Mirena
@marvelezza.bsky.social
Teacher (academic writing and research skills), AI skeptic, nature and art lover
https://marvellezza.blogspot.com/?m=1
https://marvellezza.blogspot.com/?m=1
I don't want to be "the human in the loop"
I am out of the loop and will let others loop endlessly into algorithmic frenzy in search of their truth
#NoAI
I am out of the loop and will let others loop endlessly into algorithmic frenzy in search of their truth
#NoAI
December 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I don't want to be "the human in the loop"
I am out of the loop and will let others loop endlessly into algorithmic frenzy in search of their truth
#NoAI
I am out of the loop and will let others loop endlessly into algorithmic frenzy in search of their truth
#NoAI
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I belive education is about *people*.
In my latest newsletter I argue that we should be intentional in nurturing human interaction in education and resist the false promise of convenience exerted by the sadly ubiquitous GenAI.
educationalist.substack.com/p/hello-worl...
In my latest newsletter I argue that we should be intentional in nurturing human interaction in education and resist the false promise of convenience exerted by the sadly ubiquitous GenAI.
educationalist.substack.com/p/hello-worl...
"Hello, World!"... revisited
The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai
educationalist.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I belive education is about *people*.
In my latest newsletter I argue that we should be intentional in nurturing human interaction in education and resist the false promise of convenience exerted by the sadly ubiquitous GenAI.
educationalist.substack.com/p/hello-worl...
In my latest newsletter I argue that we should be intentional in nurturing human interaction in education and resist the false promise of convenience exerted by the sadly ubiquitous GenAI.
educationalist.substack.com/p/hello-worl...
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Looking forward to reading Rich Bales questions about evidencing effective and inclusive practice!
#lthechat
#lthechat
oin us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice? with @richbale.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/11/14/l...
LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining professional recognition through…
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November 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Looking forward to reading Rich Bales questions about evidencing effective and inclusive practice!
#lthechat
#lthechat
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Maybe it's minor, maybe it's not, but there are social media posts about my scholarship that are clearly using AI-generated summaries, which COMPLETELY MISREPRESENT WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN. And because they're being shared on social media, those misrepresentations are getting magnified.
November 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Maybe it's minor, maybe it's not, but there are social media posts about my scholarship that are clearly using AI-generated summaries, which COMPLETELY MISREPRESENT WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN. And because they're being shared on social media, those misrepresentations are getting magnified.
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Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
In EdTech's Hero's Journey, Is the Teacher the Villain? — Civics of Technology
Civics of Technology Announcements Next Tech Talk (NOTE THE NEW TIME): We will now be alternating our meeting time for our Tech Talks so that we can connect with different people in our community. ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Today for the blog: If EdTech is the hero, is the teacher the villain?
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/edtechs...
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I'm delighted to share that a new, open-access 37-chapter book, titled "The Palgrave Handbook of Decolonising the Educational and Language Sciences", has been published. A chapter I co-authored in #decoloniality can be found here:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm delighted to share that a new, open-access 37-chapter book, titled "The Palgrave Handbook of Decolonising the Educational and Language Sciences", has been published. A chapter I co-authored in #decoloniality can be found here:
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
While I assume it is possible for groups of crows to damage facilities, I doubt they are aggressive to people. My experience is they are rather cautious in the presence of humans and stay away (based on my encounters with them in Kelvingrove park, which shares grounds with Glasgow uni campus)
2- Glasgow University's fight against aggressive crows on campus
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2556355...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2556355...
The avian nuisances causing havoc on Glasgow University's campus
The birds have been spotted on the university’s Hillhead campus, pecking at floodlights and freshly mowed grass.
www.heraldscotland.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
While I assume it is possible for groups of crows to damage facilities, I doubt they are aggressive to people. My experience is they are rather cautious in the presence of humans and stay away (based on my encounters with them in Kelvingrove park, which shares grounds with Glasgow uni campus)
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#LoveLD - love #LTHEchat - this Wednesday, 8-9 in Blue Sky: lthechat.com/2025/10/24/l... Follow the hashtag - join the conversation - all welcome.
LTHE Chat 341: Superpowers for Level 7 Learning
Join us on Bluesky with guest Professor David T Evans @david-t-evans.bsky.social on Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 20:00 GMT Superpowers? I understand not everyone in…
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October 27, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#LoveLD - love #LTHEchat - this Wednesday, 8-9 in Blue Sky: lthechat.com/2025/10/24/l... Follow the hashtag - join the conversation - all welcome.
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
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October 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
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Using the Six Thinking Hats is my favourite way of helping student to see a situation from different perspectives. theeddesigner.com/2024/09/05/d... #EduSky #AcademicSky #EdChat
October 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Using the Six Thinking Hats is my favourite way of helping student to see a situation from different perspectives. theeddesigner.com/2024/09/05/d... #EduSky #AcademicSky #EdChat
October 4, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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#LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at 20:00 BST At the University of Glasgow we are in our first teaching week, the topic of note making, and its related systems seems appropriate, to set ourselves and our learners up for the new academic year. Notemaking I am not going deeply into the differentiation between note-taking versus note-making, but I will leave some references in the footnote…
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September 19, 2025 at 6:57 AM
#LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
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Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
The Impact Of AI Tools On The Next Decade Of Education Innovation
Education technology is more of a commitment to shaping a future where every learner has the tools to succeed.
www.forbes.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Claims of the novelty of AI and its potential for innovation in education always make me wince a bit because really it continues a bunch of long-running tendencies in the sector. It’s an *intensifier* rather than an innovation. Some examples… www.forbes.com/councils/for...
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#LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT
LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI
Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 24th September 2025 at 20:00 BST At the University of Glasgow we are in our first teaching week, the topic of note making, and its related systems seems appropriate, to set ourselves and our learners up for the new academic year. Notemaking I am not going deeply into the differentiation between note-taking versus note-making, but I will leave some references in the footnote…
lthechat.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Today, @olivia.science and her colleagues speak about their efforts to resist the uncritical adoption of AI in academia. Read all about it in today's blog, and see their open letter below:
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...
www.civicsoftechnology.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Today, @olivia.science and her colleagues speak about their efforts to resist the uncritical adoption of AI in academia. Read all about it in today's blog, and see their open letter below:
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...
openletter.earth/open-letter-...
www.civicsoftechnology.org/blog/no-ai-g...
Yohoo! Finally, bookmarks are here 🎉
September 9, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Yohoo! Finally, bookmarks are here 🎉
Are you the Great Entertainer or Nanny McPhee in your classroom when it comes to student engagement? Some thoughts on whether we should pamper students to keep them engaged in class.
marvellezza.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
marvellezza.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
The Great Entertainer or Nanny McPhee - striving after student engagement in the HE classroom
This reflection takes a bottom up approach and stems from my personal experience. It takes a vertical perspective in the sense it is trying ...
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September 3, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Are you the Great Entertainer or Nanny McPhee in your classroom when it comes to student engagement? Some thoughts on whether we should pamper students to keep them engaged in class.
marvellezza.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
marvellezza.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
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This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
The AI boom has created a new type of work: fixing botched AI. Designers are being hired to remake wonky AI art. Writers are asked to make ChatGPT’s writing sound more human. Even software developers are tasked with fixing buggy vibe coding.
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
Humans are being hired to make AI slop look less sloppy
In the age of automation, human workers are being brought in to fix what artificial intelligence gets wrong.
www.nbcnews.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
This is not the AI boom creating a new type of work, this is a classic example of managers using automation to deskill old ones. Creative workers who once made a higher wage creating original art and writing are now paid in piecework to edit automated output. Bosses are using AI to cut labor costs.
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I've been tracking ads for learning aps for a couple of months now, and this claim that AI can help kids learn at super speed is one of the most prevalent and troubling claims. 1/
August 30, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I've been tracking ads for learning aps for a couple of months now, and this claim that AI can help kids learn at super speed is one of the most prevalent and troubling claims. 1/
New Digital Divide™ in action - this is part of an ad for Academic skills tutor requiring the candidate to be AI iterate, use AI in their practice and teach AI literacy to students. What about refusal to use AI in our practice? And why should an academic skills tutor teach AI/digital skills?
#noAI
#noAI
August 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New Digital Divide™ in action - this is part of an ad for Academic skills tutor requiring the candidate to be AI iterate, use AI in their practice and teach AI literacy to students. What about refusal to use AI in our practice? And why should an academic skills tutor teach AI/digital skills?
#noAI
#noAI
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If the AI takeover of education is indeed just getting started then it's really important to highlight why this could be bad, not just accept the unevidenced assumptions it will be good for education.
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
The AI Takeover of Education Is Just Getting Started
Was your kid’s report card written by a chatbot?
www.theatlantic.com
August 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
If the AI takeover of education is indeed just getting started then it's really important to highlight why this could be bad, not just accept the unevidenced assumptions it will be good for education.
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
21 reasons to argue against AI in education coming up 🧵 www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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This, actually works. For me at least.
How to Turn Off Google AI Overview and Set "Web" as Default
tenbluelinks.org
August 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This, actually works. For me at least.
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thanks to everyone sharing and contributing!
thousands of individual visitors this afternoon already suggests how much we need to work together, carry one another, take heart in solidarity. and the students want more too.
thousands of individual visitors this afternoon already suggests how much we need to work together, carry one another, take heart in solidarity. and the students want more too.
teachers!
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
excited to share a new website at this late date of Aug 15 to try to help us collectively prepare for back to school in the interpretative humanities classroom assaulted by the AI grift, so we don't have to go it alone.
take a look, share, + most importantly: CONTRIBUTE
against-a-i.com
AGAINST AI
against-a-i.com
August 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
thanks to everyone sharing and contributing!
thousands of individual visitors this afternoon already suggests how much we need to work together, carry one another, take heart in solidarity. and the students want more too.
thousands of individual visitors this afternoon already suggests how much we need to work together, carry one another, take heart in solidarity. and the students want more too.