let me know who else should be on here! go.bsky.app/9Zgp5is
November 16, 2024 at 11:33 AM
My time for a starter pack! Putting together a community of #bioscience #educators #biologyeducation #bioscienceeducation - let me know who else should be on here! go.bsky.app/9Zgp5is
This!
You can't save your university by cutting. That's an illusion. You can only weaken it further. See: the logic of Mr George Osborne, 2010-c.2013. Every redundancy programme in fact takes you closer to the edge. How can there still be people out there who don't realise this?
November 26, 2024 at 5:40 PM
This!
Truth
November 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Truth
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"Unlike most of my scientific colleagues, I was not academically brilliant. I never won scholarships and would probably not have been able to attend Cambridge University if my parents had not been fairly rich" - Frederick Sanger
November 20, 2024 at 1:14 PM
"Unlike most of my scientific colleagues, I was not academically brilliant. I never won scholarships and would probably not have been able to attend Cambridge University if my parents had not been fairly rich" - Frederick Sanger
I couldn’t agree more. Student evaluations of teaching are garbage.
"Why Student Ratings of Faculty Are Unethical"
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Food for thought (curious what others think).
#AcademicSky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Why Student Ratings of Faculty Are Unethical - Journal of Academic Ethics
For decades, student ratings of university faculty have been used by administrators in high stakes faculty employment decisions such as tenure, promotion, contract renewal and reappointment, and merit...
link.springer.com
September 3, 2024 at 6:43 PM
I couldn’t agree more. Student evaluations of teaching are garbage.