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James Youdale SFHEA
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Educationalist. Senior Digital Education Consultant working in HE. Researching learning spaces.
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You'd need to make millions and millions of queries to an LLM to match 100% of an average daily household energy consumption.

#DurBBU
Niko from Blackboard presenting to a packed lecture theatre
April 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Here through the magic of a Meeting Owl Pro. Andy Yule from The University of Aberdeen discussing his work on student monitoring through Blackboard. #durbbu
A meeting Owl pro at the front of a teaching room
April 4, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Lou Stringer from University of York discussing how to achieve feedback at scale #durbbu
Lou Stringer presenting to a room Lou Stringer presenting to a room
April 4, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Really interested in this - metacognitive checks and data reporting on the 'in development' AI test tools

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Possible data points
April 4, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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Evolving the 'Goals' tool to support usage for mapping to learning outcomes.

About time, and potentially very useful. #DURBBU
Evolving the goals framework in Blackboard
April 4, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Nicolaas Matthijs providing the Anthology keynote, discussing how personalised learning factors into the development of Blackboard #durbbu
Nicolaas Matthijs presenting to a full lecture theatre
April 4, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Back under way and feeling fresh for the final day of #DurBBU
Dr. Malcolm Murray speaking at the front of a large lecture theatre
April 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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It was a really beautiful evening to walk up to the castle #DurBBU
A photo of Durham Castle with Durham Cathedral in the background.
April 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Lucy Anne Mcweeny "Engaging, connecting, communicating and inspiring creativity from Blackboard to the classroom" #DurBBU
Lucy Anne Mcweeny presenting to a teaching room
April 3, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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'Personalising the learner's journey (through a course)' led by Craig Stewart from The University of Aberdeen.
Craig Stewart presenting to a teaching room.
April 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Students preferred engaging with the contextualise AI chat agent in Blackboard over other LLMs like ChatGPT

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Katy Sheader and Paul Finley presenting
April 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Investigation into approaches using the Blackboard AI role play tool, presented by Katy Sheader and Paul Finley #durbbu
Katy Sheader and Paul Finley presenting a teaching room
April 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Thinking about the role of video in 'personalised learning journeys' at Blackboard. #DurBBU
A teaching room full of people.
April 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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A car crash?

How do we marry fixed learning outcomes and legitimate 'personalisation'?

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Impending car crash - fixed learning outcomes and personalisation?
April 3, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Kicking off #DurBBU with Dr. Malcolm Murray: 'Personalised Learning: transformation or twaddle?'
A packed lecture theatre taken with a wide angle lens
April 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Registration under way at #DurBBU
A group of people in a busy registration area
April 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Finally a job title I identify with #durbbu
April 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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An interesting morning of a bit of systems thinking and education for sustainable development
A whiteboard full of post it notes A large building. The Durham Teaching and Learning Centre
November 19, 2024 at 2:40 PM
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Enjoyed Durham's Learning and Teaching Conference today, with a fantastic keynote by the ever inspirational Naomi Winstone.
A packed lecture theatre with Professor Winstone presenting to the audience.
September 19, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Starting life off over here as I mean to go on.

With cat posting.
A black and white cat enjoying the sun
September 1, 2024 at 5:50 PM