Rebecca Schmidt
@rebeccaschmidt.bsky.social
sociologist and qualitative researcher, sociology of education, interested in (post)digitality, diversity and intersectionality @UPB
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"If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a LMS, AI-generated content is submitted...on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work" www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 PM
"If we do not act, we risk seeing the development of a fully automated loop in which assignments are generated by AI with the support of a LMS, AI-generated content is submitted...on behalf of the student, and AI-driven metrics evaluate the work" www.mla.org/Resources/Ad...
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Excellent piece - it's really hard to "follow the data" in education and it should not be so
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
The secret life of university data?
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
In this article, I argue that universities must work together to demand transparency and openness in how their data are transformed and used, and ensure university data serve the public mission, not private interests.
www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Together, universities can take back control of their data
A single university can do little to demand accountability from rankings companies, but together institutions can demand reciprocal transparency, nego...
www.universityworldnews.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Excellent piece - it's really hard to "follow the data" in education and it should not be so
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
"We often talk about transparency in higher education, yet the private actors that are in the business of university data collection operate almost entirely in the dark."
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"we now have a rush to either strip-mine university resources or capitalize on university prestige. Education technology (or Ed Tech) has been leading this charge since long before the AI craze" 💯 this is excellent
Wrote a thing on the hot summer of uni AI adoption for @defector.com
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
A huge thanks to @nathankhensley.bsky.social and @anniemcc.bsky.social. @brandyjensen.bsky.social is a legend. And anything smart in hear is thanks to hours of discussion, texting, and draft reading by @smosment.bsky.social
Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
defector.com
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"we now have a rush to either strip-mine university resources or capitalize on university prestige. Education technology (or Ed Tech) has been leading this charge since long before the AI craze" 💯 this is excellent
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Epic trawl through the state of the AI in education scientific literature "claiming to measure the impact of AI on learning outcomes" and finding it's mostly very bad, overblown, or even based on scientific malpractice
ht @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
wesstrabelsi.substack.com/p/the-good-t...
ht @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
wesstrabelsi.substack.com/p/the-good-t...
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Science of AI in Education
What would you learn if you scoured the peer reviewed studies out there on AI in education? I did, and I wasn't ready for it.
wesstrabelsi.substack.com
May 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Epic trawl through the state of the AI in education scientific literature "claiming to measure the impact of AI on learning outcomes" and finding it's mostly very bad, overblown, or even based on scientific malpractice
ht @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
wesstrabelsi.substack.com/p/the-good-t...
ht @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
wesstrabelsi.substack.com/p/the-good-t...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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