Jo Elliott SFHEA
@jo-elliott.bsky.social
(She/her) Reader Learning Design, QMUL | Digital learning, engagement, access, opportunity | Union rep, politics nerd, bookworm | Views my own
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This week on Wonkhe: It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education
Strengthening partnerships between trade unions and universities
It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart...
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February 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: It’s HeartUnions week – David Conway explains why trade unions should be at the heart of higher education
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If you’re having a giggle at #DuvetKnowItsChristmas why not send some money Centrepoint’s way to help those who don’t have somewhere warm and dry to sleep this Christmas gofund.me/637d21d0
December 24, 2024 at 6:05 PM
If you’re having a giggle at #DuvetKnowItsChristmas why not send some money Centrepoint’s way to help those who don’t have somewhere warm and dry to sleep this Christmas gofund.me/637d21d0
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BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
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The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
How Amazon Ruined Christmas
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December 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.
Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...
Just finished ‘Who wants to live forever’, a beautiful novel by @hannamade.bsky.social exploring how a drug promising endless youth might change us, our relationships and our society. I was engrossed from the first page and am still thinking about Yuki and Sam #booksky #justiceforcrones
December 14, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Just finished ‘Who wants to live forever’, a beautiful novel by @hannamade.bsky.social exploring how a drug promising endless youth might change us, our relationships and our society. I was engrossed from the first page and am still thinking about Yuki and Sam #booksky #justiceforcrones
This right here ⬇️ The new shiny things are all well and good (sometimes) but the biggest impact is from getting the basics right - clear structure, guidelines and expectations; timely and regular feedback; (signposted) support
My evergreen #AcademicSky hot take is that the height of innovation and excellence is just getting the basics right and doing the simple stuff really well. Clear communication and structure trump new fangled complexity every time.
December 11, 2024 at 2:32 PM
This right here ⬇️ The new shiny things are all well and good (sometimes) but the biggest impact is from getting the basics right - clear structure, guidelines and expectations; timely and regular feedback; (signposted) support
Our #DigitalEducationStudio Nov newsletter focused on inclusion and I spoke to two amazing colleagues Ru Rose & Esther Murray about ensuring our learning environments are inclusive & supportive of neurodivergent students. First up, Ru shared her strategies and advice www.qmul.ac.uk/digital-educ...
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December 3, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Our #DigitalEducationStudio Nov newsletter focused on inclusion and I spoke to two amazing colleagues Ru Rose & Esther Murray about ensuring our learning environments are inclusive & supportive of neurodivergent students. First up, Ru shared her strategies and advice www.qmul.ac.uk/digital-educ...
@suebecks.bsky.social & Peter Hartley used their provocation @ SEDA Autumn to remind us that a key part of responsibility is knowing the consequences of our actions - and ask, given environmental impacts, exploitation, lack of transparency & other harms, what responsible Gen AI use might look like
November 28, 2024 at 3:48 PM
@suebecks.bsky.social & Peter Hartley used their provocation @ SEDA Autumn to remind us that a key part of responsibility is knowing the consequences of our actions - and ask, given environmental impacts, exploitation, lack of transparency & other harms, what responsible Gen AI use might look like
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Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
AI Accountability Lab
Stewarding a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI
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November 28, 2024 at 10:16 AM
Friends, this week marks a monumental step forward in my path towards pushing for a greater ecology of accountability in the age of AI. Thrilled to officially announce the AI Accountability Lab (AIAL) @theaial.bsky.social at Trinity College Dublin is launching today, Thursday Nov 28, 2024 aial.ie
I found this an incredibly helpful and insightful thread in thinking through ways in which we create & shape systems & dynamics as we think we simply investigate/study them - w apols for clumsy wording
Data is never ‘collected’, it is only *generated*.
This isn’t merely a pedantic semantic gripe; by misrepresenting ‘data’ as something that exists in nature & has only to be scooped up, evasion of accountability for data harms has already begun
Data doesn’t exist until someone constructs it
This isn’t merely a pedantic semantic gripe; by misrepresenting ‘data’ as something that exists in nature & has only to be scooped up, evasion of accountability for data harms has already begun
Data doesn’t exist until someone constructs it
November 28, 2024 at 2:26 PM
I found this an incredibly helpful and insightful thread in thinking through ways in which we create & shape systems & dynamics as we think we simply investigate/study them - w apols for clumsy wording
Great keynote from Prof Roni Bamber reflecting on the history and future of academic development in HE, at the SEDA Autumn Conference today - loved the shout-out to @kiftsally.bsky.social and transition pedagogy ❤️
November 28, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Great keynote from Prof Roni Bamber reflecting on the history and future of academic development in HE, at the SEDA Autumn Conference today - loved the shout-out to @kiftsally.bsky.social and transition pedagogy ❤️
"A little compassion, both to ourselves and others, goes a long way" - timely piece from Tegan Bradley on prioritising engagement over attendance herdsa.org.au/herdsa-conne...
Engagement Over Attendance: Meeting the Needs of Modern Learners | herdsa.org.au
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November 27, 2024 at 11:01 AM
"A little compassion, both to ourselves and others, goes a long way" - timely piece from Tegan Bradley on prioritising engagement over attendance herdsa.org.au/herdsa-conne...
Teaching in a different environment requires us to try some different strategies- great tips here from @theeddesigner.bsky.social on facilitating whole class discussions online. I like incorporating things like Mentimeter too, as an alternative to the chat. Anything you would add?
As a Masters student, we had this lecturer that would pose questions to the class, and some of us would respond. She critiqued our responses so heavily that we quickly stopped engaging. Moral of the story: support those that respond first because they are also supporting you. #academicsky
Strategies for prompting discussion in a virtual class
During COVID lockdowns many educators were thrust into virtual classrooms with little to no experience in online teaching. Unsurprisingly, the challenge of managing the new technology became the bi…
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November 27, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Teaching in a different environment requires us to try some different strategies- great tips here from @theeddesigner.bsky.social on facilitating whole class discussions online. I like incorporating things like Mentimeter too, as an alternative to the chat. Anything you would add?
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Priorities When Cultivating Critical AI Literacy - a thought and many resources
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Priorities When Cultivating Critical AI Literacy
I’ve been thinking for the past few days on how we reflect our priorities in the ways we go about cultivating critical AI literacy. Recently, someone told me how they used my framework for cr…
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November 22, 2024 at 7:13 AM
Priorities When Cultivating Critical AI Literacy - a thought and many resources
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London mayor Sadiq Khan strikes a different tone to the PM this morning, noting many Londoners will be anxious about Trump's win and calling for everyone to double down in the fight for progress
November 6, 2024 at 9:07 AM
London mayor Sadiq Khan strikes a different tone to the PM this morning, noting many Londoners will be anxious about Trump's win and calling for everyone to double down in the fight for progress
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Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats speaks the truth about Donald Trump
November 6, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats speaks the truth about Donald Trump
I pre-ordered this quite a while ago and promptly forgot about it. It arrived yesterday and guess what I’ll be reading this weekend (while I’m supposed to be packing up the flat 🤦♀️), incurable nerd that I am
October 18, 2024 at 9:00 AM
I pre-ordered this quite a while ago and promptly forgot about it. It arrived yesterday and guess what I’ll be reading this weekend (while I’m supposed to be packing up the flat 🤦♀️), incurable nerd that I am
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if you work in HE and your managers tell you that your institution has an £XXXX deficit, it’s very important to ask whether it is actually a deficit or in fact a shortfall against predicted or even just possible earnings
October 17, 2024 at 9:04 AM
if you work in HE and your managers tell you that your institution has an £XXXX deficit, it’s very important to ask whether it is actually a deficit or in fact a shortfall against predicted or even just possible earnings
How well does it align with my teaching philosophy? How well do I understand it? How will my use or refusal of it affect learning, equity and inclusion, trust and community? To what extent does it promote learner agency? - excellent questions to guide decisions on our use of genAI, and other tech
Critical AI Literacy is Not Enough: Introducing Care Literacy, Equity Literacy & Teaching Philosophies. A Slide Deck blog.mahabali.me/educational-...
Critical AI Literacy is Not Enough: Introducing Care Literacy, Equity Literacy & Teaching Philosophies. A Slide Deck
I’ve written a lot, on and off, about the importance of developing critical AI literacy, but I realize now that it is not enough, and I’ve recently started thinking about all of this wi…
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October 16, 2024 at 7:14 AM
How well does it align with my teaching philosophy? How well do I understand it? How will my use or refusal of it affect learning, equity and inclusion, trust and community? To what extent does it promote learner agency? - excellent questions to guide decisions on our use of genAI, and other tech
A new academic year means building a new learning community for your students. I wrote about @mahabali.bsky.social and Mia Zamora's 'intentionally equitable hospitality' and Priya Parker's 'generous authority' for our Digital Education Studio newsletter this month: tinyurl.com/2p9mwdau
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October 2, 2024 at 7:44 AM
A new academic year means building a new learning community for your students. I wrote about @mahabali.bsky.social and Mia Zamora's 'intentionally equitable hospitality' and Priya Parker's 'generous authority' for our Digital Education Studio newsletter this month: tinyurl.com/2p9mwdau
Earlier this year QMUL & Ain Shams Uni proudly launched our MOOC 'Digital Health: Philosophies, Technologies & Practice'. Now join our 'Meet the Educators' webinar on Thurs 3 Oct, 1pm BST to hear more about key developments in digital health - & how we co-created the course! bit.ly/Digital-Heal...
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September 30, 2024 at 9:41 AM
Earlier this year QMUL & Ain Shams Uni proudly launched our MOOC 'Digital Health: Philosophies, Technologies & Practice'. Now join our 'Meet the Educators' webinar on Thurs 3 Oct, 1pm BST to hear more about key developments in digital health - & how we co-created the course! bit.ly/Digital-Heal...
Like @dkernohan.bsky.social i don’t know how we actually fix the workloads issue but it’s a conversation we need to have. HE has long relied on staff goodwill & passion for what we do but it’s not sustainable - our working conditions are students’ learning conditions, not doing anyone any favours
NEW on Wonkhe: It's easy to understand why we get sucked in to working long hours. David Kernohan asks what it would take for us to address this issue before it becomes a real problem https://buff.ly/3ZqbdPL
September 16, 2024 at 7:09 AM
Like @dkernohan.bsky.social i don’t know how we actually fix the workloads issue but it’s a conversation we need to have. HE has long relied on staff goodwill & passion for what we do but it’s not sustainable - our working conditions are students’ learning conditions, not doing anyone any favours
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Thoughts from #ALTC24 from Dave White (not on Bluesky?) “Please don’t innovate” (with technology) daveowhite.com/dontinnovate/
“Please don’t innovate” (with technology)
Last week I was busy helping out and learning things at the Association for Learning Technology conference in Manchester. I’ve been the president of ALT for around four years, leading on the …
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September 9, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Thoughts from #ALTC24 from Dave White (not on Bluesky?) “Please don’t innovate” (with technology) daveowhite.com/dontinnovate/
Decided to treat myself to some inspiration on the Monday morning commute- thanks @davecormier.bsky.social
September 9, 2024 at 8:10 AM
Decided to treat myself to some inspiration on the Monday morning commute- thanks @davecormier.bsky.social
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