Jarek Bryk
jarekbryk.bsky.social
Jarek Bryk
@jarekbryk.bsky.social
Education is the path from cocky ignorance to miserable uncertainty - Mark Twain

Perpetually disappointed but not surprised - Kaye Wadland

Up and not crying - @kimk@tech.lgbt

Lecturer at the University of Huddersfield in the north of England
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February 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I wrote about the ongoing debates over genomic data sharing and the use of such data for "abhorrent science", including some perspective papers that came out last month. A few key points: 🧵
On abhorrent science and the weaponization of genomic data
How to balance open data sharing and public responsibility
open.substack.com
January 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Teaching isn't my field so any comments from me should be taken with an enormous grain of salt, but I do expect that there will be an overhaul in how pedagogical assessment of mastery of knowledge is performed. Most likely to me: here's a pen and paper, you have two hours, I'm watching, get to work.
My son teaches college-level biology, and some of his students confessed to using AI to write papers. AI has gotten so good, my son can no longer tell the difference. This is frightening. Maybe AI creative writing hasn't caught up, but it's already there for term papers.
January 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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This looks just so good: hat-tip to @andrew.heiss.phd and thanks to @vincentab.bsky.social — I love how clear the tutorial is — looks like the Quarto table-making package I’ve been waiting for, see vincentarelbundock.github.io/tinytable/vi... #quarto #rstats
tinytable – tinytable
vincentarelbundock.github.io
January 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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If you would like to teach your students useful data skills, the entire PsyTeachR suite is available with a creative commons licence to reuse and adapt. We teach stats but our focus is on working with real data, wrangling, visualisation and reproducibility using R

psyteachr.github.io

#AcademicSky
December 15, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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Thank you so much to whoever put this very comprehensive list of #science Bsky starter packs together. This is just amazing: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY General Science community https://go.bsky.app/HVYAMEA Research Institutions in Life Sciences https://go.bsky.app/LxXpcvJ LGBTQIA+ in STEM https://go.bsky.app/BFc4wgf LGBTQIA+ in STEM 2 h...
docs.google.com
November 26, 2024 at 2:47 AM