Gerhard Kristandl
@drkristandl.bsky.social
National Teaching Fellow | Associate Professor TEL | Enabling academics to deliver outstanding student experiences through application of enhanced digital innovations. Opinions posted my own.
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Can AI enhance human creativity in education, or does it risk standardizing imagination? What happens when students outsource their creative thinking? blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2...
June 13, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Can AI enhance human creativity in education, or does it risk standardizing imagination? What happens when students outsource their creative thinking? blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2...
How can 'personalization' of learning really serve individual learners in practice, without creating new forms of educational segregation? What does 'personalized' actually mean here, and who decides what it means? www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
June 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
How can 'personalization' of learning really serve individual learners in practice, without creating new forms of educational segregation? What does 'personalized' actually mean here, and who decides what it means? www.frontiersin.org/journals/art...
When GenAI becomes our teaching collaborator, what fundamental questions should we ask first? How do we balance innovation with pedagogical principles that have guided education for generations? cambridge.org/sites/defaul...
June 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
When GenAI becomes our teaching collaborator, what fundamental questions should we ask first? How do we balance innovation with pedagogical principles that have guided education for generations? cambridge.org/sites/defaul...
"Make America Healthy Again" report: 7/500+ citations don't exist. Perfect example of AI hallucination risks in government policy.
Teaching moment: Show students why AI literacy & fact-checking skills are essential NOW. Stakes too high for "trust but don't verify."
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Teaching moment: Show students why AI literacy & fact-checking skills are essential NOW. Stakes too high for "trust but don't verify."
www.notus.org/health-scien...
The MAHA Report Cites Studies That Don’t Exist
The Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” report misinterprets some studies and cites others that don’t exist, according to the listed authors.
www.notus.org
May 30, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"Make America Healthy Again" report: 7/500+ citations don't exist. Perfect example of AI hallucination risks in government policy.
Teaching moment: Show students why AI literacy & fact-checking skills are essential NOW. Stakes too high for "trust but don't verify."
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Teaching moment: Show students why AI literacy & fact-checking skills are essential NOW. Stakes too high for "trust but don't verify."
www.notus.org/health-scien...
Tried Google's #Veo3 text-to-video generator with dialogue from my Wilfred (AI-fan) & Mortimer (AI-skeptic) ChatGPT characters. 8 seconds of pure uncanny valley!
Still obviously AI-generated if you look closely, but we definitely need "fake-spotting" in our AI literacy toolkit now.
Still obviously AI-generated if you look closely, but we definitely need "fake-spotting" in our AI literacy toolkit now.
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tried Google's #Veo3 text-to-video generator with dialogue from my Wilfred (AI-fan) & Mortimer (AI-skeptic) ChatGPT characters. 8 seconds of pure uncanny valley!
Still obviously AI-generated if you look closely, but we definitely need "fake-spotting" in our AI literacy toolkit now.
Still obviously AI-generated if you look closely, but we definitely need "fake-spotting" in our AI literacy toolkit now.
TEQSA blocks 60 more cheating websites, highlighting ongoing challenges to academic integrity by "predatory academic cheating services" - an no, AI is not mentioned in this context www.teqsa.gov.au/about-us/new...
www.teqsa.gov.au
May 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
TEQSA blocks 60 more cheating websites, highlighting ongoing challenges to academic integrity by "predatory academic cheating services" - an no, AI is not mentioned in this context www.teqsa.gov.au/about-us/new...
Estonia's "AI Leap" gives students personal AI accounts, integrating AI into education and focusing on digital ethics. Once more, Estonia is a digital world leader 🇪🇪
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI
Country at top of education charts aims to equip students and teachers with ‘world-class artificial intelligence skills’
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Estonia's "AI Leap" gives students personal AI accounts, integrating AI into education and focusing on digital ethics. Once more, Estonia is a digital world leader 🇪🇪
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Pedagogical uses of the updated ChatGPT image generation capabilities. Part 1: Don't drink Monster with Blue Cheese Latte flavour! 😂
April 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Pedagogical uses of the updated ChatGPT image generation capabilities. Part 1: Don't drink Monster with Blue Cheese Latte flavour! 😂
Talking about creativity & AI earlier in the #LTHEChat - I made a video in #Sora. ""A Norwegian viking ship encountering a UFO in the middle of a calm ocean at midnight. The full moon is casting a mysterious light on the scene. The ship's crew is staring in wonder at the UFO. Cinematic style."
March 12, 2025 at 9:52 PM
That was an excellent #LTHEChat this Wednesday evening! I often miss it (to my chagrin), but I finally made it, with excellent, thought-provoking questions by @saraheaton.bsky.social! Thank you, and thank you to @lthechat.bsky.social!
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
That was an excellent #LTHEChat this Wednesday evening! I often miss it (to my chagrin), but I finally made it, with excellent, thought-provoking questions by @saraheaton.bsky.social! Thank you, and thank you to @lthechat.bsky.social!
Turnitin's upcoming Clarity tool tracks draft histories & typing patterns. May support learning, but risks creating mistrust & limiting autonomy. Best for writing assessments, less for creative work. Must balance with maintaining trust & independent thinking.
www.turnitin.com/blog/turniti...
www.turnitin.com/blog/turniti...
Turnitin Clarity: Bringing transparency to the student writing process | Turnitin
Find out how Turnitin Clarity brings transparency and integrity insights into the student writing process in Turnitin Feedback Studio
www.turnitin.com
March 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Turnitin's upcoming Clarity tool tracks draft histories & typing patterns. May support learning, but risks creating mistrust & limiting autonomy. Best for writing assessments, less for creative work. Must balance with maintaining trust & independent thinking.
www.turnitin.com/blog/turniti...
www.turnitin.com/blog/turniti...
Humanities skills like philosophy are becoming essential in AI development, especially for ethical considerations, says Steven Johnson, editorial director of Google's NotebookLM - what are your thoughts on this?
www.businessinsider.com/notebooklm-e...
www.businessinsider.com/notebooklm-e...
That humanities degree might come in handy if you want a job in AI, the editorial director at Google's NotebookLM told BI
The editorial director of NotebookLM at Google Labs says the new 'AI wrangler" role relies on deep knowledge of the latest models rather than coding.
www.businessinsider.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Humanities skills like philosophy are becoming essential in AI development, especially for ethical considerations, says Steven Johnson, editorial director of Google's NotebookLM - what are your thoughts on this?
www.businessinsider.com/notebooklm-e...
www.businessinsider.com/notebooklm-e...
Mistral released Saba, a custom model trained on curated Arabic data
Exciting - can this make AI more relevant (and less biased) to regions & being open-source, a viable approach for accessibility/equity?
Ofc - early days. Curious if Saba can keep Mistral's promises.
👉 mistral.ai/news/mistral...
Exciting - can this make AI more relevant (and less biased) to regions & being open-source, a viable approach for accessibility/equity?
Ofc - early days. Curious if Saba can keep Mistral's promises.
👉 mistral.ai/news/mistral...
Mistral Saba | Mistral AI
One of the many custom-trained models to serve specific geographies, markets, and customers
mistral.ai
February 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Mistral released Saba, a custom model trained on curated Arabic data
Exciting - can this make AI more relevant (and less biased) to regions & being open-source, a viable approach for accessibility/equity?
Ofc - early days. Curious if Saba can keep Mistral's promises.
👉 mistral.ai/news/mistral...
Exciting - can this make AI more relevant (and less biased) to regions & being open-source, a viable approach for accessibility/equity?
Ofc - early days. Curious if Saba can keep Mistral's promises.
👉 mistral.ai/news/mistral...
Oh, DeepSeek came from China's shore,
Way hey, roll and go!
Claiming billions saved and something more,
To me roll and go!
They say they trained it cheap and fast,
But questions lurk behind their mast,
While Western stocks are falling fast,
To me roll and go!
suno.com/song/46edc31...
Way hey, roll and go!
Claiming billions saved and something more,
To me roll and go!
They say they trained it cheap and fast,
But questions lurk behind their mast,
While Western stocks are falling fast,
To me roll and go!
suno.com/song/46edc31...
The Tale of DeepSeek by @marlfox | Suno
Fast-paced and energetic, upbeat and fast-paced, with driving rhythms and powerful vocals. Accordions and bagpipes, Irish, punk rock, jigs, reels, anthemic song. Listen and make your own with Suno.
suno.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Oh, DeepSeek came from China's shore,
Way hey, roll and go!
Claiming billions saved and something more,
To me roll and go!
They say they trained it cheap and fast,
But questions lurk behind their mast,
While Western stocks are falling fast,
To me roll and go!
suno.com/song/46edc31...
Way hey, roll and go!
Claiming billions saved and something more,
To me roll and go!
They say they trained it cheap and fast,
But questions lurk behind their mast,
While Western stocks are falling fast,
To me roll and go!
suno.com/song/46edc31...
Do I have a treat for you! I've curated a list of "12 Days of AI x Education Podcasts", offering a series of highly engaging discussions and balanced insights into the rabbit hole that is AI in Education in 2024.
@martc.bsky.social, you're featured 😁
www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-day...
@martc.bsky.social, you're featured 😁
www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-day...
12 Days of AI x Education Podcasts - A Holiday Special
The year 2024 is winding down, and soon we can all take a well-deserved breather 😊 I've been working on this list of AI x Education podcast episodes for a while now, but didn't get round to post it da...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Do I have a treat for you! I've curated a list of "12 Days of AI x Education Podcasts", offering a series of highly engaging discussions and balanced insights into the rabbit hole that is AI in Education in 2024.
@martc.bsky.social, you're featured 😁
www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-day...
@martc.bsky.social, you're featured 😁
www.linkedin.com/pulse/12-day...
I decided to test ChatGPT's Advanced Voicemode with Vision in class today. After asking it to judge my Sonic The Hedgehog Christmas jumper (it liked it), I asked it to explain a complicated system flowchart and point out a few things therein I tend to ask the students
See for yourself 👇
See for yourself 👇
December 13, 2024 at 11:57 PM
I decided to test ChatGPT's Advanced Voicemode with Vision in class today. After asking it to judge my Sonic The Hedgehog Christmas jumper (it liked it), I asked it to explain a complicated system flowchart and point out a few things therein I tend to ask the students
See for yourself 👇
See for yourself 👇
Very much looking forward to digging in. I particularly like the replacing of the traffic light colour panel.
Version 2 of the AI Assessment Scale is now available as a new preprint! We explain all of the choices behind our updates, as well as detailing the theoretical grounding for the AIAS #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09029
arxiv.org/pdf/2412.09029
December 13, 2024 at 6:40 AM
Very much looking forward to digging in. I particularly like the replacing of the traffic light colour panel.
I took 50 of @emollick.bsky.social's "One Useful Thing" blog posts, NotebookLM, Turboscribe, and Heygen - here's the result. Early days, but has potential for accompanying/preceding longer learning materials.
youtu.be/AoJUI_V1VYc?...
youtu.be/AoJUI_V1VYc?...
I Turned 50 Expert AI Posts into a Video Podcast—Here’s The Result!
YouTube video by DrGeeKay | Educator Tech with Gerhard Kristandl
youtu.be
December 12, 2024 at 8:36 AM
I took 50 of @emollick.bsky.social's "One Useful Thing" blog posts, NotebookLM, Turboscribe, and Heygen - here's the result. Early days, but has potential for accompanying/preceding longer learning materials.
youtu.be/AoJUI_V1VYc?...
youtu.be/AoJUI_V1VYc?...
#Mentimeter has nifty new AI features - highly useful and ... safe! 🧠✨ Transparency matters, doesn't it? Just keep sensitive data out of your audience engagement!
Would love to hear your thoughts! Have you tried these AI features in Mentimeter, and did you find them useful?
youtu.be/6YNvFd5uXY0
Would love to hear your thoughts! Have you tried these AI features in Mentimeter, and did you find them useful?
youtu.be/6YNvFd5uXY0
MENTIMETER'S Game-Changing AI FEATURES (and What Happens to Your Data)
YouTube video by DrGeeKay | Educator Tech with Gerhard Kristandl
youtu.be
December 9, 2024 at 6:39 PM
#Mentimeter has nifty new AI features - highly useful and ... safe! 🧠✨ Transparency matters, doesn't it? Just keep sensitive data out of your audience engagement!
Would love to hear your thoughts! Have you tried these AI features in Mentimeter, and did you find them useful?
youtu.be/6YNvFd5uXY0
Would love to hear your thoughts! Have you tried these AI features in Mentimeter, and did you find them useful?
youtu.be/6YNvFd5uXY0
Reposted by Gerhard Kristandl
Great #australian data has been released this week from a survey of 8,000 #students and their use of #GenAI and #Ai tools. A few surprises that prove some assumptions wrong on use and adoption. #EduSkyAI #AIEdu #tertiary
Assumption: Students Love AI - Future Campus
Think students universally embrace AI with open arms? The reality is more complicated.In a cross-institutional project, we surveyed...
futurecampus.com.au
December 6, 2024 at 11:34 AM
My follower count has shot up over the last couple of days. Due to deadlines, haven't posted in a while - so what happened? Anyone knows?
December 5, 2024 at 7:34 AM
My follower count has shot up over the last couple of days. Due to deadlines, haven't posted in a while - so what happened? Anyone knows?
Reposted by Gerhard Kristandl
Chatbots don’t make sense they make words. #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu leonfurze.com/2023/11/22/c...
Chatbots don’t make sense – they make words
Despite the hype surrounding advanced Large Language Models like GPT-4, there is yet to be any evidence that these kinds of AI can think. In this post, I’m exploring how chatbots are built an…
leonfurze.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Chatbots don’t make sense they make words. #artificialintelligence #aieducation #aiedu leonfurze.com/2023/11/22/c...
As it's Sunday - here is what I do if I get the TV for a bit (that's a big IF) 😂 Play video games and pretend to be a photographer using photomode.
November 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
As it's Sunday - here is what I do if I get the TV for a bit (that's a big IF) 😂 Play video games and pretend to be a photographer using photomode.
That Bluesky has the good ol' Twitter-vibe. I have now paused my X-activities, since Mr Musk let this once so useful platform become a cesspool of toxicity and hate. Why would anyone want to seek out such hate? X is an amalgamation of keyboard warriors now.
November 17, 2024 at 1:08 PM
That Bluesky has the good ol' Twitter-vibe. I have now paused my X-activities, since Mr Musk let this once so useful platform become a cesspool of toxicity and hate. Why would anyone want to seek out such hate? X is an amalgamation of keyboard warriors now.