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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · 12d

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore Dialogic Learning in the Age of Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm BST

#dialogiclearning #genai #highereducation

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ahhhhh. Boatdog has the hang of canal life. Do let us know if ever oop north and we’ll bring Alf to meet you. He’ll be at the Great North Run dispensing professional warm up advice and cheering everyone - esp Alistair- on from the sidelines. He has taken to domestic life like a duck to water!

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Aug 26

@drdeena.bsky.social You’ll be pleased to see our new recruit , Alf, enjoying his first ever trip afloat on the Keswick Launch today! After chatting amiably with the skipper he lay flat out by his feet and snoozed for the whole trip! #GreytBoatdog

Black retired greyhound enjoying a boat trip

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Aug 6

I was in Wentworth (when breeze-block was on trend!) in 1984-5 and loved it! Can’t remember if it was C block -now demolished- but it was the furthest from the JCR and closest to the Stray, where we sledged (on purloined shower curtains)! Happy times!

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Hugh Jones @hbsj.bsky.social · Aug 5

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @york.ac.uk

You can see @yorkminster.bsky.social top right

If you like this card, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

An old colour picture postcard showing a 1960s university campus set round a lake. In the distance the city of York can be seen, the medieval minster in the top right

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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
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/BARHM...

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...

www.tandfonline.com

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jul 18

Not had chance to do the count yet as Alf and I have been celebrating my umpteenth trip around the sun by walking along Allen Banks! I will do it soon- lots 🦋 around this year.

Greyhound in National trust summer house at Allen Banks

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · Jul 17

Sharing this open resource that can be used with students to talk about the responsible use of GenAI created with @profpeter1.bsky.social
Beckingham, S. and Hartley, P. (2025). The Generative AI CHECKLIST discussion cards. National Teaching Repository. doi.org/10.25416/NTR...

The Generative AI CHECKLIST discussion cards

This resource is a collection of cards which complement the GenerativeAI CHECKLIST to use with students and staff to discuss ethical use of GenAI.See: Beckingham, Sue; Hartley, Peter (2024). The Gener...

doi.org

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · Jun 25

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For those not familiar with AHE conference it is a must go to event for next year #LTHEchat ahenetwork.org/about-2/who-...

Who is it for?

The conference is aimed at those working in all contexts where higher education is delivered who have an interest in the practice and research of assessment. It will be of interest to lecturers, ed…

ahenetwork.org

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks, Bas @bastrimbos.bsky.social We missed your company at #AHEConf2025 this year- hope you are well.

Bas Trimbos @bastrimbos.bsky.social · Jun 25

Revisiting the tacit quick guides by Prof. @kaysambell.bsky.social , Prof. Phil Race and @profsallybrown.bsky.social. Still love the structure used in these guides from problem to what can we do tlu.cit.ie/contentfiles... #exemplars

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Bas Trimbos @bastrimbos.bsky.social · Jun 25

Revisiting the tacit quick guides by Prof. @kaysambell.bsky.social , Prof. Phil Race and @profsallybrown.bsky.social. Still love the structure used in these guides from problem to what can we do tlu.cit.ie/contentfiles... #exemplars

tlu.cit.ie

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jun 21

Lovely. I’ve been following the peregrine chicks we saw as tiny white balls of fluff on the platform at Norwich Cathedral when we visited UEA to run a workshop for @fabioarico.bsky.social They seem to have flown while we were busy at #AHEconference2025!
hawkandowltrust.org?view=article...

Norwich Cathedral Peregrines

Watch live-streaming pictures from Norwich Cathedral's Peregrine box during the 2023 season! This free-to-view service comes from the Hawk and Owl Trust

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jun 21

Hope everyone travelled safely home from #AHEConference2025 in Manchester. Inspiring contributions from presenters and collegial input from all participants made for a great two days. Food for thought and lots of joy. Thanks to everyone who made this a special gathering. Looking forward to next year

Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Jun 21

#aheconference so that marks the end of this year’s assessment in higher education conference in Manchester! Many of us agree it was the best ever! Do consider coming next year: we would love to see you there

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Jun 21

#aheconference so that marks the end of this year’s assessment in higher education conference in Manchester! Many of us agree it was the best ever! Do consider coming next year: we would love to see you there

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Jan McArthur @janmcarthur.bsky.social · Jun 20

Dr Kath Ward from @edreslancaster.bsky.social speaking about her feedback research at #aheconference2025

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Paul Kleiman @paulrk.bsky.social · Jun 20

More examples of ‘Drawing from Experience’ using visualisation to reveal the emotional impact of assessment on academics. #AHEconf2025
stumblingwithconfidence.com/2022/06/23/r...

Revealing assessment through drawing

When leading workshops on assessment I often start with a ’warm-up’ exercise in which the participants, supplied with sheets of paper and plenty of coloured pens, are asked to draw/make marks on pa…

stumblingwithconfidence.com

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Nurun Nahar @nurun.bsky.social · Jun 20

The opening keynote from Prof. Sam Elkington provided gentle provocations for rethinking assessments for a time when multimodal technologies are blurring digital-human divide divide #Aheconference25

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Nurun Nahar @nurun.bsky.social · Jun 20

Developing programmatic assessment strategy or looking for resources and opportunity to engage with a community of practitioners developing toolkit for integrative progrommatic assessment? You may want to checkout IPA network or speak to Prof. Peter Harley #Aheconference25

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · Jun 19

The Padlet contains the presentation slides and various guides including:
The Alchemists Grimoire of Assessment Transformation
The Alchemists Cupboard of Curiosities
Prompt Engineering 101 for Academics
#aheconference25

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Prof Lydia Arnold @lydiaarnold.bsky.social · Jun 19

Here is a quick summary of our Leading Strategic Change in Assessment Masterclass session this morning at #AHEConference25 #AHEConf2025 #AHEConference2025, it has the pictures of the session outputs to share too ..... lydiaarnold.net/2025/06/19/l...

Leading Strategic Change in Assessment #AHEConference2025

This morning I ran an invited workshop, with Dr Iain McDonald of Cumbria University, at the Assessment in Higher Education Conference 2025 in Manchester. One of my favourite conferences, just by th…

lydiaarnold.net

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Prof Lydia Arnold @lydiaarnold.bsky.social · Jun 19

Great start to #AHEConference2025 - I got to lead a workshop looking at assessment change (lots of engagement and ideas) and now at the mini keynotes - always such a valuable conference.

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Jun 19

#aheconference25 brilliant session led by @suebecks.bsky.social on the wizardry of AI: so many innovative ideas and lots of participation and conversation Sue will be putting the slides up on the padlet in a short while which will include the QR code Here’s a photo of participants linking to it !

Conference participants using their phones and iPads to link to the session Padlet

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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.

www.hepi.ac.uk

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jun 9

Have a lovely birthday! We’ll raise a glass to you at AHE!

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Jun 6

Excitement mounts as it’s less than 2 weeks until #aheconference2025. I’m most looking forward to meeting & making friends, learning tons about new practices and research….and I love the buzzy formats like poster and pitch sessions, mini keynotes- oh & expert masterclass workshops. Everything!

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · Jun 3

Alas I won't be there at #aheconference25 but keep an eye out for other #CRADLE crew! Phill, Dave, Jack, Thomas, Juuso, students @teganlittle.bsky.social & Chad, and fellow Maria going to represent.

Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Jun 3

#aheconference25 are you going to the assessment in higher education conference in Manchester?It’s 19th-20th of June and lots of dead good people are going including @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @fabioarico.bsky.social &more. I will be using this hashtag on BlueSky& hope you do too!

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · Jun 3

#aheconference25 are you going to the assessment in higher education conference in Manchester?It’s 19th-20th of June and lots of dead good people are going including @kaysambell.bsky.social @suebecks.bsky.social @fabioarico.bsky.social &more. I will be using this hashtag on BlueSky& hope you do too!

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · May 15

I spy so many actual people I haven’t seen in person for ages in glorious 3D! Great to see so many wonderful people at #SEDAConf25

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Kay Sambell @kaysambell.bsky.social · Apr 30

A1 #lthechat Sparking curiosity

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LTHEchat @lthechat.bsky.social · Apr 27

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which explores where teaching, learning and assessment in HE has been and is going with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social on Wednesday April 30th 8-9pm BST.

Read the blog post at:

#LTHEchat 327 Quo vadis teaching, learning and assessment in Higher Education?

Led by Emeriti Professor Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social and Emeritus Professor Phil Race @philrace.bsky.social We published the first edition of The Lecturer’s Toolkit with Routledge 1998 …

lthechat.com

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