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Dessie Tennyson
@dessiemhe.bsky.social
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Teaching & Learning Specialist | Passionate advocate for #EdTech | Former educator/school leader | AI enthusiast | Apple Specialist | Google Trainer | #LTHEChat | #Gaeilge

McGraw Hill HE (Business & Economics)
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Packed house here in WUVienna as Oliver Vettori talks us through his research “Playing with perpetuity? How universities are strategising
time”
October 17, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Well done to all involved in @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Foundation College conference today. Some great presentations 👏
#IFP #LTHEchat
June 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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How does an LLM ‘think’ and why does it struggle with math(s) and logic?

Anthropic’s research on circuit tracing shows LLMs estimate, adjust, and sometimes get it wrong. In poetry, different pathways shape responses that feel intentional but aren’t always accurate.

Thoughts?
#AI #EdTech #LTHEchat
March 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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“... 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 ‘𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘥, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘷𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦”

Quote of the week from Colin Loughlin's, London, research paper
March 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Join us for a Digital Symposium
Event Details:
📅 Date: Wednesday, 19th March 2025
📍 Venue: Liverpool John Moores University Business School
⏰ Time: 10:30 AM – 3:30 PM (Lunch and refreshments provided)

lnkd.in/eSxdZXSw
#LTHEchat #Edtech
February 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Great to be at Jisc’s Embedding AI event in @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Plenty of buzz about and such positivity towards AI. Very few ref to plagiarism or Academic Integrity
#LTHEchat #AI #DigitalTransformation
February 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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The UK Government's New AI Strategy has just been released. Here are the key extracts for Education
#EdTech #LTHEchat

The full document can be accessed here www.gov.uk/government/p...

#AI #Education
January 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Talk 2: Shift Conference
Creating an inclusive, authentic & responsive business curriculum: Insights from @yorkstjohn.bsky.social and Marta Mosek
Really love the idea of the authentic business pitch 👏
#LTHEchat #EdTech
January 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Great presentation entitled 'Exploring effectiveness of AI use in Assessments: student perspectives' as part of University of Greenwich's Shift Conference, by Humeyra Dogru Dastan and Zivai Mare
#LTHEchat #EdTech
January 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Happy New Year / Beannachtaí na hAthbhliana

Lovely to feel well rested and time to start my 2025 journey
January 3, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Looking forward to the chance to binge on some reading over the next 10 days. I absolutely love Harari's work, Nexus is first on my list 📖
@tgeducation.bsky.social @ahamill.bsky.social - either of you have any other recommendations?
December 23, 2024 at 2:31 PM
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This week, I attended a 'Link and Learn' webinar organised by Learnovate Centre, on Human Skills & AI. The panel featured insights from leaders at eBay (Siobhan Hanrahan), Enterprise Ireland (Helen McMahon), Realtime Recruitment (Declan McNiff), & Ciara Garvan from WorkJuggle.
#AI #Industry #EdTech
December 15, 2024 at 10:32 AM
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Really looking forward to reading this! Mairéad Pratschke, has been at the forefront of leading sensible and informative debates on the effective use of Gen-AI within pedagogy, always cutting through the hype and the noise with authority.
#LTHEchat #AI #HigherEducation #Pedagogy
December 5, 2024 at 7:47 PM
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A survey of 8,028 university students, in Australia, found that 85% of students use AI because it makes tasks faster and easier. Laziness or strategic use of time? 🤔

#LTHEchat #HigherEducation #EdTech #pedagogy #AI
futurecampus.com.au/2024/11/26/a....
November 30, 2024 at 11:33 AM
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📝Gen AI strategies for higher education: Emerging practice from Australia 📝

#LTHEchat #HigherEducation #EdTech #AI
www.teqsa.gov.au/sites/defaul...
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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"Toward a New Theory of Arrival Technologies." MIT's Justin Reich and Jesse Dukes' paper is worth a read
#LTHEchat #EdTech
osf.io/preprints/ed...
November 30, 2024 at 10:24 AM
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"How might we ethically support our learning using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI)?" by @hazelfarrell.bsky.social
Key takeaways:
Gen AI National Hub
AI play (safe space)
Assessment redesign group
Hackathons
Assessment redesign
'Student Guidelines Course'
#TransformingLearning
November 26, 2024 at 1:57 PM
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Up next is a fascinating conversation on 'The Future of the Technological Higher Education Sector'
#NTUTORRShowcase
#TransformingLearning
#NextGenerationEU @ntutorr.ie
November 26, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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Great first session on " Academic Integrity" from the @ntutorr.ie event

1. Mandatory modules required on assessment / curriculum design
2. Need to embrace technology and learnings from Covid
3. More support/advice needed due to AI

#NTUTORRShowcase #NextGenerationEU #TransformingLearning
November 26, 2024 at 12:26 PM