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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · 23d

An interesting take on the wicked problem of GenAI-Assessment, I wonder what others think ...

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 25d

NEW on Wonkhe: Rather than an assessment arms race, Duna Sabri calls for a response to artificial intelligence grounded in subject knowledge buff.ly/vC2lv8Z

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 25d

NEW on Wonkhe: Rather than an assessment arms race, Duna Sabri calls for a response to artificial intelligence grounded in subject knowledge buff.ly/vC2lv8Z

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Paul Campbell @pcampbell91.bsky.social · Sep 3

“Reframing Teacher Wellbeing: Policy, Leadership, and Localized Insight through Asia as Method”

Wellbeing isn't just personal, it’s shaped by policy, leadership, and culture. My new paper offers a framework grounded in Hong Kong’s context and Asia as Method.

🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Sep 2

Academic feedback literacy: what HE professionals need to generate and make the most of feedback opportunities

Bas Trimbos @bastrimbos.bsky.social · Aug 31

Interesting read by @carlessdavid.bsky.social (2025) Feedback Literacy Concepts and Practices: Toward Academic Feedback Literacy, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 57:5, 5-11, DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2025.2539038

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Bas Trimbos @bastrimbos.bsky.social · Aug 31

Interesting read by @carlessdavid.bsky.social (2025) Feedback Literacy Concepts and Practices: Toward Academic Feedback Literacy, Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 57:5, 5-11, DOI: 10.1080/00091383.2025.2539038

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Aug 6

Yeah, feedback literacy to inform academic peer review 😀

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week on Wonkhe: The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not

Peer review is broken, and pedagogical research has a fix

The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not The lessons of decades of research into assessment...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Aug 4

A social constructivist perspective on the development of student feedback literacy over a 4-year period. Free eprints
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Towards an idealized model of feedback uptake: longitudinal development of feedback literacy from a social constructivist perspective

One of the potentials and challenges for the implementation of effective feedback processes lies in promoting and enacting purposeful student uptake of teacher written feedback. The theoretical fra...

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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Aug 2

This week on Wonkhe: The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not

Peer review is broken, and pedagogical research has a fix

The lessons of decades of research into assessment and feedback haven’t tracked across into the practice of peer review. Madeleine Pownall wonders why not The lessons of decades of research into assessment...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Jul 14

Esterhazy wrote about feedback encounters
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

What matters for productive feedback? Disciplinary practices and their relational dynamics

Most research on feedback has paid limited attention to the role of disciplines and their relational dynamics. This article addresses this limitation by offering a conceptualisation of feedback as ...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Jul 14

It was Gravett & Carless, Feedback literacy as event
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Feedback literacy-as-event: relationality, space and temporality in feedback encounters

Research on student and teacher feedback literacies is currently a flourishing sub-field of higher education, as scholars seek to address the durable and dissatisfying dilemmas that feedback proces...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Jun 17

Work towards three things from a presentation that audience members can recall one week later

International Social Epidemiology Society @ises-epi.bsky.social · Dec 31

Citation:

Bourne PE. Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations. PLOS Computational Biology. 2007;3(4): e77.

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Paul Ashwin @paulashwin.bsky.social · Jun 16

New @hepi-news.bsky.social blog on how higher education should respond to calls to be relevant: www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/06/16/h...

How should higher education respond to calls to be relevant? - HEPI

Higher education’s true value lies not in skills or facts, but in transformative access to structured bodies of knowledge.

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Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social · Jun 10

‘The virtues of not knowing’: how ‘unknowingness’ in pedagogical partnership prepares student partners to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and change in pursuit of equity
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‘The virtues of not knowing’: how ‘unknowingness’ in pedagogical partnership prepares student partners to navigate complexity, uncertainty, and change in pursuit of equity

We live in a time of complexity, uncertainty, and change that can exacerbate inequities. Student–faculty pedagogical partnership that embraces ‘unknowingness’ can prepare student partners both to n...

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Bas Trimbos @bastrimbos.bsky.social · Jun 4

Appraising Feedback Stance in Higher Education: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Student and Academic Perceptions, Perspectives and Preferences link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41701-025-00196-3

Appraising Feedback Stance in Higher Education: A Corpus-Assisted Discourse Study of Student and Academic Perceptions, Perspectives and Preferences - Corpus Pragmatics

Feedback is a complex dialogic, sociomaterial practice that is shaped by digital affordances, institutional norms and various contextual factors. Even though it is widely recognised as crucial to acad...

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Belinda Zhou @belindazhouhl.bsky.social · May 28

Huge Congrats to Tammy for her paper at AEHE! Struggling with effective math assessments? Her research highlights key gaps—like balancing culture, tech, and student reflection. Let’s rethink assessment together! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Assessment purposes and theoretical foundations in university mathematics assessment practices: a comprehensive scoping review

This scoping review addresses the limited scopes of current research on classroom assessment in university mathematics education (UME). We examine 67 empirical studies (2012–2024) from two crucial ...

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HKU SCAPE @hkuscape.bsky.social · May 20

Discover how student influencers are reshaping peer support in #HigherEducation through #studytalk! Our latest blog post by @rilleraaper.bsky.social discusses the role of student influencers in marketised higher education. Check it out now! 📚 #StudentInfluencers

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#Studytalk and Student Influencers: The Role of Social Media in Student Support

Rille Raaper, Durham University Contemporary student experiences of higher education are mediated by technology where intersections between in-person and digital experiences continue to evolve in new ...

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Belinda Zhou @belindazhouhl.bsky.social · May 20

Our research has been published in AEHE!📚It explores how different types of motivation influence student perceptions and behaviours in feedback seeking processes. Huge thanks for the guidance and support from @juusonieminen.bsky.social and Prof Gaowei Chen
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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · May 9

Balance GenAI's speed & power with human judgement & empathy: Hybrid intelligent feedback www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Pedagogical framework for hybrid intelligent feedback

Generative AI (GenAI) has gained attention as a new feedback source in education because it can generate human-like text. However, its use in feedback lacks a strong pedagogical framework, which is...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Apr 25

Debate and role-play as interactive oral assessment: some tentative thoughts
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Creative Assessment Design in the Time of GenAI

Zheng Wenxin and David CarlessI am Zheng Wenxin, a second-year HKU student participating in the Eureka Undergraduate Research Programme, conducting a research project with Professor David Carless. Our...

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HKU SCAPE @hkuscape.bsky.social · Apr 24

Discover the secrets behind Finland's educational success in PISA with @doctorchungie.bsky.social's latest blog post!🌟 From historical roots to political consensus, learn how Finland's unique culture shapes its top-ranking system.💡 #education #Finland #PISA

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Socio-Cultural Reasons for Finland’s High Outcomes in PISA

Jennifer Chung, UCL Institute of Education For more than twenty years, Finland and its education system have captured attention and admiration worldwide. The country’s high outcomes in the Programme f...

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great new paper on authentic assessment in engineering from my colleagues at @leedsteaching.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A holistic consideration of authentic assessments: student perception of assessment design, delivery, flexibility and creativity

Although ‘authentic assessment’ is widely used in higher education, its interpretation is often limited to an assessment task's technical relevance. This paper explores a more holistic conceptualis...

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Liz Jackson @proflizjackson.bsky.social · Apr 3

A collective article with Alexander Sidorkin, Petar Jandric, Eamon Costello, Jessica Heybach, Heather Greenhalgh-Spencer, KaThy Hytten, Lesley Gorlay, Rachel Anne, and Marek Tesar. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The voice of artificial intelligence: Philosophical and educational reflections

Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Mar 29

It’s been a long hard task, but today @philrace.bsky.social received in the post hardback copies of the sixth edition of the lecturers tool kit. Definitely our last Book! Paperbacks will be launched on the 16th of April

A hardcover copy of the sixth edition of the lecturer’s tool kit by
Phil Race and Sally Brown

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Mar 27

Welcoming applications for a Professoriate position in Higher Education Pedagogy

HKU SCAPE @hkuscape.bsky.social · Mar 26

🌟 Calling all passionate educators! We have openings for Lecturer and Professor roles in our dynamic academic environment. Join us in shaping the future of education and empowering the next generation of educators! #Education #JobOpening 🍎📚

jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53163...

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HKU Careers

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) offers an intellectually-stimulating and culturally-rich academic environment, with attractive remuneration packages.

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HKU SCAPE @hkuscape.bsky.social · Mar 26

🌟 Calling all passionate educators! We have openings for Lecturer and Professor roles in our dynamic academic environment. Join us in shaping the future of education and empowering the next generation of educators! #Education #JobOpening 🍎📚

jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53163...

jobs.hku.hk/en/job/53163...

HKU Careers

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) offers an intellectually-stimulating and culturally-rich academic environment, with attractive remuneration packages.

jobs.hku.hk

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Mar 22

Impressive analysis of the potentials & challenges in supporting students to learn from exam performance
doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Approaches to feedback on examination performance: research, policy, and practice

Examinations are viewed as one of the least inclusive forms of assessment. Attainment gaps between different student groups (e.g. based on ethnicity) are more pronounced in examinations than in cou...

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Mar 14

Feedback literacy meets dialogue: Interesting and high quality article doi.org/10.1080/0260...

Dialogism in feedback literacies: a critical review

This critical review examines the evolving conceptualization of dialogue in feedback literacies within higher education, presenting a nuanced theoretical framework that challenges traditional under...

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Jisc @jisc.bsky.social · Mar 11

First keynote of #Digifest25 is from Paul Iske, CFO (chief failure officer) at the Institute of Brilliant Failures. He suggests reframing fail to mean 'first attempt in learning'. An inspiring and amusing start to the day!

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Mar 6

I think effective, concise communication is at a premium, so I tend to request 5-7 minute podcasts and similar timing for oral presentations F2F. Less can be more. #LTHEchat

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David Carless @carlessdavid.bsky.social · Mar 6

I value oral communication so in my Ed D course, students either present their research in class OR submit a 6-minute podcast. I also run a podcast/blog, submissions welcome #LTHEchat scape.edu.hku.hk/category/pod...

Podcasts – Social Contexts and Policies of Education

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