Andy Firr
@andyfirr.bsky.social
Exploring open scholarship, AI, and digital ethics.
Ideas begin here, and sometimes return here.
Part of the Open Scholar Ecosystem (OSE) Project.
https://lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
Ideas begin here, and sometimes return here.
Part of the Open Scholar Ecosystem (OSE) Project.
https://lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
I am a total sucker for messing with AI tools especially on a Friday afternoon. This was made with Heygen and I never recorded this and I never spoke these words. It’s a digital version of myself, I don’t smile anywhere near as much as this (!) but aside from that it’s pretty good.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I am a total sucker for messing with AI tools especially on a Friday afternoon. This was made with Heygen and I never recorded this and I never spoke these words. It’s a digital version of myself, I don’t smile anywhere near as much as this (!) but aside from that it’s pretty good.
You can read my weekly Friday Medium piece here if you like. This week I looked at “When Generations Collide in the Synthetic Workplace“. There is the usual accompanying podcast link at the bottom of the article.
medium.com/@ajfirr/when...
medium.com/@ajfirr/when...
When Generations Collide in the Synthetic Workplace
The workplace is already synthetic in nature. Human judgement and machine assistance now coexist in almost every sector, quietly blending…
medium.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You can read my weekly Friday Medium piece here if you like. This week I looked at “When Generations Collide in the Synthetic Workplace“. There is the usual accompanying podcast link at the bottom of the article.
medium.com/@ajfirr/when...
medium.com/@ajfirr/when...
Do any educators of primarily international students produce secondary or additional resources for their students in their first languages? That’s what I’m asking here. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
#inclusiveeducation #internationalstudentsuk #globalclassroom #digitalpedagogy #higheredinnovation | Andrew John Firr
Hello LinkedIn community, I have a question of any UK based HE educators. All my primary resources I provide slides, documents, video links, podcasts etc are produced and delivered obviously in Englis...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Do any educators of primarily international students produce secondary or additional resources for their students in their first languages? That’s what I’m asking here. www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
For anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship education a small old dataset that I managed to save from being lost on a hard drive! zenodo.org/records/1773...
A Descriptive Archive of Alumni Reflections on the Young Enterprise Start-Up Programme (2012–2020 Cohorts)
This upload releases a small descriptive archive based on data collected in 2021 from 40 alumni of the Young Enterprise (YE) Start-Up Programme, representing participation years 2012–2020. The dataset...
zenodo.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
For anyone with an interest in entrepreneurship education a small old dataset that I managed to save from being lost on a hard drive! zenodo.org/records/1773...
Reposted by Andy Firr
#SocialMedia
The European Parliament has proposed an EU-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, as countries worldwide follow the Australian model to protect children on the internet.
The European Parliament has proposed an EU-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, as countries worldwide follow the Australian model to protect children on the internet.
European Parliament calls for 16 as minimum age on social media
The European Parliament is proposing an EU-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions.
www.siliconrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:14 AM
#SocialMedia
The European Parliament has proposed an EU-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, as countries worldwide follow the Australian model to protect children on the internet.
The European Parliament has proposed an EU-wide minimum age to access social media, video-sharing platforms and AI companions, as countries worldwide follow the Australian model to protect children on the internet.
I’ve found some old slightly tatty datasets from my Young Enterprise days and have managed to turn them into a short Descriptive Archive. Will publish them up on Zenodo for anyone who has interest in that sort of thing, better than then left rotting in a drawer.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I’ve found some old slightly tatty datasets from my Young Enterprise days and have managed to turn them into a short Descriptive Archive. Will publish them up on Zenodo for anyone who has interest in that sort of thing, better than then left rotting in a drawer.
Future idea- AI cannot produce an idea without a human seed, and it cannot produce a human seed without lived experience. Hmm.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Future idea- AI cannot produce an idea without a human seed, and it cannot produce a human seed without lived experience. Hmm.
We often see conversations about how AI can or cannot help educators. It’s almost a never ending dialogue and that’s no bad thing.
November 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
We often see conversations about how AI can or cannot help educators. It’s almost a never ending dialogue and that’s no bad thing.
Development in the open
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Development in the open
Introducing a small extension of my Open Scholar Ecosystem work: the Journal of Transparent Scholarship (JTS).
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Introducing a small extension of my Open Scholar Ecosystem work: the Journal of Transparent Scholarship (JTS).
Have you tried Nano Banana yet? Wow!
November 23, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Have you tried Nano Banana yet? Wow!
Interesting, time, cost, quality dilemma in action.
“AI workers said they distrust the models they work on because of a consistent emphasis on rapid turnaround time at the expense of quality.”
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Interesting, time, cost, quality dilemma in action.
Coming. This is quite an exciting little project I am working upon.
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Coming. This is quite an exciting little project I am working upon.
Welcome to Open Scholar Cards. 24 cards capturing the methods, tensions, and values behind modern open research practice. Card 1- Transparent Process.
November 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Welcome to Open Scholar Cards. 24 cards capturing the methods, tensions, and values behind modern open research practice. Card 1- Transparent Process.
You can read my Friday Medium writing here, if you like. This week I looked at- Why we flinch at AI? Machine or Mirror?
The medium writing is here- medium.com/@ajfirr/why-... or if you would like to listen to the accompanying podcast you can also find that link within the Medium piece.
The medium writing is here- medium.com/@ajfirr/why-... or if you would like to listen to the accompanying podcast you can also find that link within the Medium piece.
Why we flinch at AI? Machine or Mirror?
People often describe generative AI in emotional terms, saying it feels unsettling, slightly off, familiar but not quite right. Much of the…
medium.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
You can read my Friday Medium writing here, if you like. This week I looked at- Why we flinch at AI? Machine or Mirror?
The medium writing is here- medium.com/@ajfirr/why-... or if you would like to listen to the accompanying podcast you can also find that link within the Medium piece.
The medium writing is here- medium.com/@ajfirr/why-... or if you would like to listen to the accompanying podcast you can also find that link within the Medium piece.
Bluesky is kind of wild. That’s what I’ve discovered in my six weeks. And let’s not pretend it’s always ‘kind’ it’s absolutely not.
a woman in a firefighter uniform stands in front of a red truck with the words buckle up
ALT: a woman in a firefighter uniform stands in front of a red truck with the words buckle up
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November 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bluesky is kind of wild. That’s what I’ve discovered in my six weeks. And let’s not pretend it’s always ‘kind’ it’s absolutely not.
Just finalising this Fridays Medium writing piece. This week I’ll be looking at-
Why We Flinch at AI: Machine or Mirror?
You can follow all of my Medium stories and thoughts / writings on other various platforms here- lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
Why We Flinch at AI: Machine or Mirror?
You can follow all of my Medium stories and thoughts / writings on other various platforms here- lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
November 19, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Just finalising this Fridays Medium writing piece. This week I’ll be looking at-
Why We Flinch at AI: Machine or Mirror?
You can follow all of my Medium stories and thoughts / writings on other various platforms here- lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
Why We Flinch at AI: Machine or Mirror?
You can follow all of my Medium stories and thoughts / writings on other various platforms here- lnk.bio/AndrewFirr
The debate continues about whether PhD students should be required to publish before they graduate. It raises a bigger question, how should advanced scholarly work be recognised fairly?
November 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The debate continues about whether PhD students should be required to publish before they graduate. It raises a bigger question, how should advanced scholarly work be recognised fairly?
I’ve been exploring how advanced scholarly practice might be recognised across global frameworks, not just the EQF, but AQF, NZQF, CDQF, CBE, UNESCO and more. A short ‘Recognition Futures’ opener is coming soon, hopefully January.
November 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I’ve been exploring how advanced scholarly practice might be recognised across global frameworks, not just the EQF, but AQF, NZQF, CDQF, CBE, UNESCO and more. A short ‘Recognition Futures’ opener is coming soon, hopefully January.
This morning I shared my first open drafted vision statement for Open Scholar Ecosystem (OSE). This evening I share our first drafted Mission Statement.
November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This morning I shared my first open drafted vision statement for Open Scholar Ecosystem (OSE). This evening I share our first drafted Mission Statement.
Today I am sharing a draft vision for my Open Scholar Ecosystem work, sharing it openly as part of the process.
November 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Today I am sharing a draft vision for my Open Scholar Ecosystem work, sharing it openly as part of the process.
What’s your favourite current go to AI tool if you are working in Higher Education? For me, today, I’m going for Google NotebookLM, I think it’s awesome. But I may have a new one tomorrow!
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 PM
What’s your favourite current go to AI tool if you are working in Higher Education? For me, today, I’m going for Google NotebookLM, I think it’s awesome. But I may have a new one tomorrow!
My thoughts on #2wai not positive! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...
#2wai #socialnetwork #ai #artificialintelligence #avatar | Andrew John Firr
What if loved ones we’ve lost could be part of our future?
My apologies to be blunt but this is just awful. As somebody (like everyone reading this who has lost close relatives), psychologically I c...
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November 16, 2025 at 7:39 AM
My thoughts on #2wai not positive! www.linkedin.com/posts/andrew...