Richard Procter
Richard Procter
@rp311.bsky.social
Education | Technology | Outdoor Education
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This year, #socmedhe25 will be coming to Lancaster University, on 16th December! The call for papers/session proposals is now open at socmedhe25.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/c... - please submit abstracts by *24th October*
Hope you can join us - see you in December!
Call for session proposals
This year, we are delighted to host the 11th international Social Media for Learning in Higher Education conference at Lancaster University, co-chaired by Dr Katy Jordan and Dr Kathy Chandler. The …
socmedhe25.wordpress.com
September 23, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Federal database of historical education documents ceasing operations edsource.org?page_id=730958
UPDATE: Federal database of historical education documents ceasing operations
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
edsource.org
April 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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TOP AI IN EDUCATION FAILS ... so far:
April 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I built a free URL shortener for teachers bc we don't need ads when we're just trying to help each other out

Edushare.ing

No redirecting to ads, no stealing your traffic, no registration or log-in, no charge

I hope you find it useful. Please share with teachers freely

#TeachersHelpingTeachers
Edushare.ing - a free URL shortener for educators
Edushare.ing is a free url shortener made by a teacher, for teachers. No ads, no BS, just a way to share.
Edushare.ing
February 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Call for papers for a special issue focused on teaching with AI
January 14, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Athabasca University is hiring 2 Assistant professors for our MEd in Open, Digital and Distance Education. We have great students and faculty...reach out if you have questions. Please share with your networks. Application due by Dec 18. athabascau.acquiretm.com/job_details_...
Assistant Professor, Distance Education
Assistant Professors for Open, Digital, and Distance Education (tenure-track). The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences is the largest Faculty in Athabasca University and offers a wide range of...
athabascau.acquiretm.com
November 21, 2024 at 1:22 AM
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My work features prominently in a Nature editorial today. Great to see digital preservation being taken seriously.

"Millions of research articles are absent from major digital archives. This worrying finding, [...] was laid bare in a study by Martin Eve" www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Act now to stop millions of research papers from disappearing
Digital preservation is not keeping up with the growth of scholarly knowledge. Recognizing its causes is the first step to securing records everywhere for future generations.
www.nature.com
November 26, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Survey Marker xkcd.com/2920
April 16, 2024 at 5:03 AM
@aboutlearning.bsky.social check this on Soundcloud
Why did Twitter so quickly fall apart as a site for scholarship? Why is Bluesky not providing academics with a similar social buzz? How can researchers use Chat GPT as a genuinely useful interlocutor? Listen to this *really* interesting conversation with Mark Carrigan: soundcloud.com/eetheducatio...
March 19, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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Why did Twitter so quickly fall apart as a site for scholarship? Why is Bluesky not providing academics with a similar social buzz? How can researchers use Chat GPT as a genuinely useful interlocutor? Listen to this *really* interesting conversation with Mark Carrigan: soundcloud.com/eetheducatio...
March 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
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In his podcast, @neilselwyn.bsky.social and I talk about the early days of the digital transformation of education. The interview is available on all platforms. The #histed book "How Computers Entered the Classroom" (ed. with @carmenflury.bsky.social) is open access: open.spotify.com/show/3sc6TEH...
How Computers Entered the Classroom, 1960–2000
In the history of education, the question of how computers were introduced into European classrooms has so far been largely neglected. This edited volume strives to address this gap. The contributions...
doi.org
February 28, 2024 at 7:18 AM